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Val McDermid and Jake Adelstein

At the Brisbane Writers Festival, Richard Fidler spoke to two authors who know a bit about writing about crooks - Scottish crime writer Val McDermid has published more than 20 novels, while journalist Jake Adelstein has written his first book, 'Tokyo Vice', about the Japanese Yakuza.

Podcast: Inside Apple's latest announcements

Join Jason Snell, Chris Breen, Jon Seff, and Dan Frakes as they discuss the Apple Music Event for 2010, including new iPods and the all-new Apple TV.

Apple releases iTunes 10 with Ping social music discovery; available to 160 million iTunes users

Apple today introduced iTunes 10 with Ping, a new music-oriented social network...

iTunes 10 Brings a Built-In Music Social Network [Apple]

# apple Apple's iTunes 10 has ditched the old logo and added some new features. But most of all, they've created a social network for music called Ping . It's not the cloud we were hoping for, but it's still enticing. More »

Apple announces iTunes 10 with Ping social network

Not a huge surprise here, but Apple's just announced iTunes 10 alongside all those new iPods , complete with a brand new logo that finally ditches the CD. What is something of a surprise, however, is the standout feature of iTunes 10: Ping. That's Apple's take on a music-centered social network (think Last.fm), which will let you follow people (including artists), establish a "circle of friends ...