Free iPod Hebrew support for windows users

This site provides free Hebrew iPod support for windows users. A blessed development given that Yeda, apple's representatives in Israel, have begun charging for this feature for those who did not buy their iPod through Yeda. I am very interested in hearing user's comments about whether the free software works.

Legal sentencing recommendation software

Researchers of AI at Bar Ilan University have written a program to generate recommendations for criminal sentencing.
Many interesting questions arise. How to scientifically evaluate the performance of such a program ? What training-set of past human-generated sentencing should be used ? If past sentencing was legally or morally flawed, wouldn't the program generalize those flaws to new sentences ? Will convicted felons be able to challenge their sentencing if their is a discrepancy between their sentencing and the software's recommendation ?

Snow in the Galilee

While Cambridge is basking in balmy unseasonable weather, Israel's vineyards in the Galilee have covered themselves in a beautiful white cloak.

Greedy Israeli apple reps

Yeda, the sole company in Israel authorized to carry apple products, is notorious for its disappointing service and lacking commitment to customers. Indeed, apple's lackluster performance in Israel can be attributed in large part to Yeda's inflated prices and poor professionalism, a striking difference compared to apple's solid reputation in the U.S.

Yeda has recently hit a new low by pricing version 2.0 of its Hebrew iPod support software, iPodHE, at 49 NIS (~$12). Oh, did I mention you can get it for free if you buy your iPod through the yeda store ? But for that luxury you must pay an average of $80 extra per model.

Where's the logic here ? Hebrew support for the iPod is not a "product"; it is (just) one of the steps Yeda should be taking in order to increase the popularity of apple products by Hebrew speakers. But apparently, this is not Yeda's goal. What next ? Expect to have to pay for Hebrew support on Leopard OS X. It's only natural, according to Yeda's scandalous business ethics.