Also creating buzz at the event was the unveiling of the iBook interface, an aspect of the iPad that's expected to takeabigbiteoutof the e-reader market currently dominated by Amazon's Kindle.
This has sharpened the anxiety among some City folk that the Asian upstarts will not only capture the lion's share of the fast-growing demand for finance on their doorstep, but will also takeabigbiteoutof London's established businesses.
Rather, they'll be put right back to work in the hopes that they "take abiteoutof movie piracy in the Big Apple, " according to the Motion Picture Association's Edward Neurbronner -- that is, when they're not busy putting on little, um, dog-and-pony shows at local events.