MANILA, Philippines -- Halloween, never mind its origins, has always been a many-sided occasion. What it stands for or commemorates terrifies most children, even a fair number of adults. Yet, most people hanker for it. Irrationally it seems at first glance, we seem to love to be scared; we hunger for those that terrify us.

It seems like we as a species have this universal desire to play chicken. Do we innately wish to experience our fears, in order for us to overcome them? Or do we simply want to be reminded of our insecurities, of all those things that keep us awake at night?

The IT world also has its own share of ghosts, terrifying spirits, and other hints of the murderous and macabre. It is after all one of the most competitive markets. It is not surprising therefore to see plenty of twisted flesh and bones and other tell-tale signs of transactions and actions most foul.

Autobiographies are like a box of chocolates, to paraphrase Forrest Gump, you'll never know what you get.

And one of those that promise to be most explosive so far is the one that details the life of Apple's late CEO, Steve Jobs, as seen from the perspective of the man himself. Jobs claimed that he authorized an official biography so that his children would understand him and his reasons for those occasions he was not around.

Deified by a huge fanbase both from and outside the IT world, Jobs could do no wrong in the eyes of most of his adherents. It is not surprising then that most people are waiting to get their eyes on the juiciest and tangiest details that the Jobs-sanctioned life story would reveal.

Already, excerpts have been floating around the press domain and blogosphere. So far, media pundits have highlighted Jobs' assertion that Google's Android mobile platform was a "stolen product." Reportedly, Jobs had said he was willing to spend all of Apple's money to destroy Google's mobile OS.

Jobs, on many occasions while he was still alive, also said that Microsoft's Windows was a rip-off product too.

A closer look though would clearly disprove Jobs' assertions, both against Android and Windows. Those who agree with him, concurring that indeed Microsoft and Google were guilty of misappropriating other parties' technologies and design ideas, have to also accept that Apple's iPhone, iPod, iPad, and Mac OS are also based on technologies that had long existed before Apple adopted them.

I think Jobs knew his "Android was an idea stolen by Google" claims had no basis. So, what drove him to make those claims in the first place?

Here is an idea that most caregivers would see as heaven-sent.

GTX Corp. has shipped the first batch of shoes with built-in GPS to footwear company Aetrex Worldwide. These shoes are designed to help families and caregivers keep track of seniors with dementia.

Several studies have shown that people in the earliest stages of Alzheimer's Disease are at risk of wandering off and getting lost.