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ListGrabber Helps Celebrity Enterprises Sharpen Its Competitive Edge by Increasing the Size of Its Qualified Database by 400% and Roping in New Business

The corporate entertainment industry is highly competitive which makes procuring contacts from different industries all the more important. Celebrity Enterprises used to find good lists on the internet or procure leads from joining different associations. However, entering them into ACT! was proving too tiring and time consuming. Sometimes, the company...

Tags: Database, Data Capture, ACT!, Data Entry, eGrabber, Entertainment Industry

Case studies 2009-01-01

McCain's copyright problem: oh, the hypocrisy

File under lying in the bed you made: Jackson Browne is suing John McCain, the national Republican Party and the Ohio Republican Party for copyright infringement, the LA Times reports. At issue: a McCain ad that mocks Barack Obama for recommending drivers increase mileage by checking tire...

Tags: John McCain, McCain, Browne, Entertainment Industry, Internet, Piracy, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-08-15

When is it OK to copy digital media?

The response so far to my digital media ethics poll has been overwhelming. More than 7,500 votes have been cast so far, with nearly 500 comments posted in the Talkback sections for the introductory post and the poll itself. I plan to keep the voting open at least through the...

Tags: Digital Media, CD, Entertainment Industry, Ed Bott

Blog posts 2007-10-12

The well-mannered marketplace

Still catching up on my blog reading after my trip to LWCE, and the long car trip back. This post on Copyfight highlights an important point about the DMCA and how it relates to open source. The DMCA has largely been a failure at fighting...

Tags: DMCA, entertainment, DVD, entertainment industry

Blog posts 2005-08-19

Employees still swapping at work

Employees still swapping at workThe Hot Poll :How Many Feel DRM disabled Files UnfairlySuch as: Have you had your purchased files disable via a DRM mechanism ? [ ] Do you feel this was done fairly [ ] How much money have you spent of these...

Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Digital media, Peer to peer (P2P), Outsourcing, Entertainment industry, digital-rights management, job, network

Discussion threads 2004-03-04

Additional Resources

Holiday Gift Guide 2009: Laptop computers

This year the laptop list was a tough assignment for several reasons. First, the emergence of a new class of ultra-thin laptops--spawned by lower-cost processors from Intel and AMD--has made things more complicated. Second, there's a fresh crop of Windows 7 laptops, and...

Tags: Processor, Hard Drive, Performance, Apple MacBook, Memory, Graphics, Laptop Computer, Netbook, Computer, Intel Corp., Compaq Computer Corp., Compaq CQ61z, Timeline 1810T, Notebooks, Microsoft Windows 7, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, John Morris

Blog posts 2009-11-01

Sky Downloader 3.1 (Windows)

SkyDownloader is the #1 downloader for free music, movies, live TV and more. It's home base for everything that entertains you online, providing the smartest and fastest access to millions of songs, MP3s, movies, TV shows, live channels and games. SkyDownloader combines powerful Gnutella and BitTorrent technologies with effortless live...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Entertainment, Sky Downloader, SkyDownloader, Advertising & Promotion, Spyware, TVs, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Tv & Home Theater, Viruses And Worms, Marketing, Security, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment

Software downloads 2009-10-22

SAP and Oracle going head to head

This week gives SAP and Oracle watchers an opportunity to see these giants go head to head in the entertainment stakes as each holds major conferences. SAP is in Phoenix with TechEd while Oracle takes over the Moscone Center and a lot of the surrounding area...

Tags: Oracle Corp., SAP AG, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-10-12

Life In The Vast Plane...

At least you'd get some peace and quiet.At least you'd get some peace and quiet. Personally, I enjoy having some time off work, and don't want to be on the clock 24/7, thanks.RE: Life In The Vast Plane...That is an extremely valid point: 'always on' = burn out. Modern work...

Tags: Notebooks, laptop computer

Discussion threads 2009-10-09

EyeConnect 1.6.3 (Mac)

EyeConnect software enables your UPnP AV digital media device to stream EyeTV recordings, digital photos, music and movies from your Mac onto your TV or stereo. EyeConnect is based on the globally trusted Universal Plug and Play Audio/Video standard UPnP AV for the seamless sharing of digital content throughout your...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, UPnP, Elgato Systems LLC, EyeConnect 1.6.3, EyeConnect Software, Digital Media, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2009-10-09

CTIA: Android and Apps everywhere

In the lobby of my hotel yesterday afternoon, I engaged in some small talk with a guy who was wearing a CTIA badge as we waited for the elevator. As we talked about the show and what we had thought of the first day, he said what I had been...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Mobile, Mapquest, CTIA, App, Smart Phones, Cellular Phones, Advertising & Promotion, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Marketing, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-10-08

News to know: Google; CTIA; Microsoft; Apple

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Larry Dignan: FBI's 'Operation Phish Phry' snares nearly 100 people Sam Diaz:Mobile VoIP services no longer taboo, following AT&T...

Tags: Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Mobile, AT&T Corp., Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Web Browser, CTIA, Data Centers, Cellular Phones, Web Browsers, Podcasts, Tablets, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Internet, Notebooks & Tablets

Blog posts 2009-10-08

First Clarksfield reviews: Core i7 laptops look impressive

Since Intel unveiled its Core i7 quad-core mobile processors at IDF a couple weeks ago, several PC companies have announced mainstream and desktop replacement laptops using these Clarksfield chips. Many sites have reviewed the new platform--known as Calpella--in whitebox notebooks, but so far I haven't seen many reviews of real...

Tags: Game, Alienware, Nvidia GeForce, Memory, Graphics, Laptop Computer, Intel Corp., Toshiba Qosmio, Clarksfield, Alienware M15x, Envy 15, Asus M60J, Studio 17, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, John Morris

Blog posts 2009-10-07

'Smoking gun' emails in Viacom-YouTube case

Is this a smoking gun in the Viacom-YouTube suit? News.com's Greg Sandoval reports that evidence has surfaced that may undercut YouTube's argument that it has safe harbor protection under the Digital Millenium Copyright Act: Internal YouTube e-mails indicate that YouTube managers knew and discussed the existence of...

Tags: YouTube Inc., Viacom Inc., E-mail, Advertising & Promotion, Online Communications, Marketing, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-10-07

Are you a mobile broadband hog? Should that be your problem?

Should mobile broadband be preserved, much the same way people are interested in conserving energy and saving the environment? During a keynote speech at CTIA, AT&T Mobility CEO Ralph de la Vega spoke about the state of the wireless industry and the trends that we're seeing in...

Tags: Mobile, Broadband, AT&T Corp., Mobile Broadband, Advertising & Promotion, Broadband Internet, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Wireless And Mobility, Marketing, Networking, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-10-07

CTIA: Genachowski taps wireless industry to help foster growth, innovation

As the mobile industry continues to go through its changes, the eyes are increasingly focused on Washington, specifically the Federal Communications Commission. To kick off the conference, FCC chairman Julius Genachowski stepped on to the stage before the attendees of the CTIA Wireless I.T. and Entertainment conference...

Tags: Innovation, Mobile, Industry, Broadband, Spectrum, CTIA, Wireless, Mobile Data Usage, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-10-07

RealPlayer 11.1.0 (Mac)

Now features TurboPlay, giving broadband users near-instant playback of RealVideo and RealAudio by dramatically reducing the time it takes to load or buffer a clip prior to playback through the intelligent utilization of available bandwidth on a broadband connection. This latest version of the RealOne Player also gives Mac users...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Radio, Broadband, RealNetworks RealOne, RealNetworks RealPlayer, RealOne SuperPass Subscription Service, Advertising & Promotion, Digital Media, Digital Music, Telecommunications, Marketing, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2009-10-07

P2P legislation is smart next step in piracy education

Honesty not intelligence"One of the things that has always bothered me about the Recording Industry Association of America and its file-sharing lawsuits is that, for many of those people, their biggest crime is being uninformed."One of the things that has always bothered me about ZDNET and its file-sharing posts: the...

Tags: Peer to peer (P2P), P2P legislation, music, file-sharing, P2P

Discussion threads 2009-10-02

P2P legislation is smart next step in piracy education

One of the things that has always bothered me about the Recording Industry Association of America and its file-sharing lawsuits is that, for many of those people, their biggest crime is being uninformed. I can't tell you many of my own friends and extended family members -...

Tags: Education, P2P, File-sharing, Music, P2P Legislation, Peer To Peer (P2P), Internet, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-10-02

Nvidia: Next big supercomputer player?

Nvidia unveiled its next-generation graphics processing unit GPU architecture, dubbed Fermi, and announced a key supercomputing win with the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. The takeaway: Graphics and visualization are becoming key to scientific discoveries. And Nvidia could be a major player. Oak Ridge's supercomputer will be used...

Tags: Supercomputer, NVidia Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Graphics, Supercomputing, GPU, Fermi, Oak Ridge, CNET News, JMP Securities Alex Gauna, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-10-01