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Streaming music fundamentally changing music business

Streaming music fundamentally changing music businessAre you sure about that?[i]music will no longer be a product that you buy.[/i]I'm not so sure about that claim. I just saw a TV story today on how vinyl records are making a comeback. Best Buy is now stocking vinyl records again;...

Tags: Streaming Music, music business

Discussion threads 2009-07-25

The music business is dead. Or dying. Or morphing. Or all of the above

The music business is dead. Or dying. Or morphing. Or all of the aboveLive appearancesFrom what little I know based upon just a few people I know in the business for people at the low and high end most of their money is made from personal appearances (bar gigs, concerts,...

Tags: music business

Discussion threads 2008-02-28

The music business is dead. Or dying. Or morphing. Or all of the above

Five hundred music business execs gathered today at the Digital Music Forum East conference in New York. To read Nate Anderson's account in Ars Technica, attendees differed on the matter of the importance of record labels. Sentiments were expressed that because the record companies...

Tags: Social Media, Music, Music Business, Russell Shaw

Blog posts 2008-02-27

Early reviews on SanDisk-Yahoo MP3 player good

Early reviews on SanDisk-Yahoo MP3 player goodMore cripple-wareUgly, big, way too expensive for a 4 GB player. For $249 one could buy a 30 GB iPod if storage space is a priority, or an 8 GB Nano if size is a priority and still get more storage space. Given...

Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Digital media, Digital music, music business, MP3 player, MP3, Yahoo! Inc., digital-rights management, Apple iPod, music, SanDisk Corp., DRM-laden, Apple Inc., subscription service, storage space

Discussion threads 2007-04-09

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Apple Tablet - Unofficial, unannounced ... but still delayed

You guys have been asking...You guys have been asking for a Mac tablet for years already, while we have been able to get tablet PCs for many years now, in many different form factors and from many different vendors.Yet when you close your world off by relying solely on Apple,...

Tags: Tablets, Notebooks, tablet, Apple Inc., vaporware

Discussion threads 2009-11-19

AT&T loses lawsuit over Verizon's map commercial

Ha! Take THAT Such a silly waste of the court's time. If they finally lose, I hope they are made to pay treble court costs just as a lesson in frivolous lawsuits clogging the courts. That would send a much needed messageThat if a corporation is going to...

Tags: Cellular phones, AT&T Corp., GSM, CDMA, Apple iPhone, Verizon Communications Inc., W-CDMA

Discussion threads 2009-11-18

Yahoo's dwindling search share: Time to panic?

Typical MicrosoftThis is normal business practice for MS. Partner up with someone, take what they need, then discard them.Ask anyone from RealNetworks how their partnership went.It's about search.Wow, it looks like the volume of search users use the search engine that delivers better results.Google search is better than Bing...

Tags: E-mail, SEARCH, Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Bing

Discussion threads 2009-11-18

Apple's app approval revolt: Will it matter? Maybe

Once somebody matches the ease of the App store,Create a desktop application which makes it brain-dead simple to buy, install, arrange, and sync software and multimedia content with the Droid and it will take off like crazy. That's about the only thing the iPhone has over the Droid at this...

Tags: Smart phones, Cellular phones, Digital music, Apple Inc., Apple iPhone, developer

Discussion threads 2009-11-17

Jabra Stone

Not many Bluetooth headsets combine style and performance, and when they do, they stand out. Examples include the Aliph Jawbone Prime, the BlueAnt Q1, and the Plantronics Discovery 975. Jabra, a company that has been in the Bluetooth business a long time, attempts to come up with yet another headset...

Tags: headset, Jabra, Stone

Product reviews 2009-11-17

2010 Audi A5 Cabriolet

Photo gallery:2010 Audi A5 CabrioletThe Audi A5 is a stunningly beautiful coupe with excellent power and performance. Unfortunately, the 2010 Audi A5 Cabriolet is not that car. In an effort to please drop-top lovers, Audi cut the roof off of the A5 Coupe, an element that accounted for the majority...

Tags: Audi AG, A5 Cabriolet

Product reviews 2009-11-16

CRM Association-Netherlands Rocks Het Huis!

I'm in love with Amsterdam....no wait, I love it but I'm not in love....no, hold on, I like it a lot, but I'm not in love, nor do I love it. The Theory.... Interestingly enough (to me at least and who else am I really writing this for...

Tags: Car, Amsterdam, Conference, CRM, Advertising & Promotion, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Paul Greenberg

Blog posts 2009-11-16

Netbooks dead? Not when sales are up 264% percent

My prediction:Intel and MS and the major brands are trying to drag the market upwards in size and cost to maintain their margins. They will shortly face a barrage of products based on ARM class processors and Linux (Chrome?), which will cost much less and have much better battery lives....

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, sales, netbook

Discussion threads 2009-11-16

Wondershare Flash Gallery Factory 4.8.2.18 (Windows)

Wondershare Flash Gallery Factory is an easy to use flash gallery software which provides 60+ free flash gallery templates including 25+ free 3D flash templates, 70+ transition effects and 18 free preloaders, can create dynamic flash photo gallery, engaging 3D flash gallery, flash photo album, business flash banner and flash...

Tags: 3D, Microsoft Windows, Photograph, Wondershare Software, Wondershare Flash Gallery Factory

Software downloads 2009-11-16

Apple nukes Psystar

Why is this legal?What I want to know is *why* is it legal for Apple to say "OSX can only run on hardware we provide"? Wouldn't that constitute a monopoly on OSX since they stifle competition and someone else can't provide OSX software systems? Isn't that the literal...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, Operating systems, Apple Inc., Psystar, hardware, OSX, software

Discussion threads 2009-11-15

Verizon to test sending RIAA copyright warnings

As long as...it's not a 3 strike policy... i'm relativaly ok with this particular thing...Just a notice and notice system, sometimes users dont know if they are doing something illegal. Furthermore, can they proof without anny doubt that there's a copyright infrigement?no they cannotWith such a large criminal records, the...

Tags: Advertising & Promotion, RIAA, movie, music, Verizon Communications Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-11-13

Microsoft delivers new Zune HD games; Twitter and Facebook still to come

RE: Microsoft delivers new Zune HD games; Twitter and Facebook still to comOH BOYY!! CHECKERS??!! OMFG AWESOME!!Message has been deleted.can't you sample tonnes of music for free on radio?broadcast or on internet radio if you want to listen to very specific song.. or just sample for free via internet downloads.....

Tags: Twitter Inc., Facebook, pickup truck, Microsoft Zune, flaw, Apple iTunes, Microsoft Corp., radio, Apple iTunes Music Store, Apple Inc., game

Discussion threads 2009-11-11

Mac OS 10.6.2 breaks hackintoshes

Author's views please ...... does the ZDNET author of this post care to say:1. Whether the 'hack' in 'hackintosh' is morally acceptable and/or legal?2. Whether there is any merit in Psystar's case that OSX is tied to Apple hardware? i.e. the vendor makes it a condition of purchasing the OS...

Tags: Desktops, Linux, Operating systems, Apple Mac OS, Apple Inc., Mac OS 10.6.2, PC, Apple Macintosh

Discussion threads 2009-11-11

Cloud Engines Pogoplug

Photo gallery:Cloud Engines PogoplugWouldn't it be nice to quickly access your data from anywhere without a complicated network setup? That's exactly what the Cloud Engines Pogoplug offers. Priced at $100, this tiny gadget turns any USB external storage devices--anything from a Seagate FreeAgent Go to a Western...

Tags: NETWORKING, Network technology, Pogoplug, network, home network

Product reviews 2009-11-10

Wireless users may be shut off if sharing copyrighted files

ACTA: The Bigger Picturehttp://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/4510/125/Not likely to happenWhy? Because the internet companies are not going to shut off paying customers just because they are accused of sharing files 'illegally'.... they will either tell the companies to file a lawsuit against the people in question or give them some REAL evidence that...

Tags: Strategy, wireless, Acta, rights holder, shut-off, intellectual property

Discussion threads 2009-11-09

Autorun MAX 2.1.1 (Windows)

Autorun MAX gives you the power to create professional looking CD-ROM/DVD-ROM autorun and autoplay menus, CD business cards, scrapbooks, photo journals, brochures, and other interactive multimedia projects. And you don't have to be a software programmer to do it. You can combine photos, music, video, text, PDF files, PowerPoint presentations,...

Tags: Multimedia, Microsoft Indigo, Microsoft Windows, Photograph, Indigo Rose Software

Software downloads 2009-11-09