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- The implosion of music DRM
- I certainly wouldn't have expected that, within a year, most digital music would be legally available, DRM-free, from online download sites. That seems on track to happen, however, as Sony just announced it would be releasing its music in DRM-free MP3 format. It helps, of course, that DRM-free music on...
- Tags: CD, Digital-rights Management, Digital Music, Music, Radiohead, Trent Reznor, John Carroll
- Blog posts 2008-01-04
- Trent Reznor on music sales
- Trent Reznor on music salesAmen to thatHook me up with Trent's paypal account and I will send him a $4 advance on his next album. Too many people are trying to make an excess of money from an album. When they see a need, they strike to extort more...
- Tags: Sales strategy, Sales force management, Trent Reznor, sales
- Discussion threads 2007-05-23
- Trent Reznor on music sales
- I've been a fan of Nine Inch Nails since Reznor's first album, Pretty Hate Machine monopolized my tape cassette player back in 1990 (I didn't have a CD player back then). I can't say I've bought every album he's ever produced, but I have bought a lot of them.That's...
- Tags: Digital Media
- Blog posts 2007-05-23
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- This robot snake wants to dance with you
- According to a short article in The Engineer Online, a two-meter high robotic snake will be shown in April 2008 at the London Science Museum. This vertical snake has been designed as an interactive sculpture. It uses sensors to react to what are doing its viewers and 'dances' with them....
- Tags: Intention, Robotics, Sensor, World First, Robots, Emerging Technologies, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2008-02-02
- News to know: Microsoft revolving door; QuickTime flaw; NetSuite; CES; Online ads
- Notable headlines: Larry Dignan: Why Google, Yahoo and Microsoft should worry about Countrywide's takeunder Mary Jo Foley: Juniper Networks exec to succeed Microsoft Business Division President Raikes. Another of the Microsoft old guard moves on. Dennis Howlett: Netsuite nightmares: part deux...
- Tags: Consumer Electronics Show, Larry Dignan, Apple QuickTime, NetSuite Inc., Microsoft Corp., Online Advertising, Flaw, Web 2.0, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Advertising & Promotion, Mergers & Acquisitions, Security, Internet, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Marketing, Investment, Finance
- Blog posts 2008-01-11
- The implosion of music DRM
- The implosion of music DRMWhat's so hard to understand?* DRM-free is worth more to the purchaser* DRM costs the distributor* The cost of DRM is passed to the purchaserNet result to the purchaser: higher price, lower value.Basic economics.Tiers has been done...Tiers has been done with the tiers relating not to...
- Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Digital media, music, digital-rights management, implosion, DRM-free
- Discussion threads 2008-01-04
- Who's choosing XP over Vista?
- Who's choosing XP over Vista?Your words - not mine..>>>When I restricted the sample to only consumer machines where potential buyers were offered the explicit option to choose between XP and Vista, the proportion opting for XP increased by 5%. Out of a total of 388 desktop and notebook PCs, 49,...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows XP
- Discussion threads 2007-12-30
- Christmas is a time for mashups
- As I inevitably download "new" holiday music each year, it's painfully apparent we wouldn't *have* much new holiday music if it weren't for sampling, remixes, remakes, and mashups. The iTunes List of 44 Holiday Songs for 2007 is testament to this fact, as are the many Christmas remixes and...
- Tags: Apple iTunes, Mashup, Christmas, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Denise Howell
- Blog posts 2007-12-24
- PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) sued by Sydney Water over IT failure
- Sydney Water Australia is pursuing litigation against PricewaterhouseCoopers PwC over the failed Customer Information Billing System CIBS project. The core software was supplied by Severn Trent Systems STS in the UK. A recent report published by the New South Wales Audit Office, says: Sydney Water is...
- Tags: Project, Information Technology, PricewaterhouseCoopers Consulting, Matter, Sydney Water, Strategy, Corporate Governance, Tools & Techniques, Management, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Michael Krigsman
- Blog posts 2007-12-01
- The future of music studios
- Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails announced recently that he he doesn't need need no steenkin' music studios, leaving the days of contract-based servitude behind him in favor of the open fields of free agent status. This gives him the opportunity to sell direct to customers in any fashion -...
- Tags: Studio, Radiohead, Marketing Research, Productivity, Internet, Marketing, John Carroll
- Blog posts 2007-10-09
- Unleash the power of SQL Server Management Studio, Query Analyzer, and Visual Studio with these essential tools
- Master SQL Server Management Studio, Query Analyzer, and Visual Studio tools in this chapter download from Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Compact Edition. First, learn how to use SQL Server Management Studio and Query Analyzer to manage and manipulate the SQL Server database. Familiarize yourself with the Visual Studio...
- Tags: Microsoft Visual Studio, Sams Publishing, Microsoft SQL Server, Server, Tool, Chapter Coverage, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- Book chapters 2007-09-10
- Sprint attorney at infringement trial: without our inventions, Vonage ..."could not exist"
- Testimony is under way in the patent infringement trial pitting Vonage against SprintNextel. Attorneys for SprintNextel are demanding $103 million from Vonage for what they believe is infringing use of SprintNextel technology to build its network. The particular alleged infringements relate to the way...
- Tags: Testimony, Vonage Holdings Corp., Sprint Communications, Russell Shaw
- Blog posts 2007-09-05
- Master the basics of Linux system administration
- Since 2001, the first edition of the Linux Administration Handbook has been a definitive resource for Linux system administrators who must efficiently solve technical problems and maximize the reliability and performance of a production environment. The second edition addresses today's most important Linux distributions (such as Red Hat...
- Tags: Administration, Linux System, Linux, UNIX, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software
- Book chapters 2007-02-27
- Ballmer's Macaca moment
- Ballmer's Macaca momentallISONPlease at least get the name right.It's worse than usual -- Jeremy reads and posts here.paying billsI'm a software engineer. I have spent time and money getting degrees from Universities. I also spend time learning more about software and programming. These skills are not easy to learn and...
- Tags: Development tools, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Gaffe, Microsoft Corp., programmer, OSS, patent, Unix, Steve Ballmer
- Discussion threads 2006-12-21
- Students struggle with cellphone addiction
- A new study by British researchers found that students can become addicted to using cellphones, reports Reuters. David Sheffield of the University of Staffordshire in Stoke-on-Trent found that some of the students' reactions were similar to symptoms associated with pathological gambling. “Mobile phones have become a very significant part...
- Tags: Sheffield
- Blog posts 2006-09-20
- Silver alerts - when Alzhimer's victims wander
- You've heard of Amber alerts. Now Illinois is creating Silver Alerts - a system to notify police departments statewide when an elderly person has gone missing, the State Journal-Register (Springfield, IL) reports. Sponsored by state Rep. Dan Beiser, D-Alton, who has two aunts who suffer from Alzheimer's, the law...
- Tags: Silver
- Blog posts 2006-09-15
- Emphasis on DNA is delaying lab work on other evidence
- As state and federal legislators focus on reducing the backlog of DNA testing at crime labs, other forensic evidence - which makes up 95% of the labs workload - is being ignored, according to a report on Stateline.org. Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich D in February unveiled a...
- Tags: DNA
- Blog posts 2006-08-28
- Suffering in silence with data leaks
- Suffering in silence with data leaksIt's all a matter of moneyUntil it costs a business more to fix breaches than it does their security, nothing will happen.The way most businesses look at this is simple: it costs me a little bad PR Public Relations if we have a break-in. I...
- Tags: Sales channel, bad-PR, Capital One Financial Corp., credit card, security breach, security, U.S. Congress
- Discussion threads 2006-03-29
- Fixes in for Windows, Microsoft e-mail flaws
- Fixes in for Windows, Microsoft e-mail flawsbetter tell CERT that, they think it is criticalThey earned another ranking...US-CERT Technical Cyber Security Alertshttp://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/2006ID Title Release DateTA06-010A Microsoft Windows, Outlook, and Exchange Vulnerabilities January 10, 2006TA06-005A Update for Microsoft Windows Metafile Vulnerability January 5, 2006Our users don't have......admin rights tp their workstations, so if they make a booboo...
- Tags: Operating systems, SECURITY, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Metafile, e-mail
- Discussion threads 2006-01-10
- Conspiracy Theories: MySpace, Facebook, Amazon
- Perhaps I ventured a bit too far out of my echo chamber, but today I came across 3 different conspiracy theory articles about popular Web companies. One was about e-commerce giant Amazon.com and the other two related to leading Social Networking sites MySpace and Facebook. Here are the gory details......
- Tags: MySpace
- Blog posts 2006-01-09
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