Windows Media 9, with “electronic locks” on songs and videos, being distributed via P2P network: In early September, Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gates staged a Hollywood gala to impress the recording and movie industries with his company’s latest software for digital music and video, Windows Media 9. A few weeks …

Letter to FCC Chairman Michael Powell, signed by our own David Weinberger, Doc Searls, and Kevin Marks, among a number of other digerati: Dear Mr. Chairman: We thank you for your leadership in FCC efforts to understand the causes of the current telecom debacle, and especially for convening the FCC’s …

It had to be a Canadian: Calgary, Alberta — Joe Thornton assisted on all three Boston goals as the Bruins and Calgary Flames played to a 3-3 tie Thursday night. However, it was not Thorton’s playmaking nor the repeated acrobatic stops by Steve Shields off Calgary’s Jarome Iginla that caused …

Want to know why I haven’t said anything about the sniper yet? Well, other than the fact that my daughter, my sister and her family, and my wife’s sister and her family are all in the area and I live with a dull fear in the back of my skull …

After a brief hiatus, Blogcritics interviews are back. We are looking for your questions to ask Billy Martin of Medeski Martin and Wood, who has a cool new beats and scratches CD under the name “illy B Eats,” entitled Drop the Needle on his own Amulet Records, as well as …

Aimee Mann and the Breeders will appear on two upcoming episodes of Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Aimee Mann will appear on the November 19 episode of UPN’s Buffy The Vampire Slayer, performing at the show’s hang-out nightclub, the Bronze, in the fictitious town of Sunnydale, California. For the episode, titled …

This is one to mark on your calendar and tape for posterity.

Saddam appropriates her song for his "campaign," now her yet-to-be-released album is all over the web like urgent requests from Nigeria.

Next up: cucumberless pickle.

With standards for digital radio approved, what is to follow? The technology faces heavy competition in an increasingly crowded field of digital entertainment. And new digital receivers will cost $75 or $100 more than traditional radios at first, making it uncertain whether many people beyond audiophiles and high-end car companies …