The US government is funding the next step in P2P: A team of government-funded US scientists is building a Peer-2-Peer (P2P) network that they say will solve technical problems with existing P2P networks, such as Gnutella and Kazaa, and might even one day supercede the web. The network, dubbed the …

Since Eric Lindholm brought it up: ABC News has learned that the New Jersey Democratic Party will announce that Congressman Frank Pallone is their choice to replace Senator Bob Torricelli. Pallone, an eight-term congressman from Middlesex County, is popular with Democratic constituencies, and will likely be favored to hold the …

Prince’s career has been frought with erratic zigs and zags, but over the last few years, it has also taken on the whiff of blatant hypocrisy. Prince’s production company just sued (another) fan, the operator of an Internet site that allegedly offered pirated recordings of the rock star’s live performances …

MSNBC’s terrific Jan Herman runs through a shameful list of actions taken by the Bush administration to keep artists out of this country: Fortress America and the arts: The U.S. State Department’s visa war against foreign performers and artists is wreaking havoc not just in high-profile places like New York …

I feel much better knowing Kristy Swanson’s opinions on the following (click on “Expressions”): I am a huge football fan, and I am very psyched that the new season is finally underway. I don’t have a particular “team,” per se, but I like to follow the Rams and the Steelers, …

Perhaps the most profoundly loathsome songwriter of her generation, Diane Warren whines about P2P: As a kid, I listened to the radio all the time. I didn’t dream of becoming a rock star. I dreamed of becoming a songwriter. My dream has come true. Sadly, the growing epidemic of illegal …

The White Stripes have finished their new album, Elephant, according to singer/guitarist Jack White: we have finished the making, mixing, and mastering of elephant, but won’t let it out of it’s cage just yet, it needs to graze on the plains for a minute. perhaps it’s not what meg and …

Ringmaster Tolkien has been discussed much in these pages of late. Now, Publishers Weekly Daily newsletter has an interview today with Tolkien scholar Douglas Anderson, author of The Annotated Hobbit: PW Daily spoke with Anderson about juggling the roles of bookseller and author, and why reading an annotated Hobbit is …

Neil Portnow to be named: Portnow, an executive with Jive Records, was one of five finalists under review by the board, which voted Sunday, sources said. The Santa Monica-based academy is in charge of the Grammy Awards. He would replace longtime Grammy chief C. Michael Greene, who stepped down in …

It’s a big day for settlements: Rock music star Courtney Love and Universal Music Group on Monday said they have settled all legal issues between them, ending a widely watched industry lawsuit ahead of a trial scheduled for this week. Under the deal, Universal Music Group said it will waive …