Tag Archives: Internet

Napster is wasting no time jumping into high profile marketing maneuvers, taking on iTunes and the seven dwarfs with confidence and aplomb: Penn State University announced today it is going to revolutionize the music world with a ground-breaking agreement with the online music service Napster, a division of Roxio. ….Penn …

This is an odd news report: More than a million households deleted all the digital music files they had saved on their PCs in August – a sign that the record industry’s anti-piracy tactics are hitting home, said research company NPD Group on Wednesday. NPD credited the ongoing anti-piracy campaign …

Good news for the industry, although there aren’t all that many songs even available in physical form, but that’s another story. Digital tracks are outselling physical singles by a growing margin, a sign that consumers increasingly are embracing the brave new world of Internet downloading. Digital download sales outpaced physical …

Son of a sneezing biscuit! This story couldn’t fit in much better to my daylong crusade against smug pricks, concerning which, this pud from Diebold joins the Smug Prick Hall of Fame: Diebold Election Systems, which makes voting machines, is waging legal war against grass-roots advocates, including dozens of college …

At 45 I have been listening rabidly to rock music for over 35 years – I AM classic rock. If it came out in the late-’60s or ’70s, I pretty much know it, but I have to admit all I remember about Bloodrock are their album covers. Barry Stoller passionately …

I am stating here and now that I would like EVERYONE to comment on ALL my posts from NOW ON. Everyone except spammers, that is. Lolita and your kin – you can take your “Nice site!” lurking kiddie porn URL, light it on fire, and gerbil it.

Though I’m in a pissed off mood today, I still wouldn’t have bothered with this if it weren’t for the overweening smugness, the serene sense of superiority of the poor embattled aesthete forced to deal with affronts to her sensibility: If you have a site named, Blog Critics shouldn’t you …

Computerworld says free Wi-Fi is an effective markeiting tool: Cities and community development organizations across the country have embraced free Wi-Fi to boost economic development and attract visitors to downtown areas. A handful of small airports in the shadow of large hubs offer free Wi-Fi to attract travelers. And Verizon …

If the British “secret transsexual” dating show is a new low in reality TV, this is a new low in spam – fresh out of the box. I shant be clicking any of the links, but note the implicit threat that something will happen if you don’t click over. I …

The inexorable logic of broadband is working its way through the populace: After a quarter marked by DSL price cuts and cable speed boosts, one thing is clear: Broadband use is surging, regardless of what form it takes. Recently released numbers from cable companies and from the Baby Bells who …