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Wired, which is big on the future of music in its latest issue, tries to track down the elusive Kazaa. Do to its decentralized nature, there is no practical way to shut down Kazaa and similar systems despite what any given judge may say, though there is no doubt in …

The bad news about the hysterical Nike soccer streaker ad – “that image is burned on my retina” – is that it was all staged, the streaker is an actor. But the good news is – authenticity-wise anyway – is that he really did nude up for the ad and …

Bill Gates may be Satan, but at least he gets the concept that the developed world can no longer insulate itself from the problems of the developing world – it’s a small world after all. Gates wants scientists to focus on curing and mitigating the diseases of the Third World …

It is clear that wireless will be the conduit to essentially free broadband access to the Internet – eventually. I’m very much looking forward to saving the $40 per month. The University of Akron, right down the road from me, is out in front of the curve: The University of …

The current wave of reality TV shows, and their frightening success, is leading many in the industry to talk of new business paradigms, grand new vistas of cheaper programming, a no-repeat program calendar (that part’s fine with me), and the return of many prodigal young viewers from cable and the …

We mentioned back on the 19th that a statement by the RIAA’s Hilary Rosen seemed to indicate a change in philosophy regarding ISPs and some kind of fee to be paid to enable file sharing. Unfortunately, she took it all back: It seemed too good to be true. When I …

More on the battle going on within Sony – a fine synecdoche of the entire content-equipment struggle – by Frank Rose in the new Wired: For Keiji Kimura, the problem is small enough to fit in his pocket and just heavy enough to weigh on his mind. Kimura is a …

Hey, my bud and Cleveland native Chris Butler, former leader-songwriter-guitarist-producer for the Waitresses, Tin Huey member, solo artist, has a hypercool, zeitgeist-humming new CD out called The Museum of Me, wherein he recorded new songs with the ur technology of wax cylinders, wire recorders, and vintage tape, all mixed up …

Hilary is on her way out, everyone and their mother says drastic change is in the offing, but industry officials say they are going to keep alienating everyone who can possibly help them: Music industry officials on both sides of the Atlantic on Friday vowed to keep up the fight …

I’ve always liked SNL’s Tracy Morgan but haven’t always been sure why: he has appeared sporadically over his seven years on the show and is sometimes hilarious and sometimes seems wildly out of place. I now think is the essence of his appeal is the contrast between his NYC streetwise, …