Archive for July, 2008

‘Dirty’ music needs regulation (The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles)

Thursday, July 31st, 2008
It amazes me that regardless of one's age, gender or personality, music has the capacity to influence everyone. Songs have tremendous power over the human mind and carry potency to bring back memories, provide emotional comfort or change one's mood.

Keller: Resident to appear at House of Blues (Southlake Times)

Wednesday, July 30th, 2008
People make career changes in life for different reasons. Keller resident Breggett Rideau traded in her career as a microbiologist to care for her son, Terrence II.

Yahoo To Reimburse Customers Of DRM-Protected Music (InformationWeek)

Wednesday, July 30th, 2008
People who purchased from Yahoo's soon-to-be-closed online music store will be offered coupons for MP3s from Rhapsody.

The Bruce Wayne of WoW - Napster’s Shawn Fanning

Wednesday, July 30th, 2008
By day he heads a multi-million dollar corporation, by night he's a hardcore World of Warcraft player and Jiu-Jitsu expert. Has Fanning surpassed Dennis Fong (Thresh) and Jonathan Wendel (Fatal1ty) as the most successful gamer of all time? P.s. I hope you can handle Naruto references.

Yahoo To Reimburse Customers Of DRM-Protected Music (InformationWeek)

Wednesday, July 30th, 2008
People who purchased from Yahoo's soon-to-be-closed online music store will be offered coupons for MP3s from Rhapsody.

Cho Down (Nashville Scene)

Wednesday, July 30th, 2008
In college, I went through a phase where I listened to Margaret Cho's stand-up constantly (illegally downloaded on Napster—ah, those were the days). In lieu of homework, I would giggle at my desk as she talked about her mother being convinced from birth that she was a lesbian; about being s...

Dude — Are You Going to Get a Dell MP3 Player? (Wired News)

Wednesday, July 30th, 2008
Back when the MP3 market was young, Dell tried to be a player with the Dell DJ. Oprah liked it and, frankly, so did we. But it crashed and burned while Apple sewed things up to the point where even Microsoft's Zune is a distant also-ran. So, naturally, Dell wants back in now, five years later. We who are about to die salute you!

Yahoo To Reimburse Customers Of DRM-Protected Music (InformationWeek)

Wednesday, July 30th, 2008
People who purchased from Yahoo's soon-to-be-closed online music store will be offered coupons for MP3s from Rhapsody.

Keller: Resident to appear at House of Blues (Southlake Times)

Wednesday, July 30th, 2008
People make career changes in life for different reasons. Keller resident Breggett Rideau traded in her career as a microbiologist to care for her son, Terrence II.

Keep the Internet unclogged (Seattle Times)

Wednesday, July 30th, 2008
THE Internet was in crisis. Its electronic "pipes" were clogged with new bandwidth-hogging software. Engineers faced a choice: Allow the...