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Music downloads

Tuesday, March 25th, 2008

We7 – Peter Gabriel’s ad-supported online music store – have received tremendous support from a very unlikely source. From April all of Sony BMG’s back catalogue will be available for free streaming from the free music downloads site.
Yes, that is the same Sony BMG that joined forces with other industry bigwigs to sue anyone […]

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Another MVNO Bites the Dust

Sunday, March 23rd, 2008

Voce, the Beverly Hills-based MVNO, has joined the likes of AMPD, ESPN and Disney MVNOs (Mobile Virtual Network Operators) in the dumpster, amid hundreds of millions of investor capital written off as a bad idea.
Yes, it is hard to run a carrier, and apparently even harder to run a virtual carrier. What is the lesson […]

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5 Takes on Windows Vista SP1 [Roundup]

Sunday, March 23rd, 2008

Vista’s SP1 was officially released on Tuesday. That means people have had enough time to tinker around with it, test it out, and share their opinions. The reviews are in, and here’s what the usual suspects (plus our own most eloquent commenters) had to say.
PC World: “Pre-SP1, the [1.9GB] file copy averaged 384 seconds; post-SP1, […]

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5 Takes on Windows Vista SP1 [Roundup]

Sunday, March 23rd, 2008

Vista’s SP1 was officially released on Tuesday. That means people have had enough time to tinker around with it, test it out, and share their opinions. The reviews are in, and here’s what the usual suspects (plus our own most eloquent commenters) had to say.
PC World: “Pre-SP1, the [1.9GB] file copy averaged 384 seconds; post-SP1, […]

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Movaya TryNBuy to allow consumers to play mobile phone games before purchasing
Seattle, WA, February 07, 2008 — Movaya, a mobile content distribution and services company, announced today the BETA launch of Movaya TryNBuy, the first off-deck, cross-carrier, try-before-you-buy system for mobile game sales in the US.
Over 30 mobile game publishers are taking part in […]

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Another MVNO Bites the Dust

Sunday, March 23rd, 2008

Voce, the Beverly Hills-based MVNO, has joined the likes of AMPD, ESPN and Disney MVNOs (Mobile Virtual Network Operators) in the dumpster, amid hundreds of millions of investor capital written off as a bad idea.
Yes, it is hard to run a carrier, and apparently even harder to run a virtual carrier. What is the lesson […]

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Mobile and Computer Technology

Saturday, March 15th, 2008

Our computers are getting smaller, and our telephones are getting more powerful. How long until they merge into the same device? Well it has already happened, actually.
If you told someone in a previous generation that they would be carrying a computer around in their pocket – a computer with more computing power than even the […]

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Buying music online is quickly becoming very popular and it is gaining momentum. A Forrester Research study suggests that by 2012 the money spend on music downloads will be greater than that spend on CD sales. A sobering thought for those business that rely on CD sales. Change is good, though, and it is […]

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