Actually, it's not really an industry first. I don't guess i

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0tv.com - Guess My Name

0tv.com - Guess My Name 03/08/2004 11:12 PM
guess my name .. deze wanker

zerotv.com/namegame/index.cfm?game=now
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"Guess Who"

"Guess Who" 03/25/2005 11:25 AM
Ashton Kutcher and Bernie Mac try to bridge color lines in this reverse take on "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?"

So, I guess we have a war on.

So, I guess we have a war on. 03/19/2003 10:26 PM
It's official, the three stooges, Spain, UK and the US has withdrawn their UN resolution, and is now sorting out...

Okay, I Guess I'm Sorry Too...

Okay, I Guess I'm Sorry Too... 08/19/2004 08:46 PM
"The iPod mini hints that much of Apple was on lunch break when the 'Power Mac G4 Cube: lessons Learned' memo circulated." is a good line -- and one that I was loathe to waste. By Christopher Breen, Macworld (via MyAppleMenu)

See, if you can guess what this is?

See, if you can guess what this is? 02/01/2005 09:47 PM
Yes, it looks just like... Eww... Could it be?
Yes, it's the Hello Kitty Artificial Vagina!

Well, not quite. In fact, it's a Hello Kitty tissue holder. You put a box of Kleenex inside it and pull them through the small opening that looks like, well, err.

This message has been brought to you by WTF Finland.

The end of oil? Guess again

The end of oil? Guess again 09/15/2004 09:56 AM
Sure, the easy-to-find black gold is getting scarce. But Big Oil has a few cards left to play -- no matter what the cost to the environment or the developing world.

I guess that's me out, then... [Flickr]

I guess that's me out, then... [Flickr] 01/02/2005 11:28 AM

I guess I'm out of the tournament

I guess I'm out of the tournament 06/22/2004 02:04 PM
A few weeks ago, I wrote:

Dude! This is too cool!

Tomorrow, I have an audition to do voicework for Twisted Metal: World Tour!

I've played so much Twisted Metal over the years that if I hear Rob Zombie in the car, I have to change the station, or I may get a little . . . aggressive.

This would be like a Trekkie getting to work on TNG, or me getting to work on Family Guy or Futurama.

Apparently, a Video game news site ran a story which quoted the entry, but incorrectly asserted that I had been "cast" in the game. I sent them feedback and asked for a correction, but they never ran it, nor did they respond to my request.

And now, of course, Sony is pissed.

At me.

Because they think I claimed that I was cast in the project (except that I didn't.)

They've asked me to issue a retraction, which I don't think is appropriate, since I never made the incorrect claim in the first place, but I love Sony's games, and I especially love the entire Twisted Metal series, and since I don't want to hurt them, and I especially don't want to hurt my chances of ever working with them (provided it's not already too late) I would like to issue the following clarification:

I completely respect Sony, and everyone involved with the production of all the Twisted Metal games. I wrote about my audition on my blog because I was so excited about the opportunity to audition for something that I love so much.

I understand the importance of not revealing any confidential or sensitive information, which is why I didn't talk about the characters I read for, or discuss any storyline specifics. I've been a professional actor for over 25 years, and confidentiality is nothing new to me.

I deeply regret that I was misquoted by psp.ign.com, and I am very upset that they did not respond to my request to clarify their story. I hope this hasn't caused any harm to Sony, or anyone involved with the production of Twisted Metal: World Tour, and I sincerely hope that I will get an opportunity to work with them in the future.

If nothing else, I can't wait to get my hands on the wheel, and jump back into Calypso's newest tournament, when the game is released.

I guess he's not switching...

I guess he's not switching... 01/11/2004 03:49 AM
"Crash Different" Well, I think this editor probably isn't going to continue using a Macintosh if he can help it. A decent spoof video, actually, on the "Think Different" / "Switch" campaigns. [via MemeStreams]

Guess I'm not gonna get...

Guess I'm not gonna get... 02/01/2005 10:03 PM

An Aqua port of Open Office anytime soon (via Matt).

Or, a Solaris x86 port of Eclipse-GTK either (via Jim).

sigh

Guess What -- You Asked for Those Pop-Up
Ads

Guess What -- You Asked for Those Pop-Up
Ads 06/24/2004 11:37 AM
Business Week Jun 24 2004 3:45PM GMT

"Well that was stupid, guess they
shouldn't just do it."

"Well that was stupid, guess they
shouldn't just do it." 03/26/2005 12:44 PM
A Child's View of the Army "....Like every other boy he was going through the little green army men phase....Gabe is roughly five years old and very articulate. Thus it should have come as little surprise when he began having one army man in charge, and the rest start building something. "Sir, we're ready to build the rocket." " : Five year old Gabe explains - via stacked creamers and table bricabrac, at an IHOP breakfast - the ramifications of mindless subservience to authority.

I guess everything Marqui does is NOT OK

I guess everything Marqui does is NOT OK 12/31/2004 10:59 AM

Robin Good tears them (or at least the folks who issued the SEO white paper) a new one.....

And Eric Rice agrees.....

:-)

Tee Hee Hee - and we're not firing them for saying so......

:-)

Guess The Starfighter

Guess The Starfighter 08/27/2004 01:38 PM
Wizards of the Coast recently announced their new Star Wars TCG Sweepstakes in anticipation of Episode III: Revenge of the Sith. Visit the WOTC site now and enter for your chance to win a full deck of Return of the Jedi TCG cards, as well as a set of Revenge of the Sith cards (to be shipped upon released). Everyone who correctly guesses the name of the ROTS preview card (pictured) will win an Anakin’s Starfighter preview card. Thanks to Ashley Prester for the heads up. [Caution: minor spoiler warnings apply]

I guess it really is in the hands of
god, then ...

I guess it really is in the hands of
god, then ... 11/19/2003 08:07 AM
Buck Stupid
You.gotta.be.kidding.me

"Guess what age all these people are"

"Guess what age all these people are" 05/14/2004 10:39 AM

Recent HomelandDefenseStocks.com Online
Investor and Industry Conference
Provides Investors and Industry With

Recent HomelandDefenseStocks.com Online
Investor and Industry Conference
Provides Investors and Industry With 04/14/2005 04:02 PM
Market Wire Apr 14 2005 7:58PM GMT

Hollywood and the music industry face
off against the heavy hitters of the
high-tech industry in a Supreme Cou

Hollywood and the music industry face
off against the heavy hitters of the
high-tech industry in a Supreme Cou 03/27/2005 03:49 PM
Baku Today Mar 27 2005 5:57PM GMT

Dr. Joe Webb to Conduct Printing
Industry Economic Outlook Webinar for
WhatTheyThink.com Subscribers and the
Industry, Sponsored by EFI

Dr. Joe Webb to Conduct Printing
Industry Economic Outlook Webinar for
WhatTheyThink.com Subscribers and the
Industry, Sponsored by EFI 06/08/2004 02:59 AM
Printing industry forecaster and commentator Dr. Joe Webb will speak at a printing industry economic webinar sponsored by EFI (NASDAQ: EFII) on June 23rd from 2:00 to 3:00 pm EDT; it is free to the industry. Signup form is at http://members.whattheythink.com/home/webinar.cfm [PRWEB Jun 8, 2004]

Shark Tank: Guess again

Shark Tank: Guess again 02/01/2005 09:06 PM
It's 1999, and this dot-com CTO's wife is in labor with their first child. Then a doctor arrives -- and points to an ominous flat line on the fetal monitor.

Your Guess Is As Good As Mine

Your Guess Is As Good As Mine 01/03/2004 07:06 AM
All Your RSS

jcwinnie.us/MT/archives/000335.html
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Jeff tries to guess what Dave's up to

Jeff tries to guess what Dave's up to 11/25/2003 10:26 PM

Jeff Sandquist is trying to guess what Dave Winer is up to. He has a great idea. Instead of putting the onus on weblog writers to add metadata to our posts (I hate putting titles on my posts, for instance, or even clicking a box when I post) why not give that power to readers? Let them add the metadata that will make weblog posts more useful to more people.

By the way, I added a title to this post, but not to the others. Just so those of you who are reading in RSS news aggregators can see what it looks like when I take the time to do that.

Dream Mergers - guess which one I put
in?

Dream Mergers - guess which one I put
in? 04/06/2005 09:22 PM

Susan Mernit tipped me to this.....

Guess what? Spam pays

Guess what? Spam pays 11/16/2003 09:39 PM

You know that saying that crime doesn't pay? Every day it's becoming increasingly clear to me that spam does in fact pay.

As I delete comment spam after comment spam from PVRblog, I've noticed the products being sold are almost all over-the-counter or shady pharmacutical drugs that can be easily bought, sold, and shipped. Most of my email spam mirrors that as well.

It's a low-risk thing when you think about it. You buy a minimal amount of inventory, then broadcast your message from one of the hundreds of businesses setup to help you, or free spam cannon programs you can download. They say that some percentage of folks buy stuff in spam, and even if that's only 0.1% success, when you send out 5 million messages, you can make $5,000 if each sale gives you a profit of one dollar. If your profit is higher (and it should be), you can sell much less and still make that much money. Imagine it: one day of doing the devil's work and you've made as much as you will in a month of work at a $60k desk job.

Four to five years ago, I used to spend quite a bit of energy on combating spam. I read anti-spammer email lists and newsgroups, I used a spamcop account, and I sent messages daily to every abuse@hostingprovider address I could track down that hosted these bastards. I watched hundreds of other vigilante spam fighters do the same and as we shut down site after site and got person after person cut off from their service, I noticed they kept coming back, only multiplied. Eventually I grew weary of the work I put out that didn't seem to have much impact on the problem and started filtering my spam instead.

A few days ago I got some spam from a guy that has been sending me the same exact niche spam for 8 years. I know the guy that is doing it, I know where he lives, and I can tell you what dialup account he's using right now if I looked. I've reported him a dozen times and gotten him kicked off ISPs but all these years later he's still hawking his crappy products. Obviously, the guy never gave up and I'm convinced there's a financial reason for it. Spam pays, and it probably pays big.

All this is a long way of saying that I have no doubt that every word of Mark Pilgrim's post about the future of weblog spam is the gospel truth. I've seen it happen in email and usenet, and it's going to happen to weblogs as well, and as hard as we fight, it's not going to do a whole hell of a lot of good (Jason posted pretty much the same thing a week ago).

Even with my technical knowledge, a handful of custom filtering server-side and client-side programs, spam is getting through to me in such quantities that I wish I didn't have to rely on email so much. Weblog spam is making me rethink commenting on any movable type site I run. It's exhausting, pointless to fight, and I really wish we could come up with a magic bullet that removes the economic incentive to spam.

"Well, I guess they didn't like Al
Franken. What were they thinking?"

"Well, I guess they didn't like Al
Franken. What were they thinking?" 04/15/2004 03:48 PM

Antelope: Still Alive, I Guess

Antelope: Still Alive, I Guess 08/02/2004 12:02 PM

Handtops has nice overview of the Antelope MCC, the 'modular computing core' computer that uses swappable cores to allow you to move you environment from a desktop dock to a handheld shell computer, enabling a complete environment migration if you need to move on the go. And that would be great and all if Antelope didn't completely shit themselves with the price -- we're talking around $4,000 to buy all the pieces to take advantage of it -- and that's without a lot of normal features like Wi-Fi or Bluetooth built in.

They claim to be for the business segment, and that's fine, but if you're going to charge a fully-premium price for something, you better have an all-around premium product.

The Antelope has been out for almost a year, but it's been at least that long since we've vented our impotent rage at it, so there you go.

Read - Antelope introduction [Handtops]

Related
The Antelope arrives [Gizmodo]

``I'm not your regular person, I guess.'

``I'm not your regular person, I guess.' 04/12/2005 10:20 PM
Down doesn't mean out. There were great expectations for Bill Pulsipher, and then a great crash. After leaving baseball to mow lawns, he's worked his way back -- becoming perhaps the only ballplayer to talk about the stigma attached Anxiety and Depression. He has retur ned as a loogy with last year's NL champs the Cards. But how will he do this year?

Just spastic enough to be charming, I
guess.

Just spastic enough to be charming, I
guess. 03/08/2004 11:09 PM
iGetMovie (scroll to the bottom) - save Quicktime movies from your browser. Hence, the entire afternoon spent at Apple Trailers Meanwhile, I'm realised I'm a complete sucker for sportswear copywriters. Faced with the realisation that in five weeks I'll be...

Intel vs. TI: Guess Who's the Underdog

Intel vs. TI: Guess Who's the Underdog 04/26/2004 04:58 AM
Business Week Apr 26 2004 9:18AM GMT

Guess whose computer is broken?

Guess whose computer is broken? 12/13/2003 10:27 AM
Yes, friends, my PC is broken again. The motherboard (Asus P4P800 Deluxe) I put in this summer suddenly lost its onboard audio and NIC. The audio revived when I reinstalled the drivers but nothing seems to be bringing back the NIC. Further, my spare PCI NIC reports the same problem: the drivers install but the system says that it cannot be started. I have flashed my BIOS and it says that the onboard services are enabled. (When I replaced the motherboard this summer, the network capability shorted out within hours and I had to replace the replacement. Hmmm.) I've also...

Hi honey, I'm home! Guess what!...

Hi honey, I'm home! Guess what!... 03/13/2003 10:25 AM
Face Transplants : "...the harvesting or ''degloving'' of a face would take approximately two hours, depending on the depth of the excision. It is possible to remove not just skin and subcutaneous fat and muscle but....part of the donor's bone and cartilage as well. Still, the deeper the cut, the more complex becomes the reattachment."

guess who's coming to dinner?

guess who's coming to dinner? 06/04/2004 12:38 PM
I talk about this in more depth in Just A Geek, but for years I lived with a very profound sense of shame. The huge acting career that I'd hoped for when I left Star Trek never happened, and as I grew through my twenties, I realized just what an epic asshole I'd been throughout my teenage years. Regret was a constant companion, and it was very hard for me to face friends and family, because I felt like I'd let everyone down. Of course, that wasn't the case. I had most certainly let myself down, but to the people who loved me, how I was doing in my career was unimportant. It took me several years to get over myself, (to follow that process in every excruciating detail, just go back to the beginning of WWdN's archives, and start reading) but once I finally did, I realized how many years I just . . . wasted. So last week, I called my mom. I've talked with her before about my feelings of disappointment, shame and regret, and I recalled that conversation. "So now that I'm over all of that, I feel good, and happy, and at peace with my life and career . . ." "It's good that I can separate my life and my career. There's a lesson I wish I'd learned ten years ago." I thought. " . . . and I realize how much I miss seeing you and dad," I said. "I'd like to make an effort to do more things together." Read more at WWdN!

How to Save Energy: Just Guess

How to Save Energy: Just Guess 05/04/2004 05:05 AM
Exact calculations aren't always necessary, so engineers are using Probabilistic Bits in chips that basically guess at the right answer, thereby saving energy. By Michelle Delio.

Guess there are New Toys coming

Guess there are New Toys coming 10/28/2003 11:08 PM
So, I popped over to the online Apple Store this morning to price out airport base stations, and what do I see? A "We'll be back soon, busy updating the store!" page instead. On the one hand, bummer... I wanted to get the prices. On the other, as it's far from urgent, I wonder what New Toys they're going to be rolling out later today....

Entrepreneurs: Don't Second-Guess your
First Impression

Entrepreneurs: Don't Second-Guess your
First Impression 04/18/2005 02:24 AM
Attention entrepreneurs- while you're trimming costs and allocating precious cash to build your company's infrastructure, you may be neglecting a vital area: your logo. Charlotte, NC marketing firm Asterisk Creative has created brand identities for over 20 firms since 2001. Their nationally-recognized design team discusses how to create a logo that makes the right impression right away. [PRWEB Apr 18, 2005]

Guess what I'm holding in my hands...

Guess what I'm holding in my hands... 10/28/2003 11:09 PM
...no, it's nothing that won't fit on a relatively G-rated weblog.I'm holding the very first print issue of php|architect! The copies have arrived at the MTA offices yesterday afternoon and while we've been working the weekend to label and sort...

Net Access Tax Ban Still Anyone's Guess

Net Access Tax Ban Still Anyone's Guess 01/22/2004 02:11 AM
Internet News Jan 21 2004 7:24PM GMT

MWH Soft Ships Third Generation of
Industry-Preferred InfoWater Suite for
Power ArcGIS Users in the Global
Waterworks Industry

MWH Soft Ships Third Generation of
Industry-Preferred InfoWater Suite for
Power ArcGIS Users in the Global
Waterworks Industry 09/26/2004 03:49 AM
Reinforcing its vanguard position in water resources applications software, MWH Soft, Inc., today announced the worldwide availability of InfoWater® Generation V3 for ArcGIS® (ESRI, Redlands, CA). [PRWEB Sep 26, 2004]

Guess who's been scarfing FOAF for their
YASNS?

Guess who's been scarfing FOAF for their
YASNS? 04/16/2004 10:16 AM

OK - so one of the first complaints I get about FOAF is privacy.  And I blindly just keep repeating the mantra: "each system is repsonsible for their own security."  And then someone asks "do you think everyone will want their FOAF files sent around" and I reply "then don't put anything into your FOAF you don't want others to know about".

OK - so I'm sitting here - waiting for the results of two FOAF based systems to sucessfully import and export FOAF files between each other - and others have said "we can just spider and scarf" - just like any other red-blooded web developer.

And I answer "yes - but we want to get the end-user involved in all this".

So this morning I get an invite into a new system - called AskMyNetwork.com - truly a YASNS. But this one's got some twists.  It's a recommendation (read: reputation) network, enabling folks to recomend services, people, restaurants, etc.  And it (apparently) has scarfed up a bunch fo FOAF and they're using it for..... well let me tell you how.

1.  So I'm looking around this YASNS and there's a button that says:

You have at least 48 potential connections - users that the network believes you already know, but haven't added to your connections list yet.

2.  So I click on it - and sure enough, there's good old Mr. Joi Ito.  "Ah" - I say, someone warm and fuzzy.  So I click on it - and the system asks me for Joi's email.  Huh?

3. Now wait a minute - how did they know a) that I know Joi and b) that they DON'T know Joi's email......

4.  Hmmmmm - there was also a long list of 48 other people there. Hmmmmmm.  Think.  Think.

5.  Oh shit - they scarfed a FOAF file from somewhere (I think it's the set of FOAFs I have on Phil Pearson's TopicExchange!  Ouch - now I have to eat my own dogfood!

6.  Solution?  Give the end-user the explicit control over exporting FOAF.  That's what the FOAFnet is going to do.

7.  So Dom Ramsey - if you're reading this - please make AskMyNetwork.com a FOAFnet compliant site and work with us to make ALL FOAF based sites adhere to these simple rules.....

A) No one's FOAF is exported without their explicit permission.

B) No one gets bothered if they don't provide their email - get the hint!

C) Please stop collecting FOAF files as if they're little trophies to be put up on a mantle and admired.

-----

Next week I'l critique the entire premise of AskMyNetwork and why these recommendations should be locked up inside some data silo - or set free - and placed onto open servers.

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Epilog - they do have some coolio animated gifs though........

Grok Description matches for Actually, it's not really an industry first. I don't guess i
GrokA matches for Actually, it's not really an industry first. I don't guess i

dowlord to my e-mail new gta san andreas

dowlord to my e-mail new gta san andreas 08/16/2004 04:43 AM
TechTree Aug 16 2004 8:49AM GMT

My iTunes Music Server (Or How I Learned
To Stop Worrying And Love Compressed
Music)

My iTunes Music Server (Or How I Learned
To Stop Worrying And Love Compressed
Music) 07/25/2004 05:58 PM
By Matthew Davidson (via MyAppleMenu)

Capture/RIP Music Streams for Easy,
Free, Legal, and Tagged Music/MP3 Files

Capture/RIP Music Streams for Easy,
Free, Legal, and Tagged Music/MP3 Files 03/28/2005 12:56 PM
Tech-Recipes Mar 28 2005 5:12PM GMT

The New York Times > Arts > Music > Ray
Charles, Who Reshaped American Music,
Dies at 73

The New York Times > Arts > Music > Ray
Charles, Who Reshaped American Music,
Dies at 73 06/11/2004 03:38 AM

nytimes.com/2004/06/10/arts/music/10CND-RAY.html
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Is This The Announcement Australian
Music Lovers Have Waited For? iTunes
Music Store Comes To Australia?

Is This The Announcement Australian
Music Lovers Have Waited For? iTunes
Music Store Comes To Australia? 12/26/2004 08:28 PM

By Les Posen, CyberPsych Blog

Music master Laws to protect music and
movies go too far says Bill Thompson

Music master Laws to protect music and
movies go too far says Bill Thompson 11/07/2003 07:44 AM
BBC Nov 7 2003 7:05AM ET

Digital Music Superguide: Everything You
Need To Know About Using Your Mac, iPod,
And Stereo To Play Your Music Throughout
The House

Digital Music Superguide: Everything You
Need To Know About Using Your Mac, iPod,
And Stereo To Play Your Music Throughout
The House 06/02/2004 08:56 AM
To help you get the most from your music, we've put together a package with insights on ripping and organizing your music collection. We'll also show you how to pump the sound all around the house, beyond the limitations of your Mac's tinny speakers or your iPod's headphones. And you'll discover how to create your own songs with GarageBand. By Christopher Breen and Michael Gowan, Macworld (via MyAppleMenu)

New PC-software supports consumers of
music downloads in disadvantages of
music industry

New PC-software supports consumers of
music downloads in disadvantages of
music industry 09/13/2004 03:06 AM
German company RapidSolution Software has released the Windows software Tunebite. Music tracks purchased from the Internet are copy-protected and involve important restrictions for many users when they are played back. With the option to re-record them while they are played, Tunebite legally provides the user with new music files without restrictions. This ensures that music bought from Apple iTunes, Sony Connect, AOL or other music platforms in the Internet can be played back and listened to from everywhere. [PRWEB Sep 13, 2004]

Mireth Technology Launches New Digital
Music Software - Music Man Released

Mireth Technology Launches New Digital
Music Software - Music Man Released 09/02/2004 02:25 AM
Mireth Technology Corp. announces the launch of Music Man, digital music software that rips from CD, converts between formats, burns to CD or to USB Flash Drive Memory and plays music files, CDs and directly from USB Flash. Music Man was developed for Macintosh users with MP3 devices other than Apple’s. Music Man runs on Mac OS X. [PRWEB Sep 2, 2004]

Final Availability of Windows Media
Player 10 Brings More Music and More
Choices to Music Fans

Final Availability of Windows Media
Player 10 Brings More Music and More
Choices to Music Fans 09/02/2004 12:49 AM
Microsoft Corp. today announced the final version of Windows Media® Player 10 will be available for download at 6 a.m. PDT on Sept. 2, 2004. The new player is designed to make it faster and easier for consumers to discover, download, play and transport their digital media, and includes the first built-in Digital Media Mall, which enables consumers to browse and acquire music and video from a broad number of online stores. The Digital Media Mall includes access in the United States to CinemaNow Inc., Musicmatch Inc., MusicNow LLC, Napster LLC, Wal-Mart Music Downloads and MSN® Music, a preview of which will be made available tomorrow. Windows Media Player 10 also enables consumers to transfer their music to more than 70 portable devices and automatically sync their entire media library -- music, video, recorded TV and pictures -- to new Windows Mobile (TM) -based Portable Media Centers, which Microsoft announced will be available tomorrow at retail.

Webtv Europe & Universal Music UK
Announce Secure Digital Music Deal for
Mobiles

Webtv Europe & Universal Music UK
Announce Secure Digital Music Deal for
Mobiles 04/27/2004 08:49 AM
PA News via The Scotsman Online Apr 27 2004 1:24PM GMT

Sonic Introduces AuthorScript Music SDK
for Online Music Providers and Audio
Software Developers

Sonic Introduces AuthorScript Music SDK
for Online Music Providers and Audio
Software Developers 09/27/2004 07:30 AM
Biz.yahoo.com - Mon Sep 27, 10:37 am GMT

Music Industry Welcomes Federal
Government Commitment To Copyright
Revisions QRS Music Technologies, Inc.
Intr

Music Industry Welcomes Federal
Government Commitment To Copyright
Revisions QRS Music Technologies, Inc.
Intr 03/25/2005 07:11 AM
Music Industry News Network Mar 25 2005 7:53AM GMT

Warner Music Tries (And Fails) To Make
Friends With Music Bloggers

Warner Music Tries (And Fails) To Make
Friends With Music Bloggers 08/16/2004 06:48 AM
MP3 blogs have been getting a lot of attention lately. The blogs, which usually focus on certain genres of music with the idea to highlight or expose certain new or obscure acts to a wider audience are growing in popularity. They often post an entire MP3 as well. However, it appears that some of the attention directed at these blogs made it to some executives at Warner Brothers Records. In a moment of enlightenment (considering typical record company reaction), instead of trying to shut these sites down, they decided to see what would happen if they embraced them. Someone from Warner contacted a number of these blogs, including an MP3 from a band they wanted to promote. This is somewhat surprising, as many of the sites certainly expected to get sued before they received MP3s from a major label. Still, the effort had its problems. The musician had already been featured months ago on some of the sites, and didn't fit at all with the focus of some of the other sites. Plus, the fear of looking like record company lackeys didn't appeal to many of the sites. Even worse, though, was that on the one site that did post the tracks, a number of out-of-place comments began appearing talking about how "awesome" the band was. A quick check of the IP addresses of the posters, though, showed they came from... Warner Brothers. So, while it's really great that they're actually trying to embrace these sorts of promotions, they still need to learn a thing or two about dealing with bloggers. Still, it's clearly a step forward from an industry that hasn't made many steps in that direction recently.

BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Music |
Ferdinand win Mercury Music Prize

BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Music |
Ferdinand win Mercury Music Prize 09/08/2004 11:05 AM
Franz Ferdinand wins the Mercury Music Prize, the top UK music award

news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/3636272.stm
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Music labels thrive while some online
music services may disappear

Music labels thrive while some online
music services may disappear 09/22/2004 09:13 PM
The music download business has been very good to the labels. For the stores, it's another story altogether.

Microsoft's MSN Music Will 'Finally
Bring Digital Music to the Masses'

Microsoft's MSN Music Will 'Finally
Bring Digital Music to the Masses' 09/02/2004 03:45 PM
Mac Observer Sep 2 2004 7:43PM GMT

“Royalty Free Music” Internet Radio
Announced by CSS Music

“Royalty Free Music” Internet Radio
Announced by CSS Music 03/30/2005 03:29 AM
CSS Music, a leading provider of royalty free music for use in film, television, and corporate and multimedia applications, has introduced an Internet radio station that plays original, instrumental, and royalty free music. [PRWEB Mar 30, 2005]

Grand Entertainment & Music, Inc. To
Launch Music E-commerce Website

Grand Entertainment & Music, Inc. To
Launch Music E-commerce Website 09/07/2004 07:09 AM
Biz.yahoo.com - Tue Sep 7, 10:40 am GMT

APPLE HAS THE MUSIC: Computer company
buying up music all over the place

APPLE HAS THE MUSIC: Computer company
buying up music all over the place 05/14/2004 04:51 PM
EURweb May 14 2004 8:11PM GMT

Music Plasma -- visual music search is
pretty amazing

Music Plasma -- visual music search is
pretty amazing 05/10/2004 12:12 AM
This visual music search engine lets you type in the name of an artist and it displays related artists. I thought I'd stump it by entering "Robert Crumb" (the cartoonist, who used to play tenor banjo in one of my favorite bands, The Cheap Suit Serenaders). I'll be damned if Music Plasma didn't display my very favorite musicians right next to his name. Link (Thanks, Anthony!)

DEMO Achieves a Historical Milestone by
Presenting the First Digital Music
Certification Award to Apple iTunes
Music Store

DEMO Achieves a Historical Milestone by
Presenting the First Digital Music
Certification Award to Apple iTunes
Music Store 08/04/2004 02:36 AM
DEMO grants the first Titanium + Certification Award to the Apple iTunes Music Store on July 29, 2004. [PRWEB Aug 4, 2004]

GlooNet™ Platform to Power NormSoft
Streaming Music Service Enables Remote
Access to Personal Music Collections

GlooNet™ Platform to Power NormSoft
Streaming Music Service Enables Remote
Access to Personal Music Collections 03/14/2005 05:24 PM
GlooNet enables consumers to acess their entire music collection stored on a home PC from a cell phone, pda or web browswer from remote locations. NormSoft has licensed GlooNet and will be launching its "tunesonthefly" service. [PRWEB Mar 11, 2005]

Music Ace deluxe debuts; home music
teaching aid

Music Ace deluxe debuts; home music
teaching aid 02/11/2004 10:59 AM
Harmonic Vision has announced Music Ace Deluxe, a new home-based music tutorial application aimed at beginning and intermediate music students. The product combines 36 lessons from Harmonic Vision's previously released Music Ace and Music Ace 2 products, and works with Macs and Windows PCs alike.

MSN Music Store to Rock the Music
Download Boat

MSN Music Store to Rock the Music
Download Boat 09/02/2004 01:31 PM
Source: The Search Engine Journal - MSN has unveiled MSN Music Store, their pay per download WMP driven system which is predicted to give Apple iTunes, Napster, and RealNetworks a run for their money in the realm of legal music...

Music Companies' Greed Will Kill Online
Music

Music Companies' Greed Will Kill Online
Music 05/07/2004 01:31 PM

NY Post: Apple Tunes Up. Under the terms of some of the deals, the prices for some of the most popular singles could rise to $1.25, according to sources familiar with the negotiations. Songs have previously been priced at 99 cents across the board.

And, apparently, album prices will rise even higher than the CDs cost in stores. Now there's a way to encourage buyers. Let's see. Charging more on a medium where the manufacturing costs are zero -- now that's a way to encourage sales. Brilliant.

MSN Music gears up to play in online
music sales

MSN Music gears up to play in online
music sales 08/31/2004 11:51 AM

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Microsoft Corp. long ago proved itself a dominant force in the software industry. But does a company known for PC operating systems and productivity software have the chops to make it in the music biz? That’s the central question this week amid widespread reports that Microsoft is poised to unveil its long-awaited MSN Music download store. The MSN service will compete against established services such as Roxio Inc.’s Napster, RealNetworks Inc.’s RealPlayer Music Store and…

RipDigital: Convert your music CDs to a
digital music library

RipDigital: Convert your music CDs to a
digital music library 01/11/2004 07:57 AM
RipDigital is a bulk CD-ripping operation: send them your CD library and they'll ship your library back in MP3 format .. RipDigital converts your entire CD collection to MP3s for you .. This is an interesting service .. RipDigital

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Music executives want to see more
expensive online music sales

Music executives want to see more
expensive online music sales 04/10/2004 05:00 AM
Prices are going up. It's common to find albums selling for $14 online as opposed to that originative $10 mark, and the music industry is finding that selling singles online hurts the bottom line.

HP to launch music store, digital music
player

HP to launch music store, digital music
player 12/03/2003 03:43 PM
Following the lead of its competitors in the PC industry, Hewlett-Packard Co. (HP) plans to announce a digital music player and music store along with a line of digital televisions early next year, a HP spokeswoman said Wednesday.

Actually, it's not really an industry first. I don't guess i

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