MGM studios to be bought by Sony

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Hi I am bought Sony Ericsson T230, but i
cannot connect to

Hi I am bought Sony Ericsson T230, but i
cannot connect to 08/30/2004 04:23 AM
TechTree Aug 30 2004 8:51AM GMT

Sony calls MGM studios acquisition
report speculation (AFP)

Sony calls MGM studios acquisition
report speculation (AFP) 04/22/2004 06:42 AM
AFP - Japanese consumer electronics giant Sony Corp. said a report that it and a group of investors are negotiating to buy Hollywood's MGM studios is speculation only.

"he bought some ads "

"he bought some ads " 11/03/2003 09:33 PM

I just bought a Mac

I just bought a Mac 09/26/2004 05:22 AM

That's right, I bought a Mac. A cheap iBook, to be exact. I'm not planning to write software for the Mac, but I do want to keep up with the goings-on in the Mac world, and I could also learn a lot from the Mac UI. See, there's one thing that Apple consistently gets right that Microsoft consistently gets wrong: style.

After working with OS-X for a few hours, switching back to Windows is like partying with Charlize Theron then coming home to Kathy Bates. Sure, Kathy Bates is exceptionally talented, but sometimes a little glamour is exciting.

We bought it to help with your homework

We bought it to help with your homework 05/07/2004 12:02 PM
Hey, Hey, 16K! What does that get you today? Perhaps the best bit of nerd nostalgia since the NESBuckle? Catchy song, dodgy animation, and the disembodied floating head of Clive Sinclair... what more could you ask for? Other than your old C64 back... [via AccordionGuy]

LiveJournal Bought Out

LiveJournal Bought Out 01/06/2005 09:19 AM
LiveJournal, the blogging site, has been bought up by Six Apart, the company behind the MovableType weblog software. The buy-out will see staff working with Danga, the company which previously owned LiveJournal, move to San Francisco to work with the new owners.

LiveJournal's creator, Brad Fitzpatrick, said the move will mean "nothing earth-shattering" for the existing service. However, users are to get access to trackback for the first time. "They're not buying the site to spam you, screw you, destroy the community, or convert you en masse to their other paid services," Fitzpatrick said. "They just want to double our efforts and have a part in all types of blogging. "

Six Apart CEO, Barak Berkowitz, added: "We are now the only company to offer the full range of weblogging tools to the market," he said. "We welcome LiveJournal users to the Six Apart family, and promise to keep the LiveJournal culture and quality which has earned their devotion."

Fitzpatrick promised development of LiveJournal will continue after the move; prices would not rise and free accounts would not be scrapped, he said. Since it started up five years ago, LiveJournal has built up a community of over five million users - it currently claims to have just short of 2.5 million actively-updated blogs on its servers.

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What Might Have Been: Microsoft Almost
Bought SAP

What Might Have Been: Microsoft Almost
Bought SAP 06/07/2004 06:45 PM

Bought a G5 right before the update?

Bought a G5 right before the update? 11/25/2003 10:22 PM
If you purchased a G5 right before yesterday's update, you don't need us to tell you that life sucks. If you want to help heal the wounds, take a look at Apple's price match policy. As long as you didn't get the 1.8GHz, it looks like you can get the difference back. The price match is only good for 10 days before the update, so if you bought before that, life still sucks.

Like Pixels? Check out MacDesign

Cnet have bought mp3.com?

Cnet have bought mp3.com? 11/14/2003 05:52 AM

Got an iPod, then bought a Mac?

Got an iPod, then bought a Mac? 03/14/2005 05:23 PM
We want to hear from you. What do you love about your iPod and how did it change the way you enjoy your music? Did you love your iPod so much that you decided to buy a Mac? How did your Mac change the rest of your life? Tell us about the fun new things you’ve discovered you can do on a personal computer. Are you doing more with your photos? Shooting and editing movies? Recording your own songs? We want your personal story of your move to Mac — what you do with it and how it’s made your life all around better. [Mar 11, 2005]

MusicNet Bought Out; Will Try, Try Again

MusicNet Bought Out; Will Try, Try Again 04/13/2005 01:28 AM
Back in the late 90s, as the recording industry noticed (way too late) that the world was passing them by with file sharing, some politicians began to realize that the industry wasn't doing anything other than whining about how the market had changed on them. After some quiet threats from these politicians, the industry realized it had to at least go through the motions of offering music downloads, and so they created and funded two online music services that were both clearly designed to fail miserably, MusicNot and PressPause... er... MusicNet and PressPlay. Since they were terribly designed with high prices and poor selection (the perfect combo!), users pretty much ignore d them. PressPlay was eventually sold off to what's now Napster and MusicNet has chugged along supported almost entirely by AOL, who has rebranded much of the service as their own. Now, however, the company has been sold to some private investors who claim they're going to revitalize the service. Considering the number of weak, expensive, difficult to use, incompatible music download stores out there, it seems unlikely that a company like MusicNet will break the mold any time soon.

Store-Bought Halloweenies

Store-Bought Halloweenies 11/01/2003 10:45 AM
RetroCrush recognizes the least popular discount Halloween costumes of the '70s and '80s, including this gem: "What kid didn't want to be 'Leather Guy' from The Village People? At least it's already got a built in protective vinyl coating." (11-01)

The House that Jack bought

The House that Jack bought 04/14/2005 06:56 PM
Access to a who's who of "superlobbyist" Jack Abramoff's GOP allies in the House.

has reportedly been bought and sold

has reportedly been bought and sold 12/10/2003 05:47 AM
Grover Norquist and the Islamists .. A Troubling Influence

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Why Yahoo! bought Oddpost

Why Yahoo! bought Oddpost 07/12/2004 12:38 PM
Adding a new twist to my mention of Oddpost in last Wednesday's item, More on rich clients, Yahoo! just bought the ...

What would happen if Microsoft bought
AMD?

What would happen if Microsoft bought
AMD? 12/08/2003 08:04 AM

Ask Jeeves if it's just bought Tukaroo

Ask Jeeves if it's just bought Tukaroo 06/10/2004 11:38 AM
Spot on

Why Tibco bought Staffware

Why Tibco bought Staffware 04/24/2004 06:18 AM
BPM vendors and their stakeholders will be delighted that Tibco Software paid a 40-percent premium to buy Staffware ...

Tweenies maker bought for £3.1m

Tweenies maker bought for £3.1m 09/13/2004 03:18 AM
Entertainment Rights buys the maker of popular BBC children's television show The Tweenies for £3.1m.

Ask Jeeves To Be Bought By
Interactivecorp

Ask Jeeves To Be Bought By
Interactivecorp 03/22/2005 09:41 PM

Arcolectric bought out of receivership

Arcolectric bought out of receivership 12/26/2003 01:49 AM
Scotsman Online Dec 26 2003 0:37AM ET

Ask Jeeves Inc. to Be Bought for $2
Billion

Ask Jeeves Inc. to Be Bought for $2
Billion 03/22/2005 04:56 PM
IAC/InterActiveCorp, the Internet company headed by Barry Diller, is close to an agreement to acquire Ask Jeeves Inc., the nation's fourth-largest search engine company.

What if Intelliseek Bought Technorati?

What if Intelliseek Bought Technorati? 04/04/2005 04:28 PM
The more I think about Intelliseek, the more I think they'll either try to muscle Technorati out of their market or they'll buy 'em. Intelliseek's BlogPulse Conversation Tracker is the sort of tool that I expected Technorati to build last year. In fact, I've joked about trying to build it myself using their API. (Could I sell it to them if I did?) And the BlogPulse Trend Search is kinda cool too. Just for kicks, I did a Trend Search...

UK biotech firm bought for £1.5bn

UK biotech firm bought for £1.5bn 05/18/2004 02:50 AM
The UK's largest biotech firm, Celltech, agrees to be taken over by Belgian drugmaker UCB.

Why Oracle bought Oblix

Why Oracle bought Oblix 03/30/2005 02:07 PM
It's gratifying to see Oracle endorsing several aspects of our analysis of the SOA management market with its purchase ...

OD2 bought by US rival Loudeye

OD2 bought by US rival Loudeye 06/22/2004 12:27 PM
newmediazero Jun 22 2004 5:13PM GMT

321 Studios Resellers being taken to
court

321 Studios Resellers being taken to
court 05/29/2004 09:36 AM

The MPAA was not happy enough with getting a injunction against 321 Studio's to stop selling a version of it's software, it is now going after 321 Studio's resellers in a bid to rid the marketplace of the software.

Their continued actions will result in the software becoming widely available on the Internet as more and more people will wonder why the MPAA targeted that version. [Yahoo]

321 Studios Inc. Considers Bankruptcy

321 Studios Inc. Considers Bankruptcy 06/17/2004 01:19 PM
San Jose Mercury News Jun 17 2004 5:24PM GMT

Studios Sue Retailer for Piracy (AP)

Studios Sue Retailer for Piracy (AP) 05/30/2004 10:10 PM
AP - Two Hollywood movie studios have sued an online retailer, accusing Technology One of defiantly selling DVD-copying software previously barred by two federal courts.

Studios sue retailer for piracy

Studios sue retailer for piracy 05/30/2004 11:23 PM
AP via New Jersey Online May 31 2004 3:27AM GMT

321 Studios Shuts Its Doors.

321 Studios Shuts Its Doors. 08/03/2004 09:26 PM
Wired News: 321 Studios Shuts Its Doors. That's one way to escape DMCA hell. BTW, I hear DVD Shrink is the way to go for copying DVDs these days.

321 Studios Slammed on Service

321 Studios Slammed on Service 04/21/2004 04:48 AM
The Better Business Bureau issues an advisory warning of consumer complaints against 321 Studios. The maker of DVD-copying software, already under fire from Hollywood studios, pledges to satisfy disgruntled customers.

321 Studios close to shutting down

321 Studios close to shutting down 06/16/2004 04:17 PM
Wave of lawsuits and courtroom defeats may shutter maker of programs to copy DVDs and games.

Four CDs I'm damned glad I bought this
weekend

Four CDs I'm damned glad I bought this
weekend 12/22/2003 11:20 AM
I took a stack of used CDs to my corner record store this weekend and traded them in for a bunch of new music. Here are the picks of the litter:

• Deep Note: Music of 1970s Adult Cinema: The title says it all, doesn't it? This is a CD that was made for MP3 players. It's amusing to listen to the "tone poems" of ecstatic chanting layered over wah-wah pedals -- once. But the actual funk tracks on this are really nice, the kind of thing you want to put in a high-rotation playlist for urban walking; think of the fat-bass instrumentals from the Fat Albert theme with a George Clinton's slitheriest, perviest licks.
  

• Five Red Caps: 1943-1945. Steve Gibson and the Five Red Caps were a comic, vocal-oriented boogie-woogie act that released a ton of music in the 30s, 40s and 50s, almost none of which is available today. This disc of wartime tracks contains some of my favorite music of all time: Grand Central Station ("Got a yearning to be/down in Tennessee/got a sweetheart that waits for me/got the biggest brown eyes/that can hypnotize/makes you wanna leave New York"), Mama Put Your Britches On ("Put away your fancy hose/and your dainty dese and dose/what you need now is Victory Clothes/so Mama put your britches on"), and Gabriel's Band ("Better be prepared if you want a part in that heavenly show/or on judgement day they'll find a place for you below/make your trumpet call ring out/hallelujah sing and shout/gotta know what rhythm's 'bout, if you wanna play in Gabriel's Band")
  

• The Beau Hunks Play the Original Little Rascals Music. Roy Shield, the composer of the incidental and theme music for the Little Rascals shorts, was a freaking genius, an unsung hero on the order of Raymond Scott and Carl Stalling. His orchestral music -- faithfully recreated by the Beau Hunks here -- manages to evoke the sepia-toned comedy of the Our Gang serials, especially in some of the really short tracks, like the ten seconds of the woodwind-section laughing; close your eyes when it plays and you can see Spanky holding his gut and rocking back and forth.
  

• Doob Doob O' Rama: Filmsongs of Bollywood: One of my plane-trip books for tomorrow is the bound manuscript for Bruce Sterling's new technothriller (Me: "What's a technothriller?" Bruce: "It's like a science fiction novel, only it's got the President in it"), The Zenith Angle, which apparently revolves around Bollywood (I haven't cracked the cover yet, I'm just going off of the stuff he's been blogging). I really enjoyed the Bollywood tracks on the Ghost World soundtrack and the occassional Bollywood licks in Fat Boy Slim and at my local curry hut, but I had no idea of where to begin. This disc turns out to be just the right place for me to have started. I'm enjoying the hell out of it, and I suspect that Asha Bosle has stolen away Tiny Weymouth's place in my heart as my obligatory rock-star crush.
  

How to return a gift bought online

How to return a gift bought online 12/28/2004 07:39 AM
Woodtv.com - Tue Dec 28, 08:38 am GMT

RAF sergeant bought stripes on eBay

RAF sergeant bought stripes on eBay 09/03/2004 06:13 AM
NCOs without insignia due to cost-cutting bungle

I will not write about the Giftmas gifts
I bought

I will not write about the Giftmas gifts
I bought 12/22/2004 12:59 AM
Because there are family members reading this little site now (and have been for a while). However, I will say that I was pleasantly surprised at how "normal" the two retail establishments I visited this evening were. Neither felt crowded, featured those annoying bell ringers, and the checkout lines were minimal. Maybe I should have waited a few more days... :-)...

Why Yahoo bought ODDpost - redux

Why Yahoo bought ODDpost - redux 07/12/2004 05:51 PM

Phil Wainwright groks it. He sees past the obvious GMail copycat syndrome to the real issues:

The fact that Yahoo! has bought a browser-based Outlook clone illustrates how big the threat really is to Microsoft's most lucrative products. These rich-client technologies significantly narrow the gap between browser-based applications and their desktop-based rivals. By simultaneously taking advantage of the unique advantages of being net-native — such as efficiencies of scale for information aggregation and analysis — they can combine a good-enough user experience with capabilities that simply aren't available (except at second-hand) within a traditional desktop environment. That opens the way towards Windows-based Outlook becoming an unloved, legacy application — and provides an opening for other good-enough alternatives to Word, Excel and Powerpoint to muscle their way in.

So Microsoft now faces a crucial decision. Does the company do likewise and bring out a rich-client interface for Hotmail so that its web-based email service begins to rival Gmail, Oddpost and, by implication, Outlook in functionality? Or does it continue to bury its head in the sand and put all its efforts into ensuring it delivers an all-new Windows architecture to a declining pool of desktop loyalists?

The battle is over end-user expereinecs folks. That's why small companies like Friendster and Technorati can come out of no where and develop huge followings. If what you provide rocks - they will come.

Having a hot UI front-end is key to that end-user customer satisfaction.

Congrats -- You Bought a Deer Head!

Congrats -- You Bought a Deer Head! 05/25/2004 08:35 AM
Would you believe that the federal government is wasting your money?
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