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"Humanthesizer" Turns Bodies Into Electric Instruments

Sounds like a gimmick, right? Watch this video and try not to be charmed.READ»

Reaching a Smarter Generation

Thanks to FC for the opportunity to join in the fray and celebrate Blogjam 2005 with them. The internet continues to evolve at exponential rates. FC Now has done a terrific job for the last two years keeping its readers aware of ...READ»

Now, <em>That's</em> Entertainment Technology

When media and tech collide, the consumer wins. Prepare for a media world of unimaginable freedom and endless choices.READ»

In Today's Papers

Something for the clip file: Vivendi Agrees to Buy BMG For $2.1 Billion, Besting Rivals "Vivendi SA agreed to buy Bertelsmann AG's BMG Music Publishing business for about €1.63 billion ($2.1 billion), in a deal that makes it the ...READ»

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Four Convicted in Pirate Bay Trial

The music industry won a major victory against copyright infringement today with the conviction of the four men behind the Pirate Bay, a file-swapping service with over 20 million members. The men were sentenced in a Swedish court ...READ»

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Sony Stung With $1 Million Child Privacy Violation Fine

Sony BMG has been stung with a $1 million fine this week by the U.S government in a legal case centering on violations of federal rules protecting children online. Sony improperly allowed children under 13 to register on its ...READ»

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SanDisk Proposes Memory Card Albums

SanDisk [SNDK] is betting that you miss going into a store and buying music the old fashioned way. Well, not the "old-fashioned" way, exactly -- but on memory cards instead of CDs. Memory cards packed with DRM-free music, ...READ»

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Music Lover, Can You Spare a Dime?

According to indie rocker Jill Sobule, there's only one thing record labels are still good for and that’s financing albums. Everyone is preoccupied over which music-distribution model will win out, but the fallout of the Internet's ...READ»

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Great(er) Performances

Long after the live shows, technology improves on seminal recordings.READ»

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Simon Cowell Turns 50

What does TV's Mr. Nasty want for his birthday? More money. Cowell, whose net worth is estimated at $200 million -- plus, earns millions each year savaging wannabes on American Idol and Britain's Got Talent, which he also created. But ...READ»

Capitalism, Meet Globalism

Capitalism has met the enemy, and it is capitalism. Just ask the pharmaceutical industry.READ»

The Network Unbound

How TagWorld and other next-generation social networks could feed your business--and maybe even change the world.READ»

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Media: Can Google, Limewire Outplay iTunes?

The digital music market continues to be an exemplary battleground for the implications new media has on pre-established business practices. Startup gBox and infamous Limewire are venturing into the digital music market to try to ...READ»

The Dirty Little Secret About Spam

What J.P. Morgan Chase and Kraft want is exactly what the guys peddling porn and gambling want: free access to your inbox. That's why there's no easy solution to a problem that could soon make the world's email system crash and burn.READ»

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Digital Music Arms Race: MSN Joins the Fray

The arms race to lure music-loving clients is heating up at the moment: First Google gets a music service, and now MSN does too. MSN's download service launches tomorrow, and Microsoft's schmoozed all four big record labels to help it ...READ»

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Score One for Sanity in Yahoo Music Webcast Ruling

The U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals just ruled in favor of Yahoo's appeal against punitive music royalty fees levied on its online Launchcast music service. Sounds bland? Nope--it may have a big impact on the online music ...READ»

All the Right Connections

The partners at Arts Alliance Ltd., a venture-capital firm, believe that success is about making connections -- between companies and their customers, and between portfolio companies.READ»

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Beau Dozier

Beau Dozier music Singer/pianist Ben Folds (born September 12, 1966, in Winston-Salem, NC) is best known as the leader of the power pop trio Ben Folds Five, but has also struck out on his own as a solo artist. Despite playing in bands in high school, his musical career didn't really get off the ground until the late '80s, as a bassist for Majosha (the outfit issued such obscure releases as Party Night: Five Songs About Jesus and Shut Up and Listen to Majosha). Proving his multi-instrumental talents, Folds also played drums as a session musician in Nashville. After relocating to New York, Folds started acting again (he'd done some theater in high school previously) and signed a publishing deal with Sony Music. READ»

Here's a Radical Idea - Tell the Truth!

Author and consultant Brad Blanton teaches business how to stop lying. Now about the check that's in the mail ...READ»

Ideas.com

Context Integration is a fast-growing company with lots of bright ideas -- and a Web-based knowledge network to test, track, capture, and share those ideas.READ»

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Ad:tech Panel: Global Perspectives on the Digital Revolution

"Although tremendous change and innovation are happening in the US, we are, of course, not the center of the universe…" A magnanimous statement describing the content of Global Perspectives on the Digital Revolution, the ad:tech ...READ»

The Five Most Common Lies in Business

There are as many lies in business as there are people in business.READ»

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Gimme Sanctuary

Andy Taylor has built a music-industry powerhouse by doing what's best for his artists.READ»

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Gimme Sanctuary

Andy Taylor has built a music-industry powerhouse by doing what's best for his artists.READ»