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We Are Blogcritics.org Once Again!
Finally after an outlandishly long time we are back to being Blogcritics.org. We are also Blogcritics.com but I don’t want to confuse anyone. What happened was that we changed hosts a couple of months ago through the good graces of the lovely, charming and talented Stacy Tabb. We were happy …
Read More »Real Convergence on MuchMusic USA
Music video channel encouraging real interactivity between TV screen, computer, and viewers: For most music fans, deciding whether to buy Mariah Carey or Ashanti is a matter of musical taste. But for fans of “IMX,” the “interactive music exchange” on the digital cable channel MuchMusic USA, choosing between Ms. Carey …
Read More »What Is Next Disruptive Technology?
Cringely says it’s WiFi – no kidding: Disruptive technologies are those that change not just business but society. Personal computers threw the mainframe-computer business for a loop. Airlines replaced passenger trains. HMOs became an alternative to the family doctor. In all these cases, the computer, transportation, and health-care moguls of …
Read More »DMCA Chill
The DMCA is stifling the growth of our entire economy: Krause put together a compelling panel of executives and venture capitalists to tell their stories of how the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) has put a chill – or, worse, a stop – to their business plans. Perhaps most memorable …
Read More »Universities Called on the P2P Carpet
Rep. Anthony D. Weiner, a New York Democrat, told the university administrators that their students would probably stop illegal file sharing if the computers they used for the activity suddenly ignited in flames.
Read More »Ground Zero for Ground Zero
I have never been able to get my head around architecture: sure I like nice buildings and I am fairly interested in interior design, but the actual work of summoning buildings forth from the mind has never been something I have much understood. So that’s my excuse why I have …
Read More »Virtual Campaign
Anti-war phone and fax campaign today: Hundreds of thousands of opponents of a U.S. war against Iraq called and faxed their senators and the White House on Wednesday in a “virtual march on Washington,” jamming many congressional telephone lines for several hours. Coordinated by the Win Without War Coalition, an …
Read More »Iso News Still Functioning
The U.S. Justice Department seized the Iso News site , which features info on bootlegged video games and movies, but it is still up right now. I am looking at it. Reuters reports: The Justice Department said it had taken over the Web site (http://www.isonews.com) after its owner pleaded guilty …
Read More »BIG Step For AOL and Online Music
AOL offers MusicNet service with 250,000 songs beginning today: In the strongest attempt yet to create a legitimate alternative to free music-trading sites, America Online will introduce a service today that lets users download and listen to a large catalog of songs. For $8.95 a month, users will be able …
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