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It’s called GRid (Global Release Identifier): What is a GRid? GRid is the acronym for the Global Release Identifier, which is a new identifier that will identify electronically distributed music. These releases may be single tracks, an album or multi-media packages. Why is this needed? The increased use of the …

FCC Chairman postponed a critical vote on telecom issues: FCC staffers, under direction from Powell, crafted a proposal last fall that would have effectively forced AT&T Corp., WorldCom Inc. and other companies to abandon their plans to enter the local telephone business by leasing lines from companies such as Verizon …

The questions for the Cross-Blog Iraq Debate have been set: To Be Answered By Anti-War Bloggers: 1) If you were President of the United States, what would be your policy toward Iraq over the next year? What advantages and disadvantages do you see in your proposed policies versus the current …

Most of us have heard that the terrorist threat index has been moved to “orange,” “high risk,” for only only the second time since the index was created, but what does it really mean: How well prepared is the US for another assault? Most experts think if there is another …

Sometimes synergy isn’t all it’s cracked up to be: Clear Channel, which operates Los Angeles’ Wiltern and Orange County’s Verizon Wireless Amphitheater, accounts for well over half of U.S. concert ticket sales. ….But if the San Antonio-based company is flexing its muscle to monopolize the concert business, it isn’t getting …

2 million Muslim pilgrims gathered on Mt. Arafat (no relation) today for the prayer ritual that is the centerpiece of the Hajj: Nearly 2 million Muslim pilgrims converged on Mt. Arafat on Monday for a solemn prayer ritual that is the highlight of the hajj, a centuries-old pilgrimage to the …

Lollapalooza is returning with its founder and original headliner, Perry Farrell and his band Jane’s Addiction: Jane’s Addiction, Queens Of The Stone Age, Audioslave, Incubus, and Jurassic 5 are among the acts that will topline the revived Lollapalooza festival this summer. The event, initially spearheaded by Jane’s frontman Perry Farrell, …

You’ve heard about the booming biz in musical ring-tones for mobile phones. Now you can send musical messages to friends, family, complete strangers or mortal enemies: The telephone rang, and the voice of Lionel Richie came on the line. “Hello, is it me you’re looking for?” the pop singer crooned. …

Michael Jackson was appalled by the Martin Bashir documentary about him that aired in the UK and US last week. Apparently he feels betrayed by Bashir voicing his concerns for Jackson’s own children, and for other “vulnerable” children who come under Jackson’s sway, in voice-overs for the documentary, where Bashir …

Is it a “game” if there is only one possible outcome? Sounds more like propaganda to me. Check out this “projection of the most likely outcome of a new war in the Gulf”: Toppling Saddam Hussein is in the war simulation game “Gulf War 2” is the easy part. Coping …