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Here is another interesting step in the evolution of online music sales. This company creates CDs on demand: no inventory, relatively local shipping from centers around the world. I haven’t heard of a single artist I could find on the first few pages, but what do I know? PEACEWORK MUSIC …

Hip-hop culture now turning attention to electoral process: “We will make the political establishment understand that this is a generation that has not only produced a culture that has seized the center stage of the world, but that in terms of politics will be the most savvy of any generation …

In follow up analysis to Friday’s Microsoft ruling, Steve Lohr says that Microsoft’s biggest challenge may be Linux: while Microsoft has squelched the competitive challenge posed by Internet browsing software, the “Internet threat” that so worried it in the 1990’s is still alive and well, though in a very different …

Barbra Streisand has been in the news a fair amount lately, including this flap over political statements made on her website. I still don’t get why anyone gives a fig about what entertainers have to say about politics: I don’t care what politicians have to say about entertainment either. Returning …

The prophet addresses his flock in Key West: Jimmy Buffett … surprised a gathering of avid fans with a rare impromptu street concert in the Florida island city that he nicknamed “Margaritaville.” The 55-year-old Buffett greeted about 3,000 members of the Parrot Heads in Paradise Inc. fan club, celebrating their …

DVD 80% of sales: Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment’s “Spider-Man” swung into action Friday on rental and retail shelves, selling an estimated 7 million combined VHS and DVD units its first day out and capturing the first-day-sales record, which had been held by Disney/Pixar’s “Monsters, Inc.” with 4.5 million total units …

In light of the crazy-go-nuts reaction from all philosophical directions to these two posts, this story is a breath of fresh air: When Asma Hasan was majoring in religion and American studies at Wellesley, she decided she wanted to read more about Islam, especially about American Muslims like herself. Most …

Could you ask for a more graphic reminder that money buys influence and power? Ignore the leading terms and look at the facts: THE plunge in AOL Time Warner stock has hurt the Democratic Party and its chances of controlling both houses of Congress after tomorrow’s elections. Many Democratic candidates …

Announcement to be made today: A start-up company … says can expand the limits of a popular wireless Internet format, providing access to hundreds or even thousands of portable computer users at distances of more than 2,000 feet within buildings and about four miles outdoors. The antenna uses the 802.11 …

I leave it for the reader to decide if the following is real or faux news. The fact that it is hard to tell is disconcerting: The RIAA is lobbying for vendors of CD-RW drives to conduct background checks and require a 3 day waiting period before the drive can …