TheWayoftheWeb

Don’t worry, I haven’t slipped back 10 years to the launch of the DVD.
I’m just thinking about the speed of change in technology and business – inspired by an incredibly depressing trip to my local Blockbuster rental store on Saturday.
Two rows of rentals, a few racks of bargain-priced pre-owned DVDs and games and a few [...]

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Following on from the time-limited free download of the last Nine Inch Nails album, frontman Trent Reznor has made the latest 9-track record, Slip, completely available under a Creative Commons licence.
Aside from the announcement getting Dugg over 8000 times at the time of writing, the download allows better than CD quality, with a PDF of [...]

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There’s been a lot of discussion about whether the new Myspace Music store will pose a threat to the Itunes and Ipod Applopoly. But I’m a little surprised by Last.fm co-founder Martin Stiksel being so ready to dismiss the threat to streaming music services.
The growth and success of Itunes, added to the image of Apple [...]

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