Technology News

Authorities Bust 3 in Infection of 13m Computers

Source: All About Jazz
March 3, 2010

Authorities have smashed one of the world's biggest networks of virus-infected computers, a data vacuum that stole credit cards and online banking credentials from as many as 12.7 million poisoned PCs. The “botnet" of infected computers included PCs inside more than half of the Fortune 1,000 companies and more than 40 major banks, according to investigators. Spanish investigators, working with private computer-security firms, have arrested the three alleged ringleaders of the so-called Mariposa botnet, which appeared in December 2008 and ...

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Survey: Quarter of Americans Read News on Cell Phones

Source: All About Jazz
March 3, 2010

3G Technology Shifting How People Consume Information; Most Popular News Function - Checking the Weather.

The survey results being released by the group Monday offer another sign of how people are changing the way they get information. Technology has been reshaping the news business and the way consumers relate to it for more than a decade. The latest shift is being driven by the exploding popularity of phones that can easily access the Internet. The new study found that 26 ...

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Thumplay Adds Apple Exec, to Launch Mobile Music Streaming on Thursday

Source: HypeBot
March 3, 2010

Pablo Calamera, who oversaw technology development for MobileMe at Apple has joined Thumbplay as their Chief Technological Officer.  In this newly-created position, Calamera, will have oversight of all technology initiatives for the company including Thumbplay Music, a cloud-based service that provides unlimited, on-demand access to millions of songs. 

Thursday Launch

Thumbplay Music, which has been in invite only beta for weeks, is expected to open for public use on Thursday with a Blackberry application. iPhone and Android apps will follow. ...

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Skype Gives Up on Windows Mobile App

Source: PC Magazine
March 3, 2010

Making free Skype calls on a cell phone without using up minutes is certainly appealing. But the reality hasn't always lived up to the promise. Nowhere has this been more true than with the Windows Mobile version of Skype--which we found in two separate reviews to be, shall we say, less than desirable. It turns out Skype has finally given up; the company announced that it will no longer work on its Windows Mobile app, and has removed it from ...

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Survey Finds: Slack Editing on Magazine Web Sites

Source: Michael Ricci
March 3, 2010

The only thing standard about magazines Web sites is that there are no standards. That is the chief finding of a research project conducted by the Columbia Journalism Review, which surveyed 665 consumer magazines on the practices and profitability of their Web sites. There isn't yet a generally accepted set of norms for this new medium, said Victor Navasky, chairman of the magazine. There's chaos out there. Columbia plans to release the survey on Monday, and publish an accompanying article ...

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Music Mastermind Raises $5 Million for Technology That Helps Anyone Make Music

Source: HypeBot
March 2, 2010

But Is Everyone Making Music A Good Thing?

Two year old startup Music Mastermind has raised $4.85 million in Series A funding. Music Mastermind empowers anyone to create music and collaborate with known artists on a variety of platforms including web portals, mobile devices and gaming consoles. The company was co-founded by former Virgin Records America CEO Matt Serletic and Wall Street veteran trader Bo Bazylevsky. In January, they showcased a demo version of its software at the CES 2010. ...

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Jazz History Websites

Source: JAZZzology by Richard Watters
March 2, 2010

With the passing of February 2010, another Black History Month is on the books. The one true American art form is Jazz music, an indelible mark made by American Black artists which is celebrated continuously throughout the world by jazz musicians and fans. Ever wonder how this art form got its start? Or what it entails?

Here is a list of four websites devoted to explaining the history of jazz which I consider pretty good to check out on the ...

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Music Power Network Ramps up Online Music Business Learning and Toolkit

Source: HypeBot
March 2, 2010

You've seen the Music Power Network ads on Hypebot for several weeks now, but just in case you haven't clicked through to check it out, its time to share a bit about what Dave Kusek, co-author of “The Future of Music" and VP at Berklee College of Music has built and how well it can serve d.i.y. musicians.

I'll be writing a comprehensive review of MPN in the coming days, but in broad strokes,  its an online music management service ...

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