Technology News

Your Facebook Profile Makes Marketers’ Dreams Come True

Source: All About Jazz
April 30, 2009

Social networking feels free, but we pay for it in ways that may not be readily apparent. The rich personal data many of us enter into these networks is a treasure trove for marketers whose job it is to target us with ever-increasing precision. A company called Colligent mines social networks for data that it sells to record labels to help them decide which demographics or individual fans might like a particular artist, and those are just the very first ...

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MPAA Pounds Realnetworks' Glaser on Witness Stand

Source: All About Jazz
April 30, 2009

RealNetworks CEO Rob Glaser, on the witness stand for the second day in a lawsuit challenging his DVD copying software, was hammered by the motion picture studios’ attorney questioning his earlier testimony. On Tuesday, Glaser testified that it would be “relatively easy” for the Hollywood studios to encrypt rental videos differently than those sold to consumers. Glaser uttered that proposal as a way to prevent consumers from copying rented DVDs with the RealDVD software product that is the subject of ...

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INgrooves Adds Telarc and Headsup Overseas

Source: HypeBot
April 29, 2009

INgrooves has inked Telarc and Heads Up International, both divisions of Concord Music Group for digital distribution worldwide excluding the US and Canada. The wide ranging Telarc and Heads Up catalogs include jazz icons like Dave Brubeck, McCoy Tyner and Stanley Clarke, the blues of Taj Mahal and Tab Benoit, contemporary jazz from the likes Candy Dulfer and {{Victor Wooten and world music from Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Hugh Masekela, Miriam Makeba and Zap Mama. Current artists include bassist/singer Esperanza Spalding, ...

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A Social Media Strategy Outline for Bands

Source: HypeBot
April 28, 2009

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Music and the State of the Economy

Source: HypeBot
April 28, 2009

The music industry has been hit with a double whammy. Sales continue their decline and the global economy is in the midst of the the deepest recession since World War II. Layoffs, consolidation and much less venture funding are just a few of the obvious signs. But from adversity can also come opportunity. Waste is trimmed. New companies emerge where market leaders falter. In addition to our regular coverage and commentary, this week Hypebot will explore ...

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Public Booted from DVD Copying Trial over Secret CSS Code

Source: All About Jazz
April 28, 2009

Whether the public has a right to make a fair use copy of DVDs is on trial in a San Francisco federal court. Yet the public may never know whether the verdict was reached fairly because the presiding judge removed the press just as the nuts and bolts of the case was to be aired out. U.S. District Judge Marilyn Hall Patels contempt for the media is widely known by the San Francisco tech press. Patel, a Carter appointee, presided ...

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Pirate Bay Opponents Hit by Denial-of-Service

Source: All About Jazz
April 27, 2009

The website for a law firm that helped successfully prosecute the four founders of The Pirate Bay was up and running Monday after it came under siege by hackers during the weekend.

The MAQS law firm, with offices in Denmark, Estonia, Poland and Sweden, shuttered its site late Saturday, posting that its site was currently under attack and we have therefore decided to shut it down until the attack ceases. The siege, believed to be a DDoS attack, represented the ...

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Kindle Helps Boost Amazon Sales 18 Percent

Source: PC Magazine
April 27, 2009

Amazon reported an increase in sales of 18 percent for the first quarter, buoyed by sales of its second generation e-book, the Kindle 2. “We're grateful and excited that Kindle sales have exceeded our most optimistic expectations," Jeff Bezos, founder and CEO of Amazon.com, said in a statement. Total revenue came in at $4.89 billion, up 18 percent from $4.13 billion during the same period last year. Net income was $177 million, up 24 percent from $143 million last year. ...

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