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What Are Your Music Industry Predictions For '09?
It's been quite a year for the music industry and I've been working on my list of predictions for 2009. I'd say about 60% of what I wrote last year (A Look Back At Hypebot's Predictions For 2008) came true. I'm not sure if that should be considered a success or or not. But as I ...
China Says It Has Right to Block Some Web Sites
China's foreign ministry said on Tuesday the country was within its rights to block websites with content illegal under Chinese law, including websites that referred to China and Taiwan as two separate countries. China regularly blocks sites it finds unsavory, particularly those related to Tibet or critical of the Communist Party. It considers self-ruled Taiwan as ...
Most Americans Prefer Internet to Sex
Would you rather give up sex or the Internet for two weeks? For 46 percent of women and 30 percent of men, the answer is sex, according to a study conducted by Harris Interactive and sponsored by Intel. Among women ages 18 to 34, about 49 percent opted to forgo sex for two weeks, while 52 ...
Google Friend Connect Hooks up with Twitter
Can't get enough of Twitter? The micro-blogging site will now be integrated with Google Friend Connect. “This means that when you join a friend connected site, you can choose to use your Twitter profile, discover people you follow on Twitter who are also members of the site, and quickly tweet that you have found a cool ...
Reuters Poll: 2009 Mobile Phone Market to Shrink
Mobile phones sales will shrink next year at their fastest pace ever as consumers cut spending, a Reuters poll showed, with analysts increasingly concerned about unsold phones piling up in stores. On average, the poll of 36 analysts shows global market volumes shrinking 6.6 percent next year and 5.7 percent in the fourth quarter—traditionally the strongest ...
Band-in-a-Box 2009 for Windows and 101 New Realtracks
Victoria, December 12, 2008 PG Music Inc. has released version 2009 of its popular, award-winning Band-in-a-Box intelligent music accompaniment software for Windows. In announcing the release of Band-in-a-Box 2009, program author and creator Peter Gannon said, We are excited to offer this new version of Band-in-a-Box with 101 new RealTracks, a new MIDI Styles Set; and ...
Google Wants 'Fast Lane' for Its Own Content
Google Inc has approached Internet carriers with a proposal to create a “fast lane" for its own content, countering its previously stance of equal network access for all content providers, The Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday. One major cable operator in talks with Google said it has been reluctant to forge a deal because of ...
Top 5 Disruptive Music-Making Technologies
These music creation technologies are disrupting the normal ways in which music has been made in the past. Ever since a caveman first clacked two stones together, musicians have relied on instruments Bobby McFerrin and that guy from Police Academy notwithstanding. 1. The iPhone When I first saw the first MP3 ...
Virgin Rolls out 50 Mbits/S Broadband in U.K.
Cable operator Virgin Media became the first Internet provider to roll out a mass-market super-fast broadband service in Britain on Monday, launching a 50 megabits per second offering. The average broadband speed in Britain is between 4 and 5 MB. Virgin said the new service, which had been heavily trailed, would be almost nine times the ...
Free Wireless Broadband on Hold, for Now
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission said on Saturday it was canceling a December 18 meeting in response to a request by Democratic lawmakers that it pay more attention to a smooth transition to digital television early next year. Sen. Jay Rockefeller of West Virginia and Rep. Henry Waxman of California wrote FCC Chairman Kevin Martin on ...
