News (5-24)

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Download the Blues, and More
http://wired.com/news/mp3/0,1285,44046,00.html
"The House of Blues Digital began selling over 8,000 downloadable tracks on their website after striking a deal with Rioport, which recently finalized deals with all five major labels to provide digital music downloads to third-party retailers. "


Circut City to check ID....
http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1006-200...96.html?tag=lh
"CHICAGO--Electronics retailer Circuit City will stop selling mature-rated video games to customers under age 17, joining a growing list of companies that have instituted the policy amid pressure from politicians.

The new policy was outlined in a letter this week to Illinois Attorney General Jim Ryan and confirmed Wednesday by Circuit City spokesman Jim Babb. "


Companies fight over CD listings, leaving the public behind
http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-201...html?tag=tp_pr
"Earlier this month, when he decided to record a new compact disc, Joe Smith followed a procedure he's done hundreds of times: Insert the CD, access the online music database and select songs using titles supplied by the database.

Yet this time, instead of displaying the usual song information, the popular CD-burning software made by Roxio delivered a different message. Roxio products were no longer supported by Gracenote's CD information service, which housed the database Smith had been using to match song and album titles with a disc placed into his computer--a collection entered in large part by individuals on the Net. "


He-Mails, She-Mails: Where Sender Meets Gender
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/17/te...gy/17TALK.html
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USer - bobbob
Passwd - bobbob

"Still, when it comes to public e- mail — message boards, mailing lists and chat rooms — Dr. Herring and other researchers have noted how typical speech patterns translate into online text. Her research shows that in online groups, "men tend to make strong assertions," disagree with others and use profanity, insults and sarcasm. By contrast, women tend to use mitigated assertions along with questions, offers, suggestions and polite expressions, she said. They are supportive and agreeable, peppering their messages with more emoticons and representations of laughter, like "haha," "heehee" and "lol," for "laughing out loud.""

Regulator challenges DVD zones
http://www.news.com.au/common/story_...55E421,00.html

"A REGIONAL zoning system that forces consumers to pay up to 20 per cent more for DVD movies is being challenged by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission.

The ACCC says major Hollywood studios have collaborated with the manufacturers of digital video disc players to prevent discs manufactured in the US, Europe or Asia from working in Australian machines."

Australian Competition and Consumer Commission

Aparently they've been thinking about doing this since last year:
http://www.theage.com.au/entertainme...X8RYPAZGC.html


Malk-News... afriad of printing in color, just like the Wall Street Journal. :)