Live Concerts Internet Are Music Industrys Future
- May
- 3
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Live concerts and music on the internet will be key to the music business of the future, feels Ralph Christoph, an electronics music expert from Germany who is scouting for talent in India.
Christoph, founder of the German music festival called “Cologne on Pop” or c/o pop, popularly known as the ‘Woodstock of Europe’, said the [...]
It’s a beautiful world
- April
- 20
Join the peace movement. www.amnesty.org.nz; www.gpja.org.nz
2. Mutated frogs are appearing in alarming numbers around the world and scientists consider the phenomenon a warning. Like canaries in mines, frogs are particularly sensitive to environmental poisons. The most commonly used herbicide in the world, Atrazine, turns frogs into hermaphrodites - even at concentrations as low as 0.1 [...]
Jodi Picoult: the exorcist
- April
- 8
‘Why do it when you can overdo it?’ The sign, propped
against a wall in Jodi Picoult’s study, could not sum her up
better. She sees me looking at it and laughs. ‘That’s my
motto. I don’t believe in doing anything by half measures.’
Jodi Picoult: ‘I’m [...]
Leaving a legacy of wisdom and love
- April
- 6
A computer science professor at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburg, Pa., Pausch has pancreatic cancer. Last August, after learning the disease had spread to his liver, he was told he had three to six months of good health left. Now time is running out. His energy is flagging. He recently suffered an episode of renal [...]
Home prices Down record 11%
- March
- 26
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — Residential real estate has posted another record decline.
The S%26amp;P Case/Shiller Home Price index of 20 key markets, released Tuesday, shows that home prices plunged 10.7% in the 12 months ending January. That marks their lowest level since the index launched in 2000.
Of those 20 metro areas, 16 reported record annual [...]
Wikipedia in the Newsroom, Part 2: Putting It to the Test
- March
- 18
Changing Opinions
Journalists also should consider, Davidson says, whether some of the sources they deem reliable have their own inadequacies. For example, when she recently researched the origins of calculus, she found that standard Western histories generally credited England’s Isaac Newton and Germany’s Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz.
But Wikipedia went much further, tracing the discovery of basic calculus [...]
EXPERT ADVICESecure E-Commerce From First to Final Click
- March
- 18
Cyber-Crime 101
To begin with an example, physical devices such as laptops, PDAs (personal digital assistants), USB (universal serial bus) flash drives and MP3 players are often stolen for the content or identity contained within the device. We can look at malware as simply the cyber-version of this type of physical theft. Recent data [...]
Can Linux Stage a Coup D’Etat?
- March
- 18
Familiarity Helps
Throughout Europe and Asia, country by country, governments are adopting Linux. Europe especially has a long history against Microsoft software in favor of the open source alternatives. Even nongovernmental agencies in Europe support the Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE) movement, according to Kahn.
While Linux is becoming very widespread in Europe, it is not as [...]
OSS Traffic Management: Open Road Ahead?
- March
- 18
Seeking a Breakthrough
Wireless Matrix develops fleet management solutions and provides wireless data communications services. The company relies on mobile phone and satellite technology.
The company also makes vehicle tracking software in real time locations over a Software as a Service (SaaS) delivery model. The GPS (global positioning system) signal is sent over cell waves and [...]
