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diff --git a/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2006/12.11.06/Fri/cbs b/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2006/12.11.06/Fri/cbs deleted file mode 100644 index 1fc55c8..0000000 --- a/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2006/12.11.06/Fri/cbs +++ /dev/null @@ -1 +0,0 @@ -CBS is raising the dead to save money. The media giant said this morning that it will [resurrect the dormant CBS Records music label][1] to supply CBS television shows with cheaper music and to generate online music sales.
CBS has also signed a deal with Apple's iTunes Music Store to sell the revived label's music and videos.
The CBS Records label is apparently CBS's attempt to keep more of it's content in-house. Rather than paying licensing feeds to other labels for the use of their music, CBS Records will be hunting for unsigned musicians who write and perform their own songs which can be used to promoted CBS's prime-time TV shows.
By owning rather than licensing content CBS reduces costs and gains another source of revenue via online digital sales of the music.
In a CBS press statement CBS Chief Executive Leslie Moonves says, "with more consumers choosing the online download model as the preferred way to purchase their favorite songs, we have an opportunity to use our unique and broad collection of media platforms to create a new music label paradigm for a small price of admission."
For those less versed in jargon, I think what Moonves means is, people are spending a lot of money on online music and CBS wants some.
Once things get rolling CBS plans to integration music from CBS Records artists into the network's programming. At the end of each show CBS will display artist and purchasing information for interested viewers.
CBS, which recently [demonstrated the merits of giving away video on YouTube][2] seems to understand the online market a little better than many of it's rivals and I have no doubt that the new label together with it's iTunes tie-ins will benefit the company.
I would, however, like to know why companies that don't sell vinyl records insist on calling themselves "record companies," is "music company" just not catchy enough?
[1]: http://www.cbsrecords.com/news.shtml "CBS Records"
[2]: http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/television/news/e3i74d7f1097c5379d6e7722df5ec031798 "CBS YouTube channel a success"
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For those that may have overlooked it, Google became an accredited registrar of domain names almost two years ago, but this is the first time they've done anything with that approval. Rival services from Yahoo have been around for years.
The domain registration service has been rolled into the [Google Apps for Your Domain][2] offering. Google's service offers private listing, a DNS and domain management control panel and comes automatically configured to work with other Google services. You also get free email, calendar and IM services courtesy of Google Apps for Your Domain.
Google clearly wants to be the one-stop shop for small businesses looking to get started with the web and the auto-integration with other services certainly makes Google's new registration services tempting.
Google's new registration service sees the company partnering with [GoDaddy][3] and [eNom][4], and frankly the announcement is a little unclear on whether or not Google is handling the registration or whether it's really just doing a de-branded resale of GoDaddy and eNom's services.
So far Google doesn't have a bulk registration discount or pay-in-advance discount, but the $10 price tag is on par for the field and certainly better than old skool registrar, Network Solutions, who still charges $34.99 a year. Ouch.
[1]: https://www.google.com/a/help/intl/en/admins/new.html "Google Domain Registration"
[2]: https://www.google.com/a/ "Google Apps for Your Domain"
[3]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go_Daddy_Software "Wikipedia on GoDaddy"
[4]: http://www.enom.com/ "Enom"
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[1]: http://www.jamglue.com/ "Jam Glue open to public"
[2]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2006/11/jamglue_remixin.html "Monkey Bites on Wired"
[3]: http://www.wired.com/news/technology/internet/0,72127-0.html?tw=rss.index "wired review of remixing sites"
* Reddit, which is owned by Conde Nast, who also owns Wired, [reports][4] that a disc containing usernames, passwords and some emails was stolen, possibly compromising users. But then again, who uses their real email address to sign up for web services? however on the outside chance you use the same username and password for other online accounts, Reddit recommends changing them.
[4]: http://reddit.com/blog/theft "Reddit data stolen"
* Possibly inspired by recent Flickr upgrades, Google's [Picassa Web Albums][5] have been updated to support videos, tags, bulk captions and online printing to its growing list of services. [via [Lifehacker][6]]
[5]: https://www.google.com/accounts/ServiceLogin?hl=en_US&continue=http%3A%2F%2Fpicasaweb.google.com%2F&passive=true&service=lh2 "Picassa Web Albums Upgrade"
[6]: http://www.lifehacker.com/software/picasa/picasa-web-albums-adds-features-222154.php "Lifehacker on Picassa Upgrade"
* I try and try and try to ignore it, but it just won't go away. Yes it's true, Apple iPhone rumors don't die they just wander over to Gizmodo and get catchy headlines like, "[Gizmodo Knows: iPhone Will Be Announced On Monday][7]." I hope that's true, if only so the rumors stop.
[7]: http://www.gizmodo.com/gadgets/cellphones/gizmodo-knows-iphone-will-be-announced-on-monday-221991.php "Like the Shadow, Gizmodo knows"
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* Microsoft [strikes back][1]. In an effort to address Windows Vista cracks, a post on the Windows Genuine Advantage blog outlines what will happen to pirated copies of Vista: "Windows Vista will use the new Windows Update client to require only the 'frankenbuild' systems to go through a genuine validation check. These systems will fail that check because we have blocked the RC keys for systems not authorized to use them. The systems will then be flagged as non-genuine systems and the experience will be... losing certain functionality (e.g. Aero, ReadyBoost) and the system will have 30 days to activate with a good product key."
[1]: http://blogs.msdn.com/wga/archive/2006/12/14/the-frankenbuild-monster.aspx "MS Addresses Vista Piracy"
* [ThinkFree][2], maker of popular web-based office tools, will offer a [paid version of its application suite][3] that will give users the ability to work offline. The service will cost between $5 and $10 a month.
[2]: http://www.thinkfree.com/common/main.tfo "ThinkFree"
[3]: http://news.com.com/2100-1012_3-6143755.html?part=rss&tag=2547-1_3-0-20&subj=news "ThinkFree To Offer Offline Version"
* [eMusic][4], a DRM-free MP3 retailer for independent artists, has announced that is has now [sold over 100 million songs][5]. The lucky 100 millionth downloader will be immortalized in song by The Barenaked Ladies and will be featured as a bonus track on their upcoming new album.
[4]: http://www.emusic.com/ "eMusic.com"
[5]: http://digitalmusic.weblogsinc.com/2006/12/13/emusic-crosses-100m-mark/ "eMusic sells 100 million songs"
* It still doesn't appear to be on the main page of [Adobe Labs][6], but an enterprising Digg reader located the [download url][7] for the Photoshop CS 3 beta. Be forewarned: it's a 685 MB monster for Mac, the Windows version is 337 MB.
[6]: http://labs.adobe.com/ "Adobe Labs"
[7]: http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/entitlement/index.cfm?e=labs%5Fphotoshop "Photoshop CS 3 beta download"
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This morning I found a link on Digg to a handy [list of Unix shell tips and tricks][1] that has already been saving me some time. Michael Stutz over at IBM's Developer Works writes:
>When you use a system often, you tend to fall into set usage patterns. Sometimes, you do not start the habit of doing things in the best possible way. Sometimes, you even pick up bad practices that lead to clutter and clumsiness. One of the best ways to correct such inadequacies is to conscientiously pick up good habits that counteract them. This article suggests 10 UNIX command-line habits worth picking up -- good habits that help you break many common usage foibles and make you more productive at the command line in the process.
One of my biggest annoyances in the shell is when I try to cd to a directory and only then discover that I haven't created that directory yet. This simple line from the article solves that issue by creating the directory if it doesn't exist:
cd tmp/a/b/c || mkdir -p tmp/a/b/c
I suppose if I were smarter I would have thought of that myself, but that's what the article is good at pointing out, tricks that, if you had the time to stop and think about them for a while, you'd probably solve yourself. But who has that time when there's work to be done?
[1]: http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/aix/library/au-badunixhabits.html "Unis tips and tricks"
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* Google had a big week. There were [updates][1] to the Firefox toolbar, a patent search engine [launched][2], Google Earth [added Wikipedia][8] content and more, the Google Web Toolkit [became][3] open source and finally Google [entered][4] the domain registration fray.
[1]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2006/12/google_upgrade_.html "Google Updates Firefox Toolbar"
[2]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2006/12/google_launches.html "Google Patent Search"
[3]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2006/12/the_google_web_.html "Google Web Toolkit goes Open source"
[4]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2006/12/domain_registra.html "Google Domain Registration"
[8]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2006/12/google_earth_ad.html "Google Earth updates"
* The Popular link sharing site StumbleUpon [released][5] StumbleVideo, a new video referral service.
[5]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2006/12/stumblevideo_ne.html "Stumble Video"
* Gotuit [released][6] SceneMaker, a new video-sharing tool that lets you identify scenes within videos from YouTube and Metacafe, then share just those scenes with your friends.
[6]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2006/12/stumblevideo_ne.html
* Wikia decided to [give it all away][7], offering free software, free bandwidth, free storage, free computing power, free content over the internet and 100 percent of ad revenue goes to the site's owner. The business model was unclear.
[7]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2006/12/what_if_we_give.html
* We [took a first look][9] at Mozilla's Thunderbird 2.0 beta 1 and liked what we saw.
[9]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2006/12/mozilla_has_rel.html "Thunderbird 2.0 beta 1"
* And finally, our favorite Old Gray Lady, *The New York Times*, awoke to find herself in the 21st century with links to these newfangled "news-sharing" sites, Digg and Newsvine, embedded at the bottom her articles. Rumor has it that screen real estate is called "[Iconistan][11]."
[10]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2006/12/nyt_adds_sharin.html "NYT adds social site links"
[11]: http://www.wired.com/news/technology/internet/0,72282-0.html?tw=wn_culture_10 "Wired on Iconistan"
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