‘In the News’ Archive

Money, it’s a track

by Lee Simmons, March 9, 2010, 2:12 pm

If ever there was a band that would eschew single-track digital music sales, it would be Pink Floyd. The legendary British band hates single-track sales so much, in fact, that it has sued EMI …

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Would you like an Espresso with that e-book (or would that be redundant)?

by Patrice Sarath, March 3, 2010, 2:17 pm

It’s no secret that I like books. I write them; I read them. I read about them. I am hardly ever without one.

I like the tactile feel of a book in my hands, especially one that’s an old …

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Oil is not calming the waters in the Falkands

by Stuart Hampton, March 2, 2010, 12:07 pm

Prompted by a renewed search for oil, an old geopolitical conflict is beginning to heat up again.

The place: the windblown Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic. The protagonists: the far away UK (which …

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Silicon wafer shipments down in 2009; IC equipment sales up in 2010 (so far!)

by Jeff Dorsch, February 26, 2010, 4:24 pm

Semiconductor Equipment & Materials International (SEMI), an industry trade group, is best known for its monthly book-to-bill reports, tracking the business of North American suppliers of semiconductor production equipment. (The Semiconductor Industry Association once …

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Warner breaks ranks

by Lee Simmons, February 26, 2010, 1:28 pm

Free online streaming music — a bandwagon that once carried a happy collection of artists, labels, and consumers — has lost a big passenger. Warner Music Group will no longer license artists to online streaming services such as …

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Nickelback vs. a pickle

by Lee Simmons, February 25, 2010, 11:11 am

If anyone out there still doubts the power of social networking, look no further than a pickle. Last week, a pickle earned more fans (nearly 1.5 million at last count) on its Facebook page …

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Real Estate Makes a Comeback

by Patrice Sarath, February 23, 2010, 2:58 pm

So what’s going on in the housing market, you ask? Let’s take a look. There’s actually plenty of good news. No, really, we don’t have to use air quotes or anything. According to The National Association …

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What’s not so smart in smartphones

by Jeff Dorsch, February 22, 2010, 3:02 pm

The PC industry grew over the past two decades mostly due to the standard “Wintel” platform — that is, Microsoft Windows-based machines running on Intel microprocessors (or chips compatible with Intel’s …

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Abbey Road (not) for sale

by Lee Simmons, February 22, 2010, 1:36 pm

Less than a week after reports that it selling a musical landmark, EMI has finally cleared the air: Abbey Road is not on the auction block. Well, not yet, anyway.

Initial news that …

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