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White Paper Founded more than 60 years ago, The Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization (R&H) represents, through its theatrical, concert, and music publishing divisions, a wide variety of entertainment copyrights. R&H had three different systems to track its... [01 Jul 2008]
Bill Gates, iPhone 2.0, mini laptops and much more...
Photo This month silicon.com looked at tech being used at the summer music festivals, the best mini laptops, the 3G iPhone and a tribute to Bill Gates on his departure from Microsoft. See how else tech can improve your weekend of listening to music in a... [30 Jun 2008]
Photos: Top 5 Bill Gates moments
Photo Here's Gates with another friend from the music world. A young William Gates poses for police in Albuquerque in December 1977 after he was caught speeding in his Porsche during the early days of Microsoft. [23 Jun 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 20.06.08
Round-Up A BMR study claims the average 14- to 24-year-old now has almost 900 illegal tracks each on their MP3 players - around half of the 1,770 tracks the kids of today, on average, each have on their music players. [20 Jun 2008]
Legal Eye: Europe's copyright controversy
Comment The European Commission is to consult on changes to the copyright levy, a surcharge on devices that hold music or video to compensate artists for potential piracy. At the moment, in 22 out of 27 European member states, manufacturers are forced to... [18 Jun 2008]
ISPs face fresh threat from file-sharing laws
News The government has renewed its threat to introduce laws to force ISPs to control online music and film piracy and file-sharing. Virgin Media recently became the first ISP to voluntarily address the problem of file sharing by agreeing to send out... [18 Jun 2008]
Stolen music still big with MP3 generation
News Young people are getting almost half of their music collection through illegal means. Record industry artist and publisher group, British Music Rights (BMR), claims the average 14- to 24-year-old now has almost 900 illegal tracks each on their MP3... [16 Jun 2008]
Name that tune...the rise of Shazam
Comment SliceThePie founder: Helping music fans grab a slice Shazam now also works with music retailers such as Amazon and iTunes, along with business-to-business players like AEI Mobile, Arvato and Musiwave, to encourage and monetise users clicking-to-buy... [12 Jun 2008]
Martin Taylor
CIO Profile In 1996 he became group CIO at EMI, where he took the music company through the Y2K project and led early forays into the internet and digital downloads. Martin Taylor took on the group CIO role at clearing-house LCH.Clearnet at the start of last... [11 Jun 2008]
Ian Cohen
CIO Profile Outside of work his passions include his music and Chelsea Football Club. As a group executive director as well as CIO, Ian Cohen is a member of the Associated Newspapers commercial board and is responsible for all technology, operations and... [11 Jun 2008]
Small Business Webcast: Simplifying the Upgrade From Windows XP to Windows Vista (Level 100)
White Paper The webcast explores the Windows Easy Transfer feature, which automatically transfers user accounts; files and folders; e-mail messages, settings, and contacts; photos, music, and videos; Windows settings; program data files and settings; and... [30 May 2008]
Revealed: Top tech security risks and cash-sappers
News Back-up issues: Around three per cent of machines operate Apple iTunes which hinders daily back-up as more music files are added. Viruses, dodgy printers, unsupported open source software and iTunes are all among the 10 most common tech problems... [29 May 2008]
Vodafone chief's departure is a sign of the times
Comment He told MWC: "We must as an industry learn to both partner and compete with these new players because our customers want to experience entertainment such as music downloads, mobile TV, user-generated content such as YouTube and social networking... [29 May 2008]
Legal Eye: What's the score for the music biz?
Comment EMI recently lost Sir Paul McCartney to the nascent Starbucks music label, Hear Music. Drinks brand Bacardi will release Groove Armada's latest songs and the dance duo will headline Bacardi's international music events throughout 2008. [22 May 2008]
Music-Store Chain Boosts Employee Productivity With Desktop Upgrade
White Paper Virgin Megastore has 11 retail music stores across the United States, and the 1,400 employees in those stores exchange information daily with staff in the company's Los Angeles headquarters. The company decided to make information creation and... [21 May 2008]
