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Artists Behind the Scenes on the Madonna Confessions Tour Bring Stunning Visuals to the Stage Using Adobe Production Studio Software and Adobe OpenHD Workstation

whitepaper The Madonna Confessions Tour, among the most action-packed music and entertainment spectacles of 2006. Behind the scenes, video and audio producers bring Madonna's show to life using Adobe Production Studio software, including Adobe Premiere Pro...

Tags: video management software, united states, adobe, packed

[11 Apr 2007]

Skype rings up tones for phones deal

News In January, the company struck a deal with Warner Music Group, which distributes music from artists such as Green Day, Madonna and Red Hot Chili Peppers, to sell snippets of songs as ringtones. Skype, the free internet calling service owned by eBay...

Tags: skype, ringtones

[26 Apr 2006]

Skype brings Warner ringtones to VoIP

News Ringtones will be available from Warner artists such as Green Day and Madonna within the next two months, with Skype set to promote Madonna as the first 'featured artist' on its online store. Skype, a pioneer in voice over IP (VoIP) software, is...

Tags: ringtones, skype, time warner

[30 Jan 2006]

Kazaa ordered to block 3,000 keywords

News Eminem, Kylie Minogue and Madonna are just some of the popular artists whose songs are to be blocked from being illegally distributed on the peer-to-peer network Kazaa following Federal Court orders yesterday.

Tags: kazaa

[25 Nov 2005]

Photos: Apple unveils new iPod, iTunes mobile and more

Photo Madonna appears via iChat to tout a new album, as well as the just-announced availability of her vast library on iTunes. At a press event in San Francisco on Wednesday, Apple CEO Steve Jobs demonstrates the small size of the new iPod Nano by...

Tags: itunes mobile, madonna, rokr, ipod nano

[08 Sep 2005]

Video: Harry Potter, Madonna join the iTunes fold

Video Apple's latest big-name backers

[08 Sep 2005]

Apple unleashes iPod Nano - and iTunes mobile

News And making an appearance from London, via iChat, was Madonna, who touted her new album, as well as the just-announced availability of her vast library on iTunes.iPod sales have propelled Apple into a leading market position, with a 53 per cent...

Tags: rokr, itunes mobile, nano, ipod nano

[08 Sep 2005]

Wembley Arena slams eBay over rogue ticket touts

Wembley Arena slams eBay over rogue ticket touts

News Tudor said it is left for venues to tell people who may have paid thousands of pounds, as happened with a recent Madonna concert, that there are in fact no tickets for them. The UK's leading music concert arenas are calling for eBay to take action...

[09 Nov 2004]

Janet Jackson's boob holding TiVo record

News Before Jackson's moment in the sun, the most replayed moment in TiVo history had been the kiss shared by Britney Spears and Madonna during the 2003 MTV Video Music Awards. Eight months later, Janet Jackson's infamous performance during the Super...

[30 Sep 2004]

The Weekly Round-Up: 14.11.03

The Weekly Round-Up: 14.11.03

Round-Up Or take that Windows XP ad where the chap actually starts to fly, swooping around to a backdrop of Madonna caterwauling about rays of light. Apple's marketing department is not averse to the odd bit of hyperbole.

[14 Nov 2003]

Broadband for all: Rural Britain told to keep on waiting

Broadband for all: Rural Britain told to keep on waiting

News Make rural areas more like cities by increasing the population density, suggests silicon.com reader Charles - who like Madonna appears to favour going by the one name. It appears the rural broadband debate is set to run and run.

Tags: broadband have-nots, rural broadband, broadband

[18 Aug 2003]

What is VBS/Jadra.B?

whitepaper VBS/Jadra.B is a slight variation of VBS/Jadra, an Internet worm that first appeared as a Madonna mp3 music file. If executed, VBS/Jadra.B searches for files with *.EXE, *.COM, *.INI, *.TXT extensions and overwrites those files it finds with its...

Tags: files, file, music, code

[14 Aug 2003]

5 years ago... Compaq spends $3m on altavista.com address

5 years ago... Compaq spends $3m on altavista.com address

News High-profile cases have seen the likes of Madonna, Julia Roberts, Playboy and Liverpool Football Club successful in disputing domains registered using their name as the tide turned on the cyber squatters.

[29 Jul 2003]

RIAA sues non-existent Spanish website

RIAA sues non-existent Spanish website

News On its website the company advertised access to music from artists such as Madonna and Metallica, which are difficult to find on legal services such as Pressplay, Listen.com's Rhapsody or Apple Computer's iTunes.

Tags: weblisten, spanish, pressplay, riaa

[10 Jul 2003]

The Ovum View: My call centre confession...

Comment Now I know that doesn’t have the same shock value as admitting to being the perpetrator of a major crime or letting slip that I admire the acting skills of Madonna but there’s such an enormous stigma associated with call centres.

Tags: kwiatkowski, call centres, ovum view, ovum

[27 Jun 2003]

Will Harry Potter's wizard touch boost BT broadband?

Will Harry Potter's wizard touch boost BT broadband?

News Probably the most notorious example of this was the attempt to stream a Madonna concert live on the internet. The internet's ability to perform effectively as a broadcast medium will be tested as never before later this month, when J.K Rowling the...

[05 Jun 2003]

'Hypocritical' Metallica launches music download service

'Hypocritical' Metallica launches music download service

News Madonna recently created a huge buzz when she sold her "American Life" single on Madonna.com. Call it a change of heart or call it hypocrisy, but Metallica, the band who famously hounded Napster all the way into extinction is to launch its own free...

Tags: morissette, alanis, metallica, music

[04 Jun 2003]

Virus watch: What can Fizzer teach us?

Virus watch: What can Fizzer teach us?

News All the virus writer has to do is use a tempting file name, like Madonna's American Life, and as soon as the user downloads it and clicks on the file the virus is activated. Companies are being urged to learn valuable lessons from the outbreak of...

Tags: worm, fizzer

[14 May 2003]

<strong>Madonna</strong>'s site hacked as file-sharers fight dirty

Madonna's site hacked as file-sharers fight dirty

News Madonna's website has been hacked by advocates of illegal file-sharing after the US singer attempted to discredit services such as KaZaA with a series of phoney files, all purporting to be versions of her latest album.

[23 Apr 2003]

<strong>Madonna</strong> provides ray of light for MP3 fans

Madonna provides ray of light for MP3 fans

News Monday marked the first time pop singer Madonna's music went out digitally to her legion of fans - and with the move, the Material Girl broke new online ground for major artists. Madonna is selling her new anti-war single, "American Life", on her...

Tags: madonna, mp3

[25 Mar 2003]

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