Wednesday, June 12, 2002

There are no Secrets: ClearChannelSucks.org. Clear Channel is the company that had been buying up radio stations all across America (and europe) in a widescale industry consolidation now almost complete. The company makes extra margin from an almost monopolistic position. Watch out as this site gains in reach and flow. [Adam Curry: Adam Curry's Weblog]

Copying Audio CDs with iTunes Revisited. Ages ago I was looking for an elegant solution for copying audio CDs using iTunes. A combination of scripts from Doug Adams provides the best, free solution that I've found. [Meerkat: An Open Wire Service]

Terra Lycos cues music, movie services. The Spanish Internet media company makes a big push into broadband entertainment, signing deals with Ifilm and Listen.com. [CNET News.com]

A Nice Way to Get Network Quality of Service?. The Internet2 effort includes a plan to guarantee high priority for time-critical packets, like those in streaming media. But would an alternate plan, which let users opt for lower priority for their traffic, do as well at reducing congestion? O'Reilly editor Andy Oram looks at Quality of Service efforts. [Meerkat: An Open Wire Service]

Congressman sets digital TV deadline. CNET Jun 11 2002 7:54PM ET [Moreover - moreover...] Nobody wants to play nice!

Webcasters Demand TV Rights. Wired News Jun 12 2002 5:01AM ET [Moreover - moreover...]

Music industry sounds off on CD burning. Sales of pirated music discs jumped nearly 50 percent in 2001. The culprit? The availability of cheap disc-replication gear and a drop in CD-R prices, an industry study shows. [CNET News.com]

iPod chipmaker nabs $42 million. PortalPlayer, whose chip powers Apple Computer's iPod, has received its fourth-round funding--the last round of financing before the company files for an IPO. [CNET News.com]