Systems hope to tell you what you’d like
Geoff Lester's two iPods can hold 20,000 songs, so he turned to the iTunes Music Store, which stocks 1.5 million online selections. But how to choose? After the 28-year-old Los...
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Plot twist in pre-Oscar piracy crackdown: More illegal copies
One year after the Motion Picture Association of America began its highly publicized campaign against pre-Oscar piracy, the problem is even worse. There are significantly more Academy Award "screeners" of...
Online music alters industry’s sales pitch
A year after Apple Computer Inc. launched its iTunes Music Service, the online music industry is selling songs by the millions -- and that may not bode well for the...
FCC may limit retransmitting of digital programs on the Web
Federal regulators are poised to grant Hollywood the first of its three wishes for the digital future: a requirement that makers of televisions and computers limit what viewers can do...
Record labels grapple with CD protection
For three holiday seasons, record executives say, Internet piracy has been the Grinch of the music business, undercutting album sales and labels' year-end profits. So how did the labels open...
PlayStation 2 gear bridges the gap between PCs and TVs
As media companies start piping music and movies through the Internet, their wares reach millions of personal computers, but few of the living room stereos and TV sets most people...
Filing won’t leave consumers in lurch
For years, the biggest challenge WorldCom Inc. and MCI faced was persuading consumers to switch long-distance companies. Now, the toughest job may be persuading them to stay. The bankruptcy filing...
WorldCom may survive after all
Despite mounting fiscal and legal woes, WorldCom Inc. could emerge from its current crisis as a leaner and stronger telecommunications company. Analysts said Wednesday that WorldCom will probably be forced...
Attack of the Cloners
A week before the movie's release, unauthorized copies of the next "Star Wars" episode hit the Internet on Thursday, offering a stark demonstration of Hollywood's growing problem with piracy in...
STOCK OPTIONS LEAVE TECH WORKERS IN A HOLE
For thousands of rank-and-file technology workers, this tax season may not be over yet. Accountants and politicians from Silicon Valley to Boston say they have been inundated with horror stories...