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A slip of a finger, a massive PR gaff

You must read the Microsoft memo on Wired writer Fred Vogelstein that the Redmond giant’s PR company accidentally emailed to Fred Vogelstein. Man, as a reporter, you just dream of documents like that falling into your hands. I’ve been CCed in on emails I shouldn’t have been and got some juicy tidbits in the process, [...]

Digital Maoism in the Pirate Bay

An interesting article in Vanity Fair about the legal problems facing torrent website Pirate Bay, which was subjected to some pretty bizarre police procedures (why is it necessary to take DNA swaps in a copyright infringement case?).
The author of the piece raises eyebrows with the level of his downloading (at least 800 gigabytes)! How the [...]

Seduced by Pandora

I’ve posted below my recent Herald on Sunday column on a new service I’ve been using called Pandora. I urge you to take a look if you’re at all interested in discovering good, new music. Some of my readers are also now Pandora converts…
Internet radio opens a Pandora’s box
Sunday July 16, 2006By Peter Griffin
I’ve been [...]

 

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