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Almost by accident, though, Register discovered he could find the answer without even picking up the phone. While browsing the Net one day, he clicked on a banner ad that directed him to Demandline, a digital marketplace where small businesses can get quotes for free on a wide variety of...
Samsung put a new twist on the MP3 player with its innovative Photo YEPP ($399). In addition to playing digital music, which is pretty cool in itself, the Photo YEPP has a color screen for displaying text and pictures. It's so nifty, Bill Gates was spotted admiring it on...
Unfortunately, Microsoft isn't alone in the pursuit of regular license fees instead of one-shot sales. As the technologies and legal systems governing electronic commerce begin to solidify, we are witnessing the emergence of a class of digital rent-seekers--a group of businesses and industry associations that use...
These developments are great for the publishing industry, but they're not always beneficial to consumers. Publishers of paper books would love to get rid of the used-book market--after all, the sales bring them no revenue, and a cheap market in used books lowers the demand for new...
And the license agreements wouldn't be limited only to books. Purchasing and using a DVD player already involves assent to a license agreement, and DVDs already contain "country codes" to prevent you from listening to a cheaper foreign DVD on an American player. Similarly, the recording industry is furiously...