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...What it lacks in depth (only 68,000 articles), it makes up for with engaging new videos from the Discovery Channel and a bright, colorful interface. Encarta at $70 is the best disc-based offering. Famous quotations and translation dictionaries for foreign students are nice extras, and you can download free updates every week. On the downside, there is no full Web-based or Mac version...
While it remains to be seen what the schools will do if the RIAA re-files from another district, the schools were right to challenge these subpoenas, both legally and on principle. The right to download shared music is a freedom worth protecting. While the music industry often succeeds in producing only one or two entertaining songs on an overpriced album, individuals should be able to enjoy the few songs they appreciate without being coerced into buying tracks that they do not want. On the flip side, filesharing often introduces consumers to new artists, whose albums they may later choose...
Nevertheless, there is much to embarrass Microsoft in the latest crop of worms. Blaster and Welchia both relied on the same security loophole that was found in Windows in July. There was a fix available--the one Welchia tried to download--but it was among dozens the company puts out every month. Windows XP made its debut in 2001 with some 45 million lines of code and a lot of mistakes, many of which have yet to be uncovered. Because of its complexity, "no other product could potentially be so flawed," says Jerry Ungerman, president of Silicon Valley's Check...
...back. Software maker Roxio, which bought the Napster name and assets for $5.3 million last November, will launch by the end of the year a new Napster service that offers consumers a monthly subscription plan or a pay-per-song download fee--a combination that's an industry first. The company even signed Napster creator Shawn Fanning as a consultant. While pricing has not been announced, "Napster will be much more comprehensive than anything else that is out there," promises Roxio CEO Chris Gorog...
...needs to be. The brilliance of Napster 1.0 lay in its simplicity and comprehensive catalog of songs. No pay service has been able to sufficiently untangle the copyright mess to allow for a broad range of downloadable music. Apple's iTunes Music Store made a breakthrough in April by letting users download individual songs for 99¢ a pop (as opposed to requiring a monthly subscription plan). RealNetworks' Rhapsody music service scored last week when it added some 500 Rolling Stones tracks to its 350,000-song catalog. Napster 2.0 promises 500,000 songs at launch--but that's still less...