Word: downloading
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Upbeat on Downloading Maybe it's apt that Flying Without Wings, from Irish boy band Westlife, last week became the first No. 1 on Britain's new official download chart: digital music is soaring. Apple says its European iTunes shop has sold 5 million tracks since its June...
...reality that will emerge as the dust settles at Najaf will strengthen the likelihood that - as Anthony Cordesman argues in a PDF download from the Center for Strategic and International Studies - in order to achieve at least a modicum of stability in Iraq, the U.S. and its local allies will be forced to accept a substantial political role for elements they'd once hoped to eliminate...
...Germany, offering a wider selection of songs for less money ($1.44 each). In its first week in Europe alone, iTunes sold 800,000 tracks. Napster and the Sony Connect store also have competing music sites, and WalMart and EasyGroup, parent company of EasyJet, are looking to launch their music-download services. Coke execs are debuting their site in Austria and promoting it heavily on the sides of cans, but they must be wishing for the days when Pepsi was all they had to worry about. --By Chris Taylor...
...Amazon, Netflix relies on ratings--up to five stars--by its members, who are asked to weigh in on what they rent. These ratings go into the system's algorithm, and out come recommendations for movies you never knew you wanted to see. Hastings intends to start a trial download service next year. But downloading is still too daunting for most users, and who wants to watch movies on a PC anyway? "DVDs have got a good decade left in them," he says. For Netflix, chances are it will be a very good decade indeed. --Chris Taylor/Los Gatos...
iTunes is a good music shop with some 700,000 songs available for download. But the Real Music Store (available at real.com is a smart alternative, with some 625,000 songs of its own and several unique features. If you're a Beyonce fan, for example, the store will help you find other artists you might like by listing contemporaries, followers and influences. You can also watch more than 1,100 free music videos via the Real Music Guide, vs. about 200 on iTunes. Both stores sell singles for 99¢ and most albums for $9.99, but album prices can vary...