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...just completed my first legal music download, courtesy of the iTunes music store and a gift certificate from a friend. It’s a mixed feeling. There is the thrill of choosing individual songs from amongst hundreds of thousands and watching as it takes the few seconds to arrive on your computer—and the smugness of knowing that the RIAA can do nothing. But the thrill is tempered by the feeling of having given in to The Man in the suit. Once you start paying for your music downloads, it’s all downhill?...
...little effort has been put into providing an electronic replacement, liner notes seem to be as disposable as the art that accompanies them. This may be thoughtless. How can you be sure God won’t mind not being thanked for overseeing the R&B song you download? Might there not be mass industrial action by drum techs and producers? Without liners, would anyone know that the guitarist of A Perfect Circle used to be a Smashing Pumpkins guitar tech? Does anyone care anyway...
...phone number when you say, "Call Jenny." The trouble is most phones can dial only numbers you've already matched to a voiceprint, and if you don't say it exactly the same way every time, the phone can get confused. Now Microsoft Voice Command ($40; available for download at handango.com brings genuine voice recognition--the kind used by customer-service hot lines and in-car navigation systems--to Pocket PC phones (and also PDAs). After installing the software, you can use your voice to dial any number in your phone book or check appointments by asking, "What...
...recent weeks, iTunes use has exploded on the Harvard campus, with e-mails going out on house lists imploring studentsto download the program in order to create a wider network of shared music. Sadly, after this initial rush, many have remarked that, for the most part, their shared folder still extends only as far as the walls of their House or dorm...
...point: This Disney fanatic has created a series of problem sets centered around Disney movies. The first assignment was about The Jungle Book, and Sala-I-Martin has since moved on to The Little Mermaid and The Lion King. When students go to the Economics 1391 website to download the problem sets, not only do Mowgli, Ariel and Simba pop up on the screen, but the respective theme songs play in the background. “Problem sets need not be boring and dry,” Sala-I-Martin explains. His students agree. “The problem sets...