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Sweetnurse verifies credit-card numbers--even numbers picked at random--to determine their credit limits and expiration dates, using the same types of automated programs deployed by credit-card companies and banks for that purpose. He jots down a number, then goes shopping. Usually he selects books, CDs and dvds for his collection, but he also claims to have bought such fanciful items as a box of 10,000 condoms. "You've got to find a site with good stuff, a bad system and stupid people," he advises. It's a pretty common combination. Today, in 15 minutes, he finds...
...million ? YouTube The site that leveled the entertainment playing field. Ask a Ninja outdraws The Daily Show ? Last FM Beyond radio, it's a way to tap into the musical tastes of the crowd and add yours as well ? Netflix With more than 70,000 DVDs available, proof that Keanu and Kurosawa can coexist ? iTunes With a catalog of 3.5 million songs, Apple makes money off the misses as well as the hits ? amazon.com With customer reviews and recommendations, book buying is now a communal experience THE TOOLMAKERS The crowd isn't just expressing itself...
...Zakii, however, appears aware of the opposite risk - that of loading his paintings with too much profundity. Across one wall of his rooftop studio is a floor-to-ceiling bookcase stacked with DVDs, many of them the spaghetti westerns that he grew up on as a teenager in the cinema halls of 1970s Johor Bahru. The stark, lonely landscapes of these films have frequently resurfaced on Zakii's canvases. "Art works best when it satisfies the senses," he says, gesturing at the DVDs. "Not the intellect...
...practical terms, the strike is about money: how much, if anything, writers get as the Internet and DVDs replace TV reruns, for which they get bigger residuals. But in a larger sense, the studios and writers are forcing a question that every other form of media is facing: How much is content worth in the digital...
...later, people still like to bang their heads, raise their fists, and have some fun," says Jeff Albright, president of the Albright Entertainment Group and publicist for numerous top-tier hard rock singers. "The opportunities for revenue are probably greater than ever before," says Albright, referring to concert video DVDs and downloads via iTune...