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...does the need for organization.'' Organization? Until a few days ago, I didn't know what time school started or, for that matter, when the year began. I know the information's here somewhere, I thought as I rummaged through the tattered messenger bag in which I file my most important papers. Gingham lined...
...streets, while the police, who are with them, stand by," says a student leader who did not wish to be identified. "From the beginning, the Islamic parties filled the void," says a police lieutenant colonel working closely with British forces. "They still hold the real power. The rank and file all belong to the parties. Everyone does. You can't do anything without them...
...does not keep statistics on file, nor does it measure its success by tracking how many freshman-year roommates block together...
Snocap's challenge is to help music providers offer file swapping without the viruses prevalent on illegal sites, so customers would pay. Compared with online music stores, peer-to-peer services still attract the most users--by some accounts, 60 million people in the U.S. "That's about the number who voted for George Bush!" said Sam Yagan, president of MetaMachine Inc., the company behind eDonkey, a free peer-to-peer site...
Unlike iTunes, which sells songs, Snocap is really a digital middleman, monitoring audio files as they are downloaded over music services that use Snocap's system. Its main tool is a registry that stores music and acts as a global clearinghouse to identify tracks. Snocap is working with Mashboxx, headed by another veteran of the file-sharing wars, former Grokster president and outspoken recording industry critic Wayne Rosso; his company offers users legal file-sharing software. When a music fan locates a song on another computer in the network, Snocap checks to see if it is registered in its database...