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Associate Professor at HBS Felix Oberholzer-Gee and Associate Professor Koleman Strumpf at UNC tracked downloads of songs from specific albums on the OpenNap file-sharing network, and then compared this data with the weekly sales figures to see if downloading actually hurt music sales...
...Maybe the Internet is really like the radio,” said Oberholzer-Gee, where being able to hear songs for free does not lead to an overall decrease in album sales...
...study was unique because it tracked exactly what was being downloaded as opposed to previous file-sharing research, which focused largely on data from surveys of internet users, according to Oberholzer-Gee...
...other Web-based free e-mail services: you've got competition. Google confirmed rumors it was testing Gmail, a free service that will not only allow subscribers to send and receive e-mail, but also tap the firm's trademark keyword search facility to retrieve e-mails. The gee-whiz feature: 1 GB of free storage - between 250 and 500 times more than at Yahoo and Hotmail. That means bulky holiday snaps won't easily overwhelm Gmail's In box. "MSN and Yahoo have to respond," warns Hellen Omwando, analyst at Forrester Research. "Consumers know they're very limited with...
...McLean, Va., Oakie Russell's son Dylan, 8, recently inquired, out of the blue, "Mom, who is God's father?" Says Russell, 45, who gave up a dream job at PBS: "So, you're standing at the sink with your hands in the dishwater and you're thinking, 'Gee, that's really complicated. But I'm awfully glad I'm the one you're asking...