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Like the disastrous implementation of new financial software known as ADAPT in 1999, the rollout of the HR Project was plagued with glitches...
...movie executives are not expressing their outrage over downloading, they are salivating over a potentially massive revenue opportunity. There are already a couple of dozen legal, pay-to-play downloading services, including Pressplay, Listen.com's Rhapsody and Music Net. Apple Computer has a new service, which was slated for rollout this Monday, that's meant to integrate seamlessly with its iPod MP3 player and its iTunes music software. Movie and TV downloading websites are sprouting up as well. Movielink, which is backed by five major Hollywood studios, made its debut in November and features a library of more than...
...reality TV looking ripe to go the way of prime-time soap operas and other fads, the genre must evolve to survive. And Fuller knows it. "In England the bubble's already about to burst," he says, even as he oversees Pop Idol's second British series, a global rollout in China, Norway and other countries, and a set of new reality-TV shows planned with ABC and Fox. His solution is for the format to devour itself. "The clever thing," he says, "is to take it and parody...
...even granting the company a relatively painless rollout, the hurdles left to overcome are legion, as skeptics are delighted to point out. This is the narrative almost every commentator has seized upon: Hutchison is entering a saturated market of entrenched incumbents with an untested product and no killer application. The primary benefit of 3G is, simply, speed. Data-transfer rates are about seven times those of 2G phones, and 3G is usually at least twice as fast as 2.5G. High bandwidth means 3G networks can handle more volume, all things being equal, so they are cheaper and more efficient...
...Coke’s shamefully slow pace contradicts the company’s rhetoric of compassion and action and makes us deeply skeptical about the rollout of the announced treatment program,” Alexander said...