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...Rainbows will be released as a digital download available only via the band's web site, Radiohead.com. There's no label or distribution partner to cut into the band's profits - but then there may not be any profits. Drop In Rainbows' 15 songs into the online checkout basket and a question mark pops up where the price would normally be. Click it, and the prompt "It's Up To You" appears. Click again and it refreshes with the words "It's Really Up To You" - and really, it is. It's the first major album whose price is determined...
...fellows receive the money over five years after being chosen by a small, confidential selection committee. The candidates must first be nominated anonymously, according to the MacArthur Fellows Web site...
...Commonwealth Books, lacks any such accoutrements. It’s a throwback to a time when bookstores did nothing but sell books. The branch by Boston Common is housed in a creaky building with multiple floors of small nooks, all overflowing with used books and distressed leather armchairs. Its Web site a is no-nonsense list of new stock and pictures of the store locations. Bookstores like Commonwealth rely on a small, hard-core demographic that is willing to pay a premium for the experience of book buying in spite of the convenience of Amazon.com or large chains. This reliance...
...advanced a measure yesterday that would make articles written by Harvard professors in scholarly journals available online at no cost. The proposal would create a system of “open access” whereby the authors could make their work available either on a personal or university Web site for free, according to Weary Professor of German and Comparative Literature Judith L. Ryan, who serves on the council. Professors would have the option to opt out of the new system, Ryan said. “The problem this is supposed to address is the increasing monopoly that has developed...
Text messaging is no longer just for talking to your friends during class: Now you can figure out when to catch the shuttle back to your room. Shuttleboy.com, the student-created Web site that has allowed students since 1998 to find shuttle times on a computer, now offers an SMS text messaging function. Students can message 41411 with the text “sboy” followed by the first three letters of their starting point and their destination. In seconds, they’ll receive a text detailing the next few shuttles they can catch. For example, a Quad...