The US Copyright Royalty Board has published its ruling which effectively imposes a truce between the demands of songwriters, music labels and digital music services by keeping royalties on CDs, music downloads, online streaming services and ringtones broadly unchanged. The ruling gives none of the parties what they asked for but should be good news for the growing digital music market in the US, and is likely to set the tone for other jurisdictions.
Michelle Wong, 14 October 2008
Sony Ericsson, which is struggling with sluggish sales of its handsets, is launching a mobile music service shortly, to boost revenues and compete against Nokia. Sony Ericssons Play Now Plus service will only be available through mobile operators and will give subscribers access to millions of...
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Michelle Wong, 24 September 2008
It was only a matter of time before Amazon added content delivery to its range of web services, which include the S3 storage service and EC2 on-demand computing. Amazon has just announced its intention to offer a content delivery service that could transform the industry and pose a serious...
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Michelle Wong, 18 September 2008
Cisco and VMware have announced that they are collaborating to deliver joint data center solutions designed to improve the scalability and operational control of virtual environments.
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Michelle Wong, 18 September 2008
BankInvest, the Danish investment group has joined Amadeus Capital and 3i to invest a total of $18m (£10m) in Nujira, the Cambridge,UK based technology company which makes high-efficiency power amplifier technology for radio transmitters. The company was awarded a Red Herring 100 Europe award...
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Michelle Wong, 15 September 2008