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Qtrax: 25 Million Free Tracks? Or Pie In The Sky?

The Times reported today a news story claiming a new service, Qtrax, would allow users to download 25 million music tracks for free on an advertising sponsored basis, with full backing from all four major music labels.
With CD sales in free fall and legal downloads yet to fill the gap, the music industry has reluctantly […]

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Amazon Suing Alexaholic: Is This A Web Company That Doesn’t Get Web 2.0?

Amazon is one of the most famous web brands, and one that I frequently use as an example of an established company that could easily be defined as being an early proponent of what is now known as Web 2.0. It also owns the Alexa service which provides web usage stats based on the browsing […]

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