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EntmootApril 14 Beatles Go DigitalThe Beatles have given even more credibility to a new huge industry –
online music sales. For years the owners of copyrighted Beatles music
have refused to join the new services that securely distribute music
over the Internet. This will increase the credibility of iTunes,
Napster, and Rhapsody. Many artists still fear the Internet. Many
artists lost millions in sales and contracts because their music was
transferred illegally over file-sharing networks. Metallica and other
groups have felt specifically wronged by online peer-to-peer programs.
For years these groups have refused to participate in online music
sales. The Beatles acceptance of online music distribution will add
credibility to this new online business. Genealogy, Technology, and Latter-day SaintsGordon B. Hinckley is hopeful that technology will fix the problem of
ordinance duplication. The LDS Church is doing ordinance work for
thousands of dead ancestors every year. Proxies perform baptisms and
other ordinances for dead ancestors. The Church records names, dates,
and places in an attempt to record who has been baptized and who has
not. Millions of members worldwide submit names of the deceased. The
problem is many names are submitted multiple times and consequently
work is duplicated for those names. The Church is developing a
technology that will allow names to be grafted into a central family
tree. Patrons of the system will be able to find out if they are
duplicating the work or not before they actually perform the work.
President Hinckley is hopeful that this will solve the problem of
ordinance duplication. April 11 Where technology has taken artTechnology has driven artistry to a virtual world. Technology companies spend millions of dollars on beauty. Web-developers and graphic-design specialists are paid to make what you see on a computer screen beautiful. Computer game companies use sophisticated algorithms to display high-quality projections of 3D worlds onto your computer screen. In the Baroque, Roccoco, Renaisance, and Classical eras of the world palaces, churches, and government buildings were richly adorned inside and out for everyone to see. Now our buildings usually are decorated with painted drywall inside and brick on the outside. The huge investments that history put into buildings and physical art is now routed to a virtual world that anyone who's connected can go and see. April 06 Microsoft's Monopoly GrowsMicrosoft will have a more complete monopoly because of Apple’s new Intel machines. The dual core Intel machine 800 D processor supports native virtual machine support. This means you could really run any OS on them just fine. You could boot into OSX or boot into Windows XP. Now corporate America will be able to enjoy Apple’s slick designs with the dominant Windows XP software and suites. Apple and Microsoft will both benefit from this new union. Microsoft’s only competitor in the home and corporate PC market will be Linux. Other competitors will exist for servers but in the most profitable market Microsoft will have a more complete monopoly on operating system sales. March 28 Patent LawToday’s business in the computer science space is about patents. Without the patent your product is unmarketable. It is unmarketable for two reasons: first, another company might submit a patent for your design and force you out of the market and second, your product could be copied and distributed freely to everyone in the world. In interviews I’ve had with Microsoft and small business entrepreneurs the talk has always included patents. Small businesses prize their few patents to be their source of revenue and take their profits higher. Microsoft and other large companies often measure a team’s progress and production by how many patents they produce in a year. Because of the distributable nature of bits on a disk, it is important to devise means to protect a creator’s fair payment. The bottom line is that ownership is an abstract idea and in computer science ownership needs to be clearly defined to ensure that the business is profitable.
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