The record labels are getting even these days with dealing with digital firms according to Antony Bruno of Reuters.The music industry was the last to embrace digital and online technology in regards to their relationship to music.At first it tried to fight against digital downloads, something it shouldn’t have done.The music industry should’ve gotten onboard and find a way to capitalize on the opportunity to get revenue from online music services.It is only after almost 5 years that the labels are finally getting smart about the way in which to capture income from their music.A new online digital music service or firm has to pay millions of dollars and give up a large percentage of its company revenue to music labels, a reality that doesn't sit well with most new digital firms. Reuters
According to Michael Christie and Gunna Dickson (Reuters), Bill Gates of Microsoft Corporation said there will be a new replacement for Windows Vista in the near future, as early as next year. This is sooner than expected. Microsoft Will be releasing a new Windows Operating System called Windows 7. It will ultimately be the replacement for Vista. Microsoft will release the new software to accommodate the rapid advancement of mobile phone technology. "This new version of Windows will have a touch surface display allowing users to call up items using their hands," Reuters. It will pretty much be similar to the touch screen feature of the iPhone. Reuters
Wrestlemania 24 was one of those gigantic events in Wrestling history. The Big Show verses Floyd Mayweather the boxer. It looked like David and Goliath squaring off to a dual of good verses evil, but who was evil. It looks like the little man was evil in this one. See for yourself and let the wold know what you think. The soundtrack is provided by Ranjamusic Promotions with the recording artist Ranja.
According to Kiyoshi Takenaka (Tokyo, Reuters), "Sony Corp unveiled on Thursday a video camera as small as a juice box, 'saying it was the world's smallest and lightest high-definition camcorder.'" The tiny camera will go on sale in Japan later this month. The camera only weighs "300 grams (10.6 ounces) and measures 32 mm 119 mm x 63 (1.3 inches x 4.7 inches x 2.5 inches)" according to the article. Although it is small in stature, it carries with it a very hefty price tag of 130, 000 yen , which is about $1, 271. The firm said the tiny video camera "can store up to 55 minutes of full high-definition images with resolution of 1, 920 by 1, 080 pixels on an 8 gigabyte memory card." Please click here to see the remaining story!
According to Brian Mahoney, AP Basketball Writer, the New York Knicks will hire Long-time Indiana headman, Donnie Walsh as President of Basketball Operations on Wednesday. The press conference will be held at 1pm this afternoon. I knew that James Dolan had a plan to save the Knicks and save Isiah Thomas' job. He has relieved Isiah of his presidential Knicks duties, but not his coaching duties. According to James Dolan, "Isiah Thomas put the team together with these players, so he should coach them." Dolan said something to that effect. By hiring Walsh, everyone wins including Isiah because as I said in one of my previous posts on this topic, Walsh was the person who gave Thomas his first coaching job, so in this situation, the master is here to rescue his pupil (Isiah Thomas). This is the best thing that could ever happened to Isiah. He obviously failed as a General Manager and didn't get fired. He nevertheless was relieved of his duties very softly by his boy James Dolan. I must say the only thing that Thomas seems to excel in is choosing good draft picks. It will be in his best interest to remove himself from coaching the Knicks and assume the role of player recruitment. In doing this, he would avoid from humiliating himself for another year of coaching. Let Hurb Williams be the coach of the Knicks; he is obviously a better coach than Isiah. When he was coaching the Knicks as an interim coach, the Knicks were always in every game, although they usually end up losing by 2 points. Please click here for more on this story!
According to Will Weissert, Associated Press Writer, Raul Castro has opened yet another closed privilege for Cubans. He has opened luxury hotels and resorts to not only rich Cubans but all Cubans. It really seems as if Cuba is on its way to some form of democracy. At first it was freedom to use cell phones and microwaves. Now, it is the right to use luxury hotels. What will it be next? We shall wait and see. Click here for details of story!
If Kansas expects to win the NCAA championship, they better come with a better effort than they did against Davidson who was pretty much a one man army.That one man was Stephen Curry who finished with 25 points.He hit a 3 pointer late in the game which made the score 59 to 57 Kansas, which became the final score of the game.Curry didn’t have one of his better games, but still managed to put up 25 points.Bryant who erupted in the second half hitting three “Three Pointers” were the only other formidable threat for Davidson, but he was mysteriously taken out of the game by the couch with about 4 minutes left.This move took the spark out of Davidson who was leading.
Davidson was obviously the smaller team and as a result was vulnerable in the Middle, but Kansas wasn’t taking advantage of the inside in the first half; they only started doing that late in the second half which almost cost them the game.Davidson’s only big man fouled out with 2:20 left in the game.Sasha Kaun for Kansas was the most disruptive against Davidson.He did the important things around the baskets in order to help his team win and as a result, he was named most valuable player along with Stephen Curry for Davidson.
Earlier in the first half, strong defense was being played by both teams, but things got a lot more offensive in the second half.Kansas didn’t play particularly well, but one thing they did manage to do was placed strong defensive pressure on Curry, who had to work a little harder for his shots.This harder work affected his shots in the second half when he was missing shots.Kansas will need to come with a better effort for their next game if they expect to advance to the final because the next team that they will tangle with is also a number one seed.Davidson was a number 10-seed and Kansas only beat them by 2 points.Therefore, things aren’t looking too promising for Kansas.
(Writen and edited by Glenford Robinson, Mstardom writer)
Hillary Clinton has been told by many leaders in the democratic party that she should quit the presidential race because she is hurting the party by continuing to dig up dirt on Obama. The New York senator has won a majority of delegates by winning some of the big states, but she trails behind Obama who has won more total delegates. Party leaders and Obama's leading supporters, Christopher Dodd and Patrick Leahy, have said "Friday that Clinton should rethink her chances of overcoming that deficit and consider folding her campaign," (Associated Press, March 29, 2008). Click here for details.
