A Better Course

“Coming in at an exhausting 7,000 years long, music is weighed down by a few too many mid- tempo tunes, most notably ‘Liebesträume No. 3 in A flat’ by Franz Liszt and ‘Closing Time’ by ’90s alt-rock group Semisonic,”

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The old ads “felt safe and comfortable for lawyers and transmitted what lawyers wanted to project, which was that these people were fine lawyers and worked at the highest levels of their profession,” Mr. Sanoff said. But the ads said nothing about the

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Yahoo, after missing out on advertising partnerships with the social networking companies Facebook and MySpace, has forged an agreement with Bebo, owner of the most popular social Web site in Britain.

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“At the outset, MySpace was a blank canvas for our users,” says MySpaceTV.com General Manager Jeff Berman. “What we’re doing now is giving some of the best creative folks we can find a blank canvas to create the kinds of content that a MySpace user wants.

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“Mobile platforms will become very common in the next year,” believes developer Craig Hockenberry. “We are on the cusp of a major shift in mobile technology.”

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An unqualified positive comment (merely “good”) is a 4/5 on the scale. However, comments like “extraordinary,” “excellent” and “this is the best console ever created” are all rated at a five, for example. Same goes for the negative end of the scale.

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The only way to pause, change songs or adjust the volume is to take the iPod out of your pocket and use two hands to summon the on-screen controls. In that regard, music playback is, oddly enough, the iPod Touch’s least successful feature.

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The news agendas of traditional media websites have very little overlap with news sites based on stories selected by web users themselves, according to a new study comparing the content of mainstream sites in the US with popular user sites such as Digg.

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Wal-Mart said it will begin running TV ads on Wednesday illustrating “how saving money on the little things adds up and helps families live better.”

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Sony Corp (6758.T: Quote, Profile, Research) said it will launch four models of new Blu-ray high-definition optical disc recorders in November in Japan, as its format battle with the HD DVD camp heats up.

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