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26th December 2005 Archive

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  • New York AG starts per-label subpoena store

    Hand of justice touches music downloads

    It seemed only a matter of time before New York attorney general Eliot Spitzer turned his gaze of justice toward the online music download scene. And, as we learned last week via a regulatory filing from the Warner Music Group, Spitzer has in fact kicked off "an industry-wide investigation" into download pricing by handing out …

    Music and Media 26 Dec 2005, 15:31

  • MUMPS - the swelling subsides

    Interesting range of comments on my Mumps piece. Leaving aside any issues with the future NHS IT systems (which I'll return to later), a lot of readers pointed out that M (or Mumps) was currently widely used in UK Health systems (as well as the USA). I'm sure that's true (two companies with M-based products, I'm told, are …

    Developer 26 Dec 2005, 17:56

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