This Douglas Adams piece is a few years old now, but is still on the mark. I miss him.

DNA/How to Stop Worrying and Learn to Love the Internet 

7:40:33 AM   

Not much high moral ground to work with here - the record companies have to prove they're not in collusion to lock up the market for music over the net, but that doesn't change the fact that Napster enabled wholesale copyright infringement.

Napster Wins One Round in Music Case. A federal judge allowed Napster to seek evidence that the record companies colluded to monopolize the digital music market. [The New York Times: Technology] 

7:15:51 AM   

Flaws were known to the company last year, but the company decided not to develop patches after abandoning its consumer business and licensing its technology to Los Angeles-based PrivaSec LLC in August, according to President and CEO.

SafeWeb users may be vulnerable. (IDG) -- SafeWeb Inc., a developer of online privacy technology used by consumers, political ... [CNN - Technology] 

7:06:32 AM   

Ready to engage a focus group to test out that new product idea. Wait a minute - a market researcher claims to have a better idea.

Penetrating the Mind by Metaphor. While the conventional wisdom in market research says to take consumers at their word, Gerald Zaltman seeks to converse directly with their brains instead. [The New York Times: Business] 

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