MORE DVD FORMAT WARS

Feb 17, 2004 | business, video

There continues to be chaos in the world of recordable DVDs. The blur of acronyms has not changed in the last year or two – DVD-R, DVD+R, DVD-Ram and the rest. There is some movement to reduce the impact on consumers by making players that can play all the...

SIGN OF THE TIMES

Jan 13, 2004 | business, photos

Kodak announced it will stop selling traditional film cameras in the United States, Canada and Western Europe, a startling sign of how quickly consumers have adopted digital imaging. Kodak’s name still evokes a strong image, which is why this move carries such...

AMERICA ONLINE WOES

Dec 12, 2003 | business

The online-advertising market is beginning to rebound, and profits are on the rise at Yahoo and MSN. Meanwhile, things keep getting worse and worse at AOL. Ad sales were down 50% in the third quarter compared to a year ago, and analysts expect sales to be down 33% in...

iTUNES ECONOMICS

Nov 7, 2003 | Apple, audio, business

The Register’s article today helps us understand the online music services. Apple’s iTunes store charges 99 cents per song. Apple claims it is the most popular of several competing services selling authorized downloadable music. Apple is losing money on...

KAISER AND YOUR HEART

Sep 20, 2003 | business

This has nothing to do with technology, but these statistics are too extraordinary to miss. Kaiser Permanente shed its poor reputation decades ago and is now well known for the high quality of its health care. The National Committee on Quality Assurance recently...

FLOP MOVIES: IT’S OUR FAULT

Aug 22, 2003 | business

This summer featured a high percentage of failed blockbuster movies (The Hulk, Charlie’s Angels, Gigli, and lots more), and the industry has a new theory to explain why the movies flopped. No, it’s not poor quality, lack of originality, or a general failure to...