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April 26, 2004 Archive

April 26, 2004

iTunes #1; Guess Who's #2?

No surprise that iTunes is the top music download site. Care to venture a guess who's next on the list?

Does Your PC Inspire Loyalty or Fill You with Rage?

The BBC reports on a new study that says people give human characteristics to PCs and demonstrate loyalty to one machine over another.

"People tend to develop strong ties to a specific computer, even if it means waiting to use their favourite machine, say researchers.

A team at Pennsylvania State University in the US found that people were drawn to a PC because of their tendency to assign human attributes to machines.

It also reflected people's love of consistency, they said.

The researchers say their findings could have profound implications for computer manufacturers and advertisers. "

On the other hand, according to the Beeb, Scots are suffering from "Internet Rage."

"One in five Scots who use computers suffer from "internet rage" and feel like hurling their PCs out of the window, according to research.

Slow download times are more annoying than noisy neighbours, watching their football team lose or being stuck in a queue, Scottish Enterprise found."


Lawsuits Rattle Internet Users

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Record industry lawsuits are making an impression on Internet users.

More than 17 million Americans who once traded copyrighted songs on the Internet have stopped doing so since big record labels began suing consumers over the practice. That's the finding of a new survey by comScore MediaMetrix and the Pew Internet and American Life Project.


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