The prediction by José Luis RodrÃguez Zapatero, the Spanish prime minister, of mergers among the country’s weaker banks merely brought into the public domain a looming reality accepted months ago in private by Spanish bankers.
Source:Wave of mergers has foundations in property crisis (Financial Times)
If you’ve been using Google’s AdSense on your pages you obviously feel the need to somehow generate even more traffic for your website, which in turn would translate to more AdSense click and a higher income. But who do you do this? Well, the major way you’ll get visitors to see your website (other then using AdWords, which is encouraged as well) is to use some techniques to have search engines send more and more users towards your page, by ranking high in search results for your topics of int
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In a move aimed at making books in public domain more accessible, Google has come up with a set of tools that allows people to embed entire books into their web page or blog posts. The initiative is likely to increase the visibility for Google’s Book Search engine and is likely to become a big draw with online retailers.
Source:Google Releases Bloggers Toolset To Encourage Public Domain
Downloading illegal music has become a hot topic on the Web. So much so that it’s easy to forget about the plethora of sites dedicated to free, legal music. We’ve put together a list of 30+ sites that will keep your MP3 player playing until your batteries are completely drained. Whether you’re into pop, jazz, metal or classical, there’s something here for everyone. Let us know which are your favorites. Amazon MP3 Store - The vast majority of the music at Amazon is for sale, but they do
Source:Keep Rocking: 30+ Sites for Free & Legal Music
Filed under: Nintendo Wii, E3, Rhythm Speaking at the Nintendo’s 2008 E3 developer roundtable, Shigeru Miyamoto has confirmed that the Wii Music “game” disc will contain 50 songs, featuring a variety of of public domain songs, as well as licensed music. As for DLC? Nintendo is “not really thinking” about digital song distribution, instead focusing on using WiiConnect24 to share music videos. Gallery: Wii MusicPermalink | Email this | Comments
Source:Wii Music disc to include licensed songs, Nintendo 'not really thinking' about DLC
Some Germans seem to be seeking solace in the words of their countryman Karl Marx amid the global financial crisis _ to the delight of a small academic publisher. The Karl-Dietz Verlag has sold 1,500 copies of Marx’s “Das Kapital” this year, making the…
Source:Karl Marx's book sells as Germany economy sinks (San Francisco Chronicle)
In February 2006, a part-time Canadian music student established a modest, non-commercial website that used collaborative wiki tools, such as those used by Wikipedia, to create an online library of public domain musical scores. Eleven days ago, the IMSLP disappeared from the Internet.
Source:Music Publisher's Takedown Strikes The Wrong Chord
In the public domain, homeopathy is either dismissed as “those little pills” or “mere placebo.” Ignorance is great. Most folks do not know there is a system of medicine called homeopathy. This is because there is no big money involved. There are no advertising agencies singing paeans of praise of homeopathy. It is easier to sell a new brand of soap
Source:It is not easy to be homeopathy believer publicly