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Cnet Networks Inc
CNET NETWORKS INC. CNET Networks Inc. is a leading provider of technology and e-commerce news and information across several media, including the Internet, television, radio, and print. Its target audiences include both consumers and businesses, and the company has created online marketplaces for... Read more |
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Colleen
ColleenMusician In this technologically advancing age, French musician Colleen has released several CDs without ever stepping into a recording studio. She began her musical career in a band, but after it broke up she began to record using her computer and thousands of CDs she borrowed from Parisian... Read more |
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Josh Groban
Groban, Josh February 27, 1981 • Los Angeles, California Singer Josh Groban is not a typical twenty-something pop singer, and record store owners have had a tough time deciding just what bin to put his CDs in. Many of his songs are contemporary romantic ballads, but Groban, who is... Read more |
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Video equipment industry
DVD Player Digital video disk or digital versatile disk (DVD) is a type of optical data storage medium capable of holding up to 17 giga-bytes (GB) of information. First introduced during the mid-1990s, they were developed as an improved form of compact disk (CD) technology.... Read more |
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Missy Elliott
Missy ElliottRap musician, music producer Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott is a phenomenon. She did not merely take the traditionally male-dominated recording industry by storm as a singer, songwriter, arranger, producer, and head of her own label, she did so in one of the most macho, testosterone-laden... Read more |
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Nimbus CD International Inc
Nimbus CD International, Inc. State Route 629Guildford FarmRuckersville, Virginia 22968U.S.A.(804) 985-1100Fax: (804) 985-2893 Public Company Founded: 1982Sales: $118.2 million (1996)Employees: 871Stock Exchanges: NASDAQSICs: 3695 Blank Computer Software Tapes and Disks; Blank Recording... Read more |
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Puddle of Mudd
Puddle of Mudd Rock group The history of Puddle of Mudd's rise to popularity could provide the definition of being in the right place at the right time and with the right talent. Their major label debut album, Come Clean, sold more than 100,000 copies in its first week of... Read more |
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Personal computers
Computers, Personal In 1976, the Cray-1 supercomputer was installed at Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico. It was then the fastest computer in the world, performing 160 million floating-point operations per second. The computer cost 8.8 million dollars and generated so much heat that it... Read more |
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optical disk
optical disk any of a variety of information storage disks that are played or read using a laser . Optical disks include compact discs (CDs and CD-ROMs), laser discs (see videodisc ), and digital versatile discs (or digital video discs; DVDs and DVD-ROMs). WORM [ W rite O nce/ R ead M any]... Read more |
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compact disc
compact disc (CD), a small plastic disc used for the storage of digital data. As originally developed for audio systems, the sound signal is sampled at a rate of 44,100 times a second, then each sample is measured and digitally encoded on the 4 3/4 in (12 cm) disc as a series of microscopic pits... Read more |
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Amazon.com Adds Classical CDs to Earth's Biggest Book and Music Store
...addition of more than 42,000 classical and opera CDs to its music store, bringing...more than 1,000 essential classical and opera CDs, and thousands of classical...knowledge to discover and buy classical and opera ... |
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Proliferation of inexpensive CDs makes classical music more accessible....
...chain: cut-rate, no-name classical compact discs selling for $5...store checkout line. These budget classical CDs offered little in the way of glossy...charts. Of the 50 best-selling classical CDs in the May 7 issue, more than... |
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Who killed classical CDs? Smaller labels rush in as major companies ax...
...specialist Frans Bruggen. EMI Classical has stopped recording...Bach's cantatas on 59 CDs, decided that it would...penned an article, "The Classical Recording is Dying...succeeds with full-priced CDs of unique beauty. Coutaz...of pop music replacing ... |
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Classical CDs For Budget Shoppers
...Things Considered 12-16-2008 Classical CDs For Budget Shoppers Host: MICHELE...dive now into the bargain bin for classical CDs. If you're shopping on a budget...several things when looking for classical CDs on a budget. ... |
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BUDGET LABELS CREATE NEW AUDIENCE FOR CLASSICAL CDS.(SHOWTIME)
...you could go into the classical section of a music store...impossible to miss. They're classical CDs that sell for as little...started issuing low-price CDs about eight years ago...people are introduced to classical music who might never... |
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Web site keeps classical CDs in the mix: Internet the path to lost recordings.
...interest in reissuing. So how do classical consumers get their hands on...the biggest online vendors of classical recordings in the country...firm sold more than 1 million classical recordings, in all formats...a digital format, but the CDs are produced only ... |
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Web site keeps classical CDs in the mix.
...interest in reissuing. So how do classical consumers get their hands on...the biggest online vendors of classical recordings in the country...firm sold more than 1 million classical recordings, in all formats...a digital format, but the CDs are produced only ... |
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Review: Classical CDs "Night Air: The Relaxing Side of Classical Music" and...
00-00-0000 Review: Classical CDs "Night Air: The Relaxing Side of Classical Music" and Respighi's "Ancient Airs...you're likely to see more and more classical collections, CDs based on some sort of theme. There... |
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Classical CDs can enhance music appreciation
...separately, the entire set (six CDs) is worth owning, and fortunately...those who are just beginning to buy classical CDs, the melodies are familiar, so...you are starting a collection of classical CDs, I urge you to consider these... |
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Seldom-heard material tops best classical CDs of 2004.(Time Out!)(Classical...
...Gowen Even while the classical recording industry continues...in terms of newly made CDs produced by the so...recording outstanding CDs in the past two years...compile an annual "best classical recordings" list, because...means. Also, to list 10 ... |