File sharing has no impact on CD sales - research

File sharing has had a negligible effect on the decline in CD sales over the past five years, according to a detailed study by two academics, Felix Oberholzer-Gee of Harvard University and Koleman Strumpf of the University of Kansas. Their statistical analysis of file sharing activity in 2002 found that contrary to music industry claims, there is no evidence that sharers would have bought CDs containing the music that they had downloaded over p2p networks. According to p2p research firm Big Champagne, there were an average of 10 million simultaneously active file sharers in 2006. ...more

LG Philips pushes LCD size to triple figures

LG Philips has unveiled the world's first 100in LCD panel, some 1.5 times bigger than the previous largest. The 16:9 widescreen panel was developed at the company's P7 plant in South Korea, which it claims has the world's largest substrate size fabrication line at 1,950 x 2,250mm. ...more

Namesco buys Simply.com

UK hosting provider Namesco Limited has bought up its hosting rival Simply.com for ?2.15 million. ...more

And also today (06-Feb-2001), for the record...

Here, in brief, are some of the day's other stories. bought.com As we anticipated yesterday, John Lewis has bought the UK arm of Buy. ...more

Acoustic Energy claims world's first Wi-Fi internet radio

Acoustic Energy has announced what it's claiming as the 'world's first Wi-Fi internet radio'. Rather than using DAB, the WiFi radio hooks into you existing broadband connection wirelessly with support for 802.11b and g standards as well as WEP encryption. ...more