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	<title>Raison  d'etre:  the Doormouse Declarations</title>
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		<title>The Demise of Neutrality</title>
		<link>http://thedoormouse.wordpress.com/2008/12/30/the-demise-of-neutrality/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2008 15:53:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Net Neutrality is the concept that all internet traffic be deemed equally important and therefore treated identically by service providers. It underpinned the early years of the net allowing unwieldy users 
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		<title>Same Tactic, Same Redundant Result</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2008 16:51:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Intellectual Property is one of the more misunderstood rights in the new millennium.  To say they made complete sense to people before the new millennium would be a stretch, but because these intangible rights were attached to seemingly tangible objects, they at least carried some meaning.  The objects however were merely the fixation [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thedoormouse.wordpress.com&blog=358943&post=50&subd=thedoormouse&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Filterning in More Noise</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 19:59:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Now, more than ever before, the end-user is in charge of their life experience.  Platforms for everything from communication to shopping are designed explicitly to empower the end-user in their journey.  The personalization and customization is touted to be able to provide a more focused experience and render traditional roles obsolete.  While [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thedoormouse.wordpress.com&blog=358943&post=67&subd=thedoormouse&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Surviving the Downturn</title>
		<link>http://thedoormouse.wordpress.com/2008/11/19/surviving-the-downturn/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 02:51:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Conventional wisdom is that the economy is in a recession and in as such, no industry (except maybe the alcohol industry) will be immune to its effects. Money will be tight because of the credit crunch, higher unemployment and continuing inflation. The entertainment industry was already under duress from the disruption of migrating content to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thedoormouse.wordpress.com&blog=358943&post=40&subd=thedoormouse&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Will the Dream come True?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2008 04:42:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tomorrow is supposed to be the big announcement from T-Mobile about the launch of their first Android powered phone.  Already, the major comparisons are to Apple’s venerable iPhone.  Of course, in understanding the impact of the offering, the conversation really should go beyond Apple’s singular offering and consider the larger impact it could [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thedoormouse.wordpress.com&blog=358943&post=33&subd=thedoormouse&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Wrapping up Napster</title>
		<link>http://thedoormouse.wordpress.com/2008/09/05/wrapping-up-napster/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 18:54:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The once mightly file-sharing platform collapsed under the heavy hand of the US Government only to have it’s namesake resurrected into a paid model.  Ten years after its initial creation, recent rumors of the property being shopped for potential buyers bring back conversations about the health of not only the Napster name, but the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thedoormouse.wordpress.com&blog=358943&post=29&subd=thedoormouse&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Slot This? MicroMusicSD</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 03:52:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The continued deterioration of the CD as the music industry’s primary product means an ever increasing need to create new revenue streams.  The digital world is not growing fast enough with paid downloads to make up for the slide in physical sales and other revenue streams have yet to prove they can maintain over [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thedoormouse.wordpress.com&blog=358943&post=39&subd=thedoormouse&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>a New Advent in HD</title>
		<link>http://thedoormouse.wordpress.com/2008/05/01/a-new-advent-in-hd/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2008 03:25:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[High definition is a buzz phrase in the home entertainment world.  Not since the high fidelity movement in the 70s has a term really rippled across the consumers psyche when huge home stereos were all the rage.  Led by the proliferation of home theater offerings, the HD idea is slowly making its way [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thedoormouse.wordpress.com&blog=358943&post=37&subd=thedoormouse&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Where have all the new posts gone</title>
		<link>http://thedoormouse.wordpress.com/2008/04/01/where-have-all-the-new-posts-gone/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2008 16:52:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hate to be a party pooper but i am taking a breif break from updating this blog on account of owning time to searching for a new full time position.  I have posts in development, in the writing and editing stages but i suspect between working at HDtracks to develop their web marketing, my own [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thedoormouse.wordpress.com&blog=358943&post=28&subd=thedoormouse&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Slicing up the Proverbial Pie</title>
		<link>http://thedoormouse.wordpress.com/2008/02/28/slicing-up-the-proverbial-pie/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Feb 2008 03:21:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Technology is supposed to be a freeing experience. Each advancement theoretically allows for greater flexibility and availability. It seems to benefit everyone. That is, everyone except the entertainment industry, which continues to struggle with adoption and adaptation. The flexibility and availability is game changing as consumers now hold increased weight in the equation, and this [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thedoormouse.wordpress.com&blog=358943&post=26&subd=thedoormouse&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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