Yahoo Music Unlimited is about to make online music distribution cheaper and more accessible. It offers lower cost than its competitors Songbird, Napster To Go and Rhapsody  for unlimited download from its library of about 1,000,000 tracks. If you are not the person for long term commitement, you can build your own disk at 79c per track. Yahoo! Music Unlimited is available either on a monthly basis for $6.99/month, or for an annual subscription of $59.88, billed annually (that's just $4.99 a month). The service is available currently to US citizens.  

     If you need an infusion of creativity, visit Ad-Awards.com. You'll find a categorized collection of the best TV commercials. If you're looking for the cream de la cream of a

Book-Smart software from Blurb is a tool that helps you publish your own book. A new version of Book-Smart will be available later this month that automatically fetches content of webblogs and  turn it into a book. The book can be printed online at prices as low as $30.  

Most people think of a car plant as a noisy hectic environment. If you're one of them, Look at the pictures below, from a new Volkswagen plant in Germany and realize your misconception. This place looks cleaner than most restaurants. You can feel the quality in the air. It looks amazingly pastoral and clean for a place that makes hundreds of new cars a week.      <

Pursuant to Sept 11, new developments has emerged in the field of skyscrapers emergency rescue. One of the companies specializing in this area is Escape Rescue Systems. The company developed an external elevator with multiple collapsible chambers. The advantage of the system is the ability to rescue people from several floors at a time. The higher the building, the more essential it is to rescue people from more floors at the same time. Watch the video to see the system in operation.Information from the company website:The building-wide system is composed of (at least) two devices; each is an array of five collapsible cabins.

     The founders of Expedia  Rich Barton and Lloyd Frink have finally uncovered their $26M venture Zillow. Zillow.com is an online real estate service dedicated to helping you get an edge in real estate by providing you with valuable tools and information. It promises to value any home. Zillow presents wealth  of information about the property including satellite photos, pricing index and detailed pricing per property.The idea of providing buyers, sellers and owners, the information they need in one place seems promising, however, value of one's most valuable property is a delicate matter since if the price is not accurate, the buyer or the seller will be unhappy.

   
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