Music and user-created content go hand in hand – a love of music inspires many people’s first web pages. Kevin Harrington, former trouble maker at Sony and once a marketing director at the BBC, has taken the the idea several steps further – dissatisfied with the lack of involvement from big record labels, he set out to create the sort of web portal that would link local bands with their biggest resource – their fans.

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As a follow up to our piece on the Creative Commons licensing of the BBC’s Creative Archive, we were fortunate to get an interview with Paula Le Dieu, Joint Director on the BBC Creative Archive project.

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Keen to capitalise on someone else’s marketing push for a certain film, Microsoft has translated Homer’s epic oral poem into “Messenger Speak” to promote their chat product.

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The BBC’s plans to open up their archives to the public will be based on a Creative Commons-type licence

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Bill Gates came out in support of blogs at his keynote speech at the Microsoft CEO Summit held in Seattle. Expect a blogging tool from MS soon, then.

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It was only a matter of time before MP3s collided with blogs – but will the record industry see it as a good thing?

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Trenchcoat-wearing fans get ready to leave reality for ever.

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Google has announced its first revamp of the popular Blogger service since it acquired it last year – expect a redesigned interface and new tools.

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A unique partnership between a school and a broadband entertainment provider is engaging pupils and providing new ways to learn.

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Searching for free music that’s also legal, is a nightmare, but Download.com have a service that’ll find tunes for you without taking you to dodgy sites or breaking the law.

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