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By Big Geez Huh? Manhattan? Sheesh...well, maybe the film-makers thought the song would evoke a feeling of New York meets California. Or maybe they just thought the lush, big band style of the song worked well in that spot. Whatever the case, it certainly did the job for me.

By andrew@popmontreal.com (Andrew Rose - Pop Montreal) 2006 comes roaring to a sudden hault, and with it another end-of-year three-part PopCast (LOVE POWER PEACE). As with the 2005 episodes, part 1 here focuses on the more dance-friendly of numbers. A soundtrack for your own little personal New Year's Eve party. There was no one in music more dan...

Nathan Myrvold's Intellectual Ventures has a detailed plan for profiting from the vast array of patents it is acquiring. In this week's podcast, BusinessWeek's executive editor, John Byrne, and senior writer, Michael Orey, discuss how snapping up thousands of patents can make Myrvol...