Another Thing To Blame On The iPod: Less Guinness

The CEO of Guinness blames the 6% slump in sales on competition from Consumer Electronics "such as iPods". Other people also think that this is the result of the ban on smoking in pubs, now enforced in Eire. It is well known that smoking can induce a drinking envy, because smoking contracts the veins while drinking expends them... (it goes the other way as well) Well, regardless, I'm happy to know that consumer electronics has such an influence on the "old" economy ;)

[read on TechDirt.com] [read on The Inquirer]