items tagged with iTunes
Record industry versus 16 year old becomes music piracy test case
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2007-01-31 18:06:11
An Associated Press report that a 16 year old boy intends to make a stand against a lawsuit lodged by the the Recording Industry Association of America could turn into a global test case surrounding online music piracy. The music industry has been hit badly by the online downloads phenomena and in desperation is trying to use the tactic of scaring users off pirate file sharing sites with individual lawsuits. However, it's a tactic that could backfire.
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Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2007-01-31 18:06:11
An Associated Press report that a 16 year old boy intends to make a stand against a lawsuit lodged by the the Recording Industry Association of America could turn into a global test case surrounding online music piracy. The music industry has been hit badly by the online downloads phenomena and in desperation is trying to use the tactic of scaring users off pirate file sharing sites with individual lawsuits. However, it's a tactic that could backfire.
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Europe, the new IP Soviets
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2007-01-25 20:03:31
Question for European governments: does a company have a right to protect intellectual property it spent hundreds of millions to develop or is that IP by government decree suddenly the property of the state? Another question: are 100 million iPod owners around the world wrong in CHOOSING to be bound by Apple's conditions of purchase?
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Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2007-01-25 20:03:31
Question for European governments: does a company have a right to protect intellectual property it spent hundreds of millions to develop or is that IP by government decree suddenly the property of the state? Another question: are 100 million iPod owners around the world wrong in CHOOSING to be bound by Apple's conditions of purchase?
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Norway declares iTunes illegal! What the… ?
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2007-01-25 09:23:26
A report from MSNBC and the Financial Times says that Norway is the first country to make iTunes illegal because the songs it sells can’t be played on other mp3 players.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2007-01-25 09:23:26
A report from MSNBC and the Financial Times says that Norway is the first country to make iTunes illegal because the songs it sells can’t be played on other mp3 players.
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Europe steps up pressure on iTunes
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Regulatory
2007-01-24 18:57:52
A push by Nordic countries to force Apple to make tracks purchased from the iTunes Store playable on mobile devices other than iPods is spreading to other nations.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Regulatory
2007-01-24 18:57:52
A push by Nordic countries to force Apple to make tracks purchased from the iTunes Store playable on mobile devices other than iPods is spreading to other nations.
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Appetite for mobile music growing to $US32b says Gartner
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Reports & Surveys
2007-01-24 17:58:22
Shakespeare's Orsino, declaring music to be the food of love demanded surfeit so that his appetite "may sicken and so die". The world's mobile users' appetite for music shows no signs of such sickening with Gartner predicting that revenue from music downloaded to mobiles will surge to $US32 billion by 2010.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Reports & Surveys
2007-01-24 17:58:22
Shakespeare's Orsino, declaring music to be the food of love demanded surfeit so that his appetite "may sicken and so die". The world's mobile users' appetite for music shows no signs of such sickening with Gartner predicting that revenue from music downloaded to mobiles will surge to $US32 billion by 2010.
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Apple’s iPhone touch-screen – will it work as advertised?
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Technology feature
Category: iPhone
2007-01-24 05:35:11
Touch-screens have been around for years, but get dirty, can be too sensitive, can require recalibration and need a revolution. Apple’s promising to deliver.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Technology feature
Category: iPhone
2007-01-24 05:35:11
Touch-screens have been around for years, but get dirty, can be too sensitive, can require recalibration and need a revolution. Apple’s promising to deliver.
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France and Germany want iTunes to be interoperable: fat chance
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2007-01-23 11:12:58
In an action tantamount to asking Gilette to make their blades compatible with Shick razors, European consumer organizations try to tell Apple what to do.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2007-01-23 11:12:58
In an action tantamount to asking Gilette to make their blades compatible with Shick razors, European consumer organizations try to tell Apple what to do.
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Zune doesn’t want just Europe. Zune wants the world!
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2007-01-21 12:07:29
But it looks like Microsoft will start with Europe first before continuing on with the battle for world domination and iPod annihilation. But does anyone really care?
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2007-01-21 12:07:29
But it looks like Microsoft will start with Europe first before continuing on with the battle for world domination and iPod annihilation. But does anyone really care?
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Microsoft set to launch new model Zune in Europe by end 2007
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2007-01-21 03:18:26
Microsoft’s Jason Reindorp has told Reuters that Zune could be coming to Europe before the end of 2007. Looks like it’ll be a new Zune, and not the current, now-outdated model.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2007-01-21 03:18:26
Microsoft’s Jason Reindorp has told Reuters that Zune could be coming to Europe before the end of 2007. Looks like it’ll be a new Zune, and not the current, now-outdated model.
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Downloads drive Detroit to update audio systems
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: World Watch
Category: Reuters
2007-01-21 03:06:24
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: World Watch
Category: Reuters
2007-01-21 03:06:24
SAN FRANCISCO (Billboard) - Struggling U.S. auto manufacturers are hoping music will do for them what it did for Apple after the introduction of the iPod -- make them cool.
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Microsoft could launch Zune in Europe by end 2007
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: World Watch
Category: Reuters
2007-01-21 02:58:14
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: World Watch
Category: Reuters
2007-01-21 02:58:14
CANNES, France (Reuters) - Microsoft corp. (MSFT.O: Quote, Profile , Research) is happy with the early sales of its Zune music player in the United States and it could launch the service in Europe before the end of 2007, its marketing director said on Saturday.
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Microsoft, give the European Zune market what it wants
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2007-01-20 21:36:29
The arrogance of Apple in the music player space knows no bounds. For Microsoft, this has created an unprecedented opportunity to carve out some real market share with Zune, especially if it hits Europe in Q4 this year. Unfortunately, however, the giant software company has been too ham fisted to recognize what it has in its hands.
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Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2007-01-20 21:36:29
The arrogance of Apple in the music player space knows no bounds. For Microsoft, this has created an unprecedented opportunity to carve out some real market share with Zune, especially if it hits Europe in Q4 this year. Unfortunately, however, the giant software company has been too ham fisted to recognize what it has in its hands.
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Apple's cool 50% margin on iPhone to generate the iCash
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Technology feature
Category: iPhone
2007-01-19 01:35:50
Although only a preliminary analysis, as iSuppli have no iPhone to hand to disassemble, as they have done with many other electronics devices, it looks like Apple will be basking in great profits – as usual.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Technology feature
Category: iPhone
2007-01-19 01:35:50
Although only a preliminary analysis, as iSuppli have no iPhone to hand to disassemble, as they have done with many other electronics devices, it looks like Apple will be basking in great profits – as usual.
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Classical music fans embrace downloads 'appassionata'
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Information technology news
Category: Market News
2007-01-19 00:55:38
Seems it not only popular music fans who are embracing downloaded music: classical music label Sony BMG Masterworks has, for the first time, seen a new album sell more copies by download in its first week than on CD.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Information technology news
Category: Market News
2007-01-19 00:55:38
Seems it not only popular music fans who are embracing downloaded music: classical music label Sony BMG Masterworks has, for the first time, seen a new album sell more copies by download in its first week than on CD.
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The devil uses LG Prada: Jobs
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2007-01-18 22:09:40
Ok, so Steve Jobs didn’t say it, but who wants to bet he’s thinking about it? Is the LG Prada the reason why the iPhone was rushed into the world before it was ready?
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2007-01-18 22:09:40
Ok, so Steve Jobs didn’t say it, but who wants to bet he’s thinking about it? Is the LG Prada the reason why the iPhone was rushed into the world before it was ready?
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You could call iPhone perfect – but you’d be wrong
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Technology feature
Category: iPhone
2007-01-18 07:35:20
Oh, the iPhone. Most of the world seems to love you, even though you’re unattainable. Those who have held you in their hands are surprised and amazed. But you’re not perfect!
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Technology feature
Category: iPhone
2007-01-18 07:35:20
Oh, the iPhone. Most of the world seems to love you, even though you’re unattainable. Those who have held you in their hands are surprised and amazed. But you’re not perfect!
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Apple channels iPods for record Q1 run
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: World Watch
Category: The Register
2007-01-18 06:29:23
Holiday shoppers did their part for Apple during the first quarter, carrying the company to record revenue.
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: World Watch
Category: The Register
2007-01-18 06:29:23
Holiday shoppers did their part for Apple during the first quarter, carrying the company to record revenue.
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Apple to loosen FairPlay strings?
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Vendors
2007-01-17 23:46:10
Apple may soon announce that it will make it easier for other companies to produce devices capable of playing FairPlay-protected files.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Vendors
2007-01-17 23:46:10
Apple may soon announce that it will make it easier for other companies to produce devices capable of playing FairPlay-protected files.
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