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Survey confirms broadband users aren’t stupid
By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt

AVRRA, the Australian Video Rental Retailers Association, says online movie downloads are a ‘tough sell’, referencing a Diffusion Group survey of 1,975 US broadband users claiming that only 9.5% say they regularly download movies. However, there is evidence to suggest that the results are skewed.

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Apple’s iPhone SDK: curiouser and curiouser
By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt

Early reports that Apple would seek to exert quality control over paid third-party apps to be distributed through iTunes appear to be true, although other reports suggest such strict scrutiny will not apply to free apps – with all to be revealed on March 6.

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iTunes Store takes number two spot in US
By: Stephen Withers

The iTunes Store has taken less than five years to become the second-biggest music retailer in the US.


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Time to say a prayer for Hymn?
By: Stephen Withers

The Hymn Project - an effort to deliver software allowing the use of FairPlay-protected music files with hardware and software not supported by Apple - has been crippled by legal moves.


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Why do non-US users have to jump through iTunes hoops to get content?
By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt

An article at APC magazine shows you how virtually anyone, anywhere around the world, can bypass the iTunes and licensing limitations that mean only US citizens get the best content, and get it first – but why do we put up with this?


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Adventures in unlocking the iPhone up to 1.1.3
By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt

The latest super easy way to unlock 1.1.2 and 1.1.3 iPhones has arrived, and I’ve just successfully used it to safely upgrade to 1.1.3 and all the cool features contained within – but I did have a couple of hiccups along the way!


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iTunes moves to 7.6.1
By: Stephen Withers

Apple has updated its iTunes media player application to provide improved compatibility with the recently updated Apple TV 2.0 software.


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iTunes snares Idol
By: Stephen Withers

Audio and video clips from American Idol are set to debut on the iTunes Store.


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Play.com launches DRM-free music in the UK before Amazon
By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt

Although Apple already offers some DRM-free music through iTunes in the UK, Play.com has joined the DRM-free rush before US based online retailer Amazon has had a chance to blitz the UK market.


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QuickTime 7.4.1 fixes RTSP flaw
By: Stephen Withers

Just three weeks after the debut of QuickTime 7.4, Apple has pushed out an update to plug a security hole.


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Apple hires Wal-Mart exec to run international movie and TV business
By: Stephen Withers

Kevin Swint, formerly Wal-Mart's head of digital media, has been appointed by Apple to run its international movie and TV interests.


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Qtrax launches at last, with one catch – no trax.
By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt

Qtrax, the supposedly ‘legal’ p2p music download service, is still enjoying its 15 minutes of fame as the first beta version becomes available for download at last, but while it’s easy to download, once you’re in, you quickly discover that despite promises of 25 million free tracks, Qtrax is still NoTrax for now.

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Free music from Qtrax: just a misleading trick?
By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt

When Qtrax announced at Cannes 2008 that it had secured the backing of the world’s major music labels, allowing users to ‘legally’ download virtually any song from a catalogue of 25 million sourced from p2p networks, there was a big problem: it doesn’t appear to be true, and the software still can’t be downloaded.


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Free music from Qtrax: just a misleading trick?
By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt

When Qtrax announced at Cannes 2008 that it had secured the backing of the world’s major music labels, allowing users to ‘legally’ download virtually any song from a catalogue of 25 million sourced from p2p networks, there was a big problem: it doesn’t appear to be true, and the software still can’t be downloaded.


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DRM-free Amazon MP3 to take on iTunes globally in 2008
By: Stan Beer

Armed with DRM-free MP3 downloads from all four major music labels, Amazon MP3 the digital music store of Amazon.com has announced that it will take its store international this year. Currently, Amazon MP3, which was launched on Amazon.com in September 2007, is only available to US residents and the announcement to go international puts further pressure on Apple's dominant iTunes store.


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Consumers prefer iTunes movies to Blu-ray and HD DVD?
By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt

Apple have sold 7 million movies since their introduction on iTunes back in September 2006, outselling high-def movie sales on Blu-ray or HD DVD – with more competition still from the Xbox 360’s movie download service, Amazon’s Unbox and others – but downloading hasn’t won the race just yet.


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MacBook Air a balanced package
By: Stephen Withers

A (non-iTWire) colleague has questioned Apple's wisdom in fitting the MacBook Air with 2G of soldered-in RAM with no upgrade capability.


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Apple updates include security fixes
By: Stephen Withers

Along with the new version of iTunes to support movie rentals, software updates released by Apple yesterday included patches for security issues.


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