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Apple: iTunes hits 5 billion songs sold mark

Apple: iTunes hits 5 billion songs sold markI notice Apple has been VERY quiet about AppleTVApple is known for highlighting every success, no matter how small. I find it interesting that no one at Apple is talking about how many millions of AppleTVs have been sold. Makes me think that,...

Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Digital media, Digital music, Apple Inc., Apple iTunes, DRM-free, Apple TV, AppleTV, Amazon.com Inc., digital-rights management

Discussion threads 2008-06-19

The implosion of music DRM

The implosion of music DRMWhat's so hard to understand?* DRM-free is worth more to the purchaser* DRM costs the distributor* The cost of DRM is passed to the purchaserNet result to the purchaser: higher price, lower value.Basic economics.Tiers has been done...Tiers has been done with the tiers relating not to...

Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Digital media, music, digital-rights management, implosion, DRM-free

Discussion threads 2008-01-04

Amazon's e-book coming Monday?

Amazon's e-book coming Monday?DRM free?It'd be nice if you were right about Amazon bringing out some new spin on e-books, especially if a the books themselves are DRM free and b they're making available a decent reader that isn't tied to any particular format.Books have more longevity than songs. If...

Tags: E-books, e-book, Amazon.com Inc., DRM-free

Discussion threads 2007-11-15

Amazon launches DRM-free MP3 store

Amazon launches DRM-free MP3 storeYup, the end is in sightFirst Apple and no Amazon offering DRM free for less than price of I-Tunes DRM free songs and on top of that some songs will cheaper than even regular I-Tunes. The end of DRM is in sight.Why a separate downloader????NT Suck...

Tags: Digital media, Digital music, DRM-Free Music, Amazon.com Inc., DRM-free Mp3, Microsoft Windows NT, I-Tunes, DRM-free

Discussion threads 2007-09-25

News to know: iPhone; Dell's net gear; DRM-free movies

News to know: iPhone; Dell's net gear; DRM-free moviesRSSHey, this RSS news feed aggregator thing is cool.I didn't know it was here.Bloglines watch out!

Tags: RSS, DRM-free, Apple iPhone, Dell Computer Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-05-18

Can we expect to see DRM-free movies any time soon?

If DRM-free music turns out to be a success (that is, people buy it and don't rampantly share it with others) then can we expect DRM-free movies to follow?My ZDNet blogging colleague John Carroll thinks that this could happen:This is why the experiment with unprotected digital music sales is so critical. If...

Tags: DRM

Blog posts 2007-05-18

DRM-free movement snowballs; watch those song prices

Amazon said Wednesday that it will launch a digital music store "later this year" that will feature DRM-free tunes. The online retailer said it will offer millions of songs from more than 12,000 labels. EMI's music catalog, which went DRM-free with Apple, will be included in Amazon's store. The official...

Tags: Entertainment, DRM, Apple, Amazon, General, Web Technology

Blog posts 2007-05-16

The Apple/EMI deal - Now it's up to the consumer to decide

The Apple/EMI deal - Now it's up to the consumer to decideDRM-free is nice, but...What about lossless audio? When I buy a CD, I get a lossless recording I can copy and encode as often as I like with no degradation in sound quality. Not so with downloaded...

Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Digital media, Digital music, Nothing, digital-rights management, music, Apple Inc., Apple iTunes, EMI Group Plc., DRM-free

Discussion threads 2007-04-03

The Apple/EMI deal - Now it's up to the consumer to decide

When the world changes, even a little bit, it takes a little time to get used to it. Yesterdays announcement by EMI that it was to offer DRM-free music through iTunes was one of those changes that took a little time to get used to. But whos going...

Tags: Industry, DRM, Apple

Blog posts 2007-04-03

EMI has just killed DRM

EMI has just killed DRMCopy Protection has *NEVER* workedBack in the pre-CP/M days they tried copy protection. Everything from malformed tracks on floppy disks, to laser drilled holes in diskettes. Lotus 123 tried it, games tried it, CAD systems and other uber-expensive software tried it, and failed.Now it's RIAA's turn.Those...

Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Digital media, copy protection, Now IT, digital-rights management, DRM-free, EMI Group Plc.

Discussion threads 2007-04-02

EMI ditches DRM

...sort of. Last night, posts started littering the web announcing that EMI might make such a move, instigated by an article in the Wall Street Journal. Some respondents in talkbacks on other sites wondered if this was an April Fools joke, though I doubted it, given that EMI has been...

Tags: Zune, Personal Technology, General, DRM, Apple

Blog posts 2007-04-02

WSJ: EMI to drop DRM from digital music

Its Steve Jobs dream come true. The countrys third-largest record labels, EMI, may be dropping DRM from the digital music that they sell. The Wall Street Journal subscription required is reporting that the record label will announce just that at a press conference today: In a major reversal of the...

Tags: Music, iTunes Store, iTunes, DRM

Blog posts 2007-04-02

Jobs challenged to remove DRM from Pixar films

Jobs challenged to remove DRM from Pixar filmsyeah right... I bet Steve's quivering in his cave with OsamaWhat makes you think he'd actually follow through on any of that?particularly the Pixar stuff...maybe the indie music...if it really wants to be DRM freeHowever he's ultimately accountable to Disney shareholders...what's his motivation...

Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Digital rights management (DRM), Digital media, Digital music, job, Pixar Animation Studios Inc., DRM-free, Disney Corp., digital-rights management, music

Discussion threads 2007-03-12

Poll of the Day - Does Apple seriously want to sell DRM-free media?

Poll of the Day - Does Apple seriously want to sell DRM-free media?Its about CRAP not DRMLook at this hand waving around while I kick you in the nutz.No one is giving up DRM. Get over it. It ensures artists get paid. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHACRAP what ever that means ties...

Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Digital media, Digital music, digital-rights management, Fairplay, DRM-free, Apple Inc., job

Discussion threads 2007-02-07

Poll of the Day - Does Apple seriously want to sell DRM-free media?

Steve Jobs has called on the music industry to ditch DRM. Do you think that Apple seriously wants to do this or is it a way to deflect the DRM debate off off Apple and onto the studios? If Apple is serious about wanting to see a DRM-free...

Tags: DRM, Apple, Poll of the Day, Apple Computer Inc., DRM-Free

Blog posts 2007-02-07

Apple's Jobs calls for DRM-free world

Apple's Jobs calls for DRM-free worldIf would think that the purchase price of the CD makes it worthwhile.You only get 2 or 3 titles that are any good. That's 5 bucks a song versus iTunes 1 buck. The 1 dollar title has to be protected to allow the labels to...

Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Digital media, game, digital-rights management, DRM-free, CD, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2007-02-06

Additional Resources

Weekend Gadget Guidance: Diagnose your hard disks, free

Hard drive acting kinda funny? Free application HDDScan is a utility that diagnoses your hard drive's ills. The app allows you to analyze drive temperatures, conduct S.M.A.R.T. tests, export and print reports to document changes in your hard drive's health, and works on ATA,...

Tags: Hard Drive, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2008-07-25

If Xen and KVM are free, why do VMware and Microsoft get all of the press?

Xen and KVM, like other virtualization tools, can be used as part of a comprehensive datacenter architecture. One of the most important value propositions offered by both of these tools is low initial cost (read "free"). Depending upon the implementation (Citrix, Red Hat, SUSE, Virtual Iron, Oracle, Sun, Qumranet, etc.)...

Tags: Red Hat Inc., Xen, VMware Inc., Microsoft Corp., Tool, Comprehension, Productivity, Data Centers, Open Source, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2008-07-25

Vista: Whose 'reality' do you believe?

Vista: Whose 'reality' do you believe?Microsoft Search sucks.Now they are hijacking your PC to gain search share. Vista, XP, and anything else Microsoft is leaving this organization at every chance.RE: Vista: Whose 'reality' do you believe?This studies almost alway fail to note that XP's business penetration was no better after...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Forrest

Discussion threads 2008-07-24

Ballmer seeks to justify Microsoft's bottomless-pit online spending

Ballmer seeks to justify Microsoft's bottomless-pit online spendingBallmer Justifies Bottomless PitIt's called his STOMACH.Where is the return on these investments?They are no closer to competing with Google than before Ballmer started this spending spree. When people think "search" they think Google. It's that simple. No one thinks Yahoo or...

Tags: Financial accounting, Microsoft Corp., Steve Ballmer, 3M Co.

Discussion threads 2008-07-24