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- Hands on with 6 online music services
- Apple has a virtual monopoly in the digital music download business, thanks to its iTunes Music Store. But there's plenty of competition. Here's a closer look at six services trying to deliver your favorite MP3s for less than Apple charges. by Ed Bott
- Tags: Apple Inc., Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, iTunes, online music, Rhapsody, Zune, eMusic, Lala, Amazon MP3, Amie Street, Ed Bott
- Image galleries 2009-04-23
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- Friday follow-up: six online music services revisited
- As it turns out, those pennies add up ...I agree, there's little point in sticking with one provider, especially if it happens to be an expensive one!Hey, a thought - if someone wrote an app for the iPod touch/iPhone that compared track prices from different outlets, I'd buy that!great idea,...
- Tags: Digital music, Digital media, online music, Apple iTunes, Microsoft Zune
- Discussion threads 2009-09-04
- Apple warns of Mac attack risk via image files
- Apple warns of Mac attack risk via image filesWow, lots of critical vulnerabilities in there!!I can't believe how many of these bugs allow for arbitrary code execution! Viewing an image file shouldn't result in arbitrary code execution.Oh well, at least they were fixed within nano seconds of the vulnerability popping...
- Tags: Desktops, SECURITY, Patches, Apple Macintosh, Mac Attack, Apple Inc., vulnerability
- Discussion threads 2009-08-05
- Acoustic Research ARIR200 Internet Radio
- Photo gallery:Acoustic Research ARIR200Wi-Fi radios would seem to be a perfect bedside companion, but surprisingly few of them are designed to work as an alarm clock. The Acoustic Research ARIR200 is one of few that is designed to at least try to wake you up in the morning, with a...
- Tags: Wireless LANs, Advertising & Promotion, Acoustic Research ARIR200, snooze button
- Product reviews 2009-07-27
- The Internet devalues everything it touches . . .
- Ever since I first heard about the Internet and then saw its incredible development and application across industries, I've been on the look out for the economic effects of this powerful platform technology. The specific economic influence I've been looking for is a strong deflationary trend. That's when we will...
- Tags: Software, Craigslist, Advertisement, Technology, IBDT, Internet, Tom Foremski
- Blog posts 2009-06-20
- 6 music services compared: Who can bust the iTunes monopoly?
- 6 music services compared: Who can bust the iTunes monopoly?RE: 6 music services compared: Who can bust the iTunes monopoly?AHHH, Lala is only available to US residents.You really sold me on it as well Ed. :-(Only services I can access are iTunes(I presume, I wouldn't touch it) eMusic, and Amie...
- Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Apple iTunes, iTunes monopoly, music service
- Discussion threads 2009-04-24
- News to know: Microsoft; Facebook; Acer; WiFi health scare
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Larry Dignan: Jury orders Microsoft to pay $388 million over anti-piracy patent Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft delivers SQL Server 2008 SP1 Adrian...
- Tags: Google Inc., Facebook, Larry Dignan, Health Care, Wi-Fi, Microsoft Corp., Acer Inc., TechMeme, Netbook, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Keyboards, Hardware, Peripherals
- Blog posts 2009-04-09
- Modern maladies: I have the attention span of a gnat
- I sometimes feel I have the attention span of a gnat, that my "multitasking" is really masking an inability to concentrate on one thing long enough to finish it. I see the same thing with other people, young and old, they complain that they find it hard...
- Tags: Facebook, SMS, Twitter, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Telephony, Cellular Phones, E-mail, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Networking, Tom Foremski
- Blog posts 2009-04-05
- The Crunchies 2009
- The Oscars of Tech. That's how I explain it to my mother. 7:23 p.m. Arrived just a little late, but got great seats. Sitting next to MC Hammer: 7:42 p.m. Om Malik...
- Tags: Google Inc., Facebook, Om Malik, Mobile, Amazon Web Services, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Andrew Mager
- Blog posts 2009-01-09
- Apple pushes Safari to unsupported operating systems
- Apple pushes Safari to unsupported operating systemsLive and learnAs much as Apple does cool things, remember, its a for profit company. The bottom line for ALL for profit companies is simple. make more and more money by all means necessary.Personally, I think that Apple software stinks, from iTunes to...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows 2000, Operating systems, Digital music, Digital media, operating system, Apple Inc., Apple Safari, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2008-03-27
- Liddell destroying Microsoft from within
- Liddell destroying Microsoft from withinCiscoFor what it's worth, Cisco has managed a long string of acquisitions quite well. Then again, they are pretty good at LWA: Leave Well Alone -- if a group is doing well, don't charge in and make changes.I admit that I can't offhand think of...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Liddell, Yahoo! Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-02-12
- AMD unleashes next-generation Opteron chips
- AMD unleashes next-generation Opteron chipsTake that George Ou!!!Well atleast that will handle the server end.AMD, hurry up with your desktop chips!!!!Waiting for the Intel fanboys to arriveIn the meantime, I'll say it's good to see this as I believe it will be a better solution. Now if they could just...
- Tags: Processors, Semiconductors, latency, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., AMD Opteron, chip, Intel Corp.
- Discussion threads 2006-08-15
- Feds bust ring of film counterfeiters
- Feds bust ring of film counterfeitersOoops. "Pirate" site....You must be a memberHey,You sound like you go there quite often and take advantage. Maybe I should turn you in so that you too can be a victim of inflated numbers and spend and inflated amount of time in prison.Inflated...
- Tags: Taxes, Free trade, Piracy, tax
- Discussion threads 2006-06-28
- Linux kernel 'getting buggier,' leader says
- Linux kernel 'getting buggier,' leader saysMessage has been deleted.Stupid commentDonnieBoy:Your comment about MS being a communist model is borderline idiotic. To then add a rhetoric statement like "all discussions and news are closely controlled by those in power" is even more absurd. I seriously doubt that you have...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Leadership, leader, communist, Microsoft Corp., Linux, sauce, Linux kernel
- Discussion threads 2006-05-05
- La la
- Lala.com is essentially a giant online swap meet for your used CDs. The concept is fairly simple but well implemented: you sign up, then trade CDs with other members. Naturally, you're not allowed to trade copied or damaged discs. While the service is still in beta, you need an invitation...
- Tags: LaLa.com, CD, disc
- Product reviews 2006-04-19
- Vista on a MacBook Pro
- Vista on a MacBook ProBest looking Mac I've ever seen.;-)Why? Because it's there;)Finally a useful Mac.Or at least one you can get software for.Ahh how the mighty have fallen, when I think of all the MacAsses out there who have a little bit of vomit in the back of their...
- Tags: Desktops, Apple MacBook Pro, Microsoft Windows Vista, Apple Macintosh, OSX, Apple MacBook
- Discussion threads 2006-04-05
- CD-swap network to slip through copyright loophole?
- CD-swap network to slip through copyright loophole?Hey, this is great, stick it to the record companies. We need to givecontrol back to the artists.NT Take that, RIAA swine:o):o)Swap sites have historically failedThe viability of swap sites like La La seems extremely challenging - if not sure to fail. Historically all...
- Tags: Digital media, mouse, network, CD
- Discussion threads 2006-03-07
- Dr. Tiki clears the air
- In a previous blog entry, Herding video content for the iPod, I mentioned one of my favorite video podcasts—Tiki Bar TV. In my post I referred to Tiki Bar as a viral commercial "custom made for advertising to be placed in and around the programming." The line was taken from...
- Tags: Desktops, Tiki Bar TV, Tiki Bar
- Blog posts 2005-11-27
- Apple hints at big music announcement
- Apple hints at big music announcementPod culture should be banned...We had a number of employees here buy iPOds several years ago and bring them to work. I banned them from the office on the grounds they represented a security risk and a negative influence against the Microsoft monoculture I have...
- Tags: Corporate communications, Digital music, Digital media, Media players, Apple Inc., Apple iPod, video
- Discussion threads 2005-08-29
- TiVo refocuses on cable and satellite allies
- TiVo refocuses on cable and satellite alliesToo Bad TiVo Costs More and Does Less than CompetitionI have Dish Network's DVR unit 522... it holds 80 hours and costs $5 a does 2 TV's... gets it's programming info directly through the Dish, unlike TiVo that needs a phone line.Tivo costs more,...
- Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, DVR, Consumer electronics, Network technology, TiVo Inc., VCR, TV, satellite, cable, programming
- Discussion threads 2005-07-02
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