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Beatles music saved from public domain!

Beatles music saved from public domain!To us Texas bumkins ....To us backwards Texas bumkins this reads like:"California saves beaches from public access!"It is all about GREED!Next someone will figure out how to tax ourdecendents for out death.It's about money.If there is a nickel to be made out of something, the...

Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Digital media, Beatles, Mickey Mouse, public domain

Discussion threads 2008-07-17

Apple Corps Ltd: Beatles ready for downloading

Apple Corps Ltd: Beatles ready for downloadingIt's a pity Apple can't compete on meritInstead, they have to sign exclusive deals with record companies in order to lock their competition out of the market and create yet more artificial barriers to entry. This convicted monopolist needs to be broken up now!...

Tags: Sales strategy, Digital music, Digital media, Beatles, music, Apple Inc., record company, pity

Discussion threads 2007-02-13

Apple Corps Ltd: Beatles ready for downloading

Neil Aspinall, the head of Apple Corps Ltd. and the man whos protected The Beatles legacy for the last 40 years — told told FOXNews.coms Roger Friedman over the weekend:"All 13 core albums, the ones originally released on CD in 1987, have been remastered," Aspinall told me. "At some point...

Tags: iPod, iTunes, Music

Blog posts 2007-02-13

Report: The Beatles coming to iTunes

Abbyrd, a popular Beatles fan site is reporting that the Fab Four and Apple, Inc. have reached a deal to sell some of their music on the iTunes store. Exactly how much of the catalog will be sold on iTunes is unknown, but "unnamed sources" suggested that it may begin...

Tags: iPod, Music, iTunes, iPhone, Beatles, Apple iPhone

Blog posts 2007-01-17

Apple Corps: Let it be...

Apple Corps: Let it be...Let it be...Geez my thoughts exactly!As much as I once liked the Beatles, I haven't purchased a single tune from 1978 to the present. No singles from Paul or the rest after the split.Just think how much money I saved? I bought quite a few Apple...

Tags: Apple Inc., Beatles, music

Discussion threads 2006-03-30

The Beatles, Apple face off in court

The Beatles, Apple face off in courtCorrect me if I'm wrong...Correct me if I'm wrong, but I had always heard that Michael Jackson had bought up the rights to most of the Beatles music. I didn't think that Apple owned any of it anymore.Maybe this was just some strange rumor?Apple...

Tags: Apple Computers, Apple iTunes, Apple Inc., Beatles, music, Paul McCartney

Discussion threads 2006-03-29

Additional Resources

Livin' La Vida Linux

Encoding my CDs in a lossless, patent-fee, DRM-free format gives me the freedom to do what I want with the music I've already bought. The RIAA would probably call me a criminal. by Jeremy Allison

Tags: Jeremy Allison, Digital Rights Management (DRM), Digital Media, Security, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Device, CD, Music, Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software

Blog posts 2008-10-15

ManageFusion 2008

I'm sitting in the media workroom preparing for today's sessions at Symantec's ManageFusion 2008. The event is being held at the JW Marriott resort and conference center in the land of the Mouse, that is Orlando, FL. I'll be adding things to this post throughout the day as interesting things...

Tags: Software, Application, Symantec Corp., Software Virtualization Solution Professional, Steve Morton, Security, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2008-10-15

Apple's new MacBook line: Affordable enough?

Apple's new MacBook line: Affordable enough?What are the specsI haven't seen the specs yet (are they published?) but I don't think it's going to be enough. They either need to compete with Windows PC's or not. Don't half ass it. My guess is the lower price will still not match...

Tags: Notebooks, Desktops, Apple Inc., Apple MacBook, new MacBook line, MacBook line

Discussion threads 2008-10-14

LiveBlog: Apple's notebook event

LiveBlog: Apple's notebook eventThat Jobs fellow always looking out for us![i]Jobs said the licensing for Blu-Ray technology is still too complex to burden customers with the costs associated with it.[/i]Thanks Jobs! I'll be thinking of you while watching Blu-Ray movies on my HTPC Vista machine that cost me ~$60...

Tags: Notebooks, Desktops, TVs, TV & Home Theater, Apple Inc., LiveBlog, notebook event, notebook

Discussion threads 2008-10-14

LiveBlog: Apple's notebook event

update: (Editor's note: The updates of this entry appear in reverse order.) 11:03 a.m. - The event is over. Steve thanks us for coming and we're done. 10:54 a.m. Answers questions about relationship with Nvidia, as well as integration of Blu-Ray. Jobs said...

Tags: Job, Apple Macintosh, Apple MacBook, Apple Inc., Graphics, Apple MacBook Pro, Tim Cook, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-10-14

Gartner: The Net killed media; Financial services, healthcare next

Gartner: The Net killed media; Financial services, healthcare nextSooo?This means we can find affordable health care? Doctors who will actually take the time to examine us? Doctors who actually know what is wrong with us? Rather than those who simply listen to our symptoms and hand us a bunch of...

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, health care, Gartner Inc., media, financial service

Discussion threads 2008-10-14

Hoping for AppleTV update at Apple's notebook event

Hoping for AppleTV update at Apple's notebook eventyou CAN listen to streaming radio...in iTunes create a playlist for your favorite radio stations... can call it "Radio"... go to "Radio" and find your favourite radio stations that you like to listen to.... drag these station into your "Radio" playlist... sync your...

Tags: Advertising & Promotion, Apple Inc., Apple TV, notebook, radio

Discussion threads 2008-10-13

Hoping for AppleTV update at Apple's notebook event

The clock is ticking toward the big Apple event - you know, the one where the company is expected to announce the sub-$1,000 notebook and/or a new design to the MacBook line and/or the move into Nvidia's graphics chipset and/or something altogether different. (Dontcha just love the Apple rumor mill?)...

Tags: Notebook, HDTV, Apple Inc., Apple TV, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-10-13

Apple HDTV ... why not, it's just a big iPod!

Apple HDTV ... why not, it's just a big iPod!Why they won't!A 32" HDTV sells for approximayely $550.00 to $750.00 not the $1,700 for their monitor. The margins on this type of product are very low. Apple doesn't do low marginsDoesn't matterNobody will be able to afford it...

Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, DVR, iPODS, Apple Inc., Apple HDTV, HDTV, big iPod!, iPod!

Discussion threads 2008-10-12

Purported aluiminum MacBook leak video

Purported aluiminum MacBook leak videoIt is a fakeWhy no wide angle shot of the entire unit?Like the three blind men and the elephant: "seeing" small parts of it from different areas give the impression of something entirelly different then viewing the elephant as a ahole.Could be the same psychiatry is...

Tags: Notebooks, Corporate communications, Desktops, Apple MacBook, video, bank, Apple Macintosh

Discussion threads 2008-10-11

Psystar OpenPro

Ongoing lawsuits notwithstanding, Psystar remains the only desktop vendor other than Apple to offer PCs with Apple's Mac OS X operating system. Thanks to a new restore disc and improved software updating, this $2,660 Psystar OpenPro computer is much more secure than the lower-end Open Computer the company released back...

Tags: Operating systems, Desktops, insurance policy, Psystar, Psystar OpenPro, Apple Inc., Apple Mac OS X, disc

Product reviews 2008-10-11

Klipsch Image X5 - headphones

When it comes to portable devices, audio quality depends just as much on the headphones as it does on the audio specs of the player. So it shouldn't come as much of a surprise that many people spend more on their headphones than they do on their MP3 players. In...

Tags: ear piece, cord, Klipsch Image X5, headphone

Product reviews 2008-10-10

Motorola Razr2 V9x (AT&T)

Photo gallery:Motorola Razr2 V9xEditors' note: The Motorola Razr V9x is almost identical to the Motorola Razr V9, but it offers additional features. This review will concentrate on the differences between the two devices.When Motorola introduced AT&T's Motorola Razr V9 last year, we were pleasantly surprised. Instead of a simple revamp...

Tags: keypad button, Motorola Razr, Motorola Inc., external display, Motorola Razr V9, AT&T Corp., Motorola Razr2, display

Product reviews 2008-10-10

Music market shares in October 2008

According to Nielsen SoundScan, Universal Music led the US music market with 35.12% in October 2008, followed by Sony Music with 22.79%, Warner Music with 21.12%, EMI Group with 8.35%, and the rest of the labels with 12.61%. SHARETHIS.addEntry( { title: "Music market shares in October 2008", url:...

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Blog posts 2008-10-10