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- Cingular Music
- Long after Verizon and Sprint launched their music download services, Cingular finally has released its own mobile music solution, aptly titled Cingular Music. As the first mobile music solution for GSM carriers, it's poised to take advantage of the carrier's expanding high-speed 3G data network. On the downside, only a...
- Tags: Cingular Wireless, music, Napster Inc., telephone
- Product reviews 2006-12-18
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- The importance of the Veoh decision
- The importance of the Veoh decisionThe problem is "appropriate steps".The question is, how thoroughly does a store-and-serve operation have to police what it's storing?In this case, removing something shown to be violating copyright on notification is sufficient. And that's reasonable.The problem is the situation when there are millions of...
- Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Digital media, Tools & Techniques, Veoh
- Discussion threads 2008-08-28
- Google and Sirius XM: Build my "Dream" Handheld
- Google and Sirius XM: Build my "Dream" HandheldDigital radio is here today...But I never seem to hear that much about it. I have pretty much given up listening to music over AM/FM. I much prefer internet radio mostly because of fewer commercials but also the selection is greater. If you...
- Tags: Digital music, mesh networking, handheld, radio, XM Satellite Radio Inc., Sirius, Google Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-08-24
- iTunes Unlimited: music subscription rumor returns
- iTunes Unlimited: music subscription rumor returnsI just don't understandwhy Apple doesn't offer a subscription service. They already have the DRM and authentication services in place. It would cost them very little.But I guess this is Apple. They tell you how you will use their products that you...
- Tags: Digital media, music, Apple Inc., Apple iTunes
- Discussion threads 2008-08-21
- iTunes Unlimited: music subscription rumor returns
- We've heard the rumors of an iTunes subscription service before, but they've never materialized. It doesn't hurt that Steve Jobs has long been a vociferous opponent of rental music paying one monthly fee for unlimited music downloads. When asked about it he recites his familiar mantra that "people want to...
- Tags: Apple iTunes, Music, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-08-21
- Cablevision, part 2: Is RS-DVR like a VCR or a copy shop?
- Cablevision, part 2: Is RS-DVR like a VCR or a copy shop?So who was held liable?If the option is there but not performed unless told to/activated, then wouldnt that liken to a VCR or more accurately, a DVR?BTW: My DVR automatically buffers shows up to an hour, so i can...
- Tags: DVR, Consumer electronics, Digital video, Cablevision Systems Corp., VCR, RS-DVR
- Discussion threads 2008-08-05
- Apple vs. Psystar complaint excerpts: 'Invaluable good is being eroded'
- Apple vs. Psystar complaint excerpts: 'Invaluable good is being eroded'Apple vs. Psystar complaint excerpts: 'Invaluable good is being eroded'Despite all this I'm still hoping for Psystar FTW! Low cost OS X machines could do a lot of good. Apple doesn't see the potential here to raise more revenue...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Operating systems, Apple Inc., Psystar, App£e
- Discussion threads 2008-07-15
- Judge: eBay not responsible for counterfeits.
- Judge: eBay not responsible for counterfeits.Negitive feedback galoreThough it would take 5 or 6 bogus products.Napster had a ton of legit content too"There are a lot of legitimate transactions happening on eBay today and I'd be willing to bet that the shady ones are only a fraction of the total...
- Tags: eBay Inc., Bit Torrent
- Discussion threads 2008-07-15
- Judge: eBay not responsible for counterfeits.
- The city of New York should be letting out a big sigh of relief right about now. On Monday, a federal judge cleared online auction site eBay from any wrongdoing in a trademark infringement lawsuit filed by upscale jeweler Tiffany & Co. I bring New York into...
- Tags: Brand, Tiffany & Co. Inc., eBay Inc., Branding, Marketing, sdiaz
- Blog posts 2008-07-15
- Q'n'A: Are Youtube users are royally screwed?
- Q'n'A: Are Youtube users are royally screwed?.....“[B]Had this not happened, Viacom would have made a huge amount of profit, but have now obviously lost out.[/B]”Subjective speculation that is unsubstantiated.“[B]YouTube could get shut down, Google could get fined to the nth degree, or maybe Google will get sued and it have...
- Tags: Pandora, YouTube Inc., Viacom Inc., Google Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-07-03
- Software we'll never see in the App Store
- I recently published lists of my most anticipated iPhone applications and my App Store wishlist. But what about applications that we'll never see in the App Store? There are certain kinds of applications that Apple will most likely never offer in the App Store because they conflict...
- Tags: 3G, Apple iPhone, Application, Business Operations, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Corporate Law, Digital Media, Digital Music, E-mail, GPS, jason D. O'Grady, Networking, Online Communications, Personal Technology, Scripting Languages, Software/Web Development, Telecommunications, Telephony, Web Development, Software
- Blog posts 2008-06-19
- The Associated Press plays role of Metallica in Napster-esque war with bloggers
- The Associated Press plays role of Metallica in Napster-esque war with bloggersHey, Jennifergood and HOT blog. Exactly what we needed :)Good Job, Jen...As a published author and a blooger of sorts myself, I am damned happy to be a part of the Internet and what it has done both professionally...
- Tags: E-books, Postal Service, Metallica, e-book
- Discussion threads 2008-06-18
- The Associated Press plays role of Metallica in Napster-esque war with bloggers
- The Associated Press first heard blogger outcry when it served take-down notices to the Drudge Retort. Now the press service is talking about attaching licensing fees to all of its content. by Jennifer Leggio
- Tags: Associated Press, Metallica, Blogger, A.P., Blogging, Internet, Jennifer Leggio
- Blog posts 2008-06-18
- News to know: Dell vs. Apple; Virtualization smackdown; Cisco patch; iCal; SAP
- Notable headlines: Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Could an OEM like Dell ever be as cool and as stylish as Apple? Next-generation Radeon GPUs to feature GDDR5 memory John Morris: Report: Nvidia GTX 200 series will be one big GPU EIC podcast: Microhoo; OLPC and...
- Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Virtualization, Information Technology, SAP AG, Cell Phone, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Cisco Systems Inc., One Laptop Per Child Project, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-05-22
- Napster gunning for iTunes with DRM-free music
- Napster gunning for iTunes with DRM-free musiciTMS already sells DRM free songsThey cost no more than the DRM version either. The problem is the labels, not Apple. BTW, Napster is about 5 dollars from bankruptcy. This is a pore squirming animal in the last throws of death. Watch it wiggle...
- Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Digital media, Digital music, Napster.com, Napster Inc., DRM-Free Music, Apple iTunes, digital-rights management
- Discussion threads 2008-05-21
- Napster gunning for iTunes with DRM-free music
- Does Apple have a Kick Me sign on their back or something? First Netflix fires a major shot over the bow of the Apple TV with their new Netflix Player set-top box, now Napster is going after iTunes with a new DRM-free music service. "We're...
- Tags: jason D. O'Grady, Napster Inc., Digital Rights Management (DRM), Digital-rights Management, Digital Media, MP3, Apple Inc., Apple iTunes, Digital Music, Music, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Security
- Blog posts 2008-05-21
- Adium X (dmg)
- The Adium team is proud to present to you Adium X, a multiple-protocol instant-messaging client. This is a culmination of a yearlong rewrite of Adium, which now utilizes Libgaim the core part of GAIM to connect to multiple protocols, and also is based on a new plug-in architecture. Partial address-book...
- Tags: AOL Instant Messenger, IM, Jabber, Adam Iser, Adium Team, Instant Messaging, Internet, Online Communications
- Software downloads 2008-05-15
- On owning your own bits
- On owning your own bitsIf anyone is interested...Here are the cases I used:http://www.meritline.com/720-cd-dvd-storage-wallet-case.htmlAnd the software:www.invelos.comTotal cost, about $110, and I have room for another 500 or so DVD's before having to worry again.No, its OEM CD's, not CD-R's (although...)OEM CDs that one buys down at the local store are...
- Tags: Consumer electronics, physical media, CD-collection, DVD, CD, media, disc
- Discussion threads 2008-05-06
- Toshiba Satellite L355D
- The Toshiba Satellite L355D is a tough laptop to critique. One the one hand, its feature set is merely adequate, its battery life below average, and thanks to the inclusion of an AMD processor its performance--while sufficient for such basic computing tasks as Web surfing, watching movies, and word processing--can't...
- Tags: Notebooks, laptop computer, Toshiba Corp., satellite, Toshiba Satellite L355D, Satellite L355D, Toshiba Satellite
- Product reviews 2008-04-30
- eMachines T5254
- The eMachines T5254 is a little less powerful than its last system in this price range, but it's also a bit less expensive. For $400, we're willing to accept a slightly slower CPU and a slightly smaller hard drive, especially when the alternatives from Dell and HP can't come close...
- Tags: DVD, Consumer electronics, Processors, Desktops, eMachines Inc., eMachines T5254
- Product reviews 2008-04-21
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