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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's ironic pitch

Napster.com is buying costly full–page print ads to simply say “Napster.com is now free”. It is ironic that a brand known for building a free, online peer-to-peer music file sharing viral network, is now using paid print-media The Village Voice to drive people online to use a music service that...

Tags: Napster Inc.

Blog posts 2006-05-18

Additional Resources

Holiday Gift Guide 2008: Best luxe Mac accessories

What do you get for that special person on your list already owns a Mac, iPod and a nice digital camera? Accessories! Here are my picks for the Best Luxe accessories ($200 and up) that are perfect for the Mac user with everything. Don't forget...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Accessory, Video, Blu-ray, Camera, FlipShare Software, 7xx-series, Desktops, Hardware, Jason D. O\'Grady

Blog posts 2008-12-02

Why the new Zune Pass should be irresistible

Why the new Zune Pass should be irresistible"No one seriously considers buying a Zune"?I beg to differ with you. I own 2 Zunes and there are 4 of them in the family. Along with 2 iPods and one Sansa.Oh, We have Windows and Apple computers in the house. So,...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Digital media, Digital music, Microsoft Zune

Discussion threads 2008-11-21

Subscription music services: Are we there yet?

Subscription music services: Are we there yet?I have used both...I have used both pay-per-song and subscription, and I will never ever go back to a pay-per-song model.The only people complaining about a subscription type service are those that never actually used it.I have news for those that think they "own"...

Tags: Digital music, Digital media, subscription model, Are-we-there-yet, Subscription Music Service, Microsoft Zune, music

Discussion threads 2008-11-20

Subscription music services: Are we there yet?

Microsoft on Thursday announced a new music subscription model for its Zune music player and the big question in the back of the room is this: Will subscription music services ever become dominant? Sure, there are a few folks that subscribe to their music. And Microsoft has...

Tags: Microsoft Zune, Music, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-11-20

Samsung Propel - green (AT&T)

The name might not indicate it, but the Samsung Propel is one of the latest in a line of AT&T messaging phones the Pantech Matrix is another one, perhaps as a response to the recent text messaging craze that is sweeping the nation. Equipped with a slide-out QWERTY keyboard, the...

Tags: Keyboards, Telecom & Utilities, AT&T Corp., Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.

Product reviews 2008-10-29

Zune 3.0

Photo gallery:Zune 3.0 softwareIn order for Microsoft's Zune MP3 player to compete against Apple's iPod, Microsoft not only had to create a great MP3 player; it also had to create a solid software client to compete against iTunes. In doing so,it's created an attractive, full-featured digital-media jukebox that some users...

Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Media players, Tools & Techniques, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Zune

Product reviews 2008-10-07

Pantech C610 (AT&T)

Pantech doesn't normally come to mind when we think of high-end feature phones, simply because most Pantech handsets we review are of the lower-end, basic variety. (See the Pantech Breeze, for example.) Pantech surprises us every once in awhile, though, as it did with the Pantech C610. At first...

Tags: Cellular phones, AT&T Corp., Pantech C610, Pantech

Product reviews 2008-10-06

Gadget nostalgia: Five things I had and five things I have now

I was quite inspired by fellow ZDNet blogger Matthew Miller's post listing every mobile device he's had over the years (86 and counting, my friend!). Though my memory isn't as robust as Matt's, I thought I'd compile a list of my own ghost gadgets of the past, comparing them with...

Tags: Motorola Razr, Phone, Logitech, Intel Core 2 Duo, Camera, Computer, Motorola Inc., Processors, Telecom & Utilities, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2008-10-02

Hole in Adobe software allows free movie downloads

Hole in Adobe software allows free movie downloadsWho wrote this?!?Because whoever did needs to take a quick look at their article and proofread it.This article makes it sound like this vulnerability will mean certain death to content providers' business model and no one is going to pay for it unless...

Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Digital media, Digital music, Fair Use, Adobe Software, movie download, movie, Adobe Systems Inc., software

Discussion threads 2008-09-29

House votes to save webcasters, Senate votes today

House votes to save webcasters, Senate votes todayRE: House votes to save webcasters, Senate votes todayThank God. I know I called and wrote my congresspeoples.RE: House votes to save webcasters, Senate votes todayever since the napster ruling in 2000, the music industry record companies have gotten greedier. I agree...

Tags: Strategy, Peer to peer (P2P), Advertising & Promotion, Digital media, Webcaster, record company, U.S. Senate, industry

Discussion threads 2008-09-29

Web Science: The next academic hot spot

Will your computer science degree be replaced by a Web sciences one? It might as academics are increasingly dabbling with the study of the Web, but first a workable definition is needed. In a treatise in Scientific American's October issue, Nigel Shadbolt and Tim Berners-Lee make the...

Tags: Web, Channel Management, Marketing, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-09-26

Apple should punt on music subscriptions

In the run up to Let's Rock press event there were a lot of rumors that Apple was preparing to announce a music subscription service called iTunes Unlimited that would cost US$130 per year and would launch in October. Instead Apple announced new iPods and iTunes 8. ...

Tags: Apple Inc., Music Subscription, Apple iTunes, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Jason D. O\'Grady

Blog posts 2008-09-22

News to know: HP; Apple patches; Microsoft; Social networking

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Sam Diaz: HP to cut nearly 25,000 jobs as part of EDS integration Larry Dignan: IBM targets HP's server beachhead HP vs. IBM: The looming IT...

Tags: Security, Facebook, High Tech Computer Corp., Larry Dignan, Mozilla Firefox, Hewlett-Packard Co., Network, Patch Management, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Shuttleworth, Microsoft Windows, Web Browsers, Apple Mac OS X, Social Networking, Operating Systems, Digital Media, Software, Internet, Apple Mac OS, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

Blog posts 2008-09-16

Best Buy acquires Napster; Eyes digital music distribution

Best Buy acquires Napster; Eyes digital music distributionSeems to be overpayingSo that's $181 per subscriber, if one values the "Napster" trademark as having no value. Best Buy already had online sales, so I don't think they needed infrastructure.

Tags: Digital media, Best Buy Co. Inc., Napster Inc., digital music distribution, digital music

Discussion threads 2008-09-15

Best Buy acquires Napster; Eyes digital music distribution

Best Buy is gobbling up Napster for $121 million, or $2.65 a share, double the online music service's closing price on Friday. In a statement Monday, Best Buy outlined its rationale: Best Buy intends to use Napster's capabilities and digital subscriber base to reach new customers...

Tags: Best Buy Co. Inc., Digital Music, Napster Inc., Retail, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-09-15

The music scene: legal vs. illegal

The music scene: legal vs. illegalNapster pricing?Your pricing on Napster is way off. The Napster subscription service is $12.95/month, for PC and streaming device (Roku SoundBridge, Xbox 360, etc.) playback only. Or it's $14.95/month for "Napster To Go", which has the ability to work with WM-DRM PlaysForSure players,...

Tags: Pricing, Marketing research, Napster Inc., music scene, DRM-free MP3

Discussion threads 2008-09-11

The music scene: legal vs. illegal

Music is a huge part of our lives, not just students, but it does have a major effect on how we interact, integrate and collaborate. Music can be seen as a work enhancer, a relationship matcher, a commonality between groups or connections - most just see it as something to...

Tags: Digital-rights Management, Music, Digital Rights Management (DRM), Security, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2008-09-11

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