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Subscription iTunes? It can't come soon enough: Subscription iTunes? It can't come soon enoughHuh? Can't come soon enough?The title of the blog makes it seem as if somehow a buck a song is killing the iTunes store. While having the choice to subscribe to music may be nice most of the world seems to prefer a buck...; Tags: Digital media, Digital music, subscription service, Subscription iTunes, music, Apple Inc.; Discussion threads 2008-03-19
How Universal Music lost touch with their customers: How Universal Music lost touch with their customersWhat was stupid is stupid again.I love how the author rants about how clueless universal is, and then proclaims the holy grail in music is subscription services.How many times now has that model been tried and failed?People don't want to rent music.iTunes is...; Tags: Apple iTunes, music, CD, subscription service, Universal Music Group; Discussion threads 2007-12-11
Early reviews on SanDisk-Yahoo MP3 player good: Early reviews on SanDisk-Yahoo MP3 player goodMore cripple-wareUgly, big, way too expensive for a 4 GB player. For $249 one could buy a 30 GB iPod if storage space is a priority, or an 8 GB Nano if size is a priority and still get more storage space. Given...; Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Digital media, Digital music, music business, MP3 player, MP3, Yahoo! Inc., digital-rights management, Apple iPod, music, SanDisk Corp., DRM-laden, Apple Inc., subscription service, storage space; Discussion threads 2007-04-09
Images: Mercora's 'M': Mercora's new M subscription service will wirelessly stream music to smart phones for $49.99 a year.; Tags: Smart phones, Mercora, subscription service, smart phone, music, telephone; Image galleries 2006-09-25
Microsoft Zune officially revealed: Microsoft Zune officially revealedWireless capabilitiesI think the wireless capabilities are pretty nice, but i think that it won't cost a lot of time before the first virusses will appear.But unless they provide the capability to use my iTunes bought files I won't even consider it as my media player. My...; Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Wi-Fi, Microsoft Zune, Apple iTunes, subscription service, Nokia N93, Microsoft Corp.; Discussion threads 2006-09-14

Coming to an iPod near you: streaming and subscriptions: Coming to an iPod near you: streaming and subscriptionsi'm waiting!i'm waiting for something new to come out... full touch screen wireless... give it to me!FehNot a big fan of internet radio stations. I like to choose my own music, isn't that the whole point of an iPod?As for renting,...; Tags: Digital media, Digital music, Digital rights management (DRM), Apple iTunes Music Store, Apple iPod, JHymn, Apple iTunes, subscription service, digital-rights management; Discussion threads 2006-08-28
Only 5% of music buyers would switch to a la carte online music subscription: Ipsos-Insight studied a representative sample of US music downloaders aged 12 and older, who were presented with simulated digital music acquisition environments consisting of various options for obtaining online music. One of these simulated environments included an online peer-to-peer (P2P) file-sharing network, an on-demand streaming PC-tethered subscription-based service, and an...; Tags: downloader; Blog posts 2005-04-19
Only 5% of music buyers would switch to a la carte online music subscription: Ipsos-Insight studied a representative sample of US music downloaders aged 12 and older, who were presented with simulated digital music acquisition environments consisting of various options for obtaining online music. One of these simulated environments included an online peer-to-peer (P2P) file-sharing network, an on-demand streaming PC-tethered subscription-based service, and an...; Tags: downloader; Blog posts 2005-04-19
16% of online adults buy 99c digital tracks, 17% use subscription services: 16% of online adults currently enjoy downloading 99-cent singles. 17% have been wooed by subscription services, according to JupiterResearch. 19% of 13- to 17 year olds used the subscription services, compared with 31% of 18- to 24 year olds. That number reached 37% for "music addicts," defined by Jupiter as...; Tags: subscription service; Blog posts 2004-12-02

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Gaping holes in RealPlayer patched: Digital media delivery firm RealNetworks has shipped a high-prority patch to cover four gaping holes in its flagship RealPlayer software, warning that the vulnerabilities could put users at risk of code execution attacks. The patch comes a few hours after Secunia released an advisory warning for one...; Tags: Vulnerability, RealNetworks Inc., RealNetworks RealPlayer, Digital Music, Digital Media, Security, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Ryan Naraine; Blog posts 2008-07-25
What paper trail?: I've been carting around my latest sheaf of press releases about the green-ness of electronic document technology for weeks now. Yes, as I've blogged before, I am still one of those people who can't help printing out certain emails in order to act on them. Yes, it's bad, I know....; Tags: Xerox Corp., Paper Trail, Survey, Printers, Data Centers, Marketing Research, Hardware, Peripherals, Storage, Data Management, Marketing, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2008-07-25
Diaz's Memo: Can cloud computing weather the storm?: ZDNet's Sam Diaz isn't ready to give up on cloud computing after Amazon's recent S3 storage service outage. He believes the technology still has the potential to drastically reduce operating expenses.; Tags: Diaz, Cloud Computing, Amazon; Videos 2008-07-25
Britain moves against illegal file sharing: CBC News out of Canada is reporting that British ISPs are making an aggressive move against illegal file sharing by implementing a program designed to discover copyright violators, who will be sent warning letters and may potentially have their internet connections disconnected. For more on the article,...; Tags: File-sharing, Peer To Peer (P2P), Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Internet, Nathan McFeters; Blog posts 2008-07-25
Cool Tools - Slingpage extends stickies and sharing to Firefox users: Slingpage, which announced its social browsing extension for Internet Explorer last month, will introduce an equally feature-rich version of its service to Mozilla Firefox users next week. Slingpage offers a way for Web surfers to find information about favorite topics via "Slingcast" feeds as well as create...; Tags: Monitor, Mozilla Firefox, Note, Tool, Slingpage, Web Browsers, Monitors & Displays, Internet, Hardware, Components, Jennifer Leggio; Blog posts 2008-07-25
How OpenDNS, PowerDNS and MaraDNS remained unaffected by the DNS cache poisoning vulnerability: The short answer is being paranoid about tackling a known vulnerability. It's 2001, and Daniel J. Bernstein DJB, author of the then popular djbdns security-aware DNS implementation, is applying basic math principles to raise awareness on what's to turn into the "sky is falling" critical Internet vulnerability in 2008, in...; Tags: DNS, Vulnerability, Anomaly, Attack, OpenDNS, MaraDNS, NSS, Domain Names, Networking, Internet, Dancho Danchev; Blog posts 2008-07-25
Microsoft may need an IBM moment of clarity: Microsoft's financial analyst meeting was a tale of a technology conglomerate: You heard a lot about search, a decent bit about the enterprise and all sorts of projects in between. But amid all the coverage--see Mary Jo's laundry list of stories--I can't help but wonder if Microsoft's...; Tags: Steve Ballmer, Microsoft Corp., Enterprise, IBM Corp., Game Players, Virtualization, Tools & Techniques, Enterprise Software, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Management, Software, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-07-25
Netflix ups outlook; Customer acquisition costs fall: Netflix said Friday it ended the second quarter with more than 8.4 million subscribers, up 25 percent from a year ago, and spent less money acquiring those customers. Those two factors added up to better than expected quarterly results and an improved outlook. The company has been...; Tags: NetFlix Inc., Acquisition, Earnings, Financial Accounting, Mergers & Acquisitions, Finance, Investment, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-07-25
Juniper: Enterprise demand strong; Johnson hired to scale up: Current Juniper CEO Scott Kriens delivered strong quarter results, said enterprise demand was solid and outlined the primary reason Kevin Johnson was hired as his replacement: He knows how to scale. Ahead of its earnings report statement Thursday Juniper made the Johnson news official. The company has...; Tags: Revenue, Juniper Networks Inc., Kevin Johnson, Operational Accounting, Finance, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-07-24
Kaminsky suggests long-term fix will still have to be determined, but patch now, or pay soon: I listened to the Black Hat webcast today to grab as much info as I could on this subject. The biggest thing that I heard from the whole talk is that the patch fixes things to a reasonable point, but that long-term, there will have to be more work...; Tags: CERT, DNS Server, Server, Kaminsky, Dan, Patches, Domain Names, Security, Internet, Nathan McFeters; Blog posts 2008-07-24
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