Monday, November 21, 2005
News
Nano, Video Both Likely Winners
'Tis the season when holiday shoppers face choice between iPod nano and video.
Mac OS X For Intel Cracked Again?
Hackers have already managed to crack Mac OS X 10.4.3 for Intel to work on non-Apple computers.
iTunes Seizes 54% UK Online Music Sales
Research from XTN Data declares that iTunes accounts for 54 per cent of UK digital music sales — five times its closest competitor, Napster.
Microsoft Disavows Internet Explorer
Microsoft's MSN site suggests websurfers using Microsoft's Internet Explorer for the Mac switch to another browser.
TiVo To Expand Portable Features
TiVo is expected to announce a service that allows its digital video recorders to save programs to iPods and PlayStation Portables, further untethering television from time and place.
Professor In Your Pocket
Now couse casting lets college student skip classes and download lectures onto their iPods. Biology rocks! But some parents just don't understand.
Harvey Norman Complains To Apple
Harvey Norman has complained to Apple that they have not been allocated enough iPod stock to meet the expected Christmas rush.
Opinion
The Ringtone Riddle
How ringtones' success has led labels to verge of a misstep on music pricing.
Mac OS X On Intel: Could It Knock Off Windows & Office?
In the age of commodity hardware, Apple can adapt and win big.
iPod Exposes Lame Japanese Competitors
Not just Sony, but all the Japanese manufacturers have been caught flat-footed by the sudden explosion in music players and online entertainment.
Sidetrack
It is probably wishful thinking that all DRMs will be dead following Sony's fiasco, but Coy Doctorow is reporting that the artists are revoking.
