RealNetworks said Monday it’s switching gears in its quest for a larger slice of the legal music download market with the launch a DRM-free a la carte MP3 store that will cater to iPod owners directly rather than through unauthorized hacks of the past.
This move represents a new direction for this Seattle based firm. This online music company has been built around subscription based services. This offers subscribers temporary access to an unlimited number of copy-protected songs each month for a set price. (more…)
Today, MCE Technologies announced the immediate availability of it’s Bru-ray internal recordable for Mac Pro’s and PowerMac’s. The drive is compatible with all DVD and CD recordable media including DVD±R/RW + Dual/Double Layer, DVD-RAM, and CD-R and CD-RW.
The MCE Technologies Blu-ray Internal Recordable Drive ships with Toast 8 Titanium and includes a 25GB Blu-ray (BD-RE) rewritable disc for instant storage. This can all be yours for the bargain basement price of just $699!
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In this episode we have Chris Wall, Lewis King, Stu Helm and Jason Martin with apperances by Nate Berry and Michael King.
We talk about iPhone deals around the world, the Canadians getting screwed by Rogers/ Fido, the first trojan ‘in the wild’ for Mac OS X Tiger & Leopard and Wall*E which we find out is also a nickname for our own Chris Wall! Once again all story links can be found via our del.ico.us tag for this episode
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People who went to see Wall•E opening night will have noticed that when he starts up, the standard Mac OS startup sound is heard. This isn’t the only connection the movie makes with the computer company run by the former owner of Pixar. Wall•E’s “true love”, EVE, was designed by designer of the iMac, iPod, and iPhone, Jonathan Ives. More info over at TUAW.
Coldplay the Number 1 Fathers day present of the UK this past week has also been a popular hit in the US. The band at the current pinciale of the UK Top 40 with their single Viva La Vida and their album Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends both number 1.
The band has also overtaken Jack Johnson on the iTunes music highway with a suspected 275,000 digital copies being loaded onto peoples iPods across the atlantic. It holds the number 1 spot on both sides of the pond which is a testament to the power of the iTunes ad. If you haven’t seen it click to read on and find out more about it.
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Australians can guess what iTunes has in store for them despite Rolf trying to convince them otherwise. The store has become the latest in the iTunes worldwide TV take over to have some of the countries hottest television networks listing their shows in the store.
Some of the shows include Aussie fave’s like Sleek Geek and We Can Be Heroes. They also have shows exported from the US over to our friends in the land where the toilet flushes the opposite way ( I won’t say backwards to be PC ).
If you are in Oz hop (kangaroos geddit!? ) (Sorry) onto iTunes and stock up on some iPhone loving shows to sync with the device when it hits the stores in the first weeks of July.
Some how, the crafty folks over at iLounge have managed to get hold of/take a photo comparing the current iPhone to iPhone 3G.
From these pictures, you can see how much of a difference the the curvature of the back makes. The un-recessed headphone jack is also very obvious. An althought the black plastic does look an little cheap. It is still overall, IMHO, an equally attractive phone.
