iPod Touch with iTunes Wifi Music Store

Observers have been expecting a significant revamp to Apple’s iPod lineup, especially after the release of the iPhone in all of its touch-screen glory. So when Apple announced today’s special event?as we predicted?with the tagline “The beat goes on,” we knew the time for an iPod refresh had come. We weren’t disappointed, as Apple [...]

NBC and Apple in spat

NBC Universal, unable to come to an agreement with Apple on pricing, has decided not to renew its contract to sell digital downloads of television shows on iTunes.
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NBC Universal is also seeking better piracy controls and wants Apple to allow it to bundle videos to increase revenue, the person familiar with the [...]

Will DRM die now?

Universal has announced that it is abandoning the practice of embedding digital rights management (DRM) software in its music.
In a limited trial Universal will strip out the DRM from music sold via some retailers, including Google, Wal-Mart, and Amazon.com. Music sold on iTunes will still have DRM embedded however.
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Fixing the Artwork on your iPod

So the other day I was doing some massive reorganization/tagging work with my iTunes library. So much, in fact, that when I went to update my 30GB iPod it practically needed to reload the entire device.  Normally this is not a big problem, but this particular day I didn’t have the time to let the [...]

Quick Review on iTunes Movie Store Download Experience

I thought a few people may be interested in a bullet point review of the new iTunes movie store experience announced today.

The movie I purchased is about 1.30 GB, and took around 35 minutes to download.
It is possible to stream the movie while it downloads; as well as seek and scan.
The content is protected by [...]