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More NBC shows coming to iTunes

2005-12-07T17:11:26-05:00

NBC President Jeff Zucker says more NBC shows will soon be available via iTunes.The NBC deal expands Apple's TV offering to 300 episodes of 16 different series and Zucker said that number will expand quickly as NBC Uni fills the...

More NBC shows coming to iTunes

2005-12-07T17:11:26-05:00

Conan the Contrarian

2005-12-06T16:30:17-05:00

The new NBC lineup on iTunes includes some interesting price flexibility. Although most of the full-length episodes sell for $1.99 each -- just like the Disney/ABC shows -- there are some exceptions. The award for highest price goes to Conan...

NBC Universal TV shows added to iTunes

2005-12-06T08:59:18-05:00

Episodes from eleven TV shows owned by NBC, Sci-Fi and USA Network are now available for $1.99 on iTunes Music Store.NBC Universal and Apple today announced an unprecedented lineup of new primetime, cable, late-night and classic TV shows, including primetime...

Sony DRM has built-in Apple DRM?

2005-12-05T23:50:28-05:00

Freedom to Tinker takes another look at the Sony rootkit software (XCP) and finds something interesting inside.For weeks, the blogosphere has been abuzz with tales of intrigue about Sony’s XCP copy protection system. Among the strangest revelations was that XCP...

Intel delay predicted

2005-12-05T23:47:15-05:00

Paul Murphy at ZDNet predicts that Intel delays and high costs will force Apple to delay the launch of Intel-based Macs, or make serious compromises to meet price targets....

iPod sales up 400%

2005-12-02T03:43:39-05:00

Some iPod sales numbers from Apple's annual 10-k:Apple said that net sales of iPods rose $3.2 billion, or 248 percent, during 2005 compared to 2004. The company said it sold 22.5 million iPods in fiscal 2005, an increase of 409...

Samsung guity of price fixing

2005-12-01T12:57:26-05:00

After accepting the plea and a previously arranged deal with prosecutors on Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Phyllis J. Hamilton ordered Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. and its U.S. subsidiary, Samsung Semiconductor Inc., to pay $300-million (U.S.) — the second-largest fine in...

The best games for Mac

2005-11-28T13:07:11-05:00

In my other life as a tech writer, I occasionally write video game reviews. The pre-Christmas flood of product began to arrive a few weeks ago, and I've been playing console games -- Xbox, PS2 and GameCube -- ever since....

How to improve iTunes

2005-11-25T13:38:24-05:00

Download Squad has some good tips to improve iTunes for Windows. The post mentions several useful add-on programs, including iTunesKeys and idleTunes.idleTunes has a host of useful features: - find and insert album artwork into tracks - copy iTunes playlists...

iPod competitors need "universal dock"

2005-11-23T16:26:42-05:00

Tony Smith at the Register suggests that Microsoft is pushing for a universal dock standard to help competitors take on the iPod. Tony's reasoning: if rival MP3 players can use the iPod dock it loses a competitive advantage. If Apple...

Enhanced RSS from Microsoft

2005-11-21T21:55:23-05:00

Tech buzz of the day goes to Microsoft, not just for the launch of the Xbox 360, but for Simple Sharing Extensions (SSE) -- a proposal to extend RSS to make it easier to share data more easily. Call it...

Steve Jobs on SNL

2005-11-21T20:53:23-05:00

It seems like a new, smaller iPod comes along every few minutes. Maybe that's true. Video: Steve Jobs sketch on Saturday Night Live...

Stockpiling flash memory

2005-11-21T12:51:38-05:00

Apple says it will prepay $1.25 billion USD over three months to secure a reliable supply of flash memory from five suppliers: Hynix, Intel, Micron, Samsung Electronics and Toshiba.“We want to be able to produce as many of our wildly...

Price sends a signal

2005-11-18T16:47:12-05:00

Yes, this is another post about iTunes pricing. This time, the trigger was this post by Joel Spolsky, who notes that prices send a signal to potential buyers. The very act of establishing "premium" songs (or "discount" songs) communicates the...