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  • September 2008

    • 10 Ways to Replace Overhyped Gizmos

      PC World  |  Sep 29, 08 12:07 PM CDT

      10 Ways to Replace Overhyped Gizmos

      (Newser) - You can replace your most over-hyped devices with the tech world's top 10 wallflowers, compiled by PC World . Start with the iPhone: Stop stubbing your fingers on Apple's impractical keyboard interface. Sidekick offers the best QWERTY around. Nintendo Wii is hard to find and offers few good games. Sony PlayStation Portable packs new titles with Skype, online radio, and uploadable movies. More »

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      Google  • iPhone  • Nintendo Wii  • iTunes  • Technology  • Sidekick  • Pandora  • OpenOffice

    • MySpace Elbows iTunes With New Music Service

      CNET  |  Sep 25, 08 3:50 AM CDT

      MySpace Elbows iTunes With New Music Service

      (Newser) - Apple’s iTunes meets its first serious challenge today with the launch of MySpace Music, CNET reports. The second-largest online social network has joined forces with Amazon and the world’s four biggest record labels to offer free streaming and paid downloads. The move also pitches media mogul and MySpace owner Rupert Murdoch against Apple CEO Steve Jobs. More »

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      Apple  • Rupert Murdoch  • MySpace  • music industry  • Steve Jobs  • Sony  • iTunes  • Amazon  • EMI  • MP3  • MySpace Music

    • Zune's Music Discovery System Tops iTunes

      Wall Street Journal  |  Sep 17, 08 3:38 PM CDT

      Zune's Music Discovery System Tops iTunes

      (Newser) - In test-driving new software from Apple and Microsoft designed to facilitate music discovery for users of their respective media players, Walter Mossberg gives the edge to Zune’s system over rival iTunes’ upgrades. “Though I didn't happen to have as much time to use Zune's software as I did Apple's Genius, I got more out of my Zune experience,” he writes in the Wall Street Journal . More »

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      Microsoft  • Apple  • iPod  • iTunes  • digital music  • Zune

    • Amazon's On-Demand Video Good, Not Great: Mossberg

      Wall Street Journal  |  Sep 11, 08 1:44 PM CDT

      Amazon's On-Demand Video Good, Not Great: Mossberg

      (Newser) - Amazon’s new Video on Demand service works well, Walter Mossberg writes in the Wall Street Journal , although the selection of titles could be better. The service allows users to individually purchase movies and TV to stream, with most rentals lasting 24 hours. The videos are stored on an Amazon server, which nicely remembers where you were so you can resume viewing instantly. More »

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      Internet  • television  • Amazon.com  • iTunes  • iTunes Store  • Netflix  • Amazon  • streaming content  • Hulu  • Walt Mossberg  • video on demand

  • August 2008

    • China Blocks iTunes Over Pro-Tibet Album

      Daily Telegraph (UK)  |  Aug 21, 08 5:10 PM CDT

      China Blocks iTunes Over Pro-Tibet Album

      (Newser) - The Chinese government has blocked access to Apple’s iTunes music store for providing free downloads of a pro-Tibet compilation to Olympic athletes, the Telegraph reports. Users reported a blackout Monday, shortly after the Campaign for Tibet notes that 40 Olympians had downloaded the record. Only the Chinese iTunes store is blocked, however—people in China can access other countries' stores with foreign credit cards. More »

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      China  • Internet  • 2008 Beijing Olympics  • Apple  • Tibet  • censorship  • iTunes

  • July 2008

    • Dell Looks to Muscle In on iPod

      Wall Street Journal  |  Jul 30, 08 9:42 AM CDT

      Dell Looks to Muscle In on iPod

      (Newser) - Dell has decided it’s time for a rematch with Apple’s iconic iPod, and the company is planning to introduce a new digital music player and online download service as early at September, the Wall Street Journal reports. Dell failed in its bid to gain a seat at the online music table with a stable of MP3 players it introduced in 2003. More »

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      Apple  • iPod  • iTunes  • Michael Dell  • Dell Inc

    • Apple Server Meltdown Foils Launch of iPhone 3G

      Associated Press  |  Jul 11, 08 3:56 PM CDT

      Apple Server Meltdown Foils Launch of iPhone 3G

      (AP) - The launch of Apple's hotly anticipated iPhone 3G turned into an IT meltdown today, as customers were unable to get their new phones working. A global problem with Apple's iTunes servers prevented the phones from being activated in-store, as planned. Employees implored buyers to perform the last step on their own computers, but  iTunes servers were equally hard to reach from home, leaving the phones unusable except for emergency calls. More »

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      Apple  • iPhone  • iTunes  • iPhone 3G  • computer servers

  • May 2008

    • HBO: Coming to a Hard Drive Near You

      Portfolio  |  May 12, 08 6:51 PM CDT

      HBO: Coming to a Hard Drive Near You

      (Newser) - Apple and HBO are close to an agreement that would let iTunes sell episodes of HBO shows, Portfolio reports. Sources say HBO has cut a good deal—either by breaking iTunes' $1.99 video price ceiling or getting a bigger share of the same rate. But at least one HBO source is still grumbling: "We should have done this a long time ago," the insider said. More »

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      Apple  • cable TV  • iTunes  • Time Warner  • HBO  • digital downloads  • TV shows

    • Broke California May Tax Beer, iTunes, Sex Toys

      Los Angeles Times  |  May 9, 08 2:43 PM CDT

      Broke California May Tax Beer, iTunes, Sex Toys

      (Newser) - A $1.80 tax on every six-pack of beer. An iTunes sales tax. A 25% tax on sex toys and pornographic entertainment. These are just some of the more creative measures put forth by California's Democratic lawmakers to close a budget shortfall estimated at $20 billion, the Los Angeles Times reports. More »

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      California  • Republicans  • Democrats  • taxes  • beer  • iTunes  • iTunes Store  • sex toys

  • April 2008

    • Amazon MP3 Sales Aren’t Hurting iTunes

      Apple Insider  |  Apr 15, 08 9:54 PM CDT

      Amazon MP3 Sales Aren’t Hurting iTunes

      (Newser) - Amazon.com’s digital music download store isn’t stealing iTunes customers—the six-month-old service is attracting a new consumer demographic, analysts say. A market research firm found that only 10 percent of Amazon MP3 customers surveyed in February previously bought iTunes music, AppleInsider reports. That’s a “healthy indication that the digital music customer pool can expand into new consumer groups,” an analyst says. More »

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      Apple  • Amazon.com  • iTunes  • digital music  • digital downloads  • digital video  • Amazon MP3

    • Material Girl Gets Back in the Groove

      Vanity Fair  |  Apr 6, 08 4:07 PM CDT

      Material Girl Gets Back in the Groove

      (Newser) - Pushing 50, Madonna is still rolling out movies and tunes like a true blue star, Vanity Fair reports. And she is unfazed by nasty reviews for Filth and Wisdom , a feature that she directed starring a Ukrainian gypsy punk singer. “You have to get to a point where you care as little about getting smoke blown up your ass as you do when you become a whipping boy in the press,” she said. More »

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      Madonna  • AIDS  • iTunes  • documentary  • Justin Timberlake  • Malawi  • Material Girl  • Hard Candy  • Timbaland  • Filth and Wisdom  • Pharrell Williams

    • Apple Pips Wal-Mart to Become No. 1 Music Store

      Los Angeles Times  |  Apr 4, 08 12:38 PM CDT

      Apple Pips Wal-Mart to Become No. 1 Music Store

      (Newser) - Apple has become America's No. 1 music retailer, the Los Angeles Times reports. The company said yesterday that its iTunes store had overtaken Wal-Mart for the first time. Analysts say its ascent to the top spot after just 5 years is a major milestone for the industry and the Internet. More »