Jobs on DRM: Valid Message, Vague Motive
Part of Steve Jobs' genius as an entrepreneur is that he is also a brilliant showman. Somehow or other, he always manages to be on the side of the angels. It should therefore come as little surprise to see the Apple chief executive wading into the music download debate to champion the consumer-friendly cause of open-access systems.
Jobs on DRM: Valid Message, Vague Motive
Jobs on DRM: Valid Message, Vague Motive
The creator of Xbox Live Arcade, now employed by one of Apple's gaming allies, says Apple TV is a future platform for the casual gaming market. Meanwhile, Apple is still sorting through a potential piles interface for Mac OS X. And would you know i...
Briefly: Apple TV and gaming; Piles; Apple VP Johnson adds to fortune
Briefly: Apple TV and gaming; Piles; Apple VP Johnson adds to fortune
In a recent interview with Wired, Greg Canessa, the ex-General Manager of XBox Live Arcade, and now Vice President of video game platforms at PopCap games indicates that his role at PopCap will be to help proliferate their games onto multiple platfor...
Apple TV A Gaming Platform
Apple TV A Gaming Platform
New York pedestrians could find themselves on the wrong side of the law just for crossing the street while chatting on a cell phone or listening to an iPod if state Senator Carl Kruger gets his way. The New York lawmaker plans to introduce legislation to make it illegal to use portable electronic devices such as a BlackBerry or PlayStation Portable game console while crossing the street.
NY Senator Wants iPods Out of Crosswalks
NY Senator Wants iPods Out of Crosswalks
In response to Tuesday's open letter from Apple CEO Steve Jobs calling for major record labels to stop requiring digital rights management technology on music sold online, the Recording Industry Association of America is now calling on Apple to license the antipiracy technology it uses to protect music it sells online.
Jobs' DRM Comments Reignite Antipiracy Controversy
Jobs' DRM Comments Reignite Antipiracy Controversy
Gross margins for Apple's second fiscal quarter ending March should once see help from tumbling commodity pricing, particularly NAND flash memory.
According to a research report released by Pacific Crest analyst Andy Hargreaves this week, NAND fla...
Briefly: Apple may see $3 of added profit on each nano this quarter
According to a research report released by Pacific Crest analyst Andy Hargreaves this week, NAND fla...
Briefly: Apple may see $3 of added profit on each nano this quarter
Apple's design proposal for its first retail store in Australia includes three floors at the base of Sydney sky-rise building in the spectacular maritime setting of the King Street Wharf.
The project, at the corner of King and George streets, is e...
Glass-adorned Apple Store Sydney revealed (images)
The project, at the corner of King and George streets, is e...
Glass-adorned Apple Store Sydney revealed (images)
Beatlemania could sweep the charts again later this year -- with every song in the top 10 from the Fab Four. Bookmakers in England are offering odds of just 10-to-1 that the entire top 10 will be made up of Beatles songs when they are released to download via Internet sites such as iTunes for the first time.
Apple's Deal With Band May Lead to 2nd Beatlemania
Apple's Deal With Band May Lead to 2nd Beatlemania
Goldman Sachs on Thursday dropped Apple from its Conviction Buy list, citing the potential for negative speculation in the months leading up to the company's June iPhone launch.
We are removing Apple from our Conviction Buy list but leaving it as...
Goldman bumps Apple from Conviction Buy list
We are removing Apple from our Conviction Buy list but leaving it as...
Goldman bumps Apple from Conviction Buy list
In the low-tech 1980s -- when Apple was foremost a fruit and iPod just a jumble of letters -- Scott Sailor cruised to college classes with a portable tape recorder playing on the seat of his classic white Mustang. Over and over, he listened to minicassettes he had made of his chemistry professor's lectures.
Class Podcasts: Bolstering Courses or Cutting Attendance
Class Podcasts: Bolstering Courses or Cutting Attendance
As reported by Appleinsider, Prudential analyst Jesse Tortora claims that Apple may be moving to an all Flash based iPod line.
Apple Moving to All Flash-based iPods
Apple Moving to All Flash-based iPods
Walk, jog or bicycle across a New York street with an iPod plugged in your ears and you could get slapped with a $100 ticket under a new law proposed by a legislator from Brooklyn. State Sen. Carl Kruger's bill would also outlaw the use of cell phones, BlackBerries, video games or other electronic devices when crossing the street.
NY Bill Would Ban iPods in Crosswalks
NY Bill Would Ban iPods in Crosswalks
Apple Inc. may begin transitioning its flagship iPod models away from hard disk drive (HDD)-based storage and towards solid-state NAND flash memory by the end of year.
According to an IT Hardware report from Prudential Equity Group analyst Jesse...
Apple may ax next-gen HDD iPod in favor of all-flash models
According to an IT Hardware report from Prudential Equity Group analyst Jesse...
Apple may ax next-gen HDD iPod in favor of all-flash models
The vow Tuesday by Apple CEO Steve Jobs -- that he would willingly remove copyright protection from songs sold at his company's iTunes store -- was cheered by those who've been arguing that digital rights management systems are a failure. Advocates for music-sharing freedom said they expect music labels will eventually abandon the practice.
Jobs Advocates DRM-Free Music
Jobs Advocates DRM-Free Music
New Yorkers who heedlessly cross city streets while listening to their Apple iPod or fumbling with other electronics devices, such as cell phones, may soon face a hefty fine from the city.
According to both NBC and the Associated Press, New York S...
New York may ban iPods while crossing city streets
According to both NBC and the Associated Press, New York S...
New York may ban iPods while crossing city streets
Steve Jobs's open letter against DRM blames the recording labels for the copy protection embedded in digital music tracks. Should the labels ever agree to distribute online music without copy protection, that would translate into a win for the iPod, according to Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster. The open letter is generally assumed to be a response to copy-protection demands from European countries.
Analyst: iPod Would Thrive in World Without DRM
Analyst: iPod Would Thrive in World Without DRM
Appleinsider reports that Apple will be increasing their direct marketing against Microsoft's Vista operating system with Apple Store materials:
Anti-Vista Marketing at Apple Stores
Anti-Vista Marketing at Apple Stores
Norway's Consumer Council applauded signs of willingness from Apple to open its iTunes music store to players other than its iPod, but said Wednesday the company was skirting key issues and passing responsibility to record companies. Norway is leading a European campaign to force Apple to make its iTunes online store compatible with rivals' digital music players.
Norway Agency: Apple Needs to Address Key DRM Issues
Norway Agency: Apple Needs to Address Key DRM Issues
More than two years after conception, Apple is reported to have finally got the ball rolling on a series of retail stores destined for the land of Oz.
According to a report in the Sydney Morning Herald, the Cupertino-based Mac maker is putting the...
Wheels in motion for first Australian Apple stores
According to a report in the Sydney Morning Herald, the Cupertino-based Mac maker is putting the...
Wheels in motion for first Australian Apple stores
Apple plans to crank up the anti-Vista rhetoric at its international chain of retail stores later this week, the latest move in a broader bid by the Mac maker to undermine the new operating system release from rival Microsoft Corp.
The campaign, s...
Apple to target Vista at retail stores
The campaign, s...
Apple to target Vista at retail stores