Airlines to put iPod video displays on seats
Looking to “upgrade their entertainment systems,” a handful of carriers including United Airlines will soon offer passengers seat connections for their iPod portable media devices.
The connection will ensure users have an unlimited battery life for the duration of the flight and also allow them to view their stored video content on displays fixed into [...]
Microsoft to pay Universal Music royalties on new Zune player
Microsoft and Universal Music have announced a new deal with one another that allows Microsoft to begin offering selections from Universal Music’s vast musical library for download on its Urge digital music download service.
According to the terms of the deal, Universal Music is set to garner a much larger share of the profits [...]
New iPod shuffle available worldwide this Friday
Apple announced Tuesday that its second-generation iPod shuffle will be available in stores worldwide beginning Friday, Nov. 3, 2006. The tiny iPod shuffle holds 1GB of music and costs $79.
About half the size of the original, the new iPod shuffle is crafted from aluminum and measures about half a cubic inch in volume. It weighs [...]
UK urged to update copyright law to decriminalize Apple iPod users
UK copyright law should be changed to include a ‘private right to copy’ that protects users of Apple iPod and other MP3 players, according to a new report published today by the Institute for Public Policy Research (ippr). The UK’s current copyright laws mean that millions of Brits break the law each year when they [...]
What DVD Jon’s iPod crack means for you
As we reported three weeks ago, reverse-engineering specialist “DVD” Jon Johansen has decoded the encryption that locks down iTunes-purchased music – and he’s formed a company to license this to all-comers. Now Johansen has reverse-engineered rival DRM formats, permitting encrypted songs purchased from Apple rivals to play on iPods.
The music business is likely to be [...]
“iPod Jon” cracks iPod and iTunes
DVD Jon, the Norwegian who as a teen hacked the encryption on DVDs has done it again. This time he has slayed Apple’s Fairplay encryption that prevents iPod users from playing music downloaded from places other than Apple’s iTunes.
Monique Farantzos, managing director at DoubleTwist, the company that plans to license the code to [...]
Apple’s Profit Up on IPod, Mac Sales
The i’s have it: Intel and iPod helped drive quarterly sales and profit up sharply at Apple Computer Inc. as the company continued to dominate portable entertainment and gained traction against rival computer makers.
Apple’s shift this year to chips made by Intel Corp. boosted sales of Macintosh computers to their highest level since the 1999 [...]
Windows virus bites Apple iPods
Apple is warning that some video iPods are harbouring a Windows virus.
In a statement on its website Apple said that a small number of video iPods sold after 12 September are carrying the RavMonE virus.
The company said that, so far, it had seen “less than 25 reports” of the problem affecting users.
In a similar incident [...]
i-Pod flashmobbers dance in their hundreds at station
Hundreds of people descended on Liverpool Street station for the biggest ever turnout for the latest internet craze – mobile clubbing.
Armed with MP3 players loaded with favourite tracks the “clubbers” arrived on the concourse just after 7pm last night. Students, business people and office workers danced in silence as they listened to their iPods among [...]
Oprah and Bono to unveil Product Red iPod nano tomorrow
Activist and rock singer Bono, with help from Oprah Winfrey and other celebrities, is partnering with Apple Computer on a red-colored iPod to promote his new charity aimed at battling AIDS, AppleInsider has learned.
Both the U2 frontman and the famed talk show host will publicly unveil the new “iPod nano Red” — a 4GB version [...]
