France’s copyright overhaul under pressure
France’s Constitutional Court has ruled that certain sections of the country’s controversial new copyright law are unconstitutional.
The principle effect of the court’s 12-page legal review is to ensure that Apple will receive monetary compensation if it is forced to licence the DRM technology that it uses to restrict playback of iTunes Music Store downloads to [...]
iPhone software found in iPod updater?
Yeah, everybody’s been grasping at straws (including us) for possible info on the iPhone for, well, the last couple of years now, and the latest adds fuel to the speculative fire without providing any answers.
So what else is new? Anyhow, in the June 28th iPod updater package, apparently if one were to analyza few [...]
Let’s Kill iPod and iTunes
Apple’s iPod has almost 80 percent of the US music player market, while iTunes has 70 percent of US digital music sales. Other online music stores cannot sell music files encoded with Apple’s DRM, and competing devices cannot play these files. With such a dominance, the rest of the competitors had to do something to [...]
Microsoft confirms plan to take on Apple’s iPod
Software maker faces uphill climb in closing the gap on Apple’s iPod.
Microsoft Corp. said Friday it plans to release a new music and entertainment player and accompanying software under the “Zune” brand this year, in a belated attempt to challenge the dominance of Apple Computer Inc.’s iPod player.
Microsoft confirmed the plans for an entertainment device [...]
Crave Talk: Robberies rise, escape with your iPod
Just a week ago, Gamespot journalist Guy Cocker, who works in the same building as Crave, was mugged ten minutes away from the CNET offices here in central London. His assailants held what felt like a semi-automatic weapon to the back of Cocker’s head and told him, “we’re taking all your stuff”. They then took [...]
“iCarumba”: Nike+ iPod Sneakers Hit Stores Today
If America wasn’t already the "coolest" country around, we now have the "iNike" hitting stores today.
The Nike + iPod Sport Kit retails for about 29 bucks USD, with the shoes costing an additional hundred bucks, and well, the iPod Nano being between $149USD and $249USD.
To use the whole setup, you first "Insert the [...]
Microsoft to launch iPod rival by Christmas: sources
Microsoft will start selling a wireless digital music and video player to compete with Apple’s iPod by Christmas, sources close to the matter said on Wednesday.
The new player, which Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq:MSFT – news) has been touting to record companies in the last few weeks, will let users download music and videos over the air, [...]
iPod Satellite May Be in Cards Afterall
Almost two years ago there were rumors circulating that the next iPod on the horizon might add satellite radio capabilities on-the-go. The rumors, and god knows there are many of them, were sparked by meetings between Sirius CEO Mel Karmazin and Steve Jobs. Apple passed on a iPod Satellite – a device that would have [...]
IPizz, Podaholics, Podestrians
These days, the trendy way to refer to the iPod is to call it the iPizzle — or iPizz for short.
At least, that’s what it says at the Urban Dictionary website, a dictionary of slang compiled by its readers.
Whether true or not (I’ve never actually heard it uttered myself), the Urban Dictionary is full of [...]
Foxconn Admits Breaking Labor Laws In China
Foxconn, an original equipment manufacturer for Apple’s iPod, has admitted that their employees work about 80 extra hours each month, which is against the law in China.
According to Chinese labor laws, a company breaks the law if it asks employees to work more than 36 extra hours each month.
However, Li Zong, a spokesperson from Foxconn, [...]
