How Steve Jobs Calls the Tunes

How Steve Jobs Calls the Tunes
Steve Jobs' new partnership with EMI to sell music without copy protection is a lesson in how to wield power in the digital age. Carefully and strategically, Jobs set up the pieces to create a new business model for online music -- one without copy protection -- and now we're starting to see the dominos fall.

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iPod owners want radio in next player - survey

iPod owners want radio in next player - survey
Size, it seems, no longer matters. Or rather it doesn't matter as much as a built-in radio. Yes, we're talking what consumers want from future iPods - at least what rock-centric radio station listeners demand, according to a new poll. US consultancy Jacobs Media placed polls on 69 radio stations' websites last month.

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WSJ Confirms: EMI to announce Dropping DRM

WSJ Confirms: EMI to announce Dropping DRM
In a major reversal of the music industry's longstanding antipiracy strategy, EMI Group PLC is set to announce Monday that it plans to sell significant amounts of its catalog without anticopying software, according to people familiar with the matter.

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Apple TV: State of the Hacks

Apple TV: State of the Hacks
In the two weeks since Apple TV shipped, an amazing array of hacks has been published around the Web. In this State of the Hacks roundup, you'll discover what kinds of mods are out there and whether they're the right fit for your needs and abilities.

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Advanced Quicksilver guide - slashes, appends, and proxies, oh my!

Advanced Quicksilver guide - slashes, appends, and proxies, oh my!
It's time to dive a little deeper into advanced Quicksilver power-usin'. With just a few keystrokes, you can use use Quicksilver to forgo Finder, control iTunes, append text, and grab objects by proxy. Intrigued? Read on!

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Pictures: Bloated 17-inch MacBook Pro battery -- take 2

Pictures: Bloated 17-inch MacBook Pro battery -- take 2
Here you go, another case of bloating 17-inch MacBook Pro batteries this time from our friend Pablo. Like others before him, the bloated battery was discovered after an overnight charge. After a few weeks of slight bloating, this is what he discovered this morning.

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Two-Finger-Scrolling for pre-2005 PowerBooks and iBooks; Free Download

Two-Finger-Scrolling for pre-2005 PowerBooks and iBooks; Free Download
iScroll2 is a modified trackpad driver that adds two-finger scrolling capabilities to supported pre-2005 PowerBooks and iBooks on OS X 10.3 and up. Supported models include most aluminum PowerBooks introduced from 2003 to 2004 as well as most G4 iBooks

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EU investigating Apple, Big Four labels over country-specific pricing

EU investigating Apple, Big Four labels over country-specific pricing
iTunes Store customers in the UK pay more than those on the Continent, and the EU doesn't think that's fair.

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Using Apple's 24 yr old Lisa for Real Work

Using Apple's 24 yr old Lisa for Real Work
ome people simply can't understand why anyone would want to use an old computer. One person asked me: "Why use a Lisa (or any machine more than three years old) for writing or anything else? I can't believe how naive some people are. I mean, really, just because something is old doesn't mean it's useless.

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