The Good iTunes 7’s big new features. (TUAW) How to back up your music using iTunes 7. (TUAW) Use QTFairUse 2.3 to strip FairPlay DRM. (Engadget) The Bad iTunes doesn’t see all Nanos. (Apple) Streaming to SoundBridge is broken. (Roku) The Ugly iTunes 7 ate all my purchased music. (Wil Wheaton)
The evolution of iTunes.
Quick summary… Hardware Enhanced iPod with brighter screen, updated GUI, and games Refreshed Nano (no video) and Shuffle (no screen) lines No killer video iPod device announcement; no built-in Bluetooth iTV: $299 Wireless media extender coming in 2007! Content 70 flicks added to iTunes from Disney studios 640×480 resolution, with Dolby Surround Same licensing as … Read more
It’s not cheap, but if you need pro football action outside of America (and don’t have a Slingbox stationed in the US), the NFL and Yahoo have you covered. $249 gets you live coverage of every game via the web. Even better? Works on Macs too. Yahoo says: The National Football League and Yahoo!, Inc … Read more
Never enough time… in Florida! TiVo attempts to poach Dish customers. (TiVo) EchoStar and DirecTV partner, then drop out of FCC auction. (AP) Nearly glowing review of new Archos 604 PMP (CNET) Sexy little $150 Mac ATSC tuner available for pre-order. (HDBeat)
If the BBB can rate these guys, why not me? I’m a stickler for good service — I won’t patronize companies providing inferior service. When I had a billing problem with Sprint about 5 years ago and the phone rep called me a liar, I switched to VoiceStream (Jamie Lee Curtis had nothing to do … Read more
I guess this means the Mac SlingPlayer is real! When does Hava‘s Mac Beta begin? ;) Sling VP Jeremy Toeman says: I am letting y’all know that the email just went out to the first wave testers. We will have at least 4 ‘waves’ of testers, and each wave gets almost exponentially larger.
Got a Slingbox? Got a Mac? Time to sign up for beta testing! Sling Media VP Jeremy Toeman says: The application will be live for the next 2 weeks, after which we will close it down, pick out our crew, and get rolling. The program will last a few months, so please make sure you … Read more