Let me tell you what I won’t do. I will not purchase a digital movie, whether via Xbox 360, Amazon Unbox on TiVo, iTunes, or anything else. I’m hooked on the Netflix paradigm of unlimited rentals not to mention I have no guarantees that the movie I purchase today will work on the device I … Read more
iPod Shuffle case with earbud wrap, keychain, and bottle opener.
Maybe it’s just me, but I like the idea of “wireless” audio devices. No, not the holy grail of a Bluetooth-connected headset and DAP. Rather, a music player built into the headphones. About ten years ago and long before MP3 became a household word, I had a Speedo FM radio and earbuds (similar to this … Read more
In a move that I can only suspect is designed to show Pandora’s willingness to abide by copyright law, the Internet radio company has said that as of today, May 3rd, it will start blocking access to its service for listeners outside the US. While Pandora is currently fighting a ruling by the CRB that … Read more
PC World reports that two Congressmen have submitted a bill called the Internet Radio Equality Act that could save Internet radio broadcasters, including Pandora, from going out of business. The bill is the follow-up to a petition started by the SaveNetRadio group. Pandora’s founder: Following our outreach to Pandora listeners, every congressional office was flooded … Read more
I’ve written before about my love for Pandora and about the Copyright Royalty Board’s (CRB) attempt to kill it and other Internet radio services. Now Pandora, as part of a coalition called SaveNetRadio, is fighting back. The SaveNetRadio group (including listeners, artists, labels and webcasters) started a campaign yesterday with a petition to Congress protesting … Read more
Let me start by saying I’m not a “case” guy. I don’t put phones, iPods, PDAs, etc in them — everything ends up “naked” in a pocket or backpack. I choose to believe the exterior of a product is designed to protect the delicate electronics inside and I just won’t sweat a scratch or two. … Read more
With Apple and EMI planning to offer 30-cent song upgrades to a higher bitrate without DRM next month, TUAW has documented two ways to identify the applicable tracks in your Mac iTunes library… First up is the geeky command line method: mdfind -onlyin ~/Music/iTunes/iTunes Music “kMDItemCopyright == ‘*Emi*’ kMDItemCodecs == ‘*protected*’ “ Next we have … Read more