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Security firm: Windows patches not responsible for 'Black Screen of Death'
On second thought, maybe that access control list thingie with the lockdown something-or-rather didn't trigger an alleged, perhaps non-existent, pandemic.
Windows desktops and notebooks reach near price-performance parity for Holiday 2009
Gone are the days when average Windows desktop offered more for less than laptops.
Latest Firefox 3.6 beta fixes 133 bugs, promises faster page load times
A once-sluggish beta testing process has kicked into overdrive, with astonishing success at finding serious bugs. Will Mozilla be able to fix all the others in time?
Confirmed: Office 2010 to ship in June
Two weeks after Microsoft had been expected to draw a clearer roadmap for its principal applications suite, it's finally ready to commit to the end of H1.
Apple settles with Psystar except for 'circumvention devices'
The fracas with the Florida clone computer maker might have ended today had Apple not have muddled the issue over a cheap piece of Psystar software.
Microsoft denies latest 'Black Screen of Death' claims
After an anti-malware producer announced a fix to what it says is a swarm of recent KSoD problems, evidence of the swarm itself has yet to turn up.
New EU antitrust commissioner will oversee Microsoft, Oracle+Sun, Intel issues
As one of Europe's most prominent politicians shifts positions in January, her replacement remains a question mark over technology's biggest issues.
Without its own 'iTablet' yet, is Apple missing the boat?
Steve Jobs is on record as dissing "single-purpose" devices like e-readers. But given their recent popularity, was that a mistake?
Not-so-mobile battery life: Time to force the issue
Carmi Levy | Wide Angle Zoom: If power efficiency is important when you buy a car or even a motorcycle, why shouldn't it matter for a smartphone?
Apple invokes DMCA, claims Psystar is 'trafficking in circumvention devices'
In trying to close the book on possibly the last attempt at a Mac clone, Apple cites from its own landmark case...but may actually be misinterpreting it.
The fallacy of Facebook privacy
Carmi Levy | Wide Angle Zoom: If an insurance company learns something interesting about its client through the Internet, is that snooping?
Classical music joins the DRM-free trend
Published on December 3, 2007, 3:58 PM
Adding to the canon of DRM-free music, a Universal Music Group subsidiary has made a large portion of its catalog of classical performances available online free from digital rights protection.
Yahoo is next to consider a DRM-free music store
Published on January 24, 2008, 11:08 AM
Yahoo is reportedly in talks with major labels about a DRM-free music store. to offer them either for sale or for free in an ad-supported model.
DRM-free Music Arrives on iTunes
Published on May 30, 2007, 12:35 PM
Apple made good on its promise to offer DRM-free tracks on Wednesday, launching iTunes Plus with AAC tracks from label EMI.
iTunes Lowers Price of DRM-Free Tracks
Published on October 16, 2007, 12:18 PM
Apple has silently dropped the price of its DRM-free iTunes Plus tracks, which come as 256kbps AAC. Instead of $1.29, the tracks will cost the same as standard songs with DRM: 99-cents. The move is seemingly in response to Amazon's launch of its DRM-free music store that sells 256kbps MP3s.
Lala whistles a happy, DRM-free tune
Published on October 23, 2008, 10:21 AM
The new Lala music service's great leap forward isn't in offering DRM-free tracks -- it's the acknowledgment that really, 30 seconds isn't enough to know whether you like a song enough to buy it.
MusicGiants Joins DRM-free Bandwagon
Published on June 21, 2007, 5:44 PM
Hoping to one-up Apple with its recent move away from digital rights management, high-quality music site MusicGiants began offering DRM-free music recently with the release of Paul McCartney's newest album, Memory Almost Full.
7digital could lead DRM-free sales in EU
Published on March 5, 2008, 11:45 AM
UK-based music download shop 7digital announced yesterday that it inked a deal with Warner Music. Its site now offers DRM-free content from two of the "Big Four" major labels.
Yahoo Selling DRM-Free Album in MP3
Published on September 19, 2006, 12:52 PM
With digital rights management on music purchases now the norm, record labels have turned to a unique, if not ironic, approach to gain added promotion: DRM-free tracks. Hollywood Records has teamed up with Yahoo to do just that, selling a special MP3 version of Jesse McCartney's new album Right Where You Want Me.
DRM-Free MP3s Coming to Yahoo, URGE
Published on July 24, 2007, 2:00 PM
MusicNet, the company that powers the song libraries of Yahoo! Music Unlimited and URGE, said Tuesday that it will make available over 1 million tracks in MP3 format without digital rights management. The move follows Apple offering DRM-free songs in its own AAC format through iTunes.
Microsoft says it 'has always preferred' DRM-free content
Published on November 20, 2008, 6:13 PM
Microsoft has been working for years to be your TV-time buddy, while yearning also to forge deep relationships with Hollywood and other content providers. But Microsoft wants you to know it's always liked you better.
Rhapsody launches its DRM-free MP3 store
Published on June 30, 2008, 12:31 PM
Real Networks' Rhapsody has opened an MP3 store that works independently of the subscription-based service, bringing Rhapsody ever closer in design (but not execution) to the venerable iTunes.
iTunes to Offer EMI's DRM-free Music
Published on April 2, 2007, 10:48 AM
UPDATED - In what could be a watershed moment for the digital entertainment industry, leading music publisher EMI Group announced today it would provide most of its music catalog to listeners without any digital rights management restrictions.
Universal Goes DRM Free, But Not on iTunes
Published on August 10, 2007, 9:49 AM
Universal said late Thursday that it planned to start selling music tracks from its artists in MP3 format for a limited time, however not through Apple's iTunes Music store. Also a surprise in the announcement: Google plans to begin selling MP3s directly from its search engine, BetaNews has learned.
Can DRM-Free MP3 Tracks Bail Out EMI Music?
Published on August 6, 2007, 5:28 PM
The first real test of the viability of DRM-free music sales from Apple and Amazon to help EMI Music came this past quarter. While the reaction to the move appears strongly positive from consumers, the publisher's conventional businesses are sinking at too fast a rate.
Wal-Mart revamps DRM-free MP3 music site
Published on October 28, 2008, 8:00 PM
A few weeks after shutting down its old DRM servers and then turning them on again, Wal-Mart has re-launched its newer DRM-free MP3 music downloads site.
Record label holdouts pushed to offer DRM-free songs in MP3
Published on December 3, 2007, 11:36 AM
With EMI and Universal seeing success in offering its catalogs in MP3, remaining holdouts Sony BMG and Warner Music Group are facing pressure to do the same.
Hot Topic launches AIR-based, DRM-free MP3 store
Published on October 30, 2008, 9:59 AM
This week, mall-goth retailer Hot Topic opened ShockHound.com, a lifestyle portal that features music-related editorial content, merchandise, and its own little venue for music downloads on the side.