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Wal-Mart Music Store Kills DRM

J. Frank Wilson on Sep 30, 2008 (Updated: May 21, 2020)

Did you purchase any music online from Wal-Mart? Following in the footsteps of Yahoo a few months ago, and in the spirit of Steve Jobs’ …

J. Frank Wilson on Aug 22, 2007

Apple’s iTunes could face a run for its money in the coming months from a competitor that knows how to compete on price. Wal-Mart announced the …

J. Frank Wilson on Feb 7, 2007

Amazon.com Inc. and TiVo Inc. will begin testing on Wednesday a service that lets users watch videos rented or bought over the Internet directly on …

J. Frank Wilson on Jan 2, 2008 (Updated: Sep 7, 2019)

According to reports, Apple is close to announcing plans to make Fox and Disney movies available as online rentals via iTunes (US). Apple CEO Steve …

J. Frank Wilson on Nov 12, 2004 (Updated: Dec 11, 2018)

Do you remember Audion? Way back in 1999 and before the days of iTunes, Audion was (I dare say) the best Macintosh MP3 player/encoder on the market. …

J. Frank Wilson on Mar 13, 2008

Apple Inc. was sued Wednesday over allegations its iTunes online music store and iPod music players are illegally using a patented method for …

J. Frank Wilson on Jun 26, 2008

According to an Apple press release, the company has sold over 5 billion songs via iTunes. Earlier this year, iTunes surpassed Wal-mart and became the …

J. Frank Wilson on Apr 8, 2009

Used to paying $0.99 for a song on iTunes? Brace yourself… Apple put an end to uniform pricing in the iTunes Store this week. But don’t …

J. Frank Wilson on Apr 14, 2008

Did you buy a cheap TV recently? Think you got a good deal? Think again. The FCC is handing out over $3.9 million in proposed fines to retailers …

J. Frank Wilson on Feb 18, 2008 (Updated: Nov 21, 2011)

The format war between HD-DVD and Blu-ray came officially to a end this week when all six major Hollywood studios announced that they joined the …

J. Frank Wilson on Sep 27, 2004 (Updated: May 21, 2020)

Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Group Ltd. became the latest company to enter the digital music market and try to de-throne Apple’s popular …

J. Frank Wilson on Nov 30, 2006

The Zune, Microsoft’s much-hyped answer to Apple’s trend-setting iPod, had a good first four days of sales, says a leading research firm. …

J. Frank Wilson on May 21, 2009 (Updated: Nov 21, 2011)

Good news iPhone haters, this week, Palm announced the release date for the Palm Pre. The much-anticipated touchscreen/keyboard hybrid will be …

J. Frank Wilson on Sep 5, 2006 (Updated: Nov 21, 2011)

Planning on attending Apple Expo Paris? Looks like it might be a hot ticket this year. According to ThinkSecret, Apple will use a September 12 media …

J. Frank Wilson on May 24, 2011 (Updated: Dec 6, 2023)

From topless sunbathers on rooftops to Spanish street prostitutes, here are lots of pictures of naked people captured by Google's satellite and street …