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Google Reportedly Planning Online Music Service
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - In another swat at Apple, Google is reportedly readying a music download service that could compete with iTunes (and Rhapsody and other digital music services). The Wall Street Journal is citing unnamed sources that reveal a Google-branded music play.
Apple: More than 70 Percent of 2007 Cars will have iPod Support
More than 70 percent of 2007-model US automobiles will offer iPod integration.
Apple Pumps Down the Volume
Apple today announced a software update for the iPod nano and fifth generation iPod, that lets customers set their own personal maximum volume limit.
iTunes Hits Two Billion Sold Milestone
Apple today announced that more than two billion songs, 50 million television episodes and over 1.3 million feature-length films have been purchased and downloaded from the iTunes Store.
Industry Groups Support Obama IP Enforcement Plan
(PC World)
PC World - One U.S. senator questioned why search engines and Internet service providers don't block customers' access to pirated music and movies online, and representatives of the U.S. movie and music industries praised a new plan by President Barack Obama's administration to crack down on intellectual property violations, during a Senate hearing Wednesday.
Griffin Intros PowerBlock Travel, International USB Power Adapter
Griffin Technology has introduced PowerBlock Travel, a package designed to simplify charging your USB devices (including iPods) while traveling.
YouTube, RumbleFish Partner for 'Friendly Music'
(PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - Music licensing store RumbleFish and YouTube on Wednesday announced the launch of Friendly Music, an online store that lets users purchase copyright-protected tracks for $1.99 a pop.
MP3 Tech Commentary
Borders Responds to Amazon, B&N by Including $20 Gift Card with Kobo eReader Um, hey, I'm still here you know. Lost in all the hoopla between Amazon and Barnes & Noble's eReader price wars is the other major member of the U.S. book-selling triumvirate, Borders.
iPad Hacker Arrested On, Um, Non-Hacking-Related Charges Well, that was fast. A member of the security group that discovered a breach involving AT&T's network was arrested Tuesday — but not for the act you're likely thinking about. Instead, 24-year-old Andrew Auernheimer was arrested on drug charges after police found an assortment of illicit substances in his Arkansas home. No word yet on what caused police to search his home but the Web's denizens are already tilting their heads away from this figurative car crash and looking toward the direction of AT&T.
Analyze This: iPad Sales to Fall, According to Report A report from Forrester Research made the rounds on the Internets this week, with many sites playing up its claim that tablets such as the iPad will pretty much deep-six the netbook market and overtake them by 2012.
Cisco Announces Android-Powered Cius Business Tablet Look who's joining the slate tablet fray now. As companies fall all over themselves in trying to create their own "iPad killer," the list of prospective tablets continues to grow. The latest entry? That would be the Cius "business tablet" from Cisco, which will be sporting an Android operating system.
V-MODA Crossfade LP Review; Taking Screenshot with iPad After watching the A-Team movie with the boys, your guide was inspired to do some multi-tasking of his own by doing several updates on the site. Most of them were pretty ninjalike, including updates on some iPad sections and Slate PC articles. I did manage to wrap up my review of V-MODA's Crossfade LP full-size headphones so check that out if you have $249.99 to spare -- or wish you had $249.99 to spare on high-end headphones.
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