Just as soon as I proposed that Microsoft adopt a DRM Free platform in order to compete with Apple, Apple announces DRM free music from EMI on Itunes….
Reacting to Apple’s announcement Monday that it will soon begin selling music tracks from EMI without copy protection, PiperJaffray analyst Gene Munster advised investors to look out [...]

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Angry Zune users threaten to return their Zune Players on Zune Insider.
One reader ripped the company for not telling customers early on that the update was pushed back. “I just don’t get why no one let us know before because the Zune team blatantly must have known before today that they weren’t gonna make the [...]

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My post on the weekend about the impending doom for Zune created a lot of feedback. Most of it was positive but some was negative and their were the usual supporters from the “Microsoft can do no wrong” cult. Here is some responses to the feedback:
IPod was successful because it was cool
Those of you [...]

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Interesting article from Apple about using the Canon XL1s:
Director Steven Soderbergh and producer Scott Kramer shot “Full Frontal” chiefly in digital video (MiniDV), using Canon XL1s PAL cameras. The camera was selected for its maneuverability, which allowed Soderbergh to hand hold the camera, and for the image quality it generated, which conformed perfectly with the [...]

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I have written a number of posts about the so called iPod killer, the Zune Player and it’s debut on the market. As of today, the Zune Player is a failure:
From Roughly Drafted:

•Apple 72.7%

•Sandisk 8.9%

•Microsoft 3.2%

•Creative Labs 2.9%

•Samsung 2.0%

 Once again, NPD’s numbers only cover retailers that supply it with data, which excludes Apple, Costco, [...]

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Those of us who love “On the Media” on NPR and the sarcastic Bob Garfield will appreciate that a one on one with Bill Gates is probably not going to turn out well. Unlike the fawning Businessweek type business rags that getting on their knees talking to business not-so-luminaries (anyone remember Business at the Speed [...]

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The Brits have their own Mac and PC adds from Apple. You can get them here.

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The Apple IPhone announced today is truely the state of art in industrial design. It is by far the most comprehensive and compelling phone ever invented. Although they had a great product with the Apple TV (iTV) and are delivering a compelling media controller for the phone, the IPhone has blown away anything that CES [...]

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The delivery of the Zune player to the market came and went on Tuesday. There were no long lines of bleary eyed gamesters, no mad rush, crushing crowds or excited Japanese teenagers unlike the cult like delivery of the Playstation yesterday. This probably does not mean terribly much in the longer run but as someone [...]

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