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DRM (Digital Right Management) has been a thorn in the side of music and video lovers for years. Now, Apple, after wheeling and dealing with the major music companies, is killing DRM off for good in iTunes. You should now be able to buy DRM-free songs in one of three price ranges: 69-cents, 99-cents or $1.29. [...] Some people say I like to beat Microsoft up. Not really. I just dislike bad technology, and Microsoft makes a lot of poor-quality hardware and software. Anyone unfortunate enough to own a 30GB Zune knows exactly what I mean. Today, December 31st, many, if not all, 30GB Zunes, Microsoft’s first generation of music players, stopped working. [...] You may have noticed that many new DVDs and Blu-Ray discs are being advertised with a new, extra ‘feature:’ Digital Copy. These films, such as Wanted, The Dark Knight and Mamma Mia!, come with an additional disc. On this disc is a copy of the movie you can put it on your computer, and from [...] How you know when your business has really been a flop? When, you drop it, and it’s only a week later that people realized that you’re no longer in it. That’s the case with Wal-Mart, which pulled out of online video sales on December 21st with a short note to its customers on the Wal-Mart [...] |
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