Ah, boo hoo....

Quoted: NBC Universal and Apple were unable to come to an agreement on pricing, leading to the a withdrawal that highlights escalating tensions between Apple and media companies.

Very cool site... great for finding direct URLs to media. Way better than using a Torrent.

Quoted: SeeqPod is a totally different breed of search and discovery technology provider, because we believe that one day, everything will be 'playable'. Hence we have embraced the term 'Playable Search'.

Love this...

Quoted: Finally, for the graphic designers among us. Enjoy a two minute and thirty-six second rock rendition of that client request you've heard time and again...

Are you an Elitist?

Quoted: The Xbox 360 has gone Elite, as Microsoft launched yesterday the high-end version of its video game console. With a larger storage capacity, a sleek matte-black look and a high-definition video port, the Xbox 360 Elite will retail for $479.

In general, (Gartenberg) said he found the Elite to be "a nice evolution for the console. It adds HDMI and a larger hard drive," which supports the console's growing profile as a hub for entertainment beyond games. "If you look at the whole Xbox line," he said, "it's laid out pretty well, from low to high."

EMI announced they'd sell songs without DRM. If the other big 3 content companies follow suite, does this ultimately mean that Microsoft's "billion dollar" investment in DRM was for nothing?

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"By the beginning of 2003, the entire music industry was on the brink of disaster... Then in rode Steve Jobs to the rescue."

"...the underground is still alive and stronger than ever: For all of the success of iTunes, its downloads represent just 3% of the total songs on an average iPod."

"...trying to solve the problem by simply sharing Apple's "FairPlay" DRM code with competitors like Microsoft and Sony, would inevitably lead to leaks of secrets and armies of hackers cracking the code -- and an even bigger black market. No, Mr. Jobs argued, the only real solution was to just abandon DRM altogether as an artifact of another time and let the MP3 industry players fight it out amongst themselves and together against the underground."

"By all appearances, the Big Four, which control 70% of the world's music, were unmoved by Mr. Jobs's appeal. And then, last week, a breakthrough: Apple announced that it had reached agreement with Britain's EMI to sell the latter's music archives (which includes the Beatles) without DRM. Thirty cents more, but twice the sound quality -- the first mass-market improvement in music fidelity since the death of the LP. A fair exchange. Good for EMI."

"Is this a turning point in the story of digital music?"

Historically Apple gains tremendous momentum in an area but inevitably gets pulled back down... due to arrogance, it's insular business model and competitive dissolution.

Quoted: Is Apple the New Evil Empire?

It's kinda' refreshing to see some negative press about Apple and Open Source

Quoted: For iTunes hacker, the freedom of the open code | Jon Lech Johansen's Web site, So Sue Me, reflects the famed hacker's philosophy. Now he's up against Apple. | November 24, 2006, 6:00 AM PT | Vyvyan Tenorio