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Okay, this is literally a yesterday news.
Slayer wins Grammy Awards for their song “Eyes of The Insane”. It’s not the best song off “Christ Illusion” but it’s SLAYER!!!!!!!
iTune Store has the 49th Grammy Awards page, but Slayer is nowhere to be found there. Slayer’s “Christ Illusion” is available for purchase at iTunes Store, but it’s not on that list?
http://newmusic.itunes.com/redir/1119786/WINNERS/33156d8000faf1766c000463163124d0
Steve Jobs, the founder and CEO of Apple Inc. has posted an open letter at Apple site talking about music industry, digital distributions and DRM. Jobs explores the possibilities of the future of music industry on the digital forefront. They are:
Jobs points out that overwhelming majority of music sold are DRM-free in the form of Compact Disc. All portable digital music players can play all the DRM-free music. DRMs have not worked the way the big record label wanted it.
Read it more at Apple Hot News:
http://www.apple.com/hotnews/thoughtsonmusic/
Recently Apple iTunes Store and FairPlay DRM have been deemed as illegal in Norway, France and Germany. It is only a matter of time for other countryies to follow suit. Steve Jobs is directly addressing this issue and show the willingness of Apple to abolish DRM from iTunes Store should the record companies agree to do so.
I want the music I purchased to be DRM-Free!
Apple Inc. didn’t announce anything during the SuperBowl regarding the iPod, iTunes and The Beatles. Today, Apple Inc. and Apple Corps Ltd. announce a new agreement regarding the “apple” trademark. Based on the press release, Apple Inc. gains control over the trademark and consequently ends the trademark dispute with Apple Corps Ltd.
From Apple Press Release:
Under this new agreement, Apple Inc. will own all of the trademarks related to “Apple” and will license certain of those trademarks back to Apple Corps for their continued use. In addition, the ongoing trademark lawsuit between the companies will end, with each party bearing its own legal costs, and Apple Inc. will continue using its name and logos on iTunes®. The terms of settlement are confidential.
It’s only about time for The Beatles catalogue to be sold on the iTunes Store.
There have been reports regarding problems with iTunes and Windows Vista. Now that Windows Vista is released, Apple is addressing such issue.
iTunes Repair Tool for Vista 1.0
About iTunes Repair Tool for Vista 1.0
The iTunes Repair Tool for Vista 1.0 will repair permissions for important files required by iTunes to play your iTunes Store purchases.
About iTunes and Windows Vista: http://www.info.apple.com/kbnum/n305042
Apple offers some informations regarding iTunes installations on computers with Vista upgrade and new computers with Vista pre-installed.
Apple also mentions that new updated version on iTunes is on the way.
I was looking for an Intel motherboard drivers, and I saw AppleTV page on Intel Website.
As reported, Apple adds color to the iPod shuffle line. There are four additional colors iPod shuffle in addition to silver, they are: pink, green, blue, and orange.
http://www.apple.com/ipodshuffle/
iPod shuffle @ Apple Store
AppleInsider is reporting one interesting tidbit about Apple iPhone. Apple Insider is quoting CNBC analyst Jim Cramer that Cingular/AT&T would give 18 months of service for free with the purchase of Apple iPhone to lure Verizon Wireless customers.
From Jim Cramer’s TheStreet.com article:
Cramer said AT&T is one of the most interesting stories coming out of the tech period. In its call, the company made it very clear that it’s going to use Apple’s iPhone to get customers from Verizon Wireless by giving away its service for a year and a half to those customers who buy the phone.
Verizon Wireless customers only? What about Cingular customers? I already have service with Cingular. I WANT MY FREE SERVICE!
I can only hope that Scott Bourne is right. Bourne mentioned in MacBreak Weekly 26 he heard some rumors that the price for the Apple iPhone would include some service.
You can listen to MacBreak Weekly 26 at time-marker 27:25 for Scott Bourne’s comments.
I know this is somewhat a wishful thinking on my part. Should it be true, this would certainly drive up Apple iPhone adoption rate. I hope that Cingular would at least give the data service for free or at a severely discounted rate.
One could only hope – but it sounds too good to be true!