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DRM-free iTunesBy the end of March all songs downloaded from iTunes will come free of DRM (digital rights management). The announcement came at the final Macworld keynote from Apple where it was the highlight of a fairly run of the mill speech from Marketing VP, Phil Schiller. Windows 7 to be less power-hungry than VistaIt’s fair to say that Windows Vista has not been universally popular. In fact, for a lot of industry commentators, Vista-bashing has become a favourite bloodsport. One of the main complaints about vista is that it simply takes up too much space, is too much of a drain on the middle of the roads systems that most people run. Music Industry changing its Approach to PiracyIt appears that the music industry is beginning to see that it can’t simply sue its way out of the piracy issue. The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) have decided not to pursue a raft of new lawsuits against online file sharers, the move marks an industry wide shift in tactics from tackling down-loaders and file sharers head on with litigation to one more focused on education and innovation. The Netbook RevolutionThe recession hasn’t been bad for everyone. Makers of Netbooks, the new range of dirt cheap laptops have been raking in the money as people jump at the chance to own a compact and perfectly decent computer for between $300 and $500 dollars. Blackberry in a spot of botherJust as Palm gears up to launch what by all accounts is a fairly impressive new SmartPhone, another runs into trouble. Orange are believed to be on the verge of removing the Blackberry Bold from its range, due to persistent issues. Lenovo to produce Dual-Screen ThinkpadLenovo are to release the world’s first dual-screen laptop computer. The machine boasts both a 17 inch main screen and a slide out display, the idea is to duplicate the benefits of a dual screen desktop PC in a laptop. Details of new Palm DeviceOver the past few months we’ve been telling you all about the imminent arrival of Palm into the SmartPhone market. Palm are essentially betting the survival of the company as we know it on their new device which will be premiering at the upcoming Consumer Electronics Show. Up to now the reporting on this has been pretty much all conjecture, but now we’re finally in a position to reveal some actual details. LG to release new line of Broadband TelevisionsFor years now media types and Internet gurus alike have been telling anyone who’ll listen about how the competition between Internet and TV is irrelevant, that we’re heading for ‘synergy’ between the two mediums and soon they will be practically indecipherable. Well, that dream came a step closer to fruition today with the announcement that major TV manufacturer LG, is to produce a line of TVs that can receive and play Internet video as well as traditional digital signals. How Chrome is going to beat IE (Part 2)The majority of IE defectors (about 66% says TG daily) go to Firefox. This is because the browser enjoys strong brand recognition and is known as the browser of choice for the clued up surfer. Whether this is true or not is another thing, though the perception is there. How Chrome is going to beat IE (Part 1)We always knew that 2009 was going to be the year that the browser war kicked off in earnest, and with 09 not even a week old the opening shots have been fired. Well, actually the first punch from Google was landed in the final days of last year, though the effects may prove to dominate the browser debate this year and beyond. |
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