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cellphones

BlackBerry Bold (aka 9000) Will Sync to iTunes

According to CNET, RIM is planning to ship the newly announced BlackBerry Bold (aka 9000) with some newfangled music capability that the folks at Apple may not be all that pleased with. The program in question has been dubbed "Blackberry Media Sync"—and it will make it possible to transfer music to the phone via iTunes. There has been no official word yet, but my guess is that Steve's reaction will be to bypass diplomacy and stomp on RIM Godzilla style. [CNET]

2:21 PM on Wed May 14 2008
By Sean Fallon
1,918 views, 25 comments

Latest by JohnAtkinson: Sounds like good news for Apple as a company and Blackberry users. Anyone know if you'll also be able to sync your podcasts to the blackberry as well? more »

apple

HBO Series Now Available in iTunes

It's confirmed: HBO has hit iTunes and now you can download The Wire, Rome, The Sopranos, Sex and the City, Deadwood (another season, please,) and what really makes it all worth it: Flight of the Conchords. Ladies (and gentlemen) of the World, rejoice. More »

3:49 AM on Tue May 13 2008
By Jesus Diaz
5,686 views, 47 comments

Latest by Maxwells_Nylon_Hammer: Cmon HBO, more seasons of Carnivale! more »

hbo on itunes

HBO Bringing Shows to iTunes!?

According to Portfolio, Apple and HBO will team up to offer HBO original programming on iTunes in the next couple of weeks, and HBO may receive variable pricing and/or a higher profit percentage for its shows than other content providers. This is huge, not only because it marks HBO's first big move into the online media market, but also because they've managed to strong-arm a notoriously stingy Apple into their own financial terms. More »

1:52 PM on Mon May 12 2008
By Adrian Covert
4,310 views, 34 comments

Latest by itchytooth: @Cashak: I guess you're right - the show would have been much funnier if Larry knew how to comb his hair. You're observations are astute. Neurosis has obviously stood in the way of many would-be comedy geniuses. more »

itunes

Could NBC and Apple be Preparing to Kiss and Make Up?

Could NBC's absence from the iTunes Store be coming to a close? It has already, at least in the UK, where NBC Universal shows such as Heroes, House and Eureka were added back to the store's offerings last week. More »

11:30 AM on Mon May 12 2008
By Adam Frucci
3,145 views, 73 comments

Latest by Arsenal6: why would they have house? house is fox... more »

riaa

RIAA Tech Chief: DRM Not Dead, Will Become More Powerful than You Can Possibly Imagine

As CNET points out, when Sony BMG became the last major label to sell DRM-free tracks, we pretty much declared DRM deader than HD DVD or Tony Stark if he got in a fight with Batman (at least for the music industry; movies are another story). But RIAA tech chief David Hughes told a panel yesterday that DRM is tech's Obi-Wan Kenobi: It's coming back and will be powerful than we can possibly imagine, but it won't be giving sage advice to budding Jedi. More »

7:00 PM on Thu May 8 2008
By matt buchanan
6,103 views, 40 comments

Latest by VENAT0R: a pirates life for me! more »

iphone

NBC Streaming Full Episodes of 30 Rock and the Office to iPhones (for Free, No Ads!)

Even though there's no love lost between NBC and iTunes, that doesn't mean NBC doesn't love you! At least if you've got an iPhone or iPod touch. They're streaming full episodes of 30 Rock and The Office to iPhones (and touches) in QuickTime, for free, with NO ads. They work, nicely, but the major catch is that if you exit Safari, you've gotta re-DL all over again, and the files are huge, so is this Wi-Fi only, really. This looks weird for NBC, but it's really not. More »

7:50 PM on Wed May 7 2008
By matt buchanan
16,557 views, 28 comments

Latest by alxx86: quality is shit compared to the BBC Stream more »

deals

Dealzmodo: Hitman on iTunes Unintentionally Free

We were among the 10 people to actually see this videogame-to-movie adaptation in the theaters, but now you can watch it for free in your own home thanks to a mis-price by iTunes. Just follow the instructions after the jump and you'll be able to download all 1.09 GB of bald gunplay for yourself, all for the price of a pat on the back. Even if you don't enjoy it, there is some boobage a couple times in the movie, which makes this deal groundbreaking—because where else can you see boobs on the internet? More »

7:40 PM on Wed May 7 2008
By Jason Chen
32,306 views, 89 comments

Latest by jackfrost132: @iamshimone: Well you know, other than pirating it from a torrent site or a direct download site. for you know.. Free. sure it's illegal, but you mention nothing of legalities, just freeness. I am pirate, her me ARRR. more »

nbc loves zune

NBC Coming To Zune After Ditching iTunes

While NBC decided that Apple's $1.99/episode mandate was not for them, the company has opted to give Microsoft's Zune store a shot to host their content. Apparently the decision comes because Microsoft is more flexible in their pricing. And while Microsoft still retains the right to set a show's ultimate price, they claim to be "open to understanding which episodes can be priced lower and how we may introduce premium content which may be priced higher than $1.99," according to Zune Social general manager Julio Estrada. But something tells me that NBC is more interested in that "premium content" than the lower priced stuff. [infoworld]

9:28 AM on Tue May 6 2008
By Mark Wilson
1,744 views, 36 comments

Latest by B: @Sam_Zebian: no, in fact the Zune is a huge smash hit! All those people sporting Zunes everywhere, all those iconic black earpieces, a great cultural phenomenon that redefines portable music. GREAT SUCCESS, like Borat says. more »

apple

iTunes to Carry Movies on DVD-Release Date

It seems that Apple is about to go nose-to-nose with Walmart in the playground. According to the Hollywood Reporter, the company is poised to announce a deal with a bunch of studios to sell new releases on iTunes the same day as the movies' release on DVD. More »

4:00 AM on Thu May 1 2008
By Addy Dugdale
1,556 views, 16 comments

software

iPhone Getting iTunes Remote Control App?

TUAW's tipsters tell it that, based on code found in the latest iPhone SDK beta, Apple's working on an app called iControl to hook up with iTunes libraries. Their guess is that it'll enable your iPhone to connect wirelessly to your iTunes and play back music, videos and podcasts (supposedly on the phone). That's interesting and all, but we're hoping it's more of an actual "controller", as specified in TUAW's headline and image. This way we can use the iPhone as a remote to adjust playback on our iTunes and Apple TVs. This is the one that makes sense to us. [TUAW]

1:00 PM on Sun Apr 27 2008
By Jason Chen
4,048 views, 14 comments

Latest by mixamillion: touchpad pro for my jailbroken iphone acts as a wireless remote with keyboard and remote control functions through vnc and screensharing on all my macs on my home wirless network. it's perfect for controlling itunes and youtube and hulu more »

magic

Visual Search Engine Coming to iPhone in June

Evolution Robotics ViPR visual search technology is coming to the iPhone this June. ViPR allows you to take a photo of any movie, CD or book, send it to a server, and automagically get an email back loaded with information and links pointing to YouTube videos or iTunes Music Store links. It will also be deployed in Japan on KDDI's au camera phones this Spring. As you will see in the iPhone demo after the jump, it works incredibly well, even when the object is partially occluded: More »

8:30 AM on Fri Apr 18 2008
By Jesus Diaz
21,604 views, 41 comments

Latest by Markii: eh eh... big in Japan *snikker* **snort** more »

itunes

NBC Wants iTunes to Block Pirated Content from iPods

NBC Universal Chief Digital Officer George Kliavkoff: "We'd love to be on iTunes. It has a great customer experience. We'd love to figure out a way to distribute our content on iTunes." Obviously NBC did, until they walked out. In order for them to come back, they want more money per show (still) to "reflect the full value of the product." And for iTunes to block you from loading pirated content onto your iPod. Sounds insane right? More »

8:00 PM on Wed Apr 16 2008
By matt buchanan
11,179 views, 78 comments

Latest by Guy-Fawkes: The proper term for DRM is Technology Users' Rights Denial Systems, or TURDS. Who in his rigth mind is going to buy a music player with TURDS in it? more »

itunes

Why Isn't Anyone Defecting from iTunes to Amazon's MP3 Store?

Number two digital music retailer Amazon was given DRM-free tracks from all four majors in the hope that it would be the first real rival to iTunes' total domination of music sales. But, on top of the fact Amazon's numbers drastically pale to iTunes' (we did ask for specifics, they wouldn't spill) NPD is reporting that a mere sliver—10 percent—of Amazon's users are iTunes defectors, even though all of its DRM-less tracks will play on the iPod (or anything else). Which means Amazon isn't poaching from Apple's ecosystem, so they're either grabbing your mom (unlikely) or people who mostly avoided iTunes in the first place. Given the long, bitter fight for DRM-free music, it's simply bizarre. So if you're still buying from iTunes, why haven't you switched? [Electronista]

8:50 PM on Tue Apr 15 2008
By matt buchanan
9,592 views, 185 comments

Latest by justinpe: @justrick: I agree to a certain extent, but, like I said, it is a non-issue for the vast majority of people who use iTunes. I have downloaded a few iTunes albums in my day, and have not had any issues personally, more »

iphone

Simplify Media Mobile For iPhone Lets You Stream iTunes Libraries Over Wi-Fi

Simplify Media's just released a new version of their Mobile suite for iPhone that lets you stream iTunes libraries from your friends across the internet. It works in much the same way the desktop version does. Load up Simplify Media on a desktop with a library that you want to share, then log into your Simplify Media Mobile on your iPhone (with Wi-Fi) and you can stream all of your and your friends' music back over the air. More »

5:10 PM on Wed Apr 9 2008
By Jason Chen
4,843 views, 15 comments

Latest by mricyfire: also...because of the remote winamp it makes me getting a 8gb or 16gb irrelevant because both ways I will have all my music more »

iphone

iPhone and iPod Touch Actually Support 720x576 Video Resolution

Officially, the iPhone and iPod touch support 640 by 480-pixel video running at up to 30 frames per second. But Ars Technica is reporting that it'll actually take 720x576-resy video churning at 25fps, which is the same resolution and frame rate that PAL (mostly Euro) DVDs run at. Obviously not all that useful if you're just catching flicks on your iPhone, but if you watch them on your computer too (like a rental), the higher res means less squinting on your big boy monitor. [Ars Technica]

9:15 PM on Mon Apr 7 2008
By matt buchanan
7,751 views, 20 comments

Latest by DurfDiggler: Oh, another reason I chose 720x405 is because the actual resolution of an ANAMORPHIC widescreen DVD is 720x480 (at 16x9). Anamorphic means it stretches the 720x480 to 852x480. 720x405 doesn't waste any space by stretching pixels, but you do lose more »

wal-mart

Wal-Mart MP3 Store Drops All DRM, But Only Half-Ass Opens

When we last compared Wal-Mart's MP3 store to Amazon's, only Universal and EMI had gone DRM-free, and Wal-Mart still stocked tunes locked down with Windows Media DRM. Now Wal-Mart's store is completely DRM-sanitized, but their saber rattling to Sony and Warner for DRM-less music has gone ignored, so they're not selling any tracks from those labels (outside of Neil Diamond). Topping it off, despite the platform-agnosticness of MP3, the store still only really works in Internet Exploder. Not a good spot for Wally World. More »

6:15 PM on Mon Apr 7 2008
By matt buchanan
2,232 views, 11 comments

Latest by adam_h: The title of this article is horribly worded. Keep the quality coming giz! more »

itunes

Apple Confirms #1 Music Retailer Status With Four Billion Songs Sold

Apple's just confirmed the morning's news on them being the number one music retailer in the US. The stuff to take away: four billion songs sold, six million songs in the catalog, the most music sold in January and February out of any retailer. Hit the jump if you want to see Apple gloat for themselves. More »

3:26 PM on Thu Apr 3 2008
By Jason Chen
4,626 views, 69 comments

apple

Ars: iTunes #1 Music Retailer in January (Debunkers Be Hanged)

Citing NPD data and internal Apple sources, Ars Technica declared iTunes the #1 music retailer in January, besting Wal-Mart for the first time, along with Best Buy, Amazon and others. Debunkers have claimed that this is only because of gift-card redemption but Ars' Eric Bangeman updated his piece, calling BS on the BS callers: More »

10:25 AM on Thu Apr 3 2008
By Wilson Rothman
4,783 views, 36 comments