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• This Bird Has Flown: Norwegian Radio Pulls Beatles Tracks On Legal Slip-Up

  Content Next - 2009-01-07

  We knew it was too crafty to be true - Norwegian public radio network NRK, which on Monday began giving away The Beatles' entire back catalogue as podcast downloads, last night pulled the endeavour after realising the whole thing is probably illegal. The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry...

  Tags: IFPI, Agreement, Beatles, Podcasts, Internet, Robert Andrews, Apple Inc.

• Stocks in Biggest Fall in a Month on Jobs and Tech

  Reuters - 2009-01-07

  By Chuck MikolajczakNEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks suffered their worst decline in more than a month on Wednesday after a grim private-sector jobs report coupled with a revenue warning from top chip maker Intel Corp INTC revived deep concerns about the economy.Energy shares slid after data showed an abundance of...

  Tags: Job, Stock, Nasdaq Stock Market Inc., Intel Corp., Alcoa Inc., Apple Inc., Barack Obama, Chevron Corp., Exxon Mobil Corp., Goldman Sachs & Co., Microsoft Corp., Morgan Stanley, S&P 500, Time Warner Inc., US

• New iPhones for 2009?

  Seeking Alpha - 2009-01-07

  FP Trading Desk submits: Consumers, analysts and investors are salivating at the possibility of Apple Inc. AAPL launching new versions of the uber-popular iPhone in 2009. While nothing is expected on this front from the Macworld expo this week, rumours are floating around that AT&T T will soon offer...

  Tags: Gadgets, FP Trading Desk, Apple Inc., AT&T Corp.

• Apple Drops DRM from iTunes Music; What We Really Need Are DRM Free Videos

  Seeking Alpha - 2009-01-07

  Dan Rayburn submits: Yesterday, Apple AAPL announced at Macworld that by the end of the first quarter, all songs in its catalog will be DRM free. While that's nice, but not really that big of a deal, the real question is when DRM free videos will be made available?...

  Tags: Gadgets, Internet, Dan Rayburn, Apple Inc.

• Irreplaceable Jobs?

  BNET - 2009-01-07

    Steve Jobs privacy's come at some cost. But if Apple is concerned that its share price rises and falls with the weight of its founder, it's taken a while to show it. The cause of Jobs's dwindling weight has fuelled rumours for over...

  Tags: Steve Jobs, Apple Inc., CEO, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Financial Accounting, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Finance, Joanna Higgins

• Apple?s Lowered Expectations Pay Off

  Seeking Alpha - 2009-01-07

  Jason Kincaid submits: Tuesday’s keynote presentation by Phil Schiller has been widely regarded as a relatively lackluster affair. That isn’t to say it went badly - I’m genuinely excited about some of the new software updates. But the Macworld keynote in years past has been home to...

  Tags: Hardware, Jason Kincaid, Apple Inc.

• DRM May Be Dead, But It's Still Going to Cost You

  Seeking Alpha - 2009-01-07

  Erick Schonfeld submits: Nearly two years ago, Steve Jobs published an open letter to the music industry calling for the death of DRM digital rights management. He convinced EMI to ditch DRM back in April, 2007, but the three other major music labels held out. Until Wednesday....

  Tags: Media, Erick Schonfeld, Apple Inc.

• Apple: There's Still Upside, Near-Term Unclear

  Seeking Alpha - 2009-01-07

  Kirk Shinkle submits: Yesterday was a good day for Apple AAPL with the annual Macworld Expo in full swing, but does the hype overshadow consumer weakness and questions about first-half guidance? Analysts predict a modest boost from a round of new of Macs and a peek at Snow Leopard,...

  Tags: Hardware, Gadgets, Kirk Shinkle, Apple Inc.

• Apple Skips Zinc in New Notebook Batteries

  Seeking Alpha - 2009-01-07

  Greentech Media submits: By Michael Kanellos Well, here’s a surprise. by Greentech Media

  Tags: Hardware, Greentech Media, Apple Inc., Sony Corp.

• MacRumorsLive Hacked: Pranksters Post Inanity

  Content Next - 2009-01-06

  Britney Spears wasn't safe. Neither were Barack Obama and Bill O'Reilly. The latest to be hacked is popular Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) news site MacRumorsLive.com, on the day of Macworld Expo, no less. At around 9:30 this morning, pranksters hacked into the live updates, saying "Steve Jobs just died," among...

  Tags: Barack Obama, Prankster, Britney Spears, Twitter, Blogging, Hacking, Internet, Security, Companies, Apple, Amanda Natividad, Apple Inc.

• Apple Allowing iPhone Users To Buy Songs Over 3G Network

  Content Next - 2009-01-06

  At its last Macworld Expo, Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) made several announcements regarding DRM-free songs, updates to the iLife suite and a new battery for the MacBook Pro. Marketing VP Phil Schiller, taking Steve Jobs' traditional keynote spot, also said Apple is extending the ability to buy iTunes songs wirelessly...

  Tags: Apple iPhone, Network, 3G Network, Apple Inc., Apple iTunes, Digital Rights Management (DRM), Digital Media, Digital Music, Cellular Phones, Wireless, Security, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Companies, Apple, Entertainment, Mobile Music, Technologies, 3G Etc, Conferences, Macworld, Robert Andrews

• Does Apple Music Deal Mean Labels Are Learning?

  BNET - 2009-01-06

  At its last MacWorld, Apple announced new lower pricing on some music in its iTunes store – and an end to digital rights management DRM on all tracks. Forget about the state of Steve Jobs or who gave the keynote address. This is real news, as it is yet another...

  Tags: Apple Inc., Music, Blanchette, Erik Sherman

• Apple To Drop DRM, Hike Prices For Major-Label Songs?

  Content Next - 2009-01-06

  The hot rumor for the biggest announcement of Apple's final MacWorld Expo today says DRM protection will be dropped from iTunes Store music downloads. EMI already began offering higher-fidelity, DRM-free AAC files back in May 2007, after Steve Jobs said Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) would "embrace (DRM-free) in a heartbeat...

  Tags: Digital-rights Management, Apple Inc., Digital Rights Management (DRM), Digital Media, Security, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Companies, Apple, Entertainment, Music, Robert Andrews, Sony Corp.

• Apple Plans for iTunes: Signs of Retreat?

  Portfolio.com - 2009-01-06

  Steve Jobs may not be at Macworld this week, but that doesn't mean Apple didn't hope to make a splash in other ways. In addition to releasing new versions of iLive and iWork, the company also announced radical changes to iTunes, including a new pricing structure and changes to...

  Tags: Digital-rights Management, Apple Inc., Apple iTunes, Digital Rights Management (DRM), Digital Media, Digital Music, Security, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, The Technology Industry, Laura Rich

• The Mysterious Steve Jobs

  Seeking Alpha - 2009-01-06

  Rick Newman submits: Forget about Apple's AAPL P-E ratio. If you want to know whether to buy or sell Apple shares, just gauge whether CEO Steve Jobs look gaunt or well-fed. It's worth asking if there has ever been another major publicly traded company whose stock rose or fell...

  Tags: Hardware, Rick Newman, Apple Inc.

• iTunes Breaks 6 Billion, DRM is Dead

  Seeking Alpha - 2009-01-06

  Erick Schonfeld submits: It’s an annual tradition. Every year at Macworld, Apple AAPL releases a smattering of stats that gives a peek at how its business is doing. At this year’s Philnote Phil Schiller gave the speech instead of Steve Jobs, which was Apple’s last Macworld appearance,...

  Tags: Media, Erick Schonfeld, Apple Inc.

• Apple Introduces iPhoto Faces and Places

  Seeking Alpha - 2009-01-06

  Erick Schonfeld submits: Apple’s AAPL Phil Schiller announced at the Steveless keynote at Macworld today CrunchGear is liveblogging it that a new version of iPhoto will include facial recognition software. The feature, called Faces, lets you put a name to face, then it tries to find other...

  Tags: Software, Erick Schonfeld, Apple Inc.

• Coming Soon From Sling: Watch Cable TV on Your iPhone

  Seeking Alpha - 2009-01-06

  Jason Kincaid submits: Sling Media, the company behind the popular and very cool settop boxes that allow you to stream cable from your house to your computer, looks like it has outdone itself. At this week’s Macworld the company will be showing off its upcoming iPhone application,...

  Tags: Media, Jason Kincaid, Apple Inc.

• Apple Upgraded by Oppenheimer Seeing No Unplanned Leadership Change

  Seeking Alpha - 2009-01-06

  Eric Savitz (Barron's) submits: Oppenheimer analyst Yair Reiner Tuesday morning upgraded Apple AAPL to Outpeform from Perform, citing Monday’s disclosures on the health of CEO Steve Jobs. “While the letters from Jobs and Apple’s board raise more questions than they answer,” he writes, “they allay the central concern we...

  Tags: Hardware, Eric Savitz, Apple Inc.

• SlingPlayer For IPhone Due In Q1

  Content Next - 2009-01-06

  Sling Media has announced that the SlingPlayer Mobile for iPhone application it has been developing since June will be delivered to Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) for certification in the first quarter of this year. It's to be sold via the iTunes store, probably for around the same price as its...

  Tags: Apple iPhone, Sling Media, 3G, Digital Music, Digital Media, Wireless LANs, Wireless, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Companies, Apple, Entertainment, Mobile Video, Mobile TV, Conferences, Macworld, James Quintana Pearce, Apple Inc.

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