techlime.com - 12/9/2008
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We can’t count the number of times we’ve heard from one random source or another that Apple was about to pull the trigger on a subscription-based / 100% DRM -free music service, and given how those have worked out in the past, we’d highly recommend taking this one with a ...
Changes Coming to the iTunes Store
apple.com 1/6/2009 — SAN FRANCISCO January 6, 2009 Apple today announced several changes to the iTunes Store ( www.itunes.com ). Beginning today, all four major music labels Universal Music Group, Sony BMG, Warner Music Group and EMI, along with thousands of independent ...
iTunes to Go DRM-Free: Report
technologyexpert.blogspot.com 1/6/2009 — Reports from two different media outlets indicate that iTunes is going to expand its offering of DRM-free music to all four major music labels, and that an announcement will be forthcoming this week (possibly / probably during today's keynote). ...
Waiting for a DRM-Free iTunes
technologyexpert.blogspot.com 12/9/2008 — There are Apple rumors that never seem to die, amd a DRM-free iTunes is one of them. According to French site Electron Libre , Apple is set to add DRM-free music from Sony BMG, Warner Music, and Universal Music to its catalog, starting Tuesday. EMI ...
Rumor: Apple's iTunes going DRM-free starting Tuesday [u]
appleinsider.com 12/9/2008 — Aidan Malley Published: 06:35 PM EST Apple is believed to be on the verge of an end-of-year push that would start by finally offering unprotected iTunes Store music from all major labels and would switch a special post-holiday campaign giving away ...
Sources: Apple to expand DRM-free music, new pricing
news.cnet.com 1/6/2009 —
Apple has cut deals that will finally enable iTunes to offer songs free of copy protection software from the three largest music labels, according to two sources close to the negotiations. In exchange, Apple has agreed to become more flexible on ...
iTunes DRM-free upgrades are now available track-by-track
techreport.com 1/29/2009 — Apple has quietly updated its DRM upgrade policy on iTunes. According to iLounge, folks wishing to strip digital rights management protection from their songs no longer have to convert their entire music librarythey can now do it track by ...
Apple Adds Still More DRM to iPod Shuffle
eff.org 3/14/2009 — Even as it attacks DRM on music, Apple is continuing to add more DRM to its own hardware (we recently documented all of Apple's various hardware DRM restrictions). The latest example is the new iPod Shuffle . According to the careful reviewers at ...
Unibody MacBook Pro, DRM-less iTunes Highlight Macworld Keynote
technologyexpert.blogspot.com 1/6/2009 — Those who said that the absence of Steve Jobs at Macworld would mean less spectacular announcements were so wrong. The rumors of the unibody MacBook Pro and the DRM-less iTunes were made reality on Tuesday. As announced, Apple's Phil Schiller, ...
iTunes Plus Upgrades Now Available À La Carte
technologyexpert.blogspot.com 1/29/2009 — At this year's Macworld, Apple announced iTunes was (finally) going DRM-less. However, if you wanted to remove the DRM from your pre-existing iTunes library, it was all or nothing. Proving that they do listen , Apple has changed things, and you can ...
Sony joins job-cutting frenzy —
Home - THE INQUIRER 12/9/2008
Paul Hales the Inquirer , Tuesday 9 December 2008. 06:25:00 Axes 8,000 CONSUMER ELECTRONICS GIANT Sony said it will axe 8,000 jobs, "in response to the sudden and rapid changes in the global economic environment." The job cuts are part of a ...
Sony to lay off 8,000 —
CNET News - Business Tech 12/9/2008
Sony will lay off 8,000 workers in its electronics business worldwide as part of a broader plan to trim expenses and tighten its focus in a difficult financial climate, the company said Tuesday.
Sony, which currently has a global workforce of ...
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