Sources: Apple to expand DRM-free music, new pricing (flag)

news.cnet.com — 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 pricing, the sources ...

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The Tech Report: News — Tuesday Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 2:50 AM on January 6, 2009 Tuesday BBC reports America's first CTO to be named New Comcast throttling system 100% online C|Net cites sources: Apple to expand DRM-free music, new pricing JVC unveils 32" LCD TV only 7mm thick OCWorkBench claims to have Nvidia GeForce GTX 285 and 295 launch dates Fudzilla reports Asus and XFX GTX 285 and 295 listed Newegg offers GeForce GTX 280 price cuts Symwave and Seagate demonstrate world's first USB 3.0 storage solution C|Net reports new ...

Last Minute Macworld 2009 Rumors and Predictions
I4U News — ... as much as possible. On the hardware side I am not sure if we see that much new stuff as Apple is changing into a full own event driven mode in 2009. Still, I imagine that Apple is really going to announce a new iMac, 17 inch unibody MacBook Pro and a new Mac mini as these should have been updated already in last fall. A new rumor talks about Apple expanding their DRM free music offering according to CNet . This would be a nice move giving consumers more flexibility on where to play purchased music. Another last minute rumor hopes for a ...

Macworld Guessing: iPhone Tethering, iTunes Goes DRM-Free
Today @ PC World — ... around the Macworld Expo this week, say that Apple will announce a 5GB data cap, $30-a-month (on top of your existing AT&T iPhone price plan) iPhone-as-modem feature, so that users can connect from their laptops to the Internet via their iPhone. The expected price plan could be quite expensive on top of the usual iPhone data plan, however, it is cheaper than an EV-DO or HSDPA card plan, usually around $60-a-month. In related news, it is also rumored that Apple will offer all songs from the ...

iTunes to Go DRM-Free: Report
Tech-Ex — ... 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). Apple has offered DRM-free music from EMI for more than a year, though in unprotected AAC format, rather than the more widely accepted MP3 format. This deal would expand that offering to include Universal Music Group, Sony BMG, and Warner Music Group. According to C|Net (and confirmed by All Things Digital) the deal is done, but with the deal comes ...