Yesterday I wrote about Universal CEO Doug Morris and how he claims all the mistakes the major labels have made (and are making) in regards to digital downloads are only because they “just didn’t know what to do”.
Universal CEO Scares Me: Part II.
Wednesday, 28 November 2007
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Universal CEO Tries Being Candid and Scares Me.
Tuesday, 27 November 2007
I’ve written numerous posts about Universal’s stupidity regarding their moves in relation to digital downloads and sales. Not only their actions to prop up the unworkable music subscription model, but also those designed to damage Apple’s iTunes store even at the expense of selling more of Universal’s own product.
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Your Apple Addiction: Scientifically Measured.
Monday, 26 November 2007
Well, it’s not really scientific, but thanks to My 2 Cents 4 the Day for pointing out a quiz that measures how addicted you are to Apple.
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Thurrott Thinks the Old Brown Zune 30 is Suddenly Great.
Saturday, 24 November 2007
Paul Thurrott believes shoppers think the year-old Zune 30 (you know, the huge, brown, Boat Anchor one) is suddenly a great MP3 player.
Paul uses an article by Macworld as an excuse to drool all over the “success” of the closeout brown Boat Anchor 30 (BA30) Zune being #1 on Amazon’s MP3 player list (it’s given away for $172). The black BA30 is also cheap, but even with a better color the extra $25 is too much, so it’s at #10 — behind five iPods.
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The Bubble Bursts? Apple and Burst.com Settle For $10M.
Saturday, 24 November 2007
Apple and Burst.com have settled their lawsuit for $10M. After legal fees this leaves Burst with roughly $4.6M. Pretty much walking around money. While some speculation for possible damages foolishly ran into many hundreds of millions, certainly no one thought it would go or a lousy $10M.
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Spiral Frog in Death Spiral.
Wednesday, 21 November 2007
A couple months ago I wrote about yet another subscription model which, naturally, Universal was backing. Well, let’s see how the Spiral Frog effort is doing, shall we? Well, Read/Write web says this:
“SprialFrog, the big music industry’s experiment with free music downloads, is bleeding money and considering hiring bloggers to improve their public profile.”
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Apple iPod vs. Amazon Kindle: An Examination of Lock-In.
Wednesday, 21 November 2007
I have to admit I was intrigued by the idea of the Kindle, and awaited details anxiously. Now that the details are well known, it’s hard for me to look on the device with any enthusiasm.
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The Trials and Tribulations of iWeb and .Mac Hosting.
Monday, 19 November 2007
[UPDATE:] For all the reasons articulated below, I ultimately left iWeb/.Mac hosting and moved my blog to its new home here at WordPress.
Nearly three months ago I switched from using Blogger to iWeb and .Mac for my blog. Overall I’m happy with my experiences, but there are some gripes I’d like to point out here.
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Dell’s New All-In-One PC vs. Apple’s iMac.
Friday, 16 November 2007
While technically not available until Monday, 11/19, you can actually pre-order Dell’s new XPS ONE PC now for shipping later this month. Gateway’s latest AIO machine is also called the One, so I wonder why Dell used the same name. Will Gateway sue? Can they? Would they even care? I didn’t write up Gateway’s machine because, frankly, it’s unimpressive. Only a 19” screen, weaker processors by iMac standards and too expensive for what you get.
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No, Apple Should Not License Mac OS X For PCs.
Friday, 16 November 2007
In a ZDNet article, David Berlind ponders whether Apple is getting dragged into licensing Mac OS X. After describing the hacking of OS X to install on various PC platforms and the popularity of it even in the face of Apple’s official position (he also includes the hacking of the iPhone), Berlind wonders:
“Back to OS X, perhaps its time for Apple to reconsider its Apple-hardware-only policy and once again look into licensing OS X. Clearly, now that the switch to the Intel platform is well behind us, and given the the success that hackers are having at “porting” the OS, there are no technical barriers.”
Nonsense.
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