0
  | News: New Apple MacBooks enforce HDCP protection for iTunes videos Found at 11/18/2008 via www.ilounge.com
Some owners of Apple?s latest MacBook and MacBook Pro computers are reporting that certain iTunes Store-purchased videos will no longer play through their external displays, producing an error message blaming the displays? lack of HDCP protection. HDCP, or High Definition Content Protection, is an Intel-developed form of copy protection that prevents copying of digital audio and video content ... More...
0 comments | blog this | email this |
0
| MacBooks Enter a Golden Age of Anti-piracy Cruft: HDCP For All Found at 11/18/2008 via www.crunchgear.com
It has come to pass that HDCP - High-Bandwidth Digital Content Protection (or, in this case, DisplayPort Content Protection) - is now built into the new MacBooks to protect iTunes Store media. Most of the content is not protected but it seems some newer videos are, which means you can't play them over a non-HDCP compliant TV or monitor. While many of us just use the screen or iPods to watch ... More...
0 comments | blog this | email this |
0
| Apple iTunes content throwing HDCP flags on new MacBook / MacBook Pro Found at 11/18/2008 via www.engadget.com
Filed under: Gaming , HDTV , Home Entertainment , Laptops Man, you just can't win these days. So Apple offers up an energy-efficient, forward-thinking Mini DisplayPort on its latest MacBook / MacBook Pro , and now users that are still rocking displays sans HDCP -compliant HDMI / DVI ports are up fecal's creek without a paddle. Apparently select content in the iTunes Store is ... More...
0 comments | blog this | email this |
0
| New MacBooks Have HDCP, Gives iTunes Purchases Less Freedom [HDCP Sucks] Found at 11/18/2008 via gizmodo.com
High Definition Content Protection?the annoying DRM-y thing that's supposed to stop people from copying hi-def stuff as it travels over a card-display connector? has apparently, and... More...
0 comments | blog this | email this |
0
| Free Guns N' Roses Download With Preorder Found at 11/16/2008 via www.antimusic.com
A top story from this week. At this point, you probably don't need any more reasons to buy Guns N' Roses' Chinese Democracy. But the folks at Best Buy, iTunes and Napster are giving you one anyway: free music. More...
0 comments | blog this | email this |
0
| MvixBOX 2-bay NAS Server Giveaway! Found at 11/15/2008 via www.overclockersclub.com
MvixUSA is sponsoring a giveaway contest for OCC members featuring its just-released MvixBOX high performance 2-bay NAS server. Besides offering the capability of storing up to 3TB of data for all your important files, the MvixBOX also acts as a media server and can interact with media players including Apple iTunes clients, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 consoles. But wait, there's more! The ... More...
0 comments | blog this | email this |
0
| Taylor Swift Launches New CD, Fearless, With #1 Single, iTunes #1 Album, BMI Song of the Year Award, and Massive ... Found at 11/12/2008 via biz.yahoo.com
Taylor Swift's highly-anticipated sophomore album, Fearless, arrived in stores yesterday, and the collection's lead single, "Love Story," this week is in the #1 position atop both the Billboard and Mediabase/Country Aircheck country radio charts, reaching a weekly radio audience of more than 40 million listeners. More...
0 comments | blog this | email this |
0
| YouTube film service unlikely to be as profitable as iTunes Found at 11/12/2008 via news.yahoo.com
If YouTube and Hulu are to become Web movie houses, will they be the online equivalents of those gleaming multiplexes where all the latest releases appear? Or will they be the revival houses that screen only outdated flicks? More...
0 comments | blog this | email this |
0
| YouTube film service unlikely to be as profitable as iTunes Found at 11/12/2008 via news.cnet.com
A respected Hollywood researcher predicts that paid services such as iTunes will win the public's favor over ad-supported businesses such as YouTube and Hulu. More...
0 comments | blog this | email this |
0
| Live Nation, which has been on a tear recently with major artist signings and its own ticketing system that will soon ... Found at 11/11/2008 via www.allaboutjazz.com
Rather than an iTunes-style database, Live Nation's MP3 store will route fans to artist pages somewhat similar to the ones found on MySpace. More...
0 comments | blog this | email this |
0
| Free Guns N' Roses Download With Preorder Found at 11/11/2008 via www.antimusic.com
At this point, you probably don't need any more reasons to buy Guns N' Roses' Chinese Democracy. But the folks at Best Buy, iTunes and Napster are giving you one anyway: free music. More...
0 comments | blog this | email this |
0
| MacDailyNews - Where Mac news comes first Found at 11/10/2008 via www.macdailynews.com
"Apple has responded to the Norwegian Consumer Ombudsman's plan to bring an iTunes case before the country's Market Council, but Apple's answer hasn't impressed the official. He now expects the case to go before the council in March or April next year," Mikael Ricknas reports for IDG News Service. More...
0 comments | blog this | email this |
0
| How To: Max Out Apple TV's Potential With Boxee [How To] Found at 11/10/2008 via gizmodo.com
This is a guide that, if followed, will unchain your Apple TV from its cruel iTunes tether, turning it into the useful living room conduit of music, video and web-based content it should have been... More...
0 comments | blog this | email this |
0
| Sony To Bring DRM-Free Music to iTunes, Says Rumor [Drm] Found at 11/10/2008 via gizmodo.com
Word is that Sony is going to be joining EMI in Apple's iTunes Plus. That's the extra-cost, higher-MP3-quality DRM-free option in iTunes. EMI's currently the only major label in iTunes Plus, so the... More...
0 comments | blog this | email this |
0
| Lossless compression aims to give you the best of both worlds a not-so-heavy file with no quality degradation. With ... Found at 11/10/2008 via www.indiainfoline.com
Just recently, a friend bought a Creative Zen Stone portable music player. It looked good, sounded good and could store up to 2 GB of music and data. It was only when she downloaded music from iTunes that she realised she couldn't play the songs because the player didn't accept the audio format. More...
0 comments | blog this | email this |
