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If you're not a member of the iTunes majority, you may not know that songs, television shows and movies purchased from Apple's iTunes store can only be played back on iPods, cellphones with iTunes software, or iTunes on a computer. Of course, if you aren't a member of the iTunes majority this limitation may be the very reason why you're...

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The two sides of the digital music sales market, the sellers and the buyers, each have a legitimate gripe with the market leader iTunes Music Store (And virtually every other legal alternative, save eMusic which only carries Indie labels). The music industry wants variable pricing, the customers want DRM-free files so they can play them on any MP3 player. According...

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Microsoft is billing its iPod-killing digital audio/video player the Zune as a social device. The only problem, no one's sharing. At least that's the conclusion one CNET News.com reporter came to when she loaded her Zune up with some music and hit the San Francisco streets to find someone to connect to. She found only one other Zune. When rumors...

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The Harmony remote is the Cadillac of universal remote controls. Logitech bought the company that made it, Intrigue Technologies back in 2004 for $29 million. Likewise, Slim Devices is the foremost producer of digital music networking equipment, and now Logitech has added Slim Devices to its stable of home electronics products. One important thing to note about Logitech's aquisition pattern...

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Why isn't Steve Jobs worried about the Zune? According to this story from Trusted Reviews, it's because Apple's next version of the iPod will blow it out of the water. The story, which quotes an unidentified executive who works for a company which works closely with Apple, the upcoming 6GB iPod which is set to be released in December will...

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We've come a long way since Lars Ulrich, the drummer from Metallica, spearheaded a movement to bring down illegal file-sharing through Napster. Napster has gone legit and struggled to gain a piece of the market Apple has dominated with iTunes. A la carte, paid downloads revolutionized the digital music movement. The circle seems to be nearly complete. Today, SpiralFrog announced...

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If you were wondering how Microsoft could possibly bring their first digital audio player to market in time for the holiday season the answer is simple: they couldn't. Instead, Microsoft will have Toshiba manufacture a souped-up version of the Gigabeat, and put the Microsoft name on it. Microsoft will take over manufacturing of the device after the holiday season launch....

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BetaNews is reporting that Microsoft will get its iPod competitor to market some time in October, in plenty of time for the holiday shopping season, and probably before Apple makes any updates to the full-size iPod. Since the rumor was first circulated, details and names have leaked out (or been made up). According to BetaNews the Zune will be a...

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Hilary Rosen may be the Johnny Damon of the music world. Damon, formerly the center fielder for the Boston Red Sox took the money and ran to the arch-rival New York Yankees, a move met with hatred in Boston and skepticism in New York. Rosen went from being chief of the Recording Industry Association of America, to consulting for XM...

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If your eyesight is suffering from reading the iPod's tiny screen, Steve Jobs and company may just have a remedy for you. According to this article from The Scotsman, Apple has filed a patent which they speculate will allow the company to include voice technology in the next generation iPods. The bottom line: the iPod will tell you what track...

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