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 Gets DRM Free, New Prices, Purchase Over 3G [Macworld 2009]
i.gizmodo.com 1/6/2009 — iTunes is going DRM free and breaking their single-price rule with three points: .69 cents, .99 cents, and $1.29. Not surprised, given the pressure from other music stores. The iPhone will allow 3G downloads too. The new prices will come on April ...

Is iTunes Going DRM-Free?
mashable.com 12/9/2008 — AppleInsider just published a tip they picked up from French technology site ElctronLibre that “asserts that it’s now “clear” Apple will spark new interest in its music store by removing DRM from tracks published by Sony, ...

iTunes Plus: Now With Social DRM
appscout.com 1/13/2009 — You didn't really expect Apple to completely remove DRM from its iTunes store with the introduction of iTunes Plus, did you? The company did, in fact, pull of those copy protections prohibiting you from moving the files between an unlimited number ...

iTunes goes DRM Free
geardiary.com 2/16/2009 — This isn’t new news to anyone, but its significant in that most everyone will be able to get DRM free music out of iTunes. Ever since the dawn of iTunes, music has been tied to your Apple ID, and not playable on anything other than an authorized computer and a connected iPod (be it a Shuffle, ...

iTunes Music Store Finally Drops DRM, Adds New Prices
blog.wired.com 1/7/2009 — After years of fits, starts, threats and ultimatums Steve Jobs and three major labels have come to terms on a deal that will immediately make music available on iTunes without the digital rights management that limits music playback to Apple ...

Don’t Hold Your Breath for DRM-free iTunes
technologizer.com 12/9/2008 — The latest rumor-du-jour being served up by AppleInsider cites a French technology website claiming iTunes long love affair with DRM will come to an end tommorow (Tuesday). Here’s how its put via a translation of the story that’s found ...

iTunes finally goes DRM-free … done anyone really care?
blogs.zdnet.com 1/7/2009 — News from the Macworld Expo - iTunes is in the final stages of shedding DRM, offering some eight million of its 10 million songs in Apple’s iTunes Plus DRM-free format. But does anyone care? Is there anyone who is still concerned about DRM buying ...

French Screenshot Shows DRM-Free Music in iTunes
blog.wired.com 12/15/2008 — Nearly a week after rumors swirled about three major labels letting iTunes to sell music without digital rights management comes evidence of additional experimentation by Apple with DRM-free music -- in France. In an echo of last month's ...

Macworld 2009: iTunes now DRM-free, iPhone music purchases over 3G network are a go
tgdaily.com 1/7/2009 — Remember last year when EMI was the only big music label that offered its music on Apple's iTunes free from the dreaded digital rights management (DRM)? It now appears that the remaining three labels have given up trying to build an iTunes rival. ...

Don't hold your breath for iTunes DRM-free news — CNET News.com 12/9/2008
A French tech site claims Apple will announce deals for DRM-free music with the three largest music companies on Tuesday. Don't believe it.

Sony to slash 8,000 jobs — Technology news - CNNMoney.com 12/9/2008
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Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate (RED) Edition — I4U News 12/8/2008
(RED) is familiar to gadget hounds and those who follow technology products. Some of the largest tech companies around like Dell and Apple have created special (RED) versions of their products to help raise money to fight AIDS in Africa. Microsoft is ...

iTunes Goes DRM-Free...Today? — Today @ PC World 12/9/2008
Reports says Apple will offer songs from three major record labels without built-in copy protection.

Apple's Snow Leopard set to exploit GPU power — The Register 12/9/2008
OpenCL 1.0 spec debuts Apple's Snow Leopard bounded closer to reality today - and there's a strong possibility it leapt well past Windows 7 in the process.… Free Download - The Reg Guide to Storage and Storage Platforms