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Obama Asks Congress to Delay Digital TV Switch
President-elect Barack Obama today asked Congress to delay next months planned switch to all-digital broadcast television, warning that the TVs of millions of Americans could lose their pictures because of major problems in the government's preparations. In a letter to Congressional leaders (PDF), John Podesta, co-chairman of Obamas presidential transition team, urged that the Feb. 17 ...
Obama Fighting for His Right to Blackberry
Security aides, still debating Blackberry For President-elect Barack Obama, parting with his Blackberry is such sweet sorrow. In fact, it isn't yet certain that he'll give up his hand-held device once he takes office. Obama acknowledged in a nationally broadcast interview Thursday that the Blackberry is a concern, “not just to the Secret Service, ...
Microsoft Releases Windows 7 Beta as a Free Download
Microsoft's excitable CEO Steve Ballmer showed off Windows 7 -- the slick, fast, user-friendly successor to the much-maligned Windows Vista -- and said it will be available as a public beta on Friday. Unveiled by an intense Ballmer during his keynote address on the eve of CES 2009, Windows 7 will offer better performance on underpowered ...
Cellphone Bills That Truly Roam/ Understanding the Fine Print
The Roaming Orgy: iPhone, data and the telecoms Using a data-enabled cellphone in a foreign land has become a little like falling asleep on a train in Naples if youre not careful, you could end up with empty pockets. You know the feeling. Shock, fear, panic, said Mike Cottmeyer, a software consultant in Suwanee, Ga., referring ...
Universal Cuts Custom Ringtone Deal with ID Interactive's Urtone
UPDATED: Ringtone sales are in a slump and labels are scrambling to new ways to revive them. Many of the initiatives attempt to boost revenues by cutting out the middle man and aiming for direct sales. That includes the new deal between Universal Music Group and ID Interactive to provide a custom-ringtone solution for its labels. ...
Live Nation Ticketing is Live
Live Nation Launches Ticketing Company. The bulk of the world's largest promoter's 10-year contract with Ticketmaster has expired and the company has now launched its in-house ticketing company. “Anytime you have a major rollout, you hold your breath and hope there are no major glitches," Live Nation CEO of global music Jason Garner tells Billboard. “We ...
Stonehenge: One Totally Awesome Rave Location
Stone circles acoustics are ideal for listening to repetitive trance rhythms Stonehenge was built as a dance arena for prehistoric “samba-style" raves, according to a study of the acoustics of the 5,000-year-old stone circle. Using cutting-edge technology, Rupert Till, an expert in acoustics and music technology at Huddersfield University in northern England, discovered that Stonehenge's megaliths ...
Macbook Pro 17 Inch 2009
Precision aluminum. The new gold standard. Carved from a single block of aluminum, the new unibody enclosure is slim and streamlined, making this MacBook Pro the worlds thinnest and lightest 17-inch notebook just 0.98 inch thin and 6.6 pounds. But its not just for looks. The rigid construction of the unibody also makes MacBook ...
Universal vs. Veoh: Score 1 for Music 2.0
Over the holidays Universal Music Group lost a major lawsuit to online video sharing site Veoh. Much like the many lawsuits flying around between the major labels and music 2.0 companies that enable fans to upload content, Universal sought to make Veoh responsible for any copyright violations the fan may have incurred - like the time ...
iTunes to Expand DRM Free and Variable Pricing According to Report
IT'S OFFICIAL: SEE UPDATE HERE. As soon as today at Macworld, Apple will announce that iTunes is expanding its DRM offering to include all of the major labels and will add variable pricing according to cNet. Over the aor downloads are also part of the deals which were concluded last week. Leaked details appear to match ...
