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Interesting announcement from EMI that the new Microsoft Zune player will come preloaded with music video content. The reason it’s interesting is that it seems to confirm that the new player will play music and video. Read about it here.

Microsoft have confirmed they are launching a music player to take on Apple’s dominant iPod - called the ZUNE - more info from the BBC here.
Microsoft employees have started blogging about the new project, Cesar Menendez has started Zune Insider.com and Richard Winn is writing a blog called Madison and Pine. The company has […]

Think Secret the blog that Apple tried to sue (amongst others) when they revealed the iPod mini has a big insider announcement. Their sources have confirmed that Steve Jobs will announce next month at Apple’s developer conference that iTunes will feature move rentals. The emphasis on rentals not purchase, so it sounds like the […]

Lots of chatter about mighty Microsoft taking on Apple with an ‘iPod’ killer, looks like the rumours might be true for a Christmas launch. Read more here.

For a while the French have been laying into Apple as they are unhappy with the fact that songs purchased on iTunes will only play on iPod’s. The French not unreasonably argue that if you buy music from legitimate sources you should be able to play your songs on whatever player you want to.
Apple […]

I found out that there is an anti DRM group - yes really Defective By Design Group seems to be piling on the pressure to stop Apple incorporating restrictions into their iTunes downloads. Their objective is to bring to the publics attention all the ‘defective’ products on the market. The org claims that by placing […]

Talk about big company mashup maybe this is the ultimate - Apple and Nike have announced a deal that allows you to use your iPod to keep score as you put the miles in. Buy a new pair of Nike sneakers with a little pocket for a transmitter and beam your stats for review on […]

We’ve got to the stage where commentators are referring to the cultural revolution that is iPod in almost biblical terms - before iPod and after iPod etc. So it is interesting to note that audiophiles who have long sniffed at compressing music and favour vinyl have now decided the iPod makes the audiophile grade read […]

You know I hate iTunes and all the other online ‘legal’ music stores that let you buy music then tell you what you can do with it BUT every so often I spy a cool idea that appears to be well executed. You know the score you accumulate a pile of change in your bedroom […]

I mentioned recently that some guys had won a prize by being the first to get Windows XP to run on a Mac. I also mentioned that it wouldn’t be long before Apple officially announced that you can run Windows on a Mac - well here it is they have announced that people with […]