Monday, April 02, 2007 11:17 AM EST
EMI announced today that they are offering their entire music catalogue sans DRM. Their first distributor: Apple's iTunes, where songs will be available in May for $1.29 per song. The new tracks will offer a higher sound quality that DRM tracks. Users who previously purchased EMI songs with DRM will be able to upgrade for $.30 per song. Apple's Steve Jobs, who co-presented the announcement, said he expects 50% of all music to be DRM-free by the end of the year.
Monday, April 02, 2007 3:44 PM EST
Microsoft will jump its monthly patch schedule to a release a patch this Tuesday for the animated cursor attack that's been pestering Windows users for a week. The regular schedule would have been for patches to come out on Tuesday, April 10. However, testing was completed earlier than anticipated, Microsoft said, and is being released so as to help protect customers.
Monday, April 02, 2007 3:48 PM EST
SOA Software Inc. will partner with Red Hat Inc. to promote the shift to service-oriented architecture solutions for the enterprise. Los Angeles-based SOA, a provider of SOA and Web services for governance, management, security and mediation solutions, is teaming with the JBoss division of Red Hat to enable enterprises deploying SOA applications on Red Hat's JBoss Enterprise Middleware to take advantage of SOA Software's Service Manager and WorkBench products for SOA governance and other functions.
Friday, April 20, 2007 2:22 PM EST
In a reaction to customer demand, Dell has restarted selling PCs with Windows XP installed. The change came after Dell's feedback site was swamped with calls for the return of the venerable software. Now customers can opt for the Home or Professional version of XP on six models of Dell machines.
Monday, April 30, 2007 1:55 PM EST
Apple has admitted that "some batteries" in its range of MacBook and MacBook Pro laptops have "performance issues." The company issued a software update and has offered to replace defective batteries. Reports of problems, including swollen batteries, have been circulating since the laptops were launched in 2006.
Monday, April 30, 2007 2:03 PM EST
YouTube announced a few new features over the weekend, most notably Active Share, which lets others see which videos you've been watching. This history tracking feature can be turned off, says Pete Cashmore. Additionally, you can rearrange the order of your favorites videos, and a module that automatically approves comments from friends but requires approval from everyone else.
