UMG Ramps Up DRM-Free Testing
Digital and Mobile — Universal Music Group is testing the non-DRM waters. The label, which has the largest market share of all the major labels at 26%, unveiled a plan to test selling digital music...
Partial Freakonomics feed = bad idea
I'm a huge fan of the Freakonomics guys, and a subscriber to their RSS feed, but I didn't realize until I saw a MediaPost item on Techmeme that they had been "acquired" by the New York Times. I also ...
Texty: Dead Simple Content Creation And Editing
Texty is a dead simple but useful new internet service that you can use to quickly create and edit content on a web page with zero HTML or programming skills. — Go to the site, start typing text in ...
Judge Says Unix Copyrights Rightfully Belong to Novell
In a decision that may finally settle one of the most bitter legal battles surrounding software widely used in corporate data centers, a federal district court judge in Utah ruled Friday afternoon tha...
Google to Stop Web Video Rentals, Sales
Google Shutting Down a Service That Sold and Rented Online Video, Ending 19-Month Experiment — SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google Inc. is shutting down a service that sold and rented online video, ending a...
Thumbs Surgically Altered For iPhone? Think Again
It's been a long week. More layoffs at Sun, Sprint Nextel's earnings down (again), the wheels finally coming off the municipal wireless bus, AT&T censoring Pearl Jam's anti-Bush lyrics (and then clai...
The Equity Equation
An investor wants to give you money for a certain percentage of your startup. Should you take it? You're about to hire your first employee. How much stock should you give him? — These are some of...
HealthPia's GlucoPhone gets FDA approval
While the idea of a diabetes phone is far from new, a company dubbed HealthPia is well on its way to actually delivering such a product. Reportedly, the firm has "obtained FDA approval for its patent...
Fujitsu Siemens Computers bails on PDA / PNA market
Leaving so soon, are we? Turns out Fujitsu Siemens Computers is ditching the PDA / PNA market after 2007, which means that those bulky, albeit fashionable Loox handhelds will soon be available only i...