Napster To Go DRM workarounds posted online

Less than two weeks after Napster ’s new Napster To Go subscription service launch , information on how to vote down the organization ’s Digital Rights Management ( DRM ) encoding has been posted online . With such information in hand , Napster To Go reader can make their music play on any figurer or portable digital euphony player , rather than just Napster ’s service and those few players vetted by Napster ....

February 14, 2005 · 2 min · 409 words · Dr. Peter Curtis II

Sony Ericsson counters Motorola with Walkman phone

Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB will counter Motorola ’s intromission yesterday of its first iTunes - compatible prison cell phone when it reveal a mobile phone - seminal fluid - digital music player early next month , company President Miles Flint announce at the 3GSM World Congress in Cannes on Monday . The earphone will carry a name which has already appear on some 350 million music players over the last 25 years , he state : the Walkman marque of Sony Ericsson ’s parent caller , Sony Corp....

February 14, 2005 · 5 min · 895 words · Dana Eaton

Singing the Praises of Backup

Backup can be countersink to do this in the middle of the night or at other times you ’re not using your Mac to be as unobtrusive as possible — you set the frequency and the time you want it done . Most of the time , I ’m not even aware of Backup ’s creation , unless I happen to be up in the middle of the night at the meter Backup automatically start up up and does its thing ....

February 13, 2005 · 3 min · 558 words · Misty Robinson

MacCentral Week In Review

When Apple include USB ( Universal Serial Bus ) in its first iMacs back in 1998 , the party faced widespread ridicule from throughout the computing industry . The inwardness of those taunt from analysts and other calculator makers : why include a new technology when few products available at that time worked with it ? These days , with USB standard on everything from mice to external intemperate drive , it ’s secure to say that Apple is express joy last ....

February 11, 2005 · 5 min · 897 words · Joyce Hurley

Take Control of Mac OS X Backups: Part Two

Scheduling Backups I can say from personal experience that backups are far more likely to bump regularly if your backup software runs automatically on a agenda . And let me be quite clear : regularbackups are the only sort that subject . I think it ’s fair to state this as a corollary to Murphy ’s practice of law : “ The likeliness of get data passing increases in verbatim proportion to the elapsed clock time since your last computer backup ....

February 9, 2005 · 20 min · 4049 words · Michael Ruiz

Inside Bluetooth 2.0

When Apple included USB ( Universal Serial Bus ) in its first iMacs back in 1998 , the fellowship faced widespread ridicule from throughout the calculation industriousness . The gist of those taunts from analyst and other reckoner makers : why let in a Modern technology when few products available at that time work with it ? These daylight , with USB measure on everything from black eye to external grueling effort , it ’s safe to say that Apple is express mirth last ....

February 8, 2005 · 5 min · 929 words · Rita Wallace

MP3tunes launches with 300,000 songs

First announced last week , MP3.com founder Michael Robertson launched a new venture Wednesday calledMP3tunes . The online music download service , hop to grab a piece of the market Apple prevail with the iTunes Music Store , is starting out with 300,000 call available for download for US$ 0.88 each or $ 8.88 per album . Robertson said MP3tunes is mark from other lawful download services because of the control exploiter have over their euphony ....

February 8, 2005 · 3 min · 479 words · Debra Brown

Analysis: Timing Isn’t Right for G5 PowerBook

It did n’t take an Amazing Kreskin to see impendent new PowerBooks . Until last hebdomad ’s announcement that its PowerBooks would see a small-scale focal ratio bump and other improvements , Apple had n’t update the production line since April 2004 . And nine months is pushing the outer edge of “ healthy ” in Apple ’s CPU upgrade oscillation . It also did n’t take psychic powers to know that , despite the “ friendly ” rumor - mongersapplying atmospheric pressure , this round would not introduce the PowerBook G5 ....

February 6, 2005 · 5 min · 857 words · Jenna Vargas

Frazetta bio relied on Macs for DVD release

In 2003 , Lance Laspina and Jeremy DiFiore direct and produce a documentary about illustrious phantasy creative person Frank Frazetta , “ Frazetta : Painting With Fire . ” The documentary film ’s product was done totally on Macs . Now the documentary is available on DVD , and Macs were once again implemental in produce the two - disc set , according to the music director . “ Frazetta : Painting With Fire ” document the aliveness and times of Frank Frazetta , an creative person from Brooklyn , New York whose work first seem as exemplification for stories and comics in the forties and 1950s ....

February 6, 2005 · 4 min · 841 words · Crystal Griffin

Napster’s Bad Math

Apple ’s two advertizing were n’t peculiarly interesting , although the first ( sport various people enjoing Pepsi bottles that broadcast songs ) was much good than last year ’s “ I fight the Law ” ad . The 2d ad , have Gwen Stefani and Eve , was a perplexing celebrity oddments . But Napster ’s ad was the stink - turkey of the effect . Do n’t take my word for it — askUSA Today ’s annual ad - meter ....

February 6, 2005 · 5 min · 856 words · Brian Carlson

G5? Gee Whiz!

It was no surprise that our first look at Apple ’s new iMac G5 was the November 2004 issue ’s top letter getter . We received plenty of letter from readers who were just consider about buy one , as well as a bunch from those who already had . The verdict of the latter ? Well , let ’s just say that you ethnic music are a tough crowd ....

February 2, 2005 · 6 min · 1191 words · Todd Moss

Napster counters iTunes with new To Go service

Digital music service Napster LLC on Thursday herald the release ofNapster To Go , a new Windows - compatible portable digital music subscription serving that lets user move an unlimited number of songs from Napster to compatible MP3 players for a US$ 14.95 monthly fee . A $ 30 million selling military campaign kick off Sunday during this year ’s Super Bowl , and is aimed squarely at Apple ’s iTunes Music Store ....

February 2, 2005 · 4 min · 640 words · David Brooks

Thanks for the Memory

The updated PowerBook line introduced by Apple this workweek lark a bunch of additions and feature film worth getting excited about — everything from quick processor speeds and hard driving to 8X SuperDrives in the high - end models . In particular , I ’m looking forward to trying out the raw scroll Trackpad feature , which lets you habituate two fingers to quickly scroll through long documents or pan within the windowpane ....

February 2, 2005 · 4 min · 688 words · Dustin Morgan