Apple’s iTunes continues to be the largest music retailer in the United States. But when you’re on top, everyone wants to take you down — this is especially true in the cutthroat world of the music industry. ITunes finds itself under attack from all sides. Amazon.com’s MP3 store is beginning to gain ground and market share, though it continues to lag way behind iTunes overall in music downloads. Amazon’s big advantage is that they sell only “unprotected” MP3s, which used no digital rights management technology.
Pressure Mounts on iTunes to Sell DRM-Free MP3s
The Next-Gen Format War: the Aftermath
When Toshiba itself more or less conceded in the ensuing battle which has gone on for far too long, the fate of Blu-ray has been sealed as this generation’s VHS. HD-DVDs backers dwindled in the face of the marketing juggernaut that is Sony. But you can’t fault Toshiba for trying either; neither of the two companies made a strategic blunder during the campaign, and both sides had a solid following in all the concerned sectors – in the end, it all came down to support.
Bionic Contact Lens on the Way
Remember the 6 Million Dollar Man? The classic 70s-era TV show extolled the virtues of combining man and machine to create a type of “superhuman,” with capabilities and potential far beyond that of the average person.
Blu-Ray Overtakes HD-DVD in Japan
The battle between HD-DVD and Blu Ray to be the dominate video format has been raging for a few years now. For most of that time, neither format has held a decisive lead, but in the last six months Blu Ray has begun pulling ahead of HD-DVD.
High-Tech Multimedia Bed - The Internet Coming Near You
As someone who works online, I’m usually very happy about the prospect of finding Internet access in unexpected places. But these days, I often find myself wondering, “is there any spot left on Earth without internet access?” Wait, don’t answer that. I might not like what I hear.
The iPod Touch: More Than Just a “Phoneless” iPhone?
You could easily be forgiven for confusing the iPod Touch MP3 player with its better-known cousin, the Apple iPhone. In fact, the touch screen is identical, and both units play music and movies in the same formats; and you can also surf the Web via a wireless Internet connection with both the iPod touch and the iPhone.
Smartphones Getting Smarter Every Day
Smartphones are the new breed of mobile phones with fully featured media players, digital photo and video cameras, third-generation high-speed mobile Internet access, GPS, e-mail, text messaging, and even mobile television. And it seems like you can’t throw a rock these days without hitting a newly released smartphone with features that would have been unheard of just a few years ago.
Wearable Technology - Ever Feel Like Wearing Your Computer?
Fashion trends come and go, and these days you see people wearing just about anything. Still, I can’t remember the last time I saw someone “wearing” a computer in public.
Studies Show Cell Phones Unsafe on the Road
We’ve all seen careless drivers, chatting away on a cell phone in traffic, and sometimes even dialing numbers or checking text messages while negotiating tricky intersections. It’s easy to see how using a cell phone in traffic can be distracting, and potentially lead to increased accidents on the road. But several new studies are showing a different kind of threat from using a cell phone in your car.
Dude, Where’s My Google Phone?
Ever since the release of Apple’s iPhone earlier this year, the Internet has been abuzz with talk of a new Google cell phone. It seems that now those rumors are quickly becoming a reality. The Wall Street Journal reports that Google Inc. has been in talks with various phone manufacturers and service providers to produce what at least one industry expert has labeled “The GPhone.”
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