Archive for January 24th, 2007
“With global music sales down for a seventh straight year, the talk at an annual industry meeting in Cannes, France, has become heated over how to develop digital sales against competition from the dreaded F word - free. Global sales are expected to be down again for 2006 despite digital sales almost doubling to $2 billion and the popularity of music being as strong as ever. Critics of the major players in the industry argue that they have been distracted by the fight against piracy and in doing so, hindered the growth of the legal business. In response, the accused argue that they had little choice…” (Read full article here)
January 24th, 2007
“Investors gave their blessing to eBay’s turnaround Wednesday, sending the stock of the San Jose auctioneer soaring after it trounced Wall Street’s expectations for the second quarter in a row. EBay’s fourth-quarter net income rose 24 percent to $346 million, or 25 cents a share. Excluding stock-based compensation and other expenses, eBay said net income increased 27 percent to $431 million, or 31 cents a share, three cents above Wall Street estimates…” (Read full article here)
January 24th, 2007
“AMD has cut the retail price on most of its Athlon 64 X2 processors today in an attempt to remain competitive with Intel’s increasingly more attractive product line…” (Check out their new reduced prices here)
January 24th, 2007
There is an extremely interesting interview with the man who conquered the DRM that the backers of Blu-ray and HD DVD were touting as nearly impenetrable. It covers how the media portrays him, his motivation for working against the protection, and his goals for bringing his methods to the mainstream. There’s a lot more, and definitely worth the read, whether you are for or against the anti-DRM crowd. (Read the full interview here)
January 24th, 2007
“Following on from the ATAPI/IDE 20x internal DVD burners that Lite-On IT unveiled in November, the company is introducing two further versions of what’s claimed as the world’s fastest DVD writer. One is external and USB, the other internal and (three cheers!) serial ATA. The LH-20A1S will likely be the world’s first 20x DVD burner with a SATA interface when it arrives mid-February at a recommended price of £32…” (Read full article here)
January 24th, 2007
