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More News on the DRM Front
Posted by Michael Swanberg on February 24, 2009
Apple is working on some DRM news.
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iTunes, AppleTV, and the Path to Nirvana
Posted by Michael Swanberg on January 20, 2009
Apple has made some strides lately in getting us closer to what home media pervasion needs to be. But they still have a little ways to go.
Dead Rights Management
Posted by Michael Swanberg on October 07, 2008
You know, it really is difficult being right all the time. More DRM woes.
Posted in Apple, DRMComments (10)
Another “I Told Ya So”
Posted by Michael Swanberg on August 18, 2008
Well there was another round of vindication recently as Yahoo! Music Store decided to close up shop. All of their music was sold with Digital Rights Management (DRM) on them which means that now any track purchased on that store is locked to whatever computer they are on right now.
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DRM Woes — I Told Ya So!
Posted by Michael Swanberg on April 23, 2008
To those that said such things couldn't or wouldn't happen, here's some back up of my point.
Posted in Apple, Audio, DRM, MP3, Microsoft, iTunesComments (28)
TV On the Go
Posted by Michael Swanberg on May 08, 2007
As a road warrior, I have struggled forever with finding the best method for getting my recorded TV programs to travel with me. Here is the journey so far.
The Death of the Music Industry
Posted by Michael Swanberg on March 28, 2007
Is the music industry dying? Is piracy killing it?
More DRM Evil
Posted by Michael Swanberg on February 08, 2007
We talked about DRM as it applies to audio. What about video?
DRM – It’s Evil and It Doesn’t Work
Posted by Michael Swanberg on February 07, 2007
Steve Jobs recently posted an online open letter regarding DRM that was very interesting. What is DRM and why doesn't it work?
Intel Inside… Your TV???
Posted by Michael Swanberg on January 04, 2007
Intel is working on a new processor architecture, codenamed Olo River. It includes an XScale processor core capable of 1GHz.
Posted in DRM, Gadget, Intel, TVComments (0)
What Is Wrong With iTunes?
Posted by Michael Swanberg on December 11, 2006
So, why can't we take videos we've purchased on iTunes and make DVDs?
Posted in Audio, DRM, MP3, iPodComments (3)
What MP3 Player Should I Get?
Posted by Michael Swanberg on December 06, 2006
The first step is to determine size. In order to sound good, MP3s need to be encoded around 128kbps (kilobits per second... 128 is considered "near CD quality"). So, a standard 4 minute song is 240 seconds, which means 128x240=30720kb which is about 3,840KBytes (8 bits in a byte). Now, let's look at the 20GB model MP3 player (you can do the math to see how much the other sizes can hold). 20GB is 20,000,000,000 bytes. So, this means that 5,208 songs will fit on in 20GB. So, where'd they get the 9,900 from?
It’s Too Zune to Say
Posted by Michael Swanberg on December 04, 2006
Who wants a Zune? I mean, really? Who is this product targeting?
Posted in Audio, DRM, MP3, Microsoft, Zune, iPodComments (3)
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