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Amazon.com to Launch DRM-Free MP3 Music Download Store with Songs and Albums from EMI Music and More Than 12,000 Other Labels — Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) today announced it will launch a digital music store later this year offering millions of songs in the DRM-free MP3 format from more than 12,000 record labels.
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Jacqui Cheng / Ars Technica:
Amazon announces long-rumored DRM-free music store — Amazon dropped the bomb today by announcing its DRM-free music store. The previously-rumored store will be launched sometime "later this year" and offer unprotected MP3 files for purchase. The Amazon music store …
Dawn Kawamoto / CNET News.com:
Amazon to offer DRM-free music downloads — Amazon.com plans to launch a digital music store later this year, featuring music downloads without copyright restrictions. — The e-commerce giant announced Wednesday that it would offer songs from more than 12,000 record labels in the MP3 format …
Brad Stone / New York Times:
Amazon to Sell Music Without Copy Protection — After years of industry speculation, Amazon.com is getting into the digital music business. — Amazon, the Internet's most successful seller of physical CDs, today announced plans to introduce a music download store later this year …
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Fugitsu:
Fujitsu Announces the New 'U Series' of Tablet-Convertible Notebook PCs, the World's Smallest in its Class — Weighing only 580g, with a 5.6" widescreen LCD in a small, light body, new ultra-mobile PCs offer advanced mobility and style for business users — Fujitsu Limited today announced …
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PC World:
Hands on With Fujitsu's Pocket-Size Convertible UMPC — Fujitsu claims its FMV-U8240 is the smallest available UMPC. — Fujitsu Ltd. unveiled an ultramobile PC that's small enough to fit in a jacket pocket. — The machine will first be promoted to corporate users as a secondary PC …
BBC:
Halo 3 launch date is announced — Hugely popular video game Halo 3 is due for a September debut, Microsoft has announced. — The September release date is earlier than expected and will help Microsoft in its drive to make the Xbox 360 console the gaming machine of choice this Christmas.
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Thomas Ricker / Engadget:
Zune Halo 3 Edition up for pre-order — Oh yes it is. That special edition Halo 3 Zune is real, out, and up for pre-order exclusively through GameStop. Available June 15th (pre-order now), the $249 promotional Zune comes packin' a 30GB disk loaded with a flood of Halorific music, video and artwork.
Ryan Block / Engadget:
iPhone delayed until October, Leopard delayed again until January — This one doesn't bode well for Mac fans and the iPhone-hopeful: we have it on authority that as of today, the iPhone launch is being pushed back from June to... October (!), and Leopard is again seeing a delay, this time being pushed all the way back to January.
Matt Martin / GamesIndustry.biz:
PS3 launch hits Sony profits — 'Strategic price' contributes to a 68 per cent drop in operating profits — Sony has announced that the launch of the PlayStation 3 has contributed to a 68 per cent drop in operating profits to JPY 71.8 billion (EUR 438.3 million) for the year ended March 31 …
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Jeff Weiner / Yodel Anecdotal:
Mission as strategy - connecting the dots at Yahoo! — Last year, the executive team at Yahoo! made the decision to re-organize the company with one of the central themes being the evolution of a culture from one largely organized around products, to one that is far more organized around our customers.
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Stephen Shankland / CNET News.com:
Experts say Microsoft's patent quest won't go far — news analysis Microsoft's accusation that the open-source software industry has infringed 235 Microsoft patents has spotlighted a difficult issue: how aggressively should a company police itself for patent violations?
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Ryan Paul / Ars Technica:Linus Torvalds on Microsoft patent threat: it works both ways
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Scott Martin / Red Herring:
uTube Rings In YouTube Cash — Pipe company taps Internet video craze to sell ring tones. — uTube.com has found a way to cash in on the Internet video craze. — Universal Tube & Rollform Equipment, owner of uTube.com, was besieged by a crush of Internet visitors when Google bought YouTube last fall …
Matt / WordPress Development Blog:
WordPress 2.2 — On behalf of the entire WordPress team, I'm proud and excited to announce the immediate availability of version 2.2 "Getz" for download. This version includes a number of new features, most notably Widgets integration, and over two hundred bug fixes. It's named in honor of tenor saxophonist Stan Getz.
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Danny Sullivan / Search Engine Land:
Google Searchology Day: Recap Of Announcements — It's Searchology Day today at Google, where the company is devoting time to look at the past, present and future of search at Google. There will be a number of significant announcements coming out of the event. Want to keep up? Stay tuned to this page.
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ABCNEWS:
Dell Hell: Computer Giant Faces Consumer Lawsuit — Consumers Allege They Didn't Get the Tech Support They Paid For — Dell is the No. 2 computer seller in the United States, but now some say the technology giant is ripping off its customers. — New York state Attorney General Andrew Cuomo …
Tony Ruscoe / Google Blogoscoped:
Google's Presentation Application? — Dirson reports that some users, myself included, are seeing a "View as slideshow" link in Gmail when receiving PowerPoint files. — Clicking "View as slideshow" opens a new window where you can view the slideshow using Google's Flash-based player.
