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Josef Adalian / Variety:
Apple seeks TV price cut — Download costs could be chopped in half — Apple is mulling a plan to cut the price of TV show downloads in half — an idea that's not going over too well in Hollywood. — According to three people familiar with the proposal, Apple has told networks and studios …
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Saul Hansell / Bits:
Steve Jobs Speaks the Truth About the iPhone Price Drop — I hate to say it, but I think Steve Jobs is telling the truth about the iPhone price cut. — We are so used to cryptic and seemingly disingenuous communication out of Apple that we miss it when Mr. Jobs says crassly what most businessmen try …
Eric Savitz / Tech Trader Daily:
Apple: The iPhone-Price-Cut Slide Continues; Cumulative Mkt Cap Hit Tops $11 Billion — Apple's (AAPL) decision to cut the price of the of the 8 GB iPhone by $200 is proving to be a costly one - at least to the stock's market cap. — Apple shares are down again today, extending the slide into a third day.
Eric Bangeman / Ars Technica:Apple wants to slash TV show prices in half, aggresively drive iPod sales
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BBC:
US backing for two-tier internet — The US Justice Department has said that internet service providers should be allowed to charge for priority traffic. — The agency said it was opposed to "network neutrality", the idea that all data on the net is treated equally.
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Mike Masnick / Techdirt:
Why Is The Justice Department Commenting On Net Neutrality? — from the not-really-their-area-of-interest dept — There's been a fair amount of chatter over the Justice Department's decision to comment to the FCC about network neutrality, but there's been almost no discussion …
Arn / MacRumors iPhone Blog:
Free Custom Ringtones in iTunes 7.4 (Updated) — Cleverboy posted instructions on our forums on how to "convert" AAC music files to ringtones in iTunes 7.4. He states that ringtones and song files are only distinguished by file extension. The file extension for Ringtones is "M4R". — Windows and Mac
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I, Cringely . The Pulpit | PBS:
The Puppet Master — I have never before quoted myself at length in a column, but this week's Apple iPhone pricing fiasco calls for it, so here is the beginning of a column I wrote back in January 2002: — In 1999, I was commissioned by Vanity Fair magazine to write a story about the relationship between Bill Gates and Steve Jobs.
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Tom Drapeau / The Netscape Blog:
Upcoming Netscape changes — › tags: Community, Netscape, Portal, Social News, SocialNews — To the Netscape Community... There are some upcoming changes to the Netscape.com site that we hope will improve your experience. We'll be providing two different news options for you based …
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Jason Chen / Gizmodo:
Apple: iPhone Software Unlock Confirmed on Video — Despite confirmation from reputable sources like CNN and Engadget, there were still people unsure of whether iPhoneSIMFree actually worked. The reason? The lack of video proof. Well, here it is, the first, exclusive video proof of the unlock process.
Nilay Patel / Engadget:
Know Your Rights: Is it illegal to make my own ringtones? — Know Your Rights is Engadget's new technology law series, written by our own totally punk copyright attorney Nilay Patel. In it we'll try to answer some fundamental tech-law questions to help you stay out of trouble in this brave new world.
Stephen Shankland / CNET News.com:
Firefox passes 400 million downloads — Firefox just passed the 400 million download mark, according to the Spread Firefox site for promoting the open-source, extendable Web browser. — That number shouldn't be confused with actual installations, Mozilla's public relations folks rightly caution.
Kim Hart / Washington Post:
Shutting Down Big Downloaders — Comcast Cuts Internet Service to Bandwidth Hogs — The rapid growth of online videos, music and games has created a new Internet sin: using it too much. — Comcast has punished some transgressors by cutting off their Internet service arguing …
Alex Woodson / Hollywood Reporter:
MTV Nets encircle the Web with slate of sites — Set to launch two dozen sites by Q1 — NEW YORK — A new hub for Comedy Central's "The Daily Show With Jon Stewart" headlines a slate of two dozen targeted Web sites that Viacom's MTV Networks will launch by the first quarter as it continues its "vertical" digital strategy.
Mike Sachoff / WebProNews:
ESPN Founder Hopes To Score With Sports Site — The Founder of ESPN, Bill Rasmussen, launched today CollegeFanz.com, an interactive site focused on college sports and their fans. — The site will be devoted to Division II and III schools and hopes to highlight sports and teams that have been largely under-represented.
Ivan / Freelance Switch:
35 Absolutely Essential Mac Apps — For one reason or another, a lot of freelancers use Macs. It may be the raw power, the stability or they may just look rather - cool? Well, both of us know why that really is. It's the apps! The software that makes the hardware bling, and it's not necessarily thanks to Apple.
