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Apple Drops Anticopying Measures in iTunes
By BRAD STONE
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Philip W. Schiller, Apple's senior vice president of worldwide product marketing, at the Macworld Expo in San Francisco on Tuesday.
Apple said it would begin selling song downloads without anticopying measures and change its pricing structure.
January 06, 2009, 9:43 AM
Macworld Live Blog: Apple to Lift Copy Limits on iTunes Music
Apple's annual presentation at Macworld was a dull affair. The big news: copy restrictions will be removed from iTunes songs.
January 06, 2009, 12:01 AM
The Smart Home Is Still Looking for a Market
The vision of the smart home has been around for decades. Yet consumers remain deeply skeptical about the technology.
January 05, 2009, 6:40 PM
A Silver Lining for Holiday Online Sales
Online sales were down 3 percent this holiday season, but that was not as bad as sales in traditional stores.
January 05, 2009, 6:27 PM
Cisco Funds Xobni, the Outlook Search Tool
Xobni raises $7 million and picks up a new investor: Cisco Systems.
January 05, 2009, 6:24 PM
Twitter-Savvy Hackers Tweak the Twitterati
Hackers used Twitter's own security tools to hijack the accounts of several high-profile members, including Barack Obama and Britney Spears.
January 05, 2009, 4:30 PM
Gearing Up for Mobile Video on Inauguration Day
MobiTV, a company that broadcasts live television over mobile networks, is gearing up for a surge of viewers during the presidential inauguration.
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When Labels Fought the Digital, and the Digital Won
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Steve Knopper’s stark accounting of the mistakes major record labels have made in the digital era suggests they are largely responsible for their own demise.
Apple’s Jobs Explains His Weight Loss
By BRAD STONE
Steven P. Jobs said that he was being treated for a hormone imbalance but would remain in his job.
- Text: Letter by Steven P. Jobs | Times Topics: Steven P. Jobs | Apple Inc.
Investors Strain to Sell Start-Up Companies
By CLAIRE CAIN MILLER
The financial crisis left last year with the fewest public offerings of venture-backed start-ups since 1977.
Doctors Will Make Web Calls in Hawaii
By CLAIRE CAIN MILLER
Doctors will be able to make face-to-face Web calls on patients in Hawaii starting Jan. 15.
China Criticizes Google and Others on Pornography
By KEITH BRADSHER
The Ministry of Public Security and six other agencies would work together “to purify the Internet’s cultural environment,” the government said in a statement.
- Times Topics: China | Google Inc.
Green Inc. Blog
Energy Efficient TVs
By KATE GALBRAITH
New standards for more efficient televisions are coming into place.
Logitech Cuts Jobs, Abandons Targets
By REUTERS
Logitech plans to cut 5 percent of its workforce and abandoned its fiscal 2009 targets after consumers cut back on Christmas spending.
Blu-ray’s Fuzzy Future
By MATT RICHTEL and BRAD STONE
The demise of the HD DVD video disc format appeared to hand the future of home entertainment to Blu-ray, but struggles continue.
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Interactive Map: Mapping the World's Fastest Supercomputers
While the U.S. has the world's fastest supercomputers, it faces increased pressure from countries like India and China.
New Tech Blogger
Gadgetwise
J.D. Biersdorfer, who writes the Q&A column in Circuits, now tackles more questions in our Gadgetwise blog.
Regulators Slam Duke’s Solar Funding Plan
January 6, 2009, 5:57 PM
As Broadband Growth Slows, Telcos Lose Out
January 6, 2009, 5:24 PM
Demo Video: Sling on the iPhone
January 6, 2009, 5:14 PM
Cree to Light Up Pentagon With 4,200 LED Fixtures
January 6, 2009, 4:00 PM
SundaySky Raises $8 Million
January 6, 2009, 2:18 PM
Tech Talk Podcast
Predictions for Microsoft's year ahead, a roundup of backup software and technology news of the week.
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iTunes Goes DRM Free - But No Social Network Just Yet
January 6, 2009, 2:22 PM
Apple's iWork Goes (Partly) Online
January 6, 2009, 1:22 PM
Brave New World: More Digital, Less Physical
January 5, 2009, 10:00 PM
Report: Intranets Increased Collaboration Support in 2008
January 5, 2009, 3:36 PM
Amazon's Best-Selling Album Download of 2008 Was Available for Free
January 5, 2009, 1:36 PM
Facebook: The new battleground for popstars? Lily Allen takes on Katy Perry
January 6, 2009, 6:01 PM
CES: CrestaTech will let laptops be universal TVs or radios
January 6, 2009, 4:00 PM
Live blogging the Apple keynote: Phil vs. Steve…it’s no contest
January 6, 2009, 1:22 PM
AMD launches Yukon platform for ultraportable computers
January 6, 2009, 9:00 AM
HP unleashes a series of new low-cost computers at CES
January 6, 2009, 12:00 AM
CheckFree warns 5 million customers after hack
January 6, 2009, 8:24 PM
Mumbai gunmen used U.S. VoIP service
January 6, 2009, 8:11 PM
Report: Microsoft to do free Windows 7 upgrades
January 6, 2009, 8:10 PM
Think tank: Nearly 1M jobs could be created by IT stimulus
January 6, 2009, 8:08 PM
AMD foundry gets U.S. government OK
January 6, 2009, 7:56 PM
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