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U.S. Court Says No Garage Sales for Digital Content
U.S. District Court Judge Richard Sullivan delivered a ruling that favored Capitol Records in a case against MP3 digital music re-seller ReDigi.
Apple, Amazon Pave Way for Digital Garage Sale
The problem with owning digital media today, such as copies of TV shows, movies, e-books, and music through services like Amazon and iTunes, is that you cannot transfer ownership of your content to someone if you want to clean house.
Google TV Ventures Where Apple TV Dares Not: Porn
Adult entertainment channel Vivid announced that it would bring its steamy content to Google TV players to the living room
Cable TV Set-Top Boxes: The Real Motive Behind the Motorola Acquisition?
Various smartphone and general technology blogs and sites out there have explored the various implications of what Google's announced $12.5 billion of Motorola Mobility may mean to the Android ecosystem from the smartphone and tablet perspective, but a key--and perhaps ...
Fox Becomes First Studio to Allow Movie Sideloading on Android
Fox will offer digital downloads of movies that will be playable on Android smartphones, marking the film studio as the first in the industry to allow such a feature for Android devices.
Zinio Brings Magazines to the Small Screen on Android
Zinio, which is a third-party digital magazine store much like Amazon Kindle is for e-books, is now bringing the e-magazine experience to Android smartphones.
Former Apple Employees Team Up with Al Gore to Launch Dynamic E-Book Publishing Platform
Several former Apple employees along with current Apple board member Al Gore have teamed together to launch a new dynamic e-book format.
Apple’s iTunes Digital Cloud Storage Won’t be Free
Early speculations about Apple's digital cloud storage plans suggest that the service will launch for free initially, but that the iPhone-maker would eventually charge users a small annual fee for the service much like what it does with its cloud-based Mobile Me offerin...
Self Destructing E-Books: It’s Sad When Printed Books in Libraries Outlast Digital Books
[caption id="attachment_42215" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Image: New York Public Library"][/caption] In promoting its digital books sales, publisher HarperCollins hopes that its restrictive policies towards libraries for digital book lending will stymy g...
New Apple Social-Centric MobileMe, Digital Locker Expected in Spring
While Apple has long been rumored to be building out a solution to offer customers a digital locker and enhanced social features, including photo streaming, through a new MobileMe and iTunes feature, there is now an anticipated date for when the revamped cloud-based ser...
