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iPod fans 'shunning iTunes store' — Despite the success of Apple iTunes, few people stock their iPod with tracks from the online store, reports a study. — The Jupiter Research report reveals that, on average, only 20 of the tracks on a iPod will be from the iTunes shop.
Parija Bhatnagar / CNNMoney.com:
Wal-Mart moves on digital movie downloads — The No. 1 retailer is believed to be pushing to launch its own digital movie service later this year. — NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — Wal-Mart, which has been eyeing the downloadable movie waters for some time, is now preparing to dive in.
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Marshall Kirkpatrick / TechCrunch:
Walmart preparing to offer movie downloads — Reports are coming out that Walmart is gearing up to offer movie downloads in the coming months. The impact of the move on pricing could be big; Walmart sells almost half of the physical DVDs bought in the US and the company could be a major player …
Ben Drawbaugh / HD Beat:
Why you shouldn't order your Series3 from TiVo.com — If your like us and you just can't wait to get your hands on a Series3, you might want to avoid TiVo.com and try your local big box store instead. We ordered one 15 minutes after the official launch and have yet to receive it despite paying next day shipping.
Brad Ideas:
Please don't videoblog (vlog) — At the blogger panel at Fall VON (repurposed to be both video on the net as well as voice) Vlogger and blip.tv advocate Dina Kaplan asked bloggers to start vlogging. It's started a minor debate. — My take? Please don't.
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Richard Siklos / New York Times:
Changing Its Tune — The radio industry keeps losing people like Danny C. Costa, a senior at Boston University who grew up listening to radio in New York and New Jersey. — For the last few years, Mr. Costa has tuned out radio in favor of Web sites where he can get access to downloads or videos he heard about from friends.
Ryan Block / Engadget:
ThinkPad explodes at LAX, ignites bomb scare — In a time when you're not even allowed to say the word "bomb" in an airport (hey, it's for good reason), it's got to be like, really freaking embarrassing to have to run up the jetway at full speed, shoving other passengers out of the way as your flaming laptop explodes on the ground.
Benjamin J. Romano / Seattle Times:
Microsoft unveils its wireless answer to iPod: Zune — When it comes to discovering new music, a friend's recommendation typically beats what's on the Billboard charts. — Microsoft has baked that idea into building a new portable media player that represents its most ambitious effort …
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Gizmodo:
Zune vs. iPod: About the Same Size, Both Stuck in 4:3 — Here's a couple of accurate comparisons that clear up any misconceptions you might have about the Zune compared to the iPod. In that first picture on the left, you can see that the Zune's half-inch larger screen is in the same aspect ratio as the iPod's: old-style 4:3.
Dan Tynan / PC World:
The 25 Worst Web Sites — From unforgettable flame-outs to some of the most popular destinations around, no one is safe from our look at the world's dumbest dot-coms and silliest sites. — People say hindsight is 20/20. When it comes to the Web, hindsight is more like X-ray vision …
Kdawson / Slashdot:
MySpace Music Player Hacked — from the we-don't-need-no-steenkin'-players dept. — Roy van Rijn writes to tell us about a little program called MySpace MP3 Gopher, with which you can download any song from MySpace as an MP3 even if it is marked to disable downloading.
Sam Kennedy / 1up.com:
Seaman 2 Revealed for PS2 — Sega reveals the PS2 sequel to one of the most bizarre games ever. — At a press event in Tokyo this afternoon, Sega revealed the sequel to Seaman, the bizarre Dreamcast game in which you looked after and communicated with a virtual half man, half fish pet.
Frank Gruber / Somewhat Frank:
GO2WEB20.NET WEB 2.0 DIRECTORY LAUNCHED — I am pleased to announce that Go2Web20.net has been officially unveiled by Orli Yakuel, a talented Israel-based web 2.0 blogger, enthusiast and friend. The site offers visually driven directory to companies and applications of web 2.0 glory.
Smaran / Torrentfreak:
How to run µTorrent in Mac OS X — As a x-Windows guy and an ardent BitTorrenter I can confidently say that µTorrent is one of the best BitTorrent clients available for Windows 95 through Vista. It's lean, takes up very little memory and doesn't need to be installed, you can even run it off a USB pen drive.
Paul Miller / Engadget:
Wii to be region-locked after all? — After getting promised the beauties of region-free content by our American Nintendo PR peeps, our hopes have been shattered by Nintendo UK who has now gone on record denying the claims. They put it rather bluntly, stating: "We are region-locked," …
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JJ Hawkins / PVR Wire:
Are CableCards Doomed? — Alan Stafford has an informative article up on the PC World staff blog about the state of the CableCard. — To recap, "CableCard is the technology created by the United States cable television industry in response to government mandates by the FCC to separate …
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Christopher Grant / Joystiq:
Guitar Hero II's final boss revealed, all 11 solos of it — In the latest issue of EGM, Guitar Hero's resident axman, Marcus Henderson, revealed that we would know the identity of Guitar Hero II's final boss "when it arrives." He gushed, "This is a major, major guitar ass-kicker.
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Eric Bangeman / Ars Technica:
New York courts may keep lawyers from blogging — New ethics rules under consideration in New York would redefine the definition of advertisement so broadly that virtually all electronic communications—including e-mails and blogs—would have to carry the word "ADVERTISEMENT" in a large, impossible-to-ignore font.
