Changes to iTunes

• All songs will be DRM free.
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All Songs DRM-Free

Users Can Download Songs Directly Onto iPhone 3G Over Their 3G Network for the Same Price

In April 2009, Songs on iTunes Will be Available at Three Price Points

SAN FRANCISCO—January 6, 2009—Apple® today announced several changes to the iTunes® Store (www.itunes.com). Beginning today, all four major music labels—Universal Music Group, Sony BMG, Warner Music Group and EMI, along with thousands of independent labels, are now offering their music in iTunes Plus, Apple’s DRM-free format with higher-quality 256 kbps AAC encoding for audio quality virtually indistinguishable from the original recordings. iTunes customers can also choose to download their favorite songs from the world’s largest music catalog directly onto their iPhone™ 3G over their 3G network just as they do with Wi-Fi today, for the same price as downloading to their computer. And beginning in April, based on what the music labels charge Apple, songs on iTunes will be available at one of three price points: 69 cents, 99 cents and $1.29, with most albums still priced at $9.99.

Jan06 PS3 sales up a massive 130% Stephen Lennon PlayStation 3 - PS3 Hardware 1 2 3 4 5 (1 Vote)

There has been some negative coverage of Sony recently but today Ian Jackson vice president of sales for Sony Computer Entertainment America told CNET that sales went up by 130% for the holiday period.

Jan06 Killzone 2 demo likely to hit pre-release Stephen Lennon PlayStation 3 - PS3 Games 1 2 3 4 5 (2 Votes)

According to the Eurogamer site Sony are set to release a demo of the highly anticipated Killzone 2 on the Playstation Network in Europe. Sony were unable to confirm the date of the demo but if the demo clears QA quickly it will be out before the retail release.

In the US the situation is different because GameStop have an exclusive deal with Sony to allow access to the demo with pre-orders of Killzone 2. Only when the game has launched will the demo become available to all PSN users in the US. Sounds like us Europeans are getting a better deal for once.

Jan06 Picasa now available for Mac Stephen Lennon News - Latest 1 2 3 4 5 (2 Votes)

Picasa, the free editing and organisational tool for your digital photographs is now available on the Apple Mac. The software has been around on the PC since July 2004 but on January 5th, 2009 Google unveiled the Beta for the Mac.

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