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Apple threatens to shut iTunes if artist royalties increase by Cyril Kowaliski — 2:03 PM on October 2, 2008 The iTunes Store has made Apple the top music retailer in the United States, and it has likely played no small part in promoting... Type: News story Tags: Multimedia Copyright	58
Like Yahoo, Walmart plans to shut down DRM servers by Cyril Kowaliski — 10:58 AM on September 29, 2008 Remember back in July, when Yahoo announced the impending demise of its DRM servers and urged customers to burn their music to CDs? Despite... Type: News story Tags: Multimedia Copyright	26
Industry coalition pushes flexible, 'domain-based' DRM by Cyril Kowaliski — 3:42 PM on September 15, 2008 After years of attempting to shove digital rights management down users' throats, the music industry finally got the message. Today, "DRM-free MP3" is the new... Type: News story Tags: Multimedia Copyright	45
Yahoo buckles, refunds users of doomed music service by Cyril Kowaliski — 5:17 PM on July 30, 2008 Last week, Yahoo said its Yahoo Music copy-protection servers will go dark on September 30, and it urged users to burn their music to... Type: News story Tags: Multimedia Copyright	7
MPAA to put up search engine for legal movie downloads by Cyril Kowaliski — 6:00 AM on July 29, 2008 The Motion Picture Association of America is keen to turn in pirates who share copyrighted movies illegally, but its next effort might do more to... Type: News story Tags: Multimedia Copyright	22
Yahoo to shut down DRM servers on September 30 by Cyril Kowaliski — 9:22 AM on July 25, 2008 Owners of Yahoo Music accounts, take note. In line with the company's plan to terminate its Yahoo Music Unlimited service, Yahoo intends to shut... Type: News story Tags: Multimedia Copyright	54
New copyright bill hits Canadian Parliament by Cyril Kowaliski — 1:34 PM on June 13, 2008 The Digital Millennium Copyright Act is going across the border. Well, sort of. Reuters reports that Canada's Industry Minister Jim Prentice has put forward... Type: News story Tags: Copyright	31
Researchers: Anyone could get a DMCA takedown notice by Cyril Kowaliski — 3:54 PM on June 5, 2008 If you've ever dabbled in unauthorized file sharing through BitTorrent or other protocols, you might have joined the growing number of users who've received Digital... Type: News story Tags: Copyright	15
Napster goes back to its roots, opens MP3 store by Cyril Kowaliski — 12:26 PM on May 20, 2008 Watch out, Amazon MP3. Napster is back in the world of MP3 downloads, and this time it's a fully legal online music store with the... Type: News story Tags: Multimedia Copyright	21
TorrentSpy operator ordered to pay $111 million in damages by Cyril Kowaliski — 2:44 PM on May 8, 2008 Serving up links to BitTorrent downloads of copyrighted material doesn't pay. According to the Associated Press, a Los Angeles, California court has found in... Type: News story Tags: Copyright	27
Amazon MP3 not taking users away from iTunes by Cyril Kowaliski — 12:13 PM on April 15, 2008 When Amazon launched its Amazon MP3 online music store last year, the company offered a radically different formula from that of Apple's iTunes Store: music... Type: News story Tags: Multimedia Copyright	29
Comcast vows to stop BitTorrent hampering by Cyril Kowaliski — 11:04 AM on March 27, 2008 After coming under fire from customers, net neutrality advocates, and the Federal Communications Commission over its hampering of BitTorrent traffic, Comcast has announced a... Type: News story Tags: Internet Software Copyright	33
Verizon pushes legal peer-to-peer, labels mull piracy surcharge by Cyril Kowaliski — 3:04 PM on March 14, 2008 While some internet service providers are trying to discourage users from using peer-to-peer file sharing, a new initiative by Verizon Communications would actually... Type: News story Tags: Multimedia Internet Copyright	24
Valve mulls music, video downloads for Steam by Cyril Kowaliski — 4:10 PM on February 25, 2008 As Amazon plans to go from offering MP3 downloads to offering game downloads online, Valve is heading the other way. Doug Lombardi, the game... Type: News story Tags: Multimedia Gaming Copyright	20
Microsoft announces open-source interoperability shakeup by Cyril Kowaliski — 3:14 PM on February 21, 2008 After enacting a long campaign of fear, uncertainty, and doubt over possible lawsuits against open-source software companies, Microsoft has turned around and announced what... Type: News story Tags: Software Operating systems Windows Linux-Unix Copyright	19
BitTorrent streaming platform gets $22 million in EU funding by Cyril Kowaliski — 4:22 PM on February 20, 2008 As some Internet service providers in the United States attempt to disrupt BitTorrent traffic, the protocol may be on its way to gaining mainstream... Type: News story Tags: Internet Copyright	14
Yahoo terminates its premium music service by Cyril Kowaliski — 6:00 AM on February 5, 2008 Last month, we covered rumors suggesting that Yahoo planned to breathe some life into its Yahoo Music Unlimited service by offering unprotected MP3 files.... Type: News story Tags: Multimedia Copyright	7
Amazon MP3 to go international by Cyril Kowaliski — 8:42 AM on January 28, 2008 The Amazon MP3 service launched in the United States just four months ago, and it currently offers music from all of the "big four"... Type: News story Tags: Multimedia Copyright	3

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CampinCarl

I'm sorry but if there's enough market demand for 13.3" 3200x1800 screens, there's MORE than enough demand for 24" 2560x1600 screens.

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danny e.

Based on the content of the presentation, it almost feels like gaming is taking... +40

Xenolith

No Start menu, so the Xbox One is dead to me. +38

superjawes

I am thinking PC. +28

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