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Sony drops DRM

Posted on January 4, 2008 by Thomas Purves

Like the Pope himself deciding, after all this time, to try on a rubber, and not days since I suggested it wouldn’t happen until the last blue ray was prised out of their cold dead hands, Sony (Sony!) BGM has … Continue reading →

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Technologies to look forward to in 2008

Posted on January 2, 2008 by Thomas Purves

A truly portable subnotebook from apple. SSD flash storage in laptops, for portables with lighter weight, longer battery and fewer fragile moving parts (see also #1) 9000 series blackberries (because the 8000 series were already really nice 3G iphones A … Continue reading →

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And then there was one, Warner Music drops DRM

Posted on December 28, 2007 by Thomas Purves

Following EMI, and Universal, Warner is the next and now second-to-last major label to drop digital protections and offer it’s whole catalog of digital music DRM-free though the Amazon media store. This is a big win for Amazon and one … Continue reading →

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