January 16, 2008
Even in the “DRM” debate, content is not king
IT World Canada
Rusell McOrmond is feeling a little like Ralph Nader.
”I am likely one of the strongest opponents to what is commonly called “Digital Rights Management” (DRM) that you will come across. Given this, you might assume that I would be cheering now that all 4 of the major music labels – EMI (Britain), Vivendi Universal (France), Sony BMG (Japan and Germany) and Warner Music (US) – are selling their music online free of “DRM”.”
The Untold Story: How the iPhone Blew Up the Wireless Industry
Wired
Fred Vogelstein tells the iPhone story that hasn’t been told.
“It was a late morning in the fall of 2006. Almost a year earlier, Steve Jobs had tasked about 200 of Apple’s top engineers with creating the iPhone. Yet here, in Apple’s boardroom, it was clear that the prototype was still a disaster. It wasn’t just buggy, it flat-out didn’t work. The phone dropped calls constantly, the battery stopped charging before it was full, data and applications routinely became corrupted and unusable. The list of problems seemed endless. At the end of the demo, Jobs fixed the dozen or so people in the room with a level stare and said, “We don’t have a product yet.””
Jeff Bezos revolts against snooty French court
ValleyWag
Tim Faulkiner asses the chances France will surrender.
”Amazon will pay the equivalent of $1,500 per day in fines and continue to offer free shipping in France in defiance of a recently imposed court order. “
