Press of Atlantic City

AP Video

National Business

Jan 06, 2009	LyondellBasell units file for bankruptcy
Jan 06, 2009	Alcoa to cut 13 pct of global work force
Jan 06, 2009	Fed: Economic woes will last despite radical moves
Jan 06, 2009	Skilling convictions upheld, resentencing ordered
Jan 06, 2009	GdF says Russian gas supply to France down 70 pct
More ...

Autos

More ...

Jobs

Jan 06, 2009	Six ways you can control change
Jan 06, 2009	Economy's toll: No bailout for the overqualified jobless
Jan 06, 2009	Digital Dialogue personalizes credit union calls
Jan 06, 2009	Your Office Coach: Trash rotation leaves annoyed worker holding the bag
Jan 06, 2009	Keeping your head clear of dust bunnies
More ...

Real Estate

Jan 02, 2009	Florida pushing tough law to combat mortgage fraud
Jan 02, 2009	Buying a home with nothing down is possible
Dec 24, 2008	Mortgage rates dropping: Time to refinance?
Dec 24, 2008	Real estate Q&A
Dec 24, 2008	Foreclosure crisis creates unique hardships for renters
More ...

Science & Nature

Jan 06, 2009	Astronomers want your eyes glued to the heavens in 2009
Jan 05, 2009	Rare bird alert for Jan. 6, 2008
Dec 30, 2008	End 2008 with two heavenly pairings
Dec 30, 2008	In recession, nature sets tone on how to adapt for winter
Dec 23, 2008	This year gave good reasons to look up
More ...

Apple cuts copy protection and prices on iTunes

By JESSICA MINTZ

Published: Jan 06, 2009

Apple Inc. is cutting the price of some songs in its market-leading iTunes online store to as little as 69 cents and plans to make every track available without copy protection.

In Apple's final appearance at the Macworld trade show, Apple's top marketing executive, Philip Schiller, said Tuesday that iTunes song prices will come in three tiers: 69 cents, 99 cents and $1.29. Record companies will choose the prices, which marks a significant change, since Apple previously made all songs sell for 99 cents.

Apple gave the record labels that flexibility on pricing as it got them to agree to sell all songs free of "digital rights management," or DRM, technology that limits people's ability to copy songs or move them to multiple computers. Apple had been offering a limited selection of songs without DRM, but by the end of this quarter, the company said, all 10 million songs in its library will be available that way.

While iTunes is the most popular digital music store, others have been faster to offer more songs without copy protection. Amazon.com Inc. started selling DRM-free music downloads in 2007 and swayed all the major labels to sign on in less than a year. More

Jan 06, 2009

• Social Security unveils new online application

The Social Security Administration, envisaging the near-future prospect of 10,000 baby boomers applying for benefits every day, has put together a new online service that will allow people to get their benefits without ever traveling to a Social Security field office.

Jan 06, 2009

• Model wants Google to identify anonymous commenter

A model targeted by negative commentary by an anonymous blogger is seeking a court order that would force Google to reveal who the person or people responsible are.

Jan 06, 2009

• Berlin Philharmonic offers digital concerts

Fans of Germany's renowned Berlin Philharmonic can now follow the orchestra's performances from anywhere in the world through a new "digital concert hall" accessible via the Internet.

Jan 06, 2009

• Ohio company chosen for Ala. broadband project

Alabama officials have selected a Cincinnati company for a $1.7 million two-year contract to make Internet broadband service available in all areas of the southern state.

Jan 05, 2009

• Apple's Jobs has hormone imbalance, will stay CEO

Apple Inc. founder Steve Jobs, a survivor of pancreatic cancer whose gaunt appearance in the past year has alarmed the Mac and iPod lovers who look to him as an oracle, said Monday he has an easily treated hormone imbalance and will remain in charge of the company.

Jan 05, 2009

• Logitech to cut salaried staff by 15 percent

Logitech International SA, a maker of mice, webcams and other computer peripherals, said Monday it is cutting its salaried work force by 15 percent in response to weak consumer demand amid what it expects to be an extended global downturn.

Jan 05, 2009

• SkyWi president says Qwest cost his firm customers

The president of a New Mexico internet and telephone provider says he fears his company has lost its customers' trust after Qwest Communications disconnected its service last week.

Jan 05, 2009

• Feds start wait list for DTV converter box coupons

Consumers who apply for federal coupons to pay for converter boxes ahead of next month's transition to digital television broadcasts are being placed on a waiting list and may not receive their vouchers before the switchover, the Commerce Department said Monday.

Jan 05, 2009

• MySpace is research place for busybody 'Dr. Meg'

Many teenagers cleaned up their MySpace profiles, deleting mentions of sex and booze and boosting privacy settings, if they got a single cautionary e-mail from a busybody named "Dr. Meg." The e-mail was sent by Dr. Megan Moreno, lead researcher of a study of lower-income kids that she says shows how parents and other adults can encourage safer Internet use.

Jan 05, 2009

• Even in recession, CES to have stuff worth seeing

The recession figures to tone down the flashiness of this week's International Consumer Electronics Show, but the lineup of innovative products likely will measure up to those of past years.

Jan 05, 2009

• Text of Steve Jobs' letter to `Apple community'

Here is the letter that Apple CEO Steve Jobs released Monday morning to address questions about his health.

Jan 05, 2009

• Apple CEO Steve Jobs, at a glance

NAME - Steven Paul Jobs.

Jan 05, 2009

• Virginia co. acquires Tenn. nuclear fuel provider

A Virginia company that specializes in nuclear technology services has completed its acquisition of Tennessee-based Nuclear Fuel Services Inc. for an undisclosed price, the companies announced Monday.

Jan 05, 2009

• China targets Google in pornography crackdown

China warned Google and other popular Web portals Monday that they must do more to block pornographic material from reaching Chinese users, the latest in a series of government crackdowns targeting Internet content.

Jan 05, 2009

• LG high-def TVs to stream Netflix videos directly

Netflix Inc. has come up with another way to get movies to people without sending DVDs in the mail.

Jan 04, 2009

• Recession to steal some glitz from gadget show

The International Consumer Electronics Show, the largest trade show in the U.S., opens this week in Las Vegas with a full slate of giant TVs and inventive gadgets, despite the pall of a recession hanging over the industry.

Jan 02, 2009

• Wikipedia meets $6 million fundraising goal

The nonprofit foundation that runs Wikipedia, the popular online encyclopedia of user-contributed articles, said Friday it has met its $6 million fundraising goal for fiscal 2008.

Jan 02, 2009

• Digital TV subsidy program running out of money

The Feb. 17 transition from analog to digital television broadcasts looms and as many as 8 million households are still unprepared, but the government program that subsidizes crucial TV converter boxes is about to run out of money.

Jan 01, 2009

• Facebook nudity policy draws nursing moms' ire

Web-savvy moms who breast-feed are irate that social networking sites like Facebook and MySpace restrict photos of nursing babies. The disputes reveal how the sites' community policing techniques sometimes struggle to keep up with the booming number and diversity of their members.

Jan 01, 2009

• Time Warner Cable and Viacom agree on fees

There's no need to cry, Dora. The programmer Viacom and Time Warner Cable agreed on compensation that preserved access for the cable system operator's 15.7 million subscribers to Dora's Nickelodeon network, MTV and 17 other channels.

Dec 31, 2008

• Israel takes battle with Hamas to YouTube

Israel's bruising war on the Islamic militants who control Gaza has moved online, where sites like YouTube and Facebook are the new battlegrounds.

Dec 31, 2008

• Microsoft says Zune players working again

Many of Microsoft's Zune media players that froze up on the last day of 2008 because of a glitch involving their internal clock were functioning properly Thursday as the new year was ushered in, according to the company. However, a few people were still complaining of problems operating the devices.

Dec 31, 2008

• Chinese software pirates get prison sentences

The alleged ringleaders of a Chinese counterfeiting gang that sold at least $2 billion worth of bogus Microsoft Corp. software have been sentenced to prison terms of up to 6 1/2 years, in what is believed to be the harshest penalties yet under China's tightened piracy laws.

Dec 31, 2008

• No shoes? No problem for this college interview

For her college interview, Avery Cullinan put on her best outfit but didn't bother with shoes. She sat in her living room, smiled into her computer's webcam and told an admissions officer more than 800 miles away that Wake Forest University was right for her.

Dec 31, 2008

• FCC head drops filtering from free broadband plan

Before he steps down as chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, Kevin Martin still hopes to win approval for his plan to auction off a slice of the airwaves for a free nationwide wireless broadband network.

Dec 31, 2008

• Shhh! Gadget racket threatens pulsar research

Of all the threats to scientific research Wesley Sizemore has stymied over the years, satellites and cell phone towers don't stick in his memory quite like the possessive old hound and its treasured heating pad.

Dec 30, 2008

• `GoodQuests' tie online mazes to charity

If kids are playing video games, why not do some good while they're at it?

Dec 30, 2008

• Review: Ditching car OK with Net transit planners

As a New Yorker, I don't own a car, and I really hate driving.

Dec 30, 2008

• Pa. hospitals go high-tech on infection tracking

At Hershey Medical Center, a sophisticated computer program serves as a watchdog for infection outbreaks.

Dec 30, 2008

• China's 3G rollout sets off sales scramble

China is starting a long-delayed introduction of third-generation mobile phone service, setting off a politically charged scramble by foreign and Chinese equipment makers for up to $41 billion in orders.

Dec 30, 2008

• Obama's online backers key to pushing his agenda

President-elect Barack Obama's top asset in pushing his agenda will not be his Cabinet secretaries or aides, but rather his online network. Obama's political e-mail list tops 13 million names, a digital force that the incoming White House can tap to push for his legislation, tamp down critics or bolster popular support. It's also a way for Obama to reach into every state, every city, and every neighborhood.

Next >>