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The Pirate Bay Cancels OiNK Replacement
2007-11-27 09:27:00 Slashdot It!The plan behind BOiNK was to re-upload all the lost OiNK torrents to a public tracker called BOiNK. However, it turns out that the music loving pirates didn’t need The Pirate Bay to help them out because several new sites sprung up to replace it mere days after OiNK went down.Pirate Bay admin Brokep, who listed some of these alternatives on his blog a few weeks ago, noticed this as well and decided that BOiNK wasn’t needed anymore. “There are so many people opening up new music trackers right now so there’s no need for us to go and do that as well.” He adds: “It’s simply better for us not to interfere with the music lovers that want their special ratio trackers for only scene releases and so forth. That’s not our specialty! Each to do what they’re best at and what they love the most.” Brokep is right, it looks like former OiNK members, and releasing talent, already moved to other music trackers. Some moved to new trackers such as what.cd and waffles.... More About: The Pirate Bay , Oink , Irate
Why Digg should block users who are sing ad-block softwares
2007-11-27 09:21:00 Slashdot It!The users of sites such as Digg , Netscape, Reddit and StumbleUpon openly endorse Ad Block Plus, a plug-in that blocks advertisement on web sites, and are well known for providing no value to the sites they visit. Software that blocks all advertisement is an infringement of the rights of web site owners and developers. Numerous web sites exist in order to provide quality content in exchange for displaying ads, Digg users who don't click on these ads are stealing bandwidth without paying for it and website owners deserve a method to block this unauthorized bandwith theft.Since social media sites do not allow website owners a method for excluding content and do not obey robots.txt law, abiding webmasters are forced to block all users from social media sites. Demographics have shown that not only are Digg and other social media users a somewhat small and insignificant percentage of the internet, they actually are even smaller in terms of online spending, therefore blocking ... More About: Softwares , Sing , Users
CoolMax CUQ-1200B Modular 1200W Power Supply Unit @ Benchmark Reviews
2007-11-27 04:25:00 Slashdot It!Whether you're a hardcore gamer with a set SLi or CrossFire video cards or a hardware enthusiast with several hard disks and an overclocked quad-core processor, the power draw your computer created can quickly add up to an outrageous electric bill. With so many systems now consuming 600W or more of continuous power, consumers are beginning to find ways to conserve energy and save their money. CoolMax has joined the 80-PLUS revolution by offering their Green Power CUQ-1200B modular power supply unit, and Benchmark Reviews inspects their claims as we load-test this unit for AC power ripple and DC voltage regulation.ARTICLE URL: http://benchmarkreviews.com/index.php?opt ion=com_content&task=view&id=60&Itemid=1 Protect your computer with Windows OnecareGet Paid $7.50 for reviewing my post http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping More About: Unit
MSI K9AGM2-FIH AMD Motherboard @ TheTechLounge
2007-11-27 04:05:00 Slashdot It!"The K9AGM2-FIH is still a decent-performing, good-looking motherboard, but, in the end, it breaks no ground and makes mistakes that cause its mundanity. It serves as an example for what not to do by a company that has so often done things better than the rest."Article Link:http://www.thetechlounge.com/article /471/MSI+K9AGM2FIH+AMD+Motherboard /Protec t your computer with Windows OnecareGet Paid $7.50 for reviewing my post http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping
Boeing Achieves First Submerged Unmanned Undersea Vehicle Recovery by a Sub
2007-11-27 03:46:00 Slashdot It!The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] has successfully demonstrated for the first time that an unmanned undersea vehicle (UUV) can be recovered by an underway submerged submarine, opening up new possibilities for advanced naval operations.During recent tests, a U.S. Navy attack submarine launched the AN/BLQ-11 UUV from one of its torpedo tubes. The vehicle, formerly called the Long-term Mine Reconnaissance System (LMRS), then returned to the vessel, where the system's robotic arm retrieved it into the submarine. "With this recent success, Boeing has taken another important step in UUV development by demonstrating that the unmanned vehicle can return to the submarine and be recovered by a robotic arm," said Dan Jones, director of Boeing Advanced Information Systems, a division of Boeing Space and Intelligence Systems. "This milestone represents a critical next step for the U.S. Navy and opens the door for a whole new set of advanced submarine missions."The at-sea UUV tests follo... More About: Recovery , Vehicle , Unmanned
What if Gmail is designed by Microsoft
2007-11-27 03:24:00 Slashdot It!Today I want to ponder the question: what if Microsoft , not Google, had created Gmail ? What would be the differences in that web mail client for users today? What if we apply some of the same design rules that brought us Hotmail, for instance? To start, here’s the current Gmail homepage after you log-in: First of all, we need to rebrand the application name to something longer. Let’s call this Windows Live Gmail, and add some of the visual elements connected with Windows. Also, as in Hotmail, there needs to be less space for the email subjects to make place for a reading pane, which is full of verbose explanatory help text*: *Not shown in the screenshot, we’ll also throw in a security measurement that will prevent you from clicking on links in emails, unless you discovered the switch to mark a mail as safe. Another security measurement we’ll add is that you won’t be able to log-in with just username anymore but are required to enter the full username@gmail...
Sony sells 1 million updated PSPs in Japan
2007-11-27 03:17:00 Slashdot It!Sony said sales in Japan of the new version of its PlayStation Portable (PSP) game machine reached 1 million units in the two months since its launch, hitting that milestone at a quicker pace than the original model. It took additional two weeks for Sony to sell 1 million units of the original PSPs three years ago.The Tokyo-based electronics and entertainment group launched a lighter and slimmer model of the PSP in Japan on September 20 to better compete with Nintendo's hot-selling DS. Sony aims to sell 10 million units of the PSP worldwide in the fiscal year ending in March, while Nintendo targets DS sales of 28 million units.Protect your computer with Windows OnecareGet Paid $7.50 for reviewing my post http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping More About: Million
Flixya
2007-11-26 16:12:00 Slashdot It!I found this great website called Flixya. For those people who are sick and tired of video uploading websites like Youtube and Google Videos, this is the perfect website for you.One thing great about this website is that you can earn money from it. Check it out at My Financial Blog. Shall keep the earning money part short so that you can read it on My Financial Blog. Protect your computer with Windows OnecareGet Paid $7.50 for reviewing my post http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping
Hitachi 1TB Hard Drive Review
2007-11-26 09:56:00 Slashdot It!Here is the video review of the Hitachi 1TB Hard Drive Review Protect your computer with Windows OnecareGet Paid $7.50 for reviewing my post http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping More About: Hard Drive
BitTorrent Comic Tracker Re-Opens Despite Marvel and DC Threats
2007-11-26 09:33:00 Slashdot It!A few days ago we reported on the legal pressures being experienced by the Z-Cult FM comic tracker. At the time, site admin ‘Serj’ explained: “We got legal letters from both Marvel and DC Comic s who have been working together to send us these legal threats. We are currently dealing with the legal issues and they have given us 3 days before they are forced to take anymore action.”Since then, the Z-Cult FM trackers haven’t been operating as the admins try to sort out the legal issues. In the first instance, Marvel Comics demanded that Z-Cult FM respond to their demands within 3 days which they have been trying to do. However, the staff concerned at Marvel went off on their Thanksgiving break and were unavailable to discuss anything with the Z-Cult FM admins.Additionally, Marvel has been demanding certain files from Z-Cult FM - files they don’t have, admin ‘Serj’ told TorrentFreak:“Z-Cult pointed out that we do not in fact hold any of the files that Marvel... More About: Bittorrent , Threats , Tracker
PS3 sales jump in US on heels of price cut
2007-11-26 02:03:00 Slashdot It!Sales of Sony's PlayStation 3 have been given a boost in North America since it cut the price of the console and introduced a cheaper version at the beginning of November.The company said Thursday that combined sales of the older 80GB model and the new 40GB model have increased by 192 percent at the top-10 major retailers in North America and "more than doubled" overall.After seeing poor sales all year the company cut the price of the 80GB model from US$599 to US$499, and introduced a cheaper US$399 version on Nov. 2, with a lower capacity hard-disk drive. In addition to the smaller drive, the cheaper version lacks the ability to play PlayStation 2 titles.The higher sales are good news for Sony, which has been running in third place in the console battle in the U.S. In October, 121,000 PlayStation 3 consoles were shipped, according to estimates from NPD Group. That ranks it lower than the seven-year-old PlayStation 2, which shipped 184,000 units in the month. The market... More About: Price , Jump , Heels
Asus eeePC violates GPL say Linux stalwarts
2007-11-26 02:01:00 Slashdot It!Members of the Linux community have complained that the hot new sub-notebook from Asus , the eeePC, may have violated the spirit of the Linux General Public License (GPL). Some Linux advocates claim the eeePC has not included required source code with the installed Xandros Linux distribution and does not easily enable users to install another distro. However, there are indications that eeePC fans probably don't care.The Asus eeePC has been hailed widely as abreakthrough product that could finally succeed in markedly increasingthe penetration of Linux in the consumer computing marketspace.However, some Linux purists are upset that the eeePC uses Xandros, aDebian-based distribution which charges license fees and has a similarpatent protection agreement with Microsoft to the one signed 12 monthsago by Novell.However, the latest complaint has more to do with the modication of aparticular module of the underlying Linux kernel concerned withmanaging the hardware interfaces of ... More About: Viola
Expert scares world with VoIP hacking proof
2007-11-25 12:26:00 Slashdot It!An expert has released a proof-of-concept program to show how easy it would be for criminals to eavesdrop on the VoIP-based phone calls of any company using the technology.Called SIPtap, the software is able to monitor multiple Voice-over-IP (VoIP) call streams, listening in and recording them for remote inspection as .wav files. All that the criminal would need would be to infect a single PC inside the network with a Trojan incorporating these functions, although the hack would work at ISP level as well.The program can index 'IP-tapped' calls by caller - using SIP identity information - and by recipient, and even by date. Running from August this year until the most recent tap on November 21st, SIPtap had no problems in extracting enough information on the test network to prove that call recording of any and every VoIP call at a hypothetical company was now a trivial exercise.SIPtap demonstrates that the worst-case nightmares of VoIP vulnerability are now well within ... More About: World , Voip , Proof , Expert , Pert
Skype encryption stumps police
2007-11-25 12:24:00 Slashdot It!German police are unable to decipher the encryption used in the internet telephone software Skype to monitor calls by suspected criminals and terrorists, Germany's top police officer said.Skype allows users to make telephone calls over the internet from their computer to other Skype users free of charge.Law enforcement agencies and intelligence services have used wiretaps since the telephone was invented, but implementing them is much more complex in the modern telecommunications market where the providers are often foreign companies."The encryption with Skype telephone software ... creates grave difficulties for us," Joerg Ziercke, president of Germany's Federal Police Office (BKA) told reporters at an annual gathering of security and law enforcement officials."We can't decipher it. That's why we're talking about source telecommunication surveillance - that is, getting to the source before encryption or after it's been decrypted."Experts say Skype and other Voice ... More About: Encryption , Crypt
Apple Pops Some of Burst's Patent Claims
2007-11-25 12:21:00 Slashdot It!A little bruised, Burst.com will live to fight another day in its dispute with Apple over patents it claims the company infringes on in its popular iPod and iTunes music store.Apple tried to invalidate parts of four of the tiny Santa Rosa, Calif., company's patents related to compression; high-speed transmission; and sharing, editing and playing audio and video on computers in a summary judgment motion. In a ruling Thursday, U.S. District Judge Marilyn Hall Patel invalidated 14 claims, leaving 22 claims remaining. Observers say it's a good start for Apple and its lawyers at Weil, Gotshal & Manges, but added they'll have to do more to get rid of Burst, which got Microsoft to cough up a $60 million settlement and a licensing agreement in a similar patent dispute in 2005."The fact that they knocked out 14 claims on summary judgment is good," said James Gatto, who heads Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman's IP practice. "But at the end of the day it comes down to whether the... More About: Claims , Patent , Some
Hypersonic PC joins the OCZ Technology Group
2007-10-27 17:49:00 Slashdot It!OCZ today announced immediate plans to bring Hyper sonic PC into the OCZ Technology Group . Known primarily as the worldwide leader in innovative, high-performance computer memory and power supply units, OCZ acquired Hypersonic PC to employ their rich expertise in high-end system building and take the organization and mobile gaming to the next level. Hypersonic has been paving the way in maximum performance computing since 1996 and established themselves as a leader attributable to their diligent focus on technology, quality, craftsmanship, and world-class support. Under the OCZ Technology Group, the Hypersonic vision can be taken to new heights and grow in key areas of innovation, product development, and market reach.Combined with their highly personalized solutions and aggressive deployment of the newest advances in PC technology, Hypersonic has earned numerous industry awards and recognition and filled the enthusiast niche unlike any system builder. Their extensive pro... More About: The O
Intel Opens First High-Volume 45nm Microprocessor Manufacturing Factory
2007-10-27 11:10:00 Slashdot It!Production of a new generation of microprocessors for PCs, laptops, servers and other computing devices officially began today inside of Intel Corporation's first high-volume 45 nanometer (nm) manufacturing factory in Chandler, Ariz.Called "Fab 32," the $3 billion factory will use Intel's innovative 45nm process technology based on Intel's breakthrough in "reinventing" certain areas of the transistors inside its processors to reduce energy leakage. The 45nm transistors use a Hafnium-based high-k material for the gate dielectric and metal materials for the gate, and are so small that more than 2 million can fit on the period at the end of this sentence. Millions of these tiny transistors will make up Intel's faster, more energy efficient lead- and halogen-free processors for PCs, laptops and servers, as well as ultra low-power processors for mobile Internet and consumer electronic devices, and low-cost PCs. The first of the company's 45nm processors is scheduled to b... More About: Factory , High , Manufacturing , Volume
Xbox to include HD Players
2007-10-27 09:45:00 Slashdot It!Microsoft, according to insiders at Toshiba owner of the HD DVD patents, claim that Microsoft is working on a brand new Xbox that will incorporate not only a new HD DVD drive but a large hard drive and new entertainment software that is a spin off from its struggling media centre offering.The device is being developed in response to the PS3 driving sales of games software and Blu-ray content in several countries. A recent Sony Brand Wave study conducted in five countries including the UK, Australia, France Germany and Spain revealed that a key reason that consumers are buying a PS3 is because it includes a Blu-ray player.Recent GFK research reveals that the recently launched Xbox 360 HD DVD attach player is not selling well. Another factor that impacted early sales of the Xbox 360 was that Microsoft failed to include a HDMI port - omitted because Microsoft wanted to cut down the costs of the console in an effort to compete up against the PS3.The new Xbox device, while al... More About: Players
Microsoft dials up phone ambitions
2007-10-27 09:37:00 Slashdot It!After years of planning its move into telephony, Microsoft is finally ready to start taking calls.At an event here Tuesday morning, Chairman Bill Gates and Business Division President Jeff Raikes formally launched several products that are key to Microsoft's strategy of offering "unified communications" for businesses--that is, software for bringing together e-mail, instant messaging, voice mail and telephony. The event took place at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium--a venue better known for rock concerts than tech launches. It kicked off with fog machines pumping and a rock musician playing an electric guitar signed by Gates."The era of dialing blind, the era of playing phone tag, the era of voice-mail jam...that era is ending," Raikes said at the event. He noted phone numbers themselves are the product of the technology limitations of the era in which they were developed. "I don't want to get in touch with your number," Raikes said. "I want to get in touch with you."... More About: Phone , Ambit , Dial
Motorola shares rise after profit beats estimates
2007-10-27 06:57:00 Slashdot It!Motorola posted third-quarter earnings above Wall Street estimates and forecast a profit for the fourth quarter, raising expectations the mobile handset maker had begun to turn its business around.Shares of Motorola, which had posted losses for the first two quarters this year amid market share losses to handset rivals, rose 4.6 percent in premarket trading to $19.40 from its Wednesday close of $18.55. American Technology Research analyst Mark McKechnie said Motorola had cut costs faster than expected, but that investors would be anxious to see more improvements in handsets."They're doing what they said they were going to do. They're doing good but not great," he said. "It's decent progress for a company in turnaround mode."All handset vendors combined shipped 285 million cell phones in the July-September quarter, with strong demand in Asia and Africa lifting sales 12 percent from a year ago, research firm Strategy Analytics said on Thursday. The main gainer from the ... More About: Profit , Beats , Rise
Microsoft Reports 23% Profit Jump
2007-10-26 14:56:00 Slashdot It!Microsoft posted a rise in quarterly profit on Thursday, boosted by healthy demand for personal computers loaded with its Windows operating system and strong sales of its "Halo 3" video game.Shares of Microsoft, which closed at $31.99 Thursday, jumped 11 percent in late trading.The world's largest software maker said net profit in its fiscal first quarter totaled $4.29 billion, or 45 cents per diluted share, versus $3.48 billion, or 35 cents per diluted share, a year earlier.Revenue rose 27 percent to $13.76 billion in the three months ended Sept. 30.Analysts, on average, had forecast 39 cents per share in first-quarter profit on revenue of $12.54 billion, according to Reuters Estimates.Market research firms Gartner and IDC said global PC shipments rose about 15 percent in the September quarter, which helped Microsoft as well as the quarterly results of chip maker Intel.Microsoft also enjoyed strong sales of "Halo 3," the latest installment of its flagship shooter franc... More About: Profit , Jump
Sony's profit up
2007-10-26 09:36:00 Slashdot It!Sony swung to a quarterly operating profit as it booked strong sales of personal computers and digital cameras and benefited from a weaker yen, and it raised its full-year forecast by 2 percent.The profit jump also reflected the absence of hefty costs booked in the same quarter last year to recall faulty PC batteries, as well as lower marketing expenses in the pictures division and a gain on the sale of land.The results could support the view among some investors that Sony remains on a recovery track after cutting thousands of jobs and ditching unprofitable businesses to focus on core electronics products such as Cyber-shot digital cameras and Bravia LCD TVs.Sony's game division continues to lose money, however, as it was forced to sell its PlayStation 3 game console at a loss in a bid to keep up with rival Nintendo, which is reshaping the industry with its hot-selling Wii console."It seems that it's making good progress even though problems remain," said Mitsushige Ak... More About: Profit
SanDisk sues 25 companies to enforce patents
2007-10-26 09:34:00 Slashdot It!SanDisk said it filed three patent infringement actions on Wednesday against 25 companies that make, sell and import USB flash drives and other products. The actions, filed in the United States District Court in the Western District of Wisconsin and with the United States International Trade Commission allege the defendants have infringed SanDisk patents.The company seeks damages and a permanent injunction as well as a permanent exclusion order from the ITC banning importation of the products into the United States.Some of the companies named in the suit include Apacer Technology and Imation Corp Get paid to bloghttp://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping More About: Companies , Patents , Sandisk , Tent
Amazon Announces Third Quarter Sales
2007-10-26 09:17:00 Slashdot It!Amazon today announced financial results for its third quarter ended September 30, 2007.Operating cash flow was $1.0 billion for the trailing twelve months, compared with $587 million for the trailing twelve months ended September 30, 2006. Free cash flow was $800 million for the trailing twelve months, an increase of 118% compared with $366 million for the trailing twelve months ended September 30, 2006. Common shares outstanding plus shares underlying stock-based awards outstanding totaled 435 million on September 30, 2007, unchanged from a year ago.Net sales increased 41% to $3.26 billion in the third quarter, compared with $2.31 billion in third quarter 2006. Excluding the $75 million favorable impact from year-over-year changes in foreign exchange rates throughout the quarter, net sales grew 38% compared with third quarter 2006.Operating income increased 207% to $123 million in the third quarter, compared with $40 million in third quarter 2006.Net income increased 3... More About: Sales , Quarter , Third , Anno
AT&T Profit Surges 41%
2007-10-26 09:10:00 Slashdot It!The Apple iPhone has raised AT&T’s fortunes.The phone company said yesterday that its third-quarter net income rose 41 percent as the cellphone helped bring in new customers.AT&T’s wireless unit added two million subscribers in the third quarter, an increase of 47 percent, for a total of 65.7 million subscriptions. The wireless growth offset a 4.7 percent loss of the San Antonio company’s landline customers. “We had an excellent quarter in wireless growth,” Richard Lindner, AT&T’s chief financial officer, said in a conference call with analysts.AT&T is clearly benefiting from Apple’s strong sales of the iPhone. It is the sole supplier of the cellphone service.AT&T said it had activated 1.1 million subscriptions for iPhone users, and that roughly 40 percent of those subscribers were new AT&T customers.Apple helped increase iPhone sales last month when it cut the price of the device from $599 to $399. AT&T reported net income of $3.06 billion, or 50 cents a s... More About: Profit , Urge
Asustek Eee PC price
2007-10-26 08:44:00 Slashdot It!One of the major reasons that Asustek Computer increased the retail price of its low-priced Eee PC is that the price for 7-inch panels rose sharply during the first half of 2007, according to sources.Asustek started to offer its low-cost Eee PC notebooks in Taiwan recently with pricing at online retailers at around NT$11,655 (US$358). This is much higher than the price of US$199 Asustek originally promoted for the portable PC.As demand for small- to medium-size LCD panels was running tight during the first half of 2007, prices for 7-inch panels increased to US$30 during the second quarter, compared to less than US$20 at the beginning of this year, noted the sources. The quotes are far more expensive that those expected by Asustek.The average selling price (ASP) for a 7-inch panel is presently at around US$28, the sources noted.Panel makers pointed out that Asustek originally expected to secure 7-inch panels with an ASP of US$15. However, panel makers refused to place ord... More About: Price
Aruba files countersuit against Motorola
2007-10-24 11:47:00 Slashdot It!Aruba Networks has filed a lawsuit against two Motorola subsidiaries.The suit is in response to patent-infringement claims issued in August by Symbol and Wireless Valley Communications over four patents on wireless local-area network architecture.Subsidiaries Symbol and Wireless Valley Communications are seeking to stop Aruba from distributing much of its equipment in the U.S. Aruba is seeking to invalidate their claims.Aruba's countersuit alleges that Symbol knew about Aruba's technologies more than four years ago, yet has not sued over the patents until now."Recognizing the superiority of Aruba's technologies, Symbol tried to get access to them by buying Aruba," the company said in a filing on Wednesday. "Throughout the first half of 2003, in the course of discussions initiated by Symbol, Aruba gave Symbol essentially unfettered access to Aruba's products--the way they were designed, built, tested and made--and to Aruba's business and marketing strategies and plan... More About: Files , Suit
Hitachi is out of the PC business
2007-10-24 10:35:00 Slashdot It!Hitachi said it is withdrawing from the home personal-computer business amid sluggish sales, the latest move by a Japanese electronics group to trim struggling operations.Hitachi, which helped pioneer PC technology in Japan three decades ago, has not developed new Prius-brand PCs for the year-end shopping season and will stop making them, Hitachi spokesman Keisaku Shibatani said."We want to develop new computers for use in the broadcasting industry, which is becoming more digitized," he said, without giving further details.The conglomerate, whose products range from nuclear reactors to washing machines, is pulling out of underperforming businesses to pool resources to fight price falls and mounting development costs.Hitachi ranked eighth in Japan's PC market with only 4.5 percent share, shipping 580,000 units in the year ended March, and trailing the likes of NEC, Fujitsu, Dell and Toshiba Corp, according to MM Research Institute.The firm, which has pledged to focus on ... More About: Business , Itachi , Sine
Apple Reports Fourth Quarter Results
2007-10-24 05:15:00 Slashdot It!Apple ® today announced financial results for its fiscal 2007 fourth quarter ended September 29, 2007. The Company posted revenue of $6.22 billion and net quarterly profit of $904 million, or $1.01 per diluted share. These results compare to revenue of $4.84 billion and net quarterly profit of $542 million, or $.62 per diluted share, in the year-ago quarter. Gross margin was 33.6 percent, up from 29.2 percent in the year-ago quarter. International sales accounted for 40 percent of the quarter’s revenue.Apple shipped 2,164,000 Macintosh® computers, representing 34 percent growth over the year-ago quarter and exceeding the previous quarterly record for Mac® shipments by 400,000. The Company sold 10,200,000 iPods during the quarter, representing 17 percent growth over the year-ago quarter. Quarter ly iPhone™ sales were 1,119,000, bringing cumulative fiscal 2007 sales to 1,389,000.“We are very pleased to have generated over $24 billion in revenue and $3.5 billion in n... More About: Results
AT&T to deliver Napster songs directly to phones
More articles from this author:2007-10-24 03:48:00 Slashdot It!AT&T, the biggest U.S. mobile service, said on Monday it would offer wireless song downloads from Napster 's digital music service, expanding an existing agreement.AT&T, which already lets Napster subscribers transfer music from their personal computer to their cell phone via a cable or a storage card, said it would sell Napster music directly on its phones for $7.49 for a bundle of five songs, or $1.99 for a la carte purchases, beginning in mid-November.Napster, which gives customers access to the downloaded music only as long as they pay monthly subscription fees, charges about $15 a month for unlimited music transfers for its existing portable music service. Its computer only services costs subscribers about $10 a month.Apple, which leads the digital music market, sells songs for 99 cents each as does Sprint Nextel, the No. 3 U.S. mobile service.AT&T's director of premium content Rob Hyatt acknowledged that the price is more expensive that rival offers. But while the... More About: Songs , Phones , Deli , Dire 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
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