Mar 17
According to iLounge, the ban is going to cover both film-only products and cases that incorporate protective screens. It applies to products both decorative and protective across all Apple product lines.
Mar 17
Is Canada’s iPod tax back? And if so, will BJ Snowden get her cut?
Posted in: canada, legal, Today's Chili
We know, BJ Snowden is an American artist — but since her song “In Canada” is probably on every iPod and computer up north, we have to wonder whether a proposed amendment to the Canadian Copyright act will help her finally get what’s coming to her. The brainchild of the New Democratic Party’s Charlie Angus, the bill would extend 1997’s Private Copying Levy “to the next generation of devices that consumers are using for copying sound recordings for personal use.” Proponents of the plan says that it ensures that artists get paid for their work — essentially, the government wants you to pay upfront for the music you’re likely to steal anyways by taxing your next digital audio player purchase. Of course, much about the plan doesn’t make sense (it doesn’t address digital video, for instance, or the computers that people use to download and store their music in the first place) but we guess we’ll let the Canadian government hash that one out. This is obviously not a new idea, and it is one the courts have rejected already, but who knows? Maybe this time it will “take.” Lets hope not, eh?
Update: No surprise, but the levy is already being shouted down by Industry Minister Tony Clement calling it “totally nonsensical” and “180 degrees in the wrong direction” with regard to the government’s strategy to embrace the internet, not stifle it.
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Mar 17
Make it four: Google’s Nexus One coming to Sprint
Posted in: Android, breaking news, BreakingNews, cdma, Google, GoogleAndroid, HTC, nexus one, NexusOne, smartphone, Sprint, Today's Chili
Making the rounds, are we Google? Just over 24 hours after we saw an AT&T-friendly Nexus One go on sale, along come Sprint yelling “me too!” at the top of its lungs. Today marks the day that Google’s first-ever smartphone now has at least a holding place on all four of the major US carriers, with T-Mobile nabbing it first and Verizon users still waiting for that vague “spring release.” Unfortunately, Sprint’s making us wait when it comes to finding out an exact price and release date, but at least we’re assured that both are coming “soon.”
Make it four: Google’s Nexus One coming to Sprint originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 17 Mar 2010 14:57:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Mar 17
Droid’s Android 2.1 update going to ‘a small number’ of users tomorrow
Posted in: Android, droid, moto, motorola, Today's Chili, update, upgrade, verizon, Verizon Wireless, VerizonWireless, vzw
Possibly confirming those leaks suggesting that the first volley of Droid updates to Android 2.1 would be limited to just a quarter million folks, Verizon just shot out a statement to let everyone know that the over-the-air push is “being deployed to a small number of Verizon Wireless test users tomorrow afternoon.” Beyond that, no dates are given for the rest of us to get in on the action — probably because Verizon and Motorola need to see how the first group manages before sending out the remainder — so for the moment, just hope that you’re one of these incredibly blessed “test users” and stay tuned.
Droid’s Android 2.1 update going to ‘a small number’ of users tomorrow originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 17 Mar 2010 14:49:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Mar 17
Nexus One coming to Sprint
Posted in: Today's ChiliSprint joins the crowd and announces that it will support the Nexus One with a promise of a release date and pricing soon. pOriginally posted at a href=”http://www.cnet.com/8301-19736_1-20000646-251.html” class=”origPostedBlog”Android Atlas/a/p
Mar 17
Palm’s AT&T launch pushed back to summer?
Posted in: att, delay, palm, palm pre, PalmPre, pre, Today's Chili
Palm might be able to use a bit of good news right about now, but it looks like it may not be able to count on that coming from AT&T. As AllThingsD‘s John Paczkowski reports, Canaccord Adams analyst Peter Misek is now saying that Palm’s still as yet unconfirmed launch on AT&T has been pushed back from its rumored April debut to June or July. What’s more, Misek says that the delay isn’t one of the usual variety, with AT&T reportedly citing a “long list of technical issues with the Pre and Pixi,” and even going so far as to decrease its initial order size and “sharply reduce” its marketing budget for the launch. Of course, we are still taking about a rumored delay to an unconfirmed launch, but we should be hearing directly from Palm soon enough — it’s scheduled to report its third-quarter earnings after Thursday’s closing bell.
Palm’s AT&T launch pushed back to summer? originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 17 Mar 2010 14:28:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Mar 17
What Canon sells you for $150
Posted in: Today's ChiliThe PowerShot A3000 IS is a good budget-friendly Canon compact, if nothing else.
Mar 17
CNET examines on the ongoing problem of disc compatibility on Blu-ray players, and why it’s something reviews won’t always catch.
Mar 17
Billed as the word’s first “intrinsically safe” smartphone, the A25is won’t produce a spark. pOriginally posted at a href=”http://www.cnet.com/8301-17918_1-20000591-85.html” class=”origPostedBlog”Dialed In/a/p
Mar 17
If you’ve always wanted a bust of the iconic Steve Jobs in your house, you’ve come to the right place. There’s just one caveat: it’s made out of cheese. pOriginally posted at a href=”http://news.cnet.com/8301-13506_3-10469105-17.html” class=”origPostedBlog”The Digital Home/a/p
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