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...features that the iPod lacks. It is very much like an iPod - at $250, the 30GB music and video player is the same price as an iPod, only a little larger in size. And, like iTunes, the Zune software combines a media organizer and an Internet music download store. The so-called "iPod killer" additions are wireless connectivity for Zune-to-Zune sharing of music samples, a movie-friendly wide screen, and an "all you can eat" monthly music download plan...
...Online, a woman can meet other young women in discernment, research convents and even download podcasts that chronicle a nun's formation process. "Virtual discernment" is about two years old and is likely to grow as more convents turn to the Internet to recruit young women. The following are the highlights of discernment-oriented web sites, as compiled by Time.com...
...Although pricing and the full lineup have not yet been announced, Microsoft says that high-definition movies would be available as video-on-demand content. You would download it onto the Xbox 360's hard drive; once you begin watching the film, you would have 24 hours to finish. Warner Bros. titles will include V for Vendetta, The Perfect Storm and - when it is released for video-on-demand - Superman Returns. At the end of each movie viewing, users will see a promotion to buy an HD DVD disc of the movie, compatible with the Xbox...
...size, and will be encoded in the "720p" high-def spec, which means each widescreen frame will have a pixel resolution of 1,280 x 720. Where possible, the files will include a Dolby Digital 5.1 surround-sound track. The files will take 6 or 7 hours to download over a cable broadband connection, according to Microsoft. However, given the wide variety of household Internet connections, your own experience may be better or worse. By comparison, the standard-definition feature-length films currently available on Apple's iTunes Store are generally just under 1.5GB in size...
...Xbox 360's hard drive is only 20GB. For that reason, Xbox Live Marketplace will keep track of purchases in a virtual "locker." You can delete content on your own drive and still have full viewing rights to it. In fact, you can log onto any Xbox 360 and download your own content, though as soon as you log off again, the content goes off limits...