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...seems, just about anyone is. Three days after the Moscone event, PC owners had downloaded a million copies of the software and paid for a million songs (adding to the 14 million music downloads already made by Mac users). In a year when record labels hit a sour note by suing students, grandparents and 12-year-old file sharers, Jobs had effectively brokered a peace agreement: he had shown the music industry how to win friends and turn a profit on the very Internet that was being used to steal their songs...
...free of restrictions. They said Jobs had been given a sweet deal by the labels because Apple, with its minuscule share of the computer market, was never going to be a real distribution threat. "The Mac world is a walled garden," said BuyMusic.com vice president Liz Brooks. "The PC environment is like the Wild West...
...voiceprint, and if you don't say it exactly the same way every time, the phone can get confused. Now Microsoft Voice Command ($40; available for download at handango.com brings genuine voice recognition--the kind used by customer-service hot lines and in-car navigation systems--to Pocket PC phones (and also PDAs). After installing the software, you can use your voice to dial any number in your phone book or check appointments by asking, "What's my schedule?" The software reads your calendar out loud and can also respond to alternative requests like "What's my next meeting...
...Arts column published in The Crimson this September, Dan P. Gilmore ’05 concluded that “it’s time to start paying for our music again.” Time and the introduction of iTunes to the PC have proven this conclusion wrong...
...company providing free, easily downloaded software that integrates with Microsoft Outlook to keep your address book up to date. So long as your contact is also a Plaxo user, any changes to his or her phone number, e-mail address or postal address will be automatically sent to your PC or PDA and entered into your address book without you even being aware of it. According to company spokesman Darcy Hansen, "Plaxo is currently being used in over 200 countries, although I cannot give you specifics on user numbers yet. We are experiencing exponential growth, so more and more people...