Vodafone has added yet another label to their music download service which is DRM-free, and this time we’re talking about Warner music. In case you don’t remember, Vodafone already has agreements with Sony Music, EMI, and Universal Music Group.

Thanks to this addition, the number of DRM-free tracks that can be downloaded via the Vodafone service passes the 1 million mark. On top of “normal” music tracks, Vodafone and Warner will work together to bring more material, like multimedia content and others.

Vodafone representative comments:

The response to the DRM-free offering in all the markets where it has launched has been incredibly enthusiastic. Our customers love music and they love the flexibility that DRM-free on mobile gives them.

Faster than we actually expected, Nokia decided to officially launch its Ovi Store all around the world. If you own a Symbian S60 or S40 device and you need more mobile content then you should absolutely check the store out. Like we told you before, around 20,000 downloads will be waiting for you, including applications, games, videos, widgets and more. You will have the option of paying for everything right away with your credit card or waiting for the carrier to charge you for your downloads. What great Ovi Store application have you downloaded already?

via Nokia

People say Apple has decided to drop DRM from iTunes Music, which is great news. We have been really looking forward to this and Apple executives have decided to close the deal at the beginning of this year. While Apple hasn’t announced it officially yet we’re counting on it to do so in the following days.

Older songs will cost now just $0.79 but new songs might be more expensive than the regular $0.99. You could expect a whole dollar to be added to that price. But hey, we’re going to have DRM-free music which is really cool. On top of that people say that Apple will allow us to get music downloads over the 3G air. We will get back to you when the official announcement has been made. Until then we’ll just cross our fingers hoping that nothing will go wrong in the mean time.

via AppleInsider

Now before you get your pirate hats on and head for your favorite bittorrent tracker, please take note; this announcement doesn’t necessarily make it any safer, or legal, than it previously was to pirate. OK, now that we’re done with that onto the news.

It was recently brought to the media that the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) will cease prosecuting individual file sharers for downloading music. Instead, they have decided to take a different initiative, focusing on big uploaders and repeat offenders.

So now, if you download music and/or share it excessively, the RIAA will contact your ISP who will then take appropriate action, which may include shutting off your internet. That is, if you get caught.

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We knew this was going to happen but we simply didn’t know when! Apple has released Mac OS X 10.5.6 today and everyone running a Mac OS should go for the update. 10.5.6 is said to improve stability, compatibility and of course, security. Apple also released Mac OS X 10.5.6 Server and there are security updates available for Mac OS X 10.4.11 whether client or server.

The Mac OS X 10.5.6 client is just 373MB big and it’s available for download. That’s of course if you’re upgrading for 10.5.5. If you happen to upgrade from an earlier version then you have to download a larger file, the 668MB one.

Mac OS X 10.5.6 server comes as a 469MB file for Macs with 10.5.5 Server installed and as a 883MB file for Macs running on earlier Server versions.

If Tiger is your favorite kitty then go ahead and download Mac OS X 10.4.11 client and server security updates which Apple also launched. The client patch is 71.6MB for PowerPC Macs or 163.2MB for Intel Macs. The server patch is just 133MB for PowerPC Macs and Intel Macs running 10.4.11 Server.

via AppleInsider

We’ve seen NBC return at Apple’s iTunes and people have been really responding well to the move. We’re 10 days after Apple’s latest event and about 1 million NBC shows have been already downloaded.
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You got to give it to Iomega. Here’s what they have for us, a 1TB external hard drive, very much ready and very much ready to be purchased. For $269.95 this baby is yours to have. You get the Super eGo which is a single 1TB HDD, with USB 2.0 port and a one year warranty. It comes in three colors, ruby red, midnight blue and jet black or, the way I like to call them, red, blue and black.

Add a MacBook Air to it and a high speed internet connection and download everything you want. Legal downloads only of course!

The Apple iPhone is one of the most hyped and expected technological breakthrough in the entire history of the technological revolution. Introduced at the beginning of 2007, it immediately became one of the most popular electronic devices in recent history. It offers not only cell-phone capability with text messaging, but a way to listen to music, watch videos and movies, and play games. With just the touch of a button you can acquire any and all of these media. The cellular phone is no longer just a phone, but a multimedia device with remarkable capabilities.

But its definitely not perfect. As with other devices, it needs the right software downloads for it to function to its optimal capability. With the thousands of software that pops-up in the internet, iPhone owners need to ask these questions:

-What iPhone downloads are the best?
-Is a particular download compatible to my iPhone setup?
-Is the iPhone downloads worth the price?
-Is there a 100% satisfaction guarantee?

With these in mind, Consumer Rated put some popular iPhone download software to the test. Consumer Rated purchased and tested a variety of iPhone downloads such as movies, games, music, video converters, wallpapers, and software from several different Internet companies. They discovered that many of these companies’ software were unusable and not at all compatible with iPhones. In one case, the iPhone download disrupted the normal iPhone functions and eventually caused the iPhone to “die”!

So, for those iPhone owners, be careful! Always be wary of the software that you are downloading for you phone. For the complete guide, visit Consumer Rated at their website.

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