Month: January 2007
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Calabash Music
“Fair to the Artist
Individual Artists with self-produced recordings are able to sell directly to you. They keep half of the money from every purchase. And they continue to own the rights to their music.Fair to You
You choose the price. Download songs for- 99¢ per song when you buy one song at a time
- 80¢ per song when you buy a 10 song block
- 75¢ per song when you buy a 20 song block
- Flexible MP3 format with no copying restrictions – works with iPod & iTunes and all other players! What you buy is yours to keep.”
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Rockbox: An Open Source Firmware for MP3 Players
“Rockbox is an open source replacement firmware for mp3 players. It runs on a number of different models:
- Archos: Jukebox 5000, 6000, Studio, Recorder, FM Recorder, Recorder V2 and Ondio
- iriver: H100, H300 and H10 series
- Apple: iPod 4th gen (grayscale and color), 5th/5.5th gen (Video – 30GB and 60GB models only), 1st gen Nano and Mini 1st/2nd gen (Nano 2nd gen and 80GB Video 5.5th gen are not supported)
- iAudio: X5 (including X5V and X5L)
- Toshiba: Gigabeat X and F series (the S model is not supported)
- Additional models are in development“
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WordPress 2.1 Released
On behalf of the WordPress.org community of commiters, contributers, and volunteers, I’m very proud to announce the immediate availability of WordPress 2.1
Ella
, named for jazz vocalist Ella Fitzgerald. -
Suomen kuluttajavirasto ottaa kantaa iTunesin sopimusehtoihin
Suomen ja Norjan kuluttaja-asiamiehet sekä Ranskan ja Saksan kuluttajaorganisaatiot vaativat yhdessä nettimusiikkikauppa iTunesia Music Store korjaamaan sopimusehtonsa kuluttajien kannalta myönteisemmiksi. Kukin maa on lähettänyt muutostarpeista iTunesille kirjeen.
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Satu Taiveahon kotisivut sotkettiin
Kansanedustaja <a href="http://www.htk.fi/public/satu.taiveaho/index.htm"Satu Taiveahon kotisivuja oli sabotoitu siten, että niille mentäessä ruudulle ilmestyi verinen nainen ja epäasiallista tekstiä. Taiveaho on jättänyt häirinnästä poliisille rikosilmoituksen.