Simon Aughton

DRM kills Nokia music service

by Simon Aughton on 18 January 2011 in News

Nokia is to close its mobile music service in Europe because the DRM-encumbered tunes cannot be played on iPods.

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Apple shares fall 10% as Jobs goes on sick leave

by Simon Aughton on 18 January 2011 in News
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While Apple timed the announcement to coincide with a day-off for Wall Street, Martin Luther King Day, it couldn’t do anything about the reaction on the Frankfurt stock exchange.

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Steve Jobs takes medical leave of absence

by Simon Aughton on 17 January 2011 in News
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Steve Jobs has taken medical leave of absence from Apple for the second time.

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Google’s H.264 axe: winners and losers

by Simon Aughton on 17 January 2011 in News
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Google’s decision to drop support for native playback of H.264 on the web has wide-reaching implications for the future of internet video.

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App Store nears 10 billion downloads

by Simon Aughton on 17 January 2011 in News
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Apple is planning to hand a huge prize to whichever iPad, iPhone or iPod touch users makes the 10 billionth download

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FireWire speed to double in 2011

by Simon Aughton on 17 January 2011 in News
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There are now more than two billion FireWire ports worldwide, with more applications and faster speeds ahead.

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