Pop icon Michael Jackson on Monday expressed concern over the Authors, Consumer and Computer Owners Protection and Security Act (ACCOPS Act), new legislation that, if passed by House of Representatives, would make it a federal felony to download a single copyrighted work such as a song. “I am speechless about the idea of putting music fans in jail for downloading music.
Read MoreComputerWorld has an article on Microsoft’s US$90 million contract with the US Department of Homeland Security — and the discovery last week of a critical security flaw affecting nearly every version of the Windows.
Read MoreThe July 19th broadcast of the Inside Mac Radio Show, which featured Paul Foeckler, Director Of Corporate Marketing, Digidesign, and Kurt Solland, Harman Multimedia’s Lead Designer, is now available as an MP3 download.
Read MoreSlate’s Rob Walker reports on the new digital download chart in Billboard, which made its official debut this month in the trade journal. Walker is surprised by how small the numbers are — the No. 1 track, “Crazy in Love” by Beyoncé, reached its spot on the strength of about 1,500 paid downloads, while the No. 10 song only received about 500. “Billboard says that Apple, the most aggressive player in this market so far, is selling an average of 500,000 tracks a week.
Read MoreWaterfall Software today released Wallet 1.1, an update to its secure and easy-to-use data storage application. Version 1.1 adds several new features such as an Inspector window, plain text exporting, and iPod synchronization. The update also includes a few bug fixes and adds new default groups so you can easily store books, movies, and agenda items. Wallet is US$14.95 shareware.
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