Sony said today that is working to add native MP3 support to its portable music players. “The shift from reliance on its proprietary Atrac format will begin with flash memory-based players, but plans are still being finalized on how and when products will add MP3 support,” reports CNET News.com. “Sony is revisiting its MP3 strategy at a time when competition in the digital music market is heating up–and threatening to leave the company behind.
Read MoreHot on the heels of StuffIt Deluxe 9.0, Allume Systems today announced StuffIt Standard 9.0, a new version of its file compression and access software for Mac OS X. StuffIt Standard 9.0 features a redesigned user interface that allows users to create StuffIt, StuffIt X, Zip, and Tar archives from a single location; the ability to save archives directly to CDs and DVDs; integrated FTP support; improved compression and decompression speed.
Read MoreEmployees at the Cambridgeside Galleria Apple Store in Cambridge, Massachusetts, say that customers have been “bombarding” their store with questions about the new iMac G5. The most common question: “Where’s the rest of the computer?” Sales associate Uche Amaechi said people can’t believe there is not another component hidden somewhere.
Read MoreResearchers investigating how people would react to not having Internet access got off to a rough start. “It was incredibly difficult to recruit participants as people weren’t willing to be without the Internet for two weeks,” said Wenda Harris Millard, chief sales officer of Yahoo, and a sponsor of the study.
Read MoreApple has updated its Hot Deals Web site with the latest offerings from the Apple Store, AudioMIDI, O’Reilly, and Ramjet.
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