Year: 2006

FT: ‘Apple sets tune for pricing of song downloads’

Apple said today it has renewed contracts with four major record labels to sell songs via iTunes for 99 cents each, reports The Financial Times. “The agreements came after months of bargaining, and were a defeat for music companies that had been pushing for a variable pricing model,” notes the story. “Some record executives had speculated that the big labels might sign short-term contracts with Apple and revisit the issue later.

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Belkin announces Flip Wireless

Belkin today announced Flip Wireless, a wireless remote users can place anywhere within 10 feet of their computers. “Flip Wireless allows business professionals to bring home their work laptop and easily plug it into their home setup to share one monitor, keyboard, and mouse between two computers. Its wireless remote further reduces the cables that clutter your desktop. Flip Wireless will ship in North America in June.

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