Author: dsellers

Judge says to keep Pink Floyd albums intact

Posted by | Mar 11, 2010 | , |

The rock band Pink Floyd have won a High Court battle to stop their record label, EMI, from selling album tracks as singles at places such as the iTunes Store.

The legendary band, signed to EMI since 1967, said their contract meant their albums could not be split up without their permission. The BBC http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8561963.stm) reports that a judge agreed, saying the contract contained a clause to “preserve the artistic integrity of the albums”. EMI has been ordered to pay £40,000 (approximately $60,000) in costs, with a further fine to be decided.

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Kool Tools: Suitcase Fusion

Kool Tools: Suitcase Fusion

Posted by | Mar 11, 2010 | , |

Suitcase Fusion 2 from Extensis (http://www.extensis.com) is a next generation solution for single-user font management that can save creative professionals a lot of time.

Version 2.0 sports a completely redesigned user interface and code base and boasts a SQL backend for fast performance and stability. It’s built on the platform used for the Extensis Universal Type Client, and provides font activation, font previews, and corruption checking and repair.

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Smartphone Market will eclipse computers by 2012

Smartphone Market will eclipse computers by 2012

Posted by | Mar 10, 2010 | , |

Demand for the iPhone and Google’s Nexus One will help propel smartphone sales past those of personal computers in two years, according to a new report by the Gartner research group.

As reported by “Bloomberg” (http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=conewsstory&tkr=AAPL%3AUS&sid=armHyLeMqhMQ), Gartner says smartphone sales will more than triple to 491.9 million units by 2012 from 139.3 million in 2008. The computer market will expand to 443.1 million units from 290.8 million in the same period.

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PixelMags has 100-plus apps ready for the iPad

Posted by | Mar 10, 2010 | |

Since PixelMags (http://www.pixel-mags.com) launched in December, 60+ titles for iPhone and iPod touch have been sold in 77 countries through the Apple App Store. New magazine titles are releasing every day. As the launch date of iPad nears, anticipation is reaching a fever pitch.

“Disney CEO Bob Iger and Wired Magazine Editor-In-Chief Chris Anderson have called the iPad a ‘game-changer’. We couldn’t agree more. When iPad launches, we will have more magazine titles optimized for iPad than any other vendor.”  says Ryan Marquis, founder and COO, PixelMags

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