Posted on 05/10/2006 6:39:54 PM PDT by Panerai
Sony is moving to make its music management software compatible with Apple Computer's audio file format in the latest evidence of Apple's dominance in digital music.
The behemoth Japanese conglomerate, which once controlled the portable music market, announced Tuesday that the company's data compression technology would be compatible with a number of rival formats, including Apple's format of choice, AAC.
In the past, Sony has fiercely held to its own Atrac system. By switching to a technology that supports AAC, Sony appears to be acknowledging Apple's dominance in the digital music playing market, say analysts.
"That's a big change for Sony," said Shaw Wu, an analyst with American Technology Research. "But it's not surprising. Competitors keep trying to stop Apple, but the company's market share just continues to grow."
Calls to Sony were not returned Wednesday.
Sony's new management system will allow iPod users to swap some of their music to a Sony Walkman, but only songs they ripped from CDs.
Music downloaded from Apple's iTunes music store is prevented from playing on non-Apple devices by Apple's digital rights management technology.
I'm glad that im not into music all that much and the music that i like(Classic rock) I already have the cd's that i like. I can rip them anytime i want. I wouldn't buy crippled music from Apple or anyone else for that matter. Who knows for sure whats all in that DRM.
"eSATA is up to 6 times faster than firewire and guess what... i can put it on my computer right now if i wanted to... you cant put it on your mac!"
Care to bet on that? Put some money where your mouth is?
You can't put it in PCs that have a Mac mini-like form factor, either.
You also can't put it in a laptop.
You can put it in the tower Macs.
Sorry, that's several times the size of a Mac Mini, and is therefore not the same size.
Try something like the AOpen MiniPC. Exact same size, no expansion slot.
http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS8464432110.html
Why would someone buy such a piece of junk? LOL
a couple of related oldies:
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First Microsoft, now Apple
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Posted on 04/17/2006 11:50:18 PM EDT by Peelod
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