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Apple CEO Steve Jobs yesterday said that his company’s TV set-top business, Apple TV, is still just a “hobby.”

Apple TV, which now retails for $229, is a device that sends audio and video files (including high-def shows) from your PC to a High-Definition TV.
Jobs referred to Apple TV as a hobby when [...]

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The blogosphere is buzzing over the debate started by Steve Jobs about digital rights management (DRM) and the music industry.
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The Recording Industry Association of America has responded to Apple CEO Steve Jobs’s suggestion to remove piracy measures from digital music - saying Apple should instead open up its DRM technology to its competitors.
Mitch Bainwol, chairman and chief executive of the RIAA, said the move would allow iTunes competitors to sell music using the same [...]

Apple chief Steve Jobs issued a statement yesterday that could represent a dramatic about-face in the company’s controversial stance on digital rights management, the software that keeps the company’s music files from being played on media devices other than a personal computer or an Apple iPod. In an 1,800-word statement, Jobs placed the onus of [...]

Although I am currently using Windows on a Compaq laptop (and like it), I have to admit that I have a fascination with everything Apple and Macintosh. I have owned some Macs in the past. From a business and practical, everyday use standpoint, I like Windows. But the glitsy graphics, audio, digital imaging and video capabilities [...]