UK’s Daily Telegraph reports that EMI and Apple agreed to settle a dispute over underpayment of record royalties on sales of Beatles records between 1994 and 1999. Executives at Apple Corps and EMI can now sit down and work out a new royalties deal to cover music downloads of their singles and albums through iTunes […]

Microsoft’s top lawyer Brad Smith, right, warned Apple yesterday not stop complaining to record labels about music copyright restrictions, saying the computer giant was already selling plenty of iPod music players. “I’m not a big believer in just blaming the music industry for Apple’s inability to sell every conceivable iPod,” said Brad Smith, senior vice […]

Apple has issued a statement that the iPhone will be released in June, but that the next version of OS X will be delayed: iPhone has already passed several of its required certification tests and is on schedule to ship in late June as planned. We can’t wait until customers get their hands (and fingers) […]

Make has a note on their site today saying that the awesomely empowerful Make: Video Podcast is optimized for AppleTV. You can subscribe and watch the standard MP4 or mov at 640×360, or select the HD version which is set up to look awesome in HD. “I shoot in hdv so it’s not up-res-ing,” says […]

Scoble voices a complaint that is becoming common among Apple TV owners: I‚Äôve been watching a TON of Internet videos with my son the past few days. I haven‚Äôt found one that really looks awesome yet that can compare with the Discovery Channel‚Äôs HD content, for instance. Today I spent a few hours at Adobe […]

Apple has updated its podcasting specs and is sending out emails to video podcasters with tips on how to make them look great on Apple TV. The tips include: Encode at 640√ó480 or 640√ó360. This will look much better than 320√ó240 on HDTV, and will still port to the iPod. While 720p looks great, they […]

Zune Scene has reports on “leaked” details of upcoming Zune media players: Zune 2.0 and a smaller flash based Zune will be sold this year. He would not tell me the marketing names but referred to them as the big one and little one. The hard drive version looks like the generation 1 Zune, but […]

High-Definition-starved Apple TV fans have reportedly been wreaking havoc at a Internet video site that is offering a Wages of Sin, a B-grade crime movie, formatted for Apple TV. Here’s the description for this future classic: Wages is the story of a sting operation gone array and a botched assassination attempt that leaves Johnny “Trigger”, […]

Slingbox’s Dave Zatz has confirmed that Slingbox is working on support for Apple TV. This offers the possibility of using Apple TV content on thousands of devices, anywhere you’ve got an Internet connection: Several people have gotten in touch regarding yesterday‚Äôs CNET blog post: Apple TV does not stream over the Internet or across a […]

CopyTrans is a $19.90 Windows application that lets you copy files from your iPod directly into iTunes. The software transfers music as well as videos, playlists, ratings, play counts and all music settings. The program is designed to let you repopulate your iTunes library if you have a system crash, lose your computer or buy […]