Apple announced record Mac sales and huge third-quarter earnings. Are we seeing a return to Apple’s glory days?   Apple has posted a 73 per cent jump in profit for its third fiscal quarter, which ended June 30. This is partly fueled by a record number of Macs being sold – 1.76 million were shipped during that time period. That rocketed ...

 Consumer groups across Europe are pressing for radical changes in how the music industry does business with DRM. Reverberations are being felt all the way over here in North America – you can thank Europe that someone is fighting the good fight! If Steve Job’s recent letter is any indication, they seem to be making an impact. Anyone ...

Q: Which US Senators are in the back pocket of the RIAA? A: Which US Senators put forth the new “Platform Equality and Remedies for Right Holders in Music Act”? This time the RIAA is using its political clout to attack Satellite Radio and brought some friends from the US Senate. Mitch Bainwol, President of the Recording Industry Association of ...

Microsoft dropped the ball on the feature consumers wanted most from a Wi-Fi MP3 player and SanDisk picked it up. At CES in Vegas SanDisk demonstrated its Wi-Fi enabled 4GB flash players called Sansa Connect. But unlike Zune, this Wi-Fi MP3 player didn’t forget to include over the air downloads. It looks like the Sansa Connect will deliver a big ...

Still no release date for Zune in Canada. In fact Microsoft has only released Zune officially in the US. According to ZuneCanada.com, a website devoted to seeing Zune up here. Zune Canada has repeated rumors of an intended release date in spring but no word yet. Zune had been sold in Canada prematurely online through a service called ...

The XM / Sirius merger rumor started late last year but it's been resurfacing again lately. Language used in recent speeches by executives from both Sirius and XM include lines like “Consolidation creates value…” and “Significant benefits…”. So it looks like we're up for another round of satellite radio merger rumors. Why would Sirius and XM, the ...

Zune is set to be released tomorrow, Nov 14th. Though Microsoft has been criticized for releasing a device that further divides the portable music player business, signs are hopeful for Microsoft’s market penetration. Criticisms levied at Microsoft’s new toy look something like this: Not sexy enough - boring flat brown instead of the cool ...

Ever have Hawaiian shirt days?  Casual Fridays?  No?  Well, your boss might just never notice Apple’s new fashion addition, arriving in stores by the end of this week.  It’s the wearable iPod Shuffle, and at just half an ounce it’s about as noticeable as a pack of Tic Tacs. Apple’s latest uber-trendy offering was first ...

Sony’s NW-E003 MP3 Player may turn some heads with its stylish look, but it’s also got a satisfying audio quality for a flash MP3 player. In our video, we'll answer two pressing questions: what’s Sony really saying with its new breed of Walkman-branded MP3 players, and why are they so darned stylish? Our video also touches on the ...

There’s been a lot of talk lately about Microsoft, including whispers of a viral DRM on its upcoming Zune device. The rumor was probably spawned by a mis-blog on the Zune Insider. Ceasar Menendez originally said that Zune would wrap all songs up in a DRM when conducting Zune to Zune file trading. But it’s not true; Ceasar has corrected ...