The Register - Music and MediaBiting the hand that feeds ITFalling pound brings iTunes UK into line with Europe- July 16, 2008 Apple UK escapes price cuts Apple no longer needs to lower the price of songs on iTunes UK in order to achieve pricing parity with the rest of Europe - fluctuating exchange rates have done the job for it.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/07/16/itunes_euro_price_parity/ Netflix will stream movies on Xbox 360- July 15, 2008 Microsoft stretches, puts arm around distributor Microsoft is now flirting with making its Xbox 360 movie download service very nearly interesting thank to a new deal announced today with Netflix.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2008/07/15/microsoft_netflix_movie_st... Cnet blogger squadron discovers long lines at Apple retail stores- July 11, 2008 The brick and mortar cult Early this morning, three different Cnet reporters blogged from three different retail stores in the San Francisco Bay Area. And two others blogged from more retail stores in New York City.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2008/07/11/cnet_blogs_at_retail_store... Gadgets safe from global airport anti-piracy plan- July 11, 2008 Conspiracy theory not conspiracy fact Alarming headlines claiming that our laptop hard drives and iPod libraries could soon be scanned at airports for illegal copies of content are unfounded.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/07/11/acta_debunked/ Reg readers kickstart WiReD UK recovery- July 11, 2008 And the winner is... Competition So WiReD magazine is returning to the UK next year, after an 11 year absence. The very idea of "a UK edition of WiReD" is as strange as one of those creepy medical experiments where boffins graft an ear onto the back of a mouse; but you have to admire the suicidal determination of the publisher, Conde Naste.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2008/07/11/wired_competition_gallery/ Show us the money, indies tell Last.fm- July 10, 2008 Tightwads 2.0 Indie music site Last.fm was basking in the glow of its own moral virtue yesterday, as it expanded its trial scheme to compensate unsigned artists from advertising revenues.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2008/07/10/lastfm_indie_dispute/ Getty dips into Flickr to beef up photo stock- July 9, 2008 Who you calling an amateur Flickr fanciers will soon be able to make cash out of the photos they post online following a secret deal inked with the worlds leading photo agency, Getty Images.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2008/07/09/getty_flickr_partnership/ BBC must reveal EastEnders costs- July 9, 2008 Right two and eight down Albert Square The Information Commissioner's Office has ordered the BBC to release information about the salaries of the stars and other staff at soap opera EastEnders.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2008/07/09/eastenders_wages_costs_rul... Trust on the slide, Chris Moyles on the up at BBC- July 9, 2008 Annual report shows serious navel-gazing iPlayer good, London bias bad, rigged phone-ins very bad. Those are just some of the (predictable) gems that emerged yesterday as the BBC published its annual report on 20078.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2008/07/09/bbc_annual_report/ |