N.Y. Judge OKs Sony BMG CD Settlement (AP)
May 22, 2006AP - A judge approved a settlement of lawsuits against the world's second-largest music label that gives millions of consumers free song downloads to compensate them for flawed anti-piracy software on compact discs.
Sen. Clinton Reveals Her iPod Playlist (AP)
May 22, 2006
AP - Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton has joined the iPod generation. Motown tunes, classical music and the Rolling Stones are all on her playlist, the 58-year-old senator was quoted as telling the New York Post.
Talking Trash and Pushing Durability (BusinessWeek Online)
May 22, 2006BusinessWeek Online - Author Giles Slade refuses to buy an iPod, drives a weathered Toyota Rav-4, and wears his dad's decades-old Burberry trench coat. His wife's cell-phone is about the size of an old camping flashlight, and it works just fine, thank you very much.
Review: SanDisk Sansa M200 Series MP3 Player (NewsFactor)
May 22, 2006NewsFactor - Everyone knows that Apple is by far the top supplier of MP3 players, thanks to the iPod. Less well known is that a close contender is SanDisk, a company that was barely a factor in the market before 2005.
iDiamonds Make iPod Earphones Sparkle (TechWeb)
May 22, 2006TechWeb - Tired of the boring white earphones that come with your Apple iPod? Then iDiamonds may be for you, assuming you've got a lot of extra cash.
Apple Sues Creative Labs In MP3 Battle (TechWeb)
May 22, 2006TechWeb - Apple has filed a counter-suit after being the target of a patent suit by Creative Labs claiming iPod's interface violates Creative's patents.