iTunes Improves as Russians Sell By The Pound

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CES: Roku PhotoBridge update improves
iTunes support

CES: Roku PhotoBridge update improves
iTunes support 01/05/2005 01:43 PM
Roku on Wednesday introduced a 2.0 beta software update for its PhotoBridge HD1000 digital media player, which connects to a home entertainment system and provides a way for computer users to play music, show pictures and play computer-based video. The new 2.0 release will add support for unencrypted AAC music files, commonly used by iTunes users looking to save space on their hard disks compared to MP3 files.

A Tougher Sell For iTunes

A Tougher Sell For iTunes 06/16/2004 12:17 AM
The online music market has changed significantly during the past 15 months, and Apple is no longer a standout leader in this field, especially in Europe. By Paul Jackson and Rebecca Ulph Jennings, CNET News.com (via MyAppleMenu)

Now You Can Sell Your Music On iTunes

Now You Can Sell Your Music On iTunes 04/09/2004 04:00 PM
(HOLLYWOOD) - Independent artists and labels will be glad to learn that they don’t have to be distributed by a major label to get a distribution contract with the iTunes Music Store, now revolutionizing music sales with millions of dollars in downloads.

But finding out how to do it was often a painful and time-consuming process - until now.

Commentary: A tougher sell for iTunes

Commentary: A tougher sell for iTunes 06/15/2004 07:34 PM
Europeans can now buy songs from the trend-setting service, but Apple won't repeat its staggering U.S. success.

A pound of gold, a pound of feathers

A pound of gold, a pound of feathers 02/05/2005 09:02 PM
How much does a kilogram weigh? Well, less than it used to. That's one of the reasons why Germany's PTB (Physical and Technical Institute) has been attempting to create a virtual kilogram. This was news a while back when they first decided to use silicon. Now they're going to try it with bismuth. (Details in German, English via Babelfish.)

Jobs: iTunes to sell 5 percent of US
music in 2 years

Jobs: iTunes to sell 5 percent of US
music in 2 years 06/14/2004 09:46 AM
In a n interview with the Wall Street Journal, Apple CEO Steve Jobs says that his company's goal is to sell 5 percent of the legally purchased music in the United States within the next 24 months. Right now, said Jobs, iTunes sells about 2 percent. (The article is available to Wall Street Journal subscribers only.) Other highlights of the interview include Jobs' revelation that his company has just finished renewing deals with major music publishers and "prices aren't going up on iTunes." Jobs said Apple's Mac business is "very healthy" and growing, with more than half of users buying Macs at Apple Stores new to the platform.

Apple Euro iTunes Stores Sell 50m Songs
Year One

Apple Euro iTunes Stores Sell 50m Songs
Year One 06/24/2005 04:42 PM

Apple's European iTunes Music Stores have together sold more than 50m songs in their first 12 months in business, the company said today. By Tony Smith, The Register

iTunes Music Store to sell 474 million
songs in 2005

iTunes Music Store to sell 474 million
songs in 2005 12/22/2004 01:27 AM
Apple is on track towards selling 474 million songs on the iTunes Music Store during 2005 as the company is currently selling 5.5 million downloads a week, according to Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster. "Based on yesterday's update, it appears that the weekly iTunes run rate is approximately 5.5m songs per week, up from the 3.5 to 4.0 million range in the September quarter." Gene Munster said. "We now expect iTunes downloads in the December quarter to reach 68.5 million vs. our estimate of 52." Last week, Apple announced that it had surpassed 200 million downloads with the 200 millionth song downloaded by Ryan Alekman of Belchertown, MA.

Russians Killed, Kidnapped In Iraq

Russians Killed, Kidnapped In Iraq 05/11/2004 11:56 AM
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Russians guilty of Chechen murder

Russians guilty of Chechen murder 06/30/2004 04:55 AM
Two Russian agents are given life terms for the murder of a Chechen leader in Qatar in February.

Russians fined in blasphemy case

Russians fined in blasphemy case 03/28/2005 10:46 AM
A Moscow court fines a leading human rights activist and colleague for a "blasphemous" art show.

Russians on trial over Qatar bomb

Russians on trial over Qatar bomb 04/11/2004 09:31 AM
Two Russian agents go on trial in the Gulf state charged with killing former Chechen leader Zelimkhan Yanderbiyev.

Georgia blames Russians in crisis

Georgia blames Russians in crisis 05/03/2004 10:18 PM
Georgia accuses a former Russian general of aiding a renegade province, but stops short of blaming Moscow.

Chechen ambush kills 12 Russians

Chechen ambush kills 12 Russians 05/18/2004 02:50 AM
Chechen separatist rebels kill at least 12 Russian troops in a double ambush, Russian officials say.

Russians punt $40m space honeymoon

Russians punt $40m space honeymoon 12/22/2003 12:39 PM
No zero-grav nookie, though

Russians Claim Their Hackers the Best In
the World

Russians Claim Their Hackers the Best In
the World 04/10/2005 04:05 AM

Russians killed in Iraq attack

Russians killed in Iraq attack 05/26/2004 02:53 AM
Two Russian civilian contractors are reported killed in an attack on their bus.

Russians Stop Car Wired With Explosives
(AP)

Russians Stop Car Wired With Explosives
(AP) 09/18/2004 09:03 AM
AP - Police stopped a man driving a car wired with land mines and explosives in downtown Moscow early Saturday, Russian security officials said.

Russians hunt southern attackers

Russians hunt southern attackers 06/22/2004 09:23 AM
Russian forces pursue rebels who killed at least 47 people in overnight attacks in the republic of Ingushetia.

Russians Invade with Flying Saucer

Russians Invade with Flying Saucer 12/20/2003 07:25 PM
Ridgelift writes "Wired covering a project revived from Russia by the US Naval Air Systems Command: The Ekip, a pita-bread-shaped, stubby-winged, wheel-less, ...

Russians Invade West Virginia

Russians Invade West Virginia 12/29/2004 02:32 PM
Major Soviet steelmaker continues U.S. buying spree.

Threat of Civil War Is Turning the
Abkhaz Into Russians

Threat of Civil War Is Turning the
Abkhaz Into Russians 08/15/2004 03:57 AM
As latent civil war with Georgia threatens to flare anew, the people of Abkhazia, a breakaway Georgian republic, have become Russian citizens by the tens of thousands.

Russians Begin Burying Victims of Attack
(AP)

Russians Begin Burying Victims of Attack
(AP) 09/05/2004 08:32 PM
AP - Mothers wailed over the coffins of their children Sunday and dozens of townsmen dug graves in a football field-sized piece of scrubland next to the cemetery. Funeral processions snaked through the streets of this grief-stricken town as Russians began to bury victims of the terror attack on a school that left more than 350 people dead.

Al-Jazeera reports 11 Russians kidnapped
in Iraq

Al-Jazeera reports 11 Russians kidnapped
in Iraq 04/12/2004 04:58 PM

Russians Cite Porous Security in Jet
Bombings

Russians Cite Porous Security in Jet
Bombings 09/15/2004 08:57 PM
Two Chechen women were able to pass through layers of airport security, even after being identified as possible terrorists.

Russians Say Terrorists Downed at Least
One Jet (Los Angeles Times)

Russians Say Terrorists Downed at Least
One Jet (Los Angeles Times) 08/28/2004 05:55 AM
Los Angeles Times - MOSCOW — Russian authorities announced Friday that "a terrorist act" had brought down at least one of two airliners that crashed this week, and investigators raised suspicions that two Chechen women aboard the flights might have been suicide bombers.

Powell Displays Tough U.S. Stance Toward
Russians

Powell Displays Tough U.S. Stance Toward
Russians 01/27/2004 12:09 AM
The secretary of state criticized curbs on free elections and the media, as well as the Russian military campaign in Chechnya.

Russians Rally Against Terror, Bury Dead
(AP)

Russians Rally Against Terror, Bury Dead
(AP) 09/07/2004 07:43 PM
AP - Tens of thousands of people answered a government call and rallied outside the Kremlin on Tuesday in a show of solidarity against terrorism, nearly a week after militants seized a school in southern Russia in a standoff that claimed more than 350 lives, many of them children.

Russians Hunt Rebels Who Launched
Attacks

Russians Hunt Rebels Who Launched
Attacks 06/22/2004 08:44 PM
Free Internet Press Jun 23 2004 0:43AM GMT

FOXNews.com - U.S. & World -
Russians Storm School; at Least 7 Killed

FOXNews.com - U.S. & World -
Russians Storm School; at Least 7 Killed 09/03/2004 06:21 PM
I pray the remaining hostages are released unharmed .. The Russian Hostage Crisis Is Not Over .. Confirmed .. FoxNews

foxnews.com/story/0,2933,131345,00.html
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Russians Are Latest Iraq Hostages,
Chinese Freed

Russians Are Latest Iraq Hostages,
Chinese Freed 04/12/2004 08:52 PM
Reuters via Wired News Apr 13 2004 0:08AM GMT

Mortar Fire Hits Baghdad, Eight Russians
Kidnapped (Reuters)

Mortar Fire Hits Baghdad, Eight Russians
Kidnapped (Reuters) 04/13/2004 03:07 AM
Reuters - Mortar rounds crashed into central Baghdad on Tuesday, killing an Iraqi as smoke coiled from the U.S.-led administration's heavily defended compound on the banks of the Tigris river, witnesses said.

Russians Are Latest Iraq Hostages,
Chinese Freed (Reuters)

Russians Are Latest Iraq Hostages,
Chinese Freed (Reuters) 04/12/2004 11:16 PM
Reuters - Eleven Russian civilians were the latest foreigners reported kidnapped in Iraq and three Japanese were still missing on Tuesday, but China's official Xinhua news agency said seven Chinese had been freed.

Russians Hunt Attackers as War Spills
Beyond Chechnya (Los Angeles Times)

Russians Hunt Attackers as War Spills
Beyond Chechnya (Los Angeles Times) 06/23/2004 06:27 AM
Los Angeles Times - MOSCOW — Russian troops swept into three regions of the Caucasus on Tuesday on orders from President Vladimir V. Putin to "track down and destroy" Chechen insurgents who killed at least 57 people in one of the biggest displays of coordinated firepower in their 10 years of war.

United Press International: Kurd PM:
French, Russians to lose Iraq oil

United Press International: Kurd PM:
French, Russians to lose Iraq oil 03/15/2003 05:59 AM
Kurd PM: French, Russians to lose Iraq oil .. French and Russian oil contracts .. United Press International .. UPI

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In for a Penny, Buy by the Pound

In for a Penny, Buy by the Pound 06/05/2005 10:45 PM
The last couple of years have seen a proliferation online of the cheapest of the cheap, so-called penny books that merchants sell for a cent apiece. Which are worth paying for?

New headaches pound the Web

New headaches pound the Web 06/16/2004 04:47 PM
ZDNet Jun 16 2004 7:44PM GMT

Devil Rays Pound Red Sox 8-3 (AP)

Devil Rays Pound Red Sox 8-3 (AP) 08/09/2004 10:21 PM
AP - Aubrey Huff hit one of Tampa Bay's four homers and the Devil Rays handed Curt Schilling his first home loss this season, snapping a nine-game road losing streak with an 8-3 victory Monday night over the Boston Red Sox.

Legend Grows Around 1,000-Pound Ga. Hog
(AP)

Legend Grows Around 1,000-Pound Ga. Hog
(AP) 07/28/2004 06:29 PM
AP - Around these parts, they are calling it Hogzilla: a 12-foot-long wild hog recently killed on a plantation and now quickly becoming a part of local legend.
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