Amazon.com as annouced that they have convinced Sony to not take the DRM route.

This news means Sony’s digital music will be free of copy protection which is great for those who want to share what they have. Amazon is expected to have Sony’s music on their website later this month to sell.

–Take that Apple iTunes–

 

There is no doubt Ford has been a consistant seller of cars in the United States for a long time! Ford just only recently have lost their #2 ranking to Toyota.
And of course there is no doubt Sony has experience with stereos and music. Why not blend the two?

 That is exactly what is happening. Ford annouces that this year, 2008, they will be incorporating Sony stereos into their cars.

The match is a match made in heaven I think because a lot of cars out there today have subpar stereos. With Sony, Ford will have profound sounding systems and the Sony name will always attract consumers. Good job - Ford & Sony.

A new pact between the French government, service providers and the music industry will see P2P users in France risk loosing their internet connections if they download music or films illegally.

Interesting development, this really doesn’t surprise me coming from the country in which you need a license to design websites, and is pretty strict when it comes to the law. Imagine if other countries did this?

NYTimes has more..

Just picked up a Griffin itrip today - this thing is awesome!

For those of you who don’t know, this is an FM transmitter that allows you to stream audio from your ipod to any nearby radio. Plug it into the ipod, play a song, and it displays an FM radio frequency on-screen (you can also select your own frequency). Then tune in on the radio - e.g. in the car, and voila, listen to your music without wires.

This is the best solution I have found to have essentially portable wireless speakers for an ipod, which is what I was looking for.