New MacBooks and MacBook Pros require HDCP for some iTunes videos
Some owners of the new MacBook and MacBook Pros have discovered something strange when you try to play some iTunes video content to an external display. If that display is not HDCP compliant, then iTunes will return \an error saying that a connected display is not authorized to play protected… Continue Reading »
App Store free apps round-up - October 3, 2008
With Apple’s recent changes to the App Store, I was honestly afraid that I wouldn’t be able to provide a long list of free apps and games for you to try out this weekend. If you’ve noticed, Apple removed the All Apps section the App Store, which provided users with… Continue Reading »
iTunes SD Movie rental targets missed
When announcing iTunes Movie Rentals, Steve Jobs said to expect 100 High Definition, 5.1 Surround Sound titles available for rent by February. Although Apple has made this goal, they are really short in their goal of 1,000 standard definition titles. 396 short, to be exact. Although there are 197 HD… Continue Reading »
Oops! MPAA Admits they were wrong in movie download study
The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) admitted Wednesday that their study on illegal movie downloads had a serious flaw. In a 2005 study, the MPAA accused college students of being the cause of 44% of illegal movie downloads, mostly because of easy access to high bandwidth networks at the… Continue Reading »
Apple unveils more video on the UK iTunes Store
The iTunes UK store may not be the farthest behind in terms of content, but it is still behind the US store. We haven’t got movies at all yet - let alone movie rentals. Hopefully that will all change some time this year, when we receive the movie rental treatment.… Continue Reading »
Cheat the iTunes rental system
Many think that the iTunes Movie Rentals have too strict time limitations. You only get to watch your movie for 24 hours once you have started playing it. Clever hackers have developed a simple loop in Apple’s system, which allows you to rent movies, and keep them with plenty of… Continue Reading »
Fox to allow DVD ripping to iTunes
Along with rumors of Fox partnering with Apple for movie rentals this morning, rumors of DVD copying have risen as well. Apple’s infamous DRM system, FairPlay, will be used to allow the copying of Fox DVDs to iTunes, iPods, iPhones, and AppleTVs. Although users have been able to copy DVDs… Continue Reading »
Movie Rentals coming to iTunes?
While trying to report a problem in iTunes, Mac developer David Watanabe stumbled upon what could be the beginnings of movie rentals on iTunes. When browsing the reasons you could submit problems under, he discovered some unusual strings, and posted a screenshot of them on Flickr. Among them were: “DidNotReceiveMovie-Renjavascript:promptTag(“link”);talMovie,”… Continue Reading »
Netflix promises instant viewing for Macs!
This year, Netflix released an instant viewing service for Windows which allowed you to watch movies on your PC (Windows). Netflix provided customers with a certain amount of hours per month depending on your subscription. Netflix has just promised to release this service for Mac. The service is expected to… Continue Reading »
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