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Apple iTunes: Make Money by Losing Money

07:44 | Jason Lopez | Mar 8th, 2008 12:01am |

Recently, NPD Group reported that Apple’s iTunes store moved into the number two spot in 2007 for music retail sales in the U.S. (Wal-Mart remained at number one.) Selling music has been tough — ever since the RIAA took on Napster and Grokster, less downloaded music is being paid for, not more. Where does this leave Apple? In this podcast, PodTech’s Jason Lopez and Kevin Edwards discuss why Apple has been relatively comfortable in an industry where the profit margin appears to be razor thin.

DJ Drama and the RIAA

02:44 | Jay Smooth | Jun 1st, 2007 |

A few thoughts on the RIAA’s persecution of mixtape pioneers DJ Drama and Don Cannon.
Intel Says 45 Nanometer Microprocessors Due Later This Year

08:40 | Jason Lopez | Jan 27th, 2007 |

This video was commissioned by Intel.

Intel announced that it will begin making 45 nanometer chips, code-named Penryn, in the second half of the year. The new microprocessors are the culmination of years of R&D using new materials to improve the efficiency and performance of silicon-based semiconductors.

The company says ...
Jeans. Celery. Cheap Office software...

06:53 | Jason Lopez | Oct 4th, 2006 |

Among the less sexy but more important stories we’re covering like the HP boardroom leak, a mea culpa from Apple CEO Steve Jobs, and the inevitable comment that — if the RIAA can scare the crap out of universities for complicity in illegal file sharing — You-Tube’s cease-and-desist letter from ...
LimeWire Countersuit Against Record Companies

10:15 | Matt Kelly | Sep 26th, 2006 |

LOS ANGELES, September 26, (PodTech News) — The gloves are off for LimeWire in its dealings with the major record companies. The company on Monday filed suit in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, charging 13 record companies with anti-competitive behavior. The suit follows a a claim against LimeWire by the same 13 record companies, accusing the developer of piracy and demanding damages totaling nearly half a billion dollars. PodTech’s Matt Kelly spoke with Joe Fleischer of BigChampagne, an online media measuring and research firm, about the peer-to-peer landscape.