We heard about it in January at CES, but finally have some info on what Philips is doing to answer our call: why no decked clocks? Their new MP3 and WMA-playing PSS110 clock has 256MB of flash memory—more than enough room to fit Missy E’s “Wake Up” (or Simon & Garfunkel, if you’re down). You should be able to pick one up in April for about $160.

[Via DigitalMediaThoughts]

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Not content with the 65 cents or so they’re currently making off of every 99 cent download from the iTunes Music Store and other online music retailers, the major labels have decided they want a bigger slice of the pie. If anything legit downloads should cost less, not more (the industry could easily rake in more than the $300 million they made last year if they dropped downloads to a price most people would feel comfortable paying), but the labels don’t see it that way and are reportedly trying to renegotiate their agreements and up the amount they get paid every time someone legally buys a song online. Apparently Steve Jobs is livid (admit it, wouldn’t it be sorta cool to see him really, really, really angry?), which is as good an indication as any that this proposed price hike isn’t going to end up happening.

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