RealNetworks breaks Apple's hold on iPod. Real's Rob Glaser and Apple's Steve Jobs have feuded before. RealNetworks' iPod hack is likely to ruffle feathers again.
RealNetworks Says Files Can Play on iPod (AP). AP - RealNetworks Inc. says it has created technology that allows songs purchased through its online music services to be played on Apple Computer Inc.'s popular iPod player, just a few months after complaining that Apple was rebuffing attempts to form an alliance.
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Online Media Drop Gimmicks for Conventions (AP). AP - Gone from Internet coverage of the political conventions are most of the gimmicks, like 360-degree cameras that Web surfers can control from their homes. Also gone are television-style reports at USA Today's Web site and an original newscast from America Online Inc.
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Pushing computers to the limit. Computing power has risen phenomenally in the past 40 years and new approaches could help to keep it growing.