What else?; Indies strike back; Fox

BBC talks about the nano and its future plus the 'Halo effect', does the nano attract new Mac users, and predicting Mac OS X years from now.

Sony BMG and EMI uses Microsoft's DRM for their latest CDs. Unfortunately, these CDs are not compatible with iTunes which leaves a lot of iPod owners out in the cold. So what did Sony BMG and EMI do? Well, tell people how to hack and beat the system. This makes you wonder why did they go with Microsoft's DRM in the first place?

So what do independent labels think about the furor over iTMS's pricing scheme? David Faiman, Odessa Mama Records' Managing Director, asks with so many fans who are happy with the pricing scheme, why rock the boat? Digital distribution of music would have gone ahead with or without Apple but Faiman admits that without iTMS, it would have taken a few more years for it to have gone mainstram. By then it would have been to late for some of the independent music companies.

Last but not the least, here's Fox's video on the iPod nano, Mighty Mouse, and ROKR.