Meet Qtrax, Digital Music’s Latest Non-Threat to iTunesMaking its online debut today is Qtrax, a free, ad-supported, peer-to-peer service with a song catalog to rival Apple’s iTunes. Too bad it’s terrible in almost every way!
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Steve Jobs Fails to Make Us Crap Our PantsA few minutes ago, at the hugely anticipated (by nerds, like us) Macworld conference in San Francisco, Apple CEO Steve Jobs announced the details of iTunes’ new movie-rental service, which officially launches today.
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Netflix and Apple Compete With Underwhelming Movie-Streaming ServicesAmid the kickoff of this year’s MacWorld conference, where Apple’s Steve Jobs is expected to announce — in addition to other more-exciting things — a new feature for the iTunes Music Store that will let users “rent” films from some studios for the not-quite-reasonable price of $4 a day, Netflix, in an apparent bid to rain on Apple’s parade, is extending their “Watch Instantly” service.
Netflix Announces Plan to Kill Mailbox, Envelope IndustriesLate last night, Netflix announced the details of a partnership with electronics company LG to create a set-top box that will let members to stream movies directly to their televisions and save them an exhausting walk to mailbox.