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    • Music labels eager for Google-Apple battle (Reuters)
      Reuters - Google Inc is in talks with music labels on plans for a download store and a digital song locker that would allow its mobile users to play songs wherever they are as it steps up its rivalry with Apple Inc., according to people familiar with the matter.
    • Apple and Google to clash in music space by Christmas (Reuters)
      Reuters - Google Inc is in talks with music labels on plans for a download store and a digital song locker that would allow its mobile users to play songs wherever they are as it steps up its rivalry with Apple Inc, according to people familiar with the matter.
    • iTunes TV rentals now available on Mac and PC (Macworld.com)
      Macworld.com - Looking to catch the most recent season of Lost, but don’t want to succumb the baggage of having to buy a bunch of episodes that you’ll only watch once? Relax, friend, because if you’re an iTunes 10 user, you can now rent TV shows from the comfort of your very own…computer.
    • Facebook Connect Disappears from iTunes Ping (Mashable)
      Mashable - Late last evening, Apple released iTunes 10 and its new Ping social network to the public. Assuming you were able to access the service, you may have noticed the ability to add friends via Facebook Connect, a feature we mentioned in our first-impressions post last night.
    • Apple iTunes Ping: Hands On (PC Magazine)
      PC Magazine - Apple wants the new iTunes social network to be the Facebook of music.
    • Ping on iTunes - Not So Hot (PC World)
      PC World - Apple's big overhaul of iTunes, announced Wednesday, turns the media management software into a fledgling social network thanks to a newly introduced feature called Ping. I would have expected more from Apple with this first attempt at building a community around iTunes. It's not all bad, but if Ping doesn't improve soon this music-oriented social network will bomb faster than an American Idol wannabe.
    • Mix Up Your iPhone’s Style With a Cassette Tape Case (PC World)
      PC World - If you yearn for the days of yore when mythical devices known as cassette tapes ruled the land, you’re in luck: A design company called Homade has created Tuned Up, a plastic cassette case for the iPhone. Instead of containing magnetic tape with sound recordings, the silicon cover envelops your Cupertino-designed 3G, 3GS, or 4G phone while you listen to digital tunes.
    • Apple's iTunes 10 Adds TV Rentals, Security Fixes (PC Magazine)
      PC Magazine - There's a new version of iTunes out to provide lots of new features and services from Apple, but it's got another surprise under the covers: security vulnerability fixes.
    • Walkman outsells iPod in Japan for first time (AFP)

      A Sony employee poses with the company's digital audio player AFP - In a rare victory for Sony over arch-rival Apple, the Walkman portable music player outsold the iPod in Japan in monthly sales for the first time in August, a survey showed Thursday.


    • iTunes Celebrates Centenary With Social Features Bonanza (PC World)
      PC World - Apple on Wednesday introduced a social-aware version of iTunes, celebrating ten years of the jukebox and storefront software. iTunes 10 features a slightly revamped interface and a social networking feature called Ping, a combination of Facebook and Twitter, dedicated to music lovers.
    • Apple refreshes iTunes software, updates iPods (AP)

      Apple CEO Steve Jobs stands with the new iTunes logo at a news conference in San Francisco, Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)AP - Users of Apple Inc.'s iTunes software will now be able to see what songs their friends are buying and where their favorite bands are playing next.


    • New Apple TV: Living Room as Tech Battleground (PC World)
      PC World - Today’s unveiling of a smaller, cheaper Apple TV set-top box is the latest in a long line of tech industry efforts to conquer the living room. Recent reports and rumors have Amazon, Google, Microsoft, and Sony all developing low-cost entertainment devices that would stream entertainment bits—movies, TV shows, music, photos, and so on—from the Internet to your HDTV.
    • Apple Seeks Its First Apple TV Success With New $99 Device, 99-Cent Rentals (Investor's Business Daily)
      Investor's Business Daily - Apple (NMS:AAPL) — after big success with computers, phones and music players — is taking another swing at its hobby, the tough-to-crack market for providing streaming video content to TVs.
    • Rapper Young Buck files for bankruptcy after raid (AP)
      AP - Rapper Young Buck has filed for bankruptcy after an Internal Revenue Service raid on his Hendersonville, Tenn., home.
    • Apple sings new tune with TV, iPod and social iTunes (Appolicious)
      Appolicious - Apple Inc. (APPL) CEO Steve Jobs didn't dazzle us with a new product on Wednesday, but he did show off a sweeping line-up of revamped items to breathe new life into the ubiquitous iPod while creating buzz for Apple's slow-to-catch-on TV service.
    • Summary: Apple kicks off fall with iPod, Apple TV overhauls (Macworld.com)
      Macworld.com - As expected, Apple refreshed its iPod lineup Wednesday, unveiling redesigned versions of its iPod touch, iPod nano, and iPod shuffle music players. But the company didn’t stop there, using its annual fall music event to also announce an update to its iTunes software and an overhaul of its Apple TV set-top box.
    • Summary Box: Vivendi raises outlook despite 2Q dip (AP)
      AP - RESULTS: French media company Vivendi SA said second-quarter profit fell 3.5 percent due to fewer music releases from artists like Eminem and Lady Gaga. But it raised its full-year outlook as it expects strong results from video games and mobile services in emerging markets.
    • Apple announces iTunes 10 (Macworld.com)
      Macworld.com - Apple on Wednesday announced iTunes 10, a major upgrade to its music jukebox and media-management software. Leading the changes in this version is a social-networking component aimed at helping users discover new music.
    • Inside Apple's music numbers (Macworld.com)
      Macworld.com - Apple didn’t just roll out new products during its Wednesday press event; it also rattled off some impressive statistics about its mobile, music, and retail efforts. Here are some of the numerical highlights from Steve Jobs’s presentation.
    • Sony Announces Music Service, Hints at TV Service (PC World)
      PC World - Sony will launch a streaming music service, "Music Unlimited powered by Qriocity," by the end of the year, the company said Wednesday at the Internationale Funkaustellung (IFA) trade show in Berlin.