Microsoft’s Zune group has been running an ad for the last couple of weeks showcasing a financial analyst arguing that it will cost you $30,000 to fill an iPod, while a Zune only costs about $15 a month. This week, Napster, now under the Best Buy brand, is re-launching with $5 a month streaming service and the ability to keep five tracks a month. Napster was the original music service to beat, but unfortunately the company didn’t have rights to the music it was giving away for free, and theft turned out to be a bad business model. A group of us now have a running bet on how long it will be before Napster shows up as a downloaded application for the iPhone and iPod Touch.
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IBM/Lenovo: The Real Beneficiaries
Quote from the column:
“Now that the US government has resoundingly approved the IBM-Lenovo deal (which, if rejected, would have required an explanation as to why the flow of technology into China for years suddenly was improper), we get to see the full impact of the deal. Initially, Dell and HP will probably be the greatest beneficiaries, as the two units go through the merger process and seek to address the concerns of long-time IBM customers. But the long term beneficiaries may be Oracle, Microsoft, Intel, VIA, and AMD.”
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