Apple has announced that its iTunes media store will now offer downloadable movies for purchase on the same day they’re released on DVD. Movies purchased through iTunes can be played back on widescreen televisions with the Apple TV appliance, iTunes-equipped Macs or PCs, on iPhones, and (of course) on video-capable iPods; new releases are typically priced at $14.99, while older titles sell for $9.99. So far, the same day releases will only be available in the U.S. version of the iTunes store.
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Survey Looks at Hours Spent Managing Email
A new national survey conducted on behalf of Fuser.com finds that 87 percent of U.S. Internet users spend at least seven hours a week managing their email and social networking accounts. What’s more, some 79 percent of respondents said they had two or more email accounts, while also maintaining at least one social networking account.
AOL offers $299 deal on computer
AOL, the online division of Time Warner Inc., has been hemorrhaging subscribers. It has 2 million fewer than it had last year, leaving it with about 24.7 million. In this year’s third quarter, the company lost 688,000 customers.
The new promotion offers the low-cost PC, along with a color printer and monitor, to people who sign up for a one-year subscription to AOL’s Internet service at the full monthly price of $23.90.

