Free Ipod Movies Download: Apple Computer iQuiz (aka iPod Quiz)

Pros: A visually-evolved sequel to 2003's built-in iPod game Music Quiz, drawing on your iPod's music database for five fun, game show-like rounds of trivia, plus wagering bonus rounds. Engaging and fun. Includes separate factual trivia packs for music, movies, and TV shows that don't require these forms of content to be on your iPod. For first time ever, permits users to create their own add-on trivia packs with graphics and text of their own, whether educational, fun, or serious, using free quiz creation software. Aggressively priced by iPod Game standards. Cons: Requires a well-tuned iPod music database for main Music Quiz 2 portion to work properly, and even then, randomly-generated questions occasionally may be difficult to answer other than with random luck. Relatively high iPod battery drain in Music Quiz 2 mode.

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Download Free Ipod Movies: Apple To Boost Music ...

Apple's first big music deal since Steve Jobs posted his Anti-DRM manifesto will have Apple distributing the bulk of EMI's music portfolio (sans the Beatles) DRM-free. Reportedly the deal was EMI's idea and is not exclusive. Apple will peddle the DRM-free tunes and albums for $1.29 a pop, 30 cents more than its FairPlay-encumbered wares, and as a an enticement collectors will get higher-quality 256 kbps AAC encoding. Upgrades will cost the 30-cent difference.Jobs is trying to sell the same deal to the other labels on the theory that CDs don't have DRM so why should digital music. He figures half of the five million songs on iTunes will be DRM-free by the end of the year.It's assumed more digital downloads will offset crashing CD sales. Whether it does anything to address the wholesale theft that's been going on remains to be seen.Download Free Ipod Movies: The machines of media management

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Ipod Movies: Talk of the day: I'd like to cut your gas price, but it's illegal

A service station that offered discounted gas to senior citizens and people supporting youth sports has been ordered by the state of Wisconsin to raise its prices. Center City BP owner Raj Bhandari has been offering senior citizens a 2-cent-per-gallon price break and discount cards that let sports boosters pay 3 cents less per gallon. But the state Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection says those deals violate Wisconsin's Unfair Sales Act, which requires stations to sell gas for about 9.2 percent more than the wholesale price. Bhandari said he received a letter from the state auditor last month saying the state would sue him if he did not raise his prices. Bhandari, who bought the station a year ago, said he worries customers will think he stopped the discounts because he wants to make more money.

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