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In November 2009, Apple launcheda feature dubbed iTunes Preview, which essentially enabled people to see what music is available on iTunes from their Web browser without the need to fire up – or install – the desktop software program.

At the time, you weren’t able to actually listen to a sample of music tracks from your browser, but that changed earlier this year when Web-based audio previews were quietly added (paving the way for the imminent roll-out of iTunes.com).
This morning, Apple activated the iTunes Preview feature for iPhone / iPod Touch applications in addition.

To see this for yourself, open any direct link to an iPhone app (example) in your favorite Web browser.

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Nintendo boss Iwata claims a resolution increase alone would not be enough to sell successor.


There’s no way of knowing how far off the announcement of a successor to the Wii actually is, but new comments from Nintendo boss Saturo Iwata suggest that when the machine does arrive it will pack more than simply a high-definition upgrade.

“If asked if making the Wii compatible with high definition – just making it compatible with high resolution – will get players throughout the world to buy it, I would of course say 'do you think it would sell with just that? It needs something new’,” Iwata told investors, as spotted by CVG.


“If there were no rival makers in the world, I could give examples of the things that we are considering. However, for competitive reasons, I cannot give specifics today on the what or when of the things we're considering.”

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Source: Connected Planet

BluRay players could quickly take the place of gaming consoles as the largest conduit of over-the-top Web services to the home. According to The Diffusion Group senior partner Colin Dixon, BluRay devices are growing in popularity, offering consumers either an alternative or supplement to traditional pay TV services.

The past two years have seen a huge acceleration in quantum media, what TDG defines as consumers’ ability to control where, when and on what they watch TV. Dixon started his presentation at the OTTCon pre-conference yesterday by looking back to 1960 and the start of appointment TV. Now new services that come to market are deconstructing the appointment concept at an accelerating pace, promising to transform the market again.

“TV is the thing that will change the most over the next two years,” Dixon said. The number of broadband-enabled TV households will grow from 128 million today to more than 360 million by 2014. Of these households, many will have multiple devices. BluRay was one of the latest devices to emerge, preceded by TiVo, the wildly popular gaming console market, the PC, Internet set-top boxes and digital media adapters, a category that is dead today for all intents and purposes.

BluRay only gained in popularity towards the end of 2009, because the price dropped dramatically around the holiday sales. “The big news here is that BluRay is now a slam dunk,” Dixon said, adding that Internet connected
BluRays, popular replacement devices for DVD players, start around $79 today.

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Source: Life Hacker

It's one thing to know which client is best for BitTorrent, it's another thing to know where to find the best stuff. This week we want to hear about your favorite public tracker, including why it's your favorite and what features make it stand out from the crowd. New to the idea of BitTorrent? Check out our beginner's and intermediate guides. We're sticking with public this week to be fair to folks new to BitTorrent who don't have access to private trackers; we'll circle back around to private trackers at a later point.

Hive Five nominations take place in the comments, where you post your favorite tool for the job. We get hundreds of comments, so to make your nomination clear, please include it at the top of your comment like so: VOTE: Best Public Tracker. Please don't include your vote in a reply to another commenter. Instead, make your vote and reply separate comments. If you don't follow this format, we may not count your vote. To prevent tampering with the results, votes from first-time commenters may not be counted. After you've made your nomination, let us know what makes it stand out from the competition....

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Source: TorrentFreak

The French anti-piracy outfit Trident Media Guard has been chosen by the entertainment industry to track and report illegal downloaders in France. The company, known globally for its pollution of BitTorrent and other file-sharing networks with fake data, will assist in the recently passed Hadopi three-strikes law.

Starting in a few months, French file-sharers are set to be tracked and reported to the authorities in an attempt to lower the country’s piracy rate.
Under the new Hadopi law, alleged copyright infringers will be reported to a judge once they have received three warnings. The judge will then review the case and hand down any one of a range of penalties, from fines through to disconnecting the Internet connection of the infringer.

Trident Media Guard, the investigative company that will be responsible for tracking down alleged infringers, was presented to the public today. Interestingly enough this private company was not appointed by the government but by the entertainment industries, including the major record labels and movie studios.

Among file-sharers Trident Media Guard (TMG) is not a new name. In fact, thousands if not millions of people have run into them already as they are known to hinder illegal downloads by spreading fake data. For their ‘revolutionary’ anti-P2P technology they have submitted a patent application which is currently under review.

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