News for Wednesday, 10 May 2006

After Disney and NBC, Fox shows are now available on iTMS; including most popular series such as "24", "Prison Break" as well as "older" series such as "Buffy the Vampire Slayer", "Firefly", and "Lost in Space". Shows are sold for US$1.99 each.
But of course such offer remains restricted to iTMS USA.

Today again, one can find iMac Core Duo 17" and 20" models on the European RefurbStore:
- PowerBook 15" 1,67 GHz : 1351 Euros
- iMac Core duo 1,83 GHz : 1172 Euros
- iMac Core Duo 2 GHz 20" : 1529 Euros
- iMac G5 17" 1,9 GHz : 1034 Euros
- iMac G5 20" 2,1 GHz : 1349 Euros
- Power Mac Dual 2,3 GHz : 1819 Euros
Shortest link to European RefurbStores:
- UK Refurb Store.
- German Refurb Store.
- French Refurb Store.

Silicon Graphics, emblem of the video professional, is not well.
The company, which has a liability of $350 million, is on the verge of bankruptcy and has filed for chapter 11 protection under U.S. commercial law.
This protection is intended to block the pressures from creditors and allow SGI to find a solution for this crisis.
However, only a buy out could save the company.

The majors usually associate the name BitTorrent with pirating, the connection between the two being easier to support than to counter.
A few months ago, BitTorrent, in search of respectability, commercialized. They even succeeded in raising funds (close to $9 million) from a Californian "capital venture."
Continuing this effort, an agreement was signed with Warner. This will certainly contribute to the change in BitTorrent's reputation.
This agreement allows Warner to use the P2P software in selling movies and TV shows.
The prices will range from a dollar for a TV episode to the price of a DVD for a recent film.
Of course, the videos will have strong DRM prohibiting them from being viewed on other computers and from being burned.
The hyping of the system will begin soon in order to lure the maximum number of customers, which will accelerate global sales. It still remains to be seen whether consumers are ready to pay the same to download a film as for buying a DVD.