| Amazon Offers Unlocked Sony BMG Tunes
Online retailer Amazon.com said on Thursday its digital music store will now offer songs from Sony BMG Music Entertainment without copy-protection technology, or digital rights management. Amazon said the deal makes it the first retailer to offer customers DRM-free songs from all four major music companies in the MP3 format.
Songs in MP3 format can play on the widest range of digital music players including Apple's iPod, Microsoft's Zune and various mobile phones. Sony BMG, which is the second largest music company in the world, is home to such artists as Beyonce, Britney Spears, and Celine Dion. Earlier this week, Sony BMG became the last of the four major music companies to start selling its digital songs without copy protection with the launch of its MusicPass service.
Tax season
Get ready for another tricky tax season.
Some last-minute tax legislation by Congress has once more turned something predictable and tedious into something that's confusing and, well, tedious.
This time, it waited so long to pass legislation to stop the spread of the alternative minimum tax that the IRS hasn't fully updated its systems yet. Millions of taxpayers who file certain forms must wait until Feb. 11 to get their returns processed. That's sure to delay some refunds.
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Just another hot, bloody night in the city
He drives with his doors locked in case one of the hundreds of people waiting for a taxi try to hop in. The trains and trams long stopped running and the night buses are infrequent, leaving hundreds of people out on the streets. There is a boot-sized dent in Mr Eade's back passenger door from where someone kicked it in last month. On the roof is a deep scratch from the time another person threw a road sign at the car while Mr Eade was waiting at a set of traffic lights. "When I joined we were the good guys. You could walk into a room of 50 people having a blue and say stop and they would. Being a paramedic was like some sort of force-field," he says. "Not any more. People will actively target ambos." We drive down the tram tracks at high speed towards a dark street in Fairfield, where a partly disabled man has punched his girlfriend in the cheek and is tearing up their home.
Presidential Campaign
That means any inmate can run the asylum. Thursday, December 13: Westmiller: Mitt Romney's Fall From Grace (2 comments) After a prolonged reticence, followed by Olympian media hype, the candidate now has the gods on his side. Michael Morris: Iowa GOP Presidential Debate: A Republican's Review. (4 comments) I am a registered Republican, but like most people in the country, I do not believe that there is any difference between a Democrat and a Republican except how they try to get the money from your pockets to theirs. Westmiller: Ron Paul Blimp Soars Over BiCRA The Revolution Blimp is not just a novel promotional idea, it's a brazen insult to John McCain's 'Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act.' Wednesday, December 12: Len Hart: How Bush is Different From Every Other Worst President Ever! (6 comments) The list of "worst" Presidents is growing.
Mortgage brokers get surge of calls
Lerone Joyner stands in front of his Glasgow home. Joyner is refinancing his mortgage to a new fixed rate that will save him about $150 a month. Thirty-year, fixed rate mortgages last week fell to 5.57 percent., down from 5.75 the week before. (Buy photo) The News Journal/ROBERT CRAIG .
Avaya Software Tapped by DeVry University for Classroom and Online ...
BASKING RIDGE, N.J., Oct. 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Avaya (NYSE: AV) , a leading global provider of business communications applications, systems and services, has been tapped by DeVry University for the Avaya IP Office software platform, which the University will use to teach voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) to DeVry students pursuing a bachelor's degree in network and communications management. DeVry University is one of North America's largest degree-granting higher education institutions and provides career-oriented undergraduate and graduate degree programs in technology, business and management. Avaya IP Office is an award-winning, cost-effective, secure converged voice and data communications system specially designed for small and mid- sized companies.
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