European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 18, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 stars and stripes wednesday apri 182007 Day quote of the Day How do you Wake up and say in not going to be a Soldier just because had a medical procedure us army sgt 1st class John Fairbanks on his heart transplant which almost kept him out of the army see Story on Page 8 list top itunes songs for april 10 1 give it to me Tim Baland 2 what Ive done Linkin Park 3 Girlfriend Avril Lavigne 4 Beautiful liar Beyonce and Shakira 5 glamorous Fergie 6 the Sweet escape Gwen Stefani 7 dont matter Akon act coming soon scene on sunday Halle Berry in perfect stranger5 today in stripes Abby 24 american roundup2021 classified2531 comics2224 crossword23 faces19 horoscope22 letters16 opinion17 sports3140 to listings18 weather15 your money14 even Sony is jumping on the ipod bandwagon apples agreement with the Emi music conglomerate to sell tune Down loads unburdened by dry digital rights management software is Good news for gear Heads without that Security software Apple will be Able to efficiently encode and push out the music files at a higher Reso Lution bit bps twice the cur rent rate plug in Jonathan Tamuff that should make the music sound less com pressed and More natural or at least cd like and that Quality upgrade will help rational ize the higher Cost Apple will get per song instead of 99 cents for the still available or encoded versions full albums with or without dry will be priced at better still this music will be transferable to no Napple music players and even Mobile phones that have the capability to read files encoded in apples format a a movie plays on an ipod for which Sony will introduce its first officially licensed ipod accessory the to dipl ipod Cradle hardware makers like san disk creative and Sony already offer such compatibles and in theory any mp3 player can be upgraded with software to read macs on the Downside the trans Fer of these music files from itunes to other brands of de vices will not be As seamless As to an ipod thus in the Short run this new development is not going to convince shoppers that  do just As Well with any old Brand of music player Well first have to see lots of other labels and Possi Bly alternative music distribution outlets buying into the argument that a or free copy Emusic As Many times As you want marketing strategy is the Way to guilt people into pay ing for downloadable music Odd Story of the Day China destroys pirated dds cd Beijing chinese authorities destroyed 42 Mil lion pirated copies of videos albums computer pro Grams and publications in the governments latest Campaign to curtail rampant theft of intellectual prop erty state Media reported the Campaign follows a pair of complaints filed by the United states against Beijing in the world Trade organization Over product piracy and Market Access workers across the country set fire to 30 million pirated discs and 11 million illegally published books and magazines the official Xinhua news Agency said through the act of destruction we wish to show to the world the firm determination of the chinese government in protecting intellectual property and being firm against any infringement of intellectual property rights and piracy Long Xinmin chief of the state press and publication administration was quoted As saying in the report Long added the Campaign was also meant to improve the awareness of the general Public in fighting against pornography and illegal publications Xinhua said a Quarter of the contraband material was destroyed in Huangdong the economically dynamic Southern province that abuts Hong Kong Law enforcement officers in the provincial capital of Guangzhou used shredding machines to get rid of 10 million pirated discs and 500000 illegal publications the report said Elizabeth Beijing cultural Law enforcement Agency officers destroy pirated dds and cd and other material in the outskirts of Beijing meanwhile even apples Arch rival Sony is starting to kowtow to the product Champ next month Sony will introduce its first officially licensed ipod accessory the to dipl ipod Cra dle use with Sony new line of Hom theater sound systems had times at electronic stores retailers enjoyed a couple of years of great profits sparked by sales of High tick it Fla panel tvs but this past Holiday season As Supply finally approached or met demand the marketplace started to look like a War zone manufacturers and retailers repeatedly pushed Down prices on their spiff Iest sets when the dust cleared some big retail chains complained that profits for this final Quarter of the year were Way off now were feeling the consequences the Tweeter Chain is closing several dozen of its stores two weeks ago circuit City pin slipped 3400 employees this month Costco is going National with a significantly tightened product return policy email Jonathan Takiff at puzzles by Papp com 1 1 1 i difficulty very easy yesterdays 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