European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 8, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                May 2007 stars and stripes Mideast edition Page 19 Apple seeking to end restrictions on copying songs by Alex Veiga the associated press los Angeles the last time Apple chief executive Steve jobs took on major recording Compa he refused to Budge on his 99cent Price for a song on As a new round of talks ramp up this jobs has opened the door to higher prices As Long As music companies let Apple sell their songs without technology designed to Stop unauthorized jobs contends that would allow Consumers to play music they buy at apples itunes store on any Digi Tal music not just the com pants last Britain Emi music pc agreed to let itunes sell tracks without the cop Protection technology known As digital rights the or free tracks Cost 30 cents More than cop restricted ver Sions of Emi songs and feature enhanced sound the other major labels will be watching closely to see How the unrestricted Emi tracks at this no one can ignore Apple or what Apple Given its position in the said Michael an Ana Lyst with Jupiter the fact that they were Able to do this Deal with Emi puts More pressure on some of the other labels to Fol Low the popularity of apples ipod has swelled in the past four and the sleek devices now Domi Nate More than 70 percent of the digital music player by some Apple is now facing pressure in Europe to License its Brand of dry technology to rivals so con Sumers can play the music they buy on itunes on any digital music not just critics of the recording Industry have argued for years that the la Bels Are alienating customers by placing copy restrictions on Legal music especially As Many cd have been sold without Many music fans who dont want to Deal with the hassle Sim ply turn to online file sharing net works to download no strings tracks for Apple plans to continue Selling cop restricted versions of songs for 99 cents with the Emi Apple will this month Start Selling Premium tracks that Are not Only or free but also of higher com pressed at twice the usual bit John an itunes user in Santa said he would jump at the Chance to buy no strings even if it costs if i have the Choice Between something that Doest have copy Protection or it in always going to choose the thing that Doest have copy said a television producer who spends about a year on almost All on better than 60 Days in jail Walmart Tyml Ghoul Laid Ilia coins in of defense con Rac lors trill not to Luc Portelance  spi Unity Intel Lippner Sov vice Carpi it director Scott Applewhite v photos by Dave the Gadsen Lisa King was one of two people that Attalla judge Kenneth Robertson sentenced to Wear the signs for four hours each during two successive Fithian wore the sign to avoid a 60day jail sentence but maintained her saying her conviction was based on a she said she was taking a item to the Walmart service desk because it would not Coin paranoia Canadian poppy Quarter led to spy Alert by Ted Bridis the associated press Washington the explanation behind the govern ments warnings about mysterious Canadian spy coins is the harmless poppy the worlds first colonized the Odd looking coins with a Bright red Flower were so unfamiliar to suspicious army contractors travelling in Canada they filed confidential espionage accounts about the Wor ried contractors described the coins As anomalous and filled with something manmade that looked like according to once classified government reports and the Silver coloured 25cent piece features the red image of a poppy Canadas Flower of remembrance inlaid Over a Maple the Quarter is identical to the coins pictured and de scribed As suspicious in the contractors the supposed nanotechnology actually was a conventional protective coating the Royal Canadian mint applied to prevent the Poppys red color from rubbing the mint produced nearly 30 million such quarters in 2004 commemorating Canadas War it did not appear to be electronic analog in nature or have a Power wrote one who discovered the Coin in the cup Holder of a rental under High Power Micro it appeared to be Complex consisting of several layers of but different with a wire like mesh suspended on the confidential accounts led to a warning from the defense Security an Agency of the defense that mysterious coins with radio frequency transmitters were found planted on contractors with classified Security clearances on at least three separate occasions Between october 2005 and january 2006 As the contractors travelled through the Agency disavowed its warning about spy coins after an International but until now it has never disclosed the details behind the the said it never substantiated the con tractors claims and performed an internal review to determine How the information was included in a 29page published report about espionage we know where we made the said ass spokeswoman Cindy the information want properly while these coins aroused there ultimately was Noth ing one contractor believed someone had placed two of the quarters in an outer coat pocket after the contractor had emptied the pocket hours coat pockets were empty that morning and i was keeping All of my coins in a plastic bag in my inner coat the contractor that Story about canadians planting coins in the pockets of defense contractors will not go Luc now Deputy director for the Canadian Security intelligence wrote in a january email to a could someone Tell me More where do we stand and whats the Story on this another intelligence official wrote in an if it is Are they talking Industrial or state espionage if the who intelligence and technology experts were flabbergasted Over the warning when it was first publicized earlier this the warning suggested that such transmitters could be used surreptitiously to track the movements of people carrying the i thought the whole thing was to think you could tag an individual with a Coin and think they  give it away or spend said Keith a leading intelligence but Melton said the army contractors properly reported their you want contractors or any government personnel to report anything a nation divided by technology study finds people split by cellphone usage by Anick jes Danu the associated press new York Survey results by the Pew internet and american life project reveal that adult americans Are broadly divided into three groups when it conies to technology 31 percent Are elite technology 20 percent Are moderate users and the remainder have Little or no usage of the internet or cell but americans Are divided within each according to a Pew analysis of 2006 data released ii we were surprised to find the tensions within groups of users with information f f John Horrigan pews associate director the High tech for Are almost evenly split into who fully embrace technology and express themselves creatively through blogs and personal web who see the internet and cell phones As communications productivity who con Sider technology As largely ways to better keep up with their jobs and daily lacklustre those who use technology frequently but Arent thrilled by John pews associate direct said he started the Survey believing that the More gadgets people the More they Are Likely to embrace technology and use so called web applications for generating and sharing Content with the once we got we were surprised to find the tensions within groups of users with information Hor Rigan Many longtime internet the Lack Luster remain stuck in the de Ca Deold technologies they started Horrigan that a Quarter of High tech elites fall into this he shows untapped potential for Compa Nies that can design next generation applications to pique this groups the moderate users were also evenly divided into Mobile those who primarily use the cell phone for text messaging and even and connected but those who have used technology but find it Burden Mobile he can target the Mobile gentries with Premium Servic especially once faster wireless net works become the Pew study found 15 percent of All americans have neither a cell phone nor an internet another 15 per cent use some technology and Are Satis fied with what it currently does for while 11 percent use it intermittently and find connectivity eight percent occasionally use technology and might use More Given More exp they tend to still be on dial up a Cess and represent potential High Speed customers with the right Constellation of services Horrigan