Another week, another Appletellcast. We’ve got the news once again, but don’t worry, we have a review, and an app recommendation thrown in there too. Sorry, no interviews this week, but there are more to come. Here are the relevant links to articles mentioned in the Appletellcast, you know, the ones I told you to more »

Since the announcement of the entire iTunes Store having iTunes Plus, all songs downloaded are/will be technically compatible with all MP3 players, as iTunes Plus files do not contain DRM. Due to the removal of DRM, Norway has dropped it’s complaint against iTunes, which argued that songs downloaded from iTunes were only compatible with one player by one company, creating an unfair market.

Now it’s possible to update your previously purchased iTunes songs to iTunes plus without upgrading them all. In the past, it was all or nothing, take it or leave it, which could prove to be quite costly if you have a large Library of songs purchased from iTunes. iTunes Plus songs offer a higher bitrate and are DRM free. At $.30 a track, it’s likely worth it for some of your songs. And now, “some of your songs” is an option.

According to two of CNet’s music industry sources, Apple is currently in negotiations with three major music labels about getting more DRM free content onto their iTunes Plus Store. It was a long year ago that Apple signed a deal with EMI to get their content onto iTunes Plus. Although Apple and the music label more »

Apple has released iTunes 7.2 which is available through Software Update. It includes the new iTunes Plus feature which allows you to purchase, and upgrade music to a DRM-Free style with higher quality. Although, at this moment the iTunes store does not have a lot of DRM-Free content available. Steve Jobs made the announcement of more »