KenC

Who Will Take GM's Place in the Dow?

As much as I'd like to see Apple in the Dow, it's going to be Cisco.

Apple as a Target

You wrote, "But DECE wants to create a standard that would let any company offer DECE downloads that would then be playable on any DECE product made by any other company."

Hmmmm....did they perhaps think of removing DRM? That would "create a standard that would let any company offer DRM-free downloads that would then be playable on any device made by any other company. By creating a DECE-DRM standard, they can exclude both customers and outsiders like Apple. How is this customer-friendly? Cause if it ain't customer-friendly, it isn't going to gain any traction.

Cisco and Apple About to Enter Your Living Room?

@Iowa, you have heard that AppleTV version 2 was released and that it allows you to directly rent movies, watch podcasts, flickr, etc without a computer middleman? Having a DVR defeats the purpose of AppleTV, so that won't happen soon. Adding an iChat camera to the USB port of AppleTV is dirt cheap. Since the software is already written, it wouldn't take too much for Apple to add this functionality. I'm sure some AppleTV hacker has already done it.