A look at the world of online digital music following Apple’s decision to start selling DRM-free music through iTunes.

Digital Rights Management has been the darling of the music industry and the bane of music lovers: the technology has largely been used to restrict users’ ability to copy music freely from one device to another, which means that music purchased at an online store may not be usable on the device of your choice. Nettwerk’s Terry McBride appeared in the very first batch of Lab With Leo shows six months ago to talk about the future of music and the future of DRM, but since that point Apple has worked with the music industry to start releasing DRM-free music through its iTunes music store. He rejoins us to chat about what this means for the industry, and what’s next.

http://mashable.com/2007/08/21/skype-toolbox/

AudioID
http://www.nhandz.com/audioid.htm – Announces who is calling so you can be alerted to incoming calls when you step away from your desk (assuming you have loud speakers).

SkypeMuter
http://ww2.henok.com:55001/SkypeMuter/ – Automatically mutes music from WinAmp, Windows Media Player, and iTunes when on a call.

SkypeMe
http://www.facebook.com/apps/application.php?id=2383452981 – A Facebook application that shows your Skype presence and allows friends to call you.

Skype Online Status
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/skype-online-status – Let your blog readers know your Skype status and call you if you’re available.

Tunes Info & History
http://niels.avonds.googlepages.com/home – Displays your current song playing in iTunes and also your 50 most recent tracks.

Craig looks at Keynote 08

a) Keynote - new features
1) added “Actions” - biggest news. A to B type animations.
2) added “Smart Builds” for multiple image review
3) added Instant Alpha
4) added “play movie” build
5) cons vs. PowerPoint: no sticky line connectors (as in Omni Grafffle)
6) go through Actions and Alpha demo using Lab with Leo wallpaper
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