Creative Sues Apple For iPod Patent Infringement

Creative Technology filed a lawsuit against Apple Computer for patent infringement in federal court and with a U.S. trade agency. Creative claims that Apple’s iPod violates the company’s Zen patent that covers the software menus users navigate to find and play back music on most portable digital media players. The U.S. Patent Office issued the Zen patent to Creative on August 9, 2005 but engineers working in California...

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Sony Rumored To Allow AAC Format Compatibility

Sony is rumored to make its music management software compatible with Apple Computer’s AAC audio file format. For Sony, who once dominated the portable music market segment, this is a significant change in philosophy and the latest evidence that Apple is completely kicking butt in digital music. For Sony, who championed their own music file compression format, ATRAC, and refused to make their digital music players compatible...

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