And lo there was a great wailing and gnashing of teeth in Apple headquarters. Is this called the big apple maybe? Less than 24 hours after the firm had fixed a ‘security hole’ that let people, quite reasonably, play the music they had paid for on any devices they want – not just iPods - the software wizards struck again.
There’s an important lesson here; one that the industry has problems learning. There is no such thing as a foolproof security system. A thousand engineering wage slaves will never be able to outperform tens of thousands of amateurs – people who break such systems for the sheer joy of it.
Expect this story to run and run, with Apple’s next move neatly countered by improved software. This is a race Apple can’t win. Instead it should open its proprietary systems and let music be free.
Do you agree?
Learning how to put music to Ipod is 1 of the easiest things in the world, and in the next few minutes you are going to learn exactly that. Buckle up, because it's going to be a quick ride,Connect your computer to the internet, if it's not already, and download a copy of Itunes from the Apple website. In the event you already have Itunes, take the time to update it to the latest version. The newer ones are slightly faster.
Posted by Jame Fullmer, 31 Dec 2010