Morning Brief: Google Music for Xmas, Mark Hurd to Oracle, Samsung Fascinate Available Tomorrow (Mashable)

Mashable – This series is brought to you by HTC EVO 4G, America’s first 4G phone. Only from Sprint. The “First to Know” series keeps you in the know on what’s happening now in the world of social media and technology.
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Ping.fm Gets Boost Thanks to Apple’s Ping, Company Claims (PC World)

PC World – It’s the kind of ironic story that news editors find irresistible. Apple makes big announcement about a social network for music lovers. When music lovers go hunting for the service, they end up in some Internet backwater. They like what they find there and the little guy gets a boost in business [...]

Google plans to sell music online (Investor’s Business Daily)

Investor’s Business Daily – The search giant is in talks with music labels on plans for a download store and a digital song locker that would let its mobile phone users play songs wherever they are. Google (NMS:GOOG) hopes to launch the service by Christmas, according to sources. Google is trying to compete with Apple, [...]

Appeals court rules for Eminem in royalty lawsuit (AP)

AP – A federal appeals court has found Eminem’s former production company is entitled to more money from downloads of the rapper’s songs and ringtones.
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Music labels eager for Google-Apple battle (Reuters)

Reuters – Google Inc is in talks with music labels on plans for a download store and a digital song locker that would allow its mobile users to play songs wherever they are as it steps up its rivalry with Apple Inc., according to people familiar with the matter.
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Bug found with Automator and iTunes 10 (Macworld.com)

Macworld.com – As you’re aware, Apple just released iTunes 10. With that release has come some changes—both expected and not so.
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Apple refreshes iTunes software, updates iPods (AP)

AP – Users of Apple Inc.’s iTunes software will now be able to see what songs their friends are buying and where their favorite bands are playing next.

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Report: Sony to Unveil Music, Video Subscription Service (PC Magazine)

PC Magazine – Sony is reportedly prepping a music and video subscription service that would initially provide access to content through its PlayStation gaming consoles.
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‘Bed Intruder’ songster turning fame into a future (AP)

AP – Antoine Dodson’s angry, head-shaking TV interview about an attempted rape against his younger sister in her bed has turned into a chart-topping iTunes song and YouTube hit and made the 24-year-old Alabama college student an Internet sensation.

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FTC Orders PR Firm to Remove Misleading iTunes Reviews (PC Magazine)

PC Magazine – A public relations firm has been ordered to remove fake iTunes reviews it posted for a gaming app developer it was representing.
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