iTunes Blocked in China - And No One Was Left Unmoved

iTunes users complained (nothing new) they had been unable to download music since Monday. That was a day after the Art of Peace Foundation announced the release of ''Songs for Tibet,'' with music by Sting, Alanis Morissette, Garbage and others, and a 15-minute talk by the Dalai Lama, the exiled Tibetan leader.

Apple working on streaming your iTunes library to your iPhone?

Apple's experimented with allowing iTunes to stream over the internet as well as your LAN in the past and quickly removed the feature (probably due to RIAA pressure), so we're not placing too much stock in this, but AppleInsider's unearthed a patent that seems to describe a way to stream music over the 'net to your iPhone / iPod touch. The goal is to prevent you from having to selectively sync content to your device -- instead, you'd sync just the metadata and stream whatever you wanted direct from your machine as though it was all stored locally. There are some obvious problems here -- it wouldn't work if you didn't have service (or over EDGE, really), most home upstream connections aren't that fast, etc., etc., -- but it's certainly interesting, and a welcome addition to local storage if it ever makes the scene.

The World Wide Web - August 5th, 2008

A Reason To Live In Arkansas
http://materialicio.us/2008/08/02/arkansas-house-marlon-blackwell/

Vampire Weekend (for lovie)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_i1xk07o4g

Delta Plans to Offer Wi-Fi on Its Jets
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/06/business/06wifi.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

iPhone 2.0.1 now available through iTunes
http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/04/iphone-2-0-1-now-available-through-itunes/

In-flight calling ban passes hurdle in House
http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/01/in-flight-calling-ban-passes-hurdle-in-house/

My Bloody Valentine Announce North American Tour
http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/news/50411-my-bloody-valentine-announce-north-american-tour

Radiohead Use Fancy Technology in Camera-Free Video
http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/news/142023-radiohead-use-fancy-technology-in-camera-free-video

Radiohead – House of Cards
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nTFjVm9sTQ