[CS-FSLUG] NI: Intel, Apple coupling could woo Hollywood

[Fred A. Miller]

'Sure looks like the change to Intel for Apple is a "done deal."

Fred
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"However, the newfound partnership between Apple and Intel--on Monday, Apple 
is expected to announce that it will begin adopting Intel chips in its PCs in 
2006--could win the cooperation of the entertainment conglomerates. 

 Apple paved the way for legitimate music sales over the Internet through the 
iPod and its iTunes music site. iTunes' technology, and the contractual terms 
behind it, have become something of an inspiration, if not a template, for 
further deals. Since iTunes, several other companies have launched efforts to 
sell songs online. 

 Intel, meanwhile, has expended extensive energy to woo Hollywood to IT 
technologies. The company sponsors the Producers Guild Award dinner, for 
instance, and broadcast a film over WiMax at this year's Sundance Film 
Festival. Actor Morgan Freeman has made cameo appearances during keynote 
speeches by Intel execs. Later this year, Revelations Entertainment, started 
by Freeman and run by engineer Lori McCreary, will release a film 
simultaneously in theaters and on the Internet."

http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9584_22-5732238.html?tag=zdfd.newsfeed

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