Amazon is about 3 years behind apple when it comes to selling online music. In order to catch up (quickly), Amazon is changing the game a little by offering users unrestricted DRM (that means no security stuff) MP3 tunes from Universal, EMI and now Warner Music. Whilst this is great news for Amazon people, I’m not sure it’s enough to make iTune users make the jump. I love iTunes store, podcasts and the look n feel of the software, however, I hate the $9.99 movies, $.99 ringtones for my iPhone and crappy music management across my mostly Windows based network…..

Sony BMG is now the only major recording group not signed up with Amazon.

“By removing a barrier to the sale and enjoyment of audio downloads, we bring an energy-sapping debate to a close,” Warner Music chief executive Edgar Bronfman said in an e-mail to Warner employees.

It’s a good job David Beckham holds no grudges. The adidas poster boy is getting ready to wear his 100th cap for England under new manager Fabio Capello, the same manager who dropped him for Real Madrid 12 months ago. After a pretty tough 2007, brand Beckham is now a fully fledged player with the uh, mighty LA Galaxy, training with Arsenal in the UK and hoping to return to the England camp and earn his 100th cap - becoming only the fifth England player to hit the 100 mark.

I’m sure adidas will role out an all new Impossible is Nothing style campaign to go with Beckham returning - If Figo can play for Portugal and Zinedine for France until their mid-thirties, Beckham who seems to be as fit as a fiddle at 32, should have just a couple more years in front of him - maybe not quite enough for the next World Cup in 2010, but certainly enough for the qualifiers in 2008/09.

Impossible is Nothing!

Most Capped England Players
125 Peter Shilton 1970-1990 (Leicester, Stoke, Nottm Forest, Southampton, Derby County)
108 Bobby Moore 1962-1973 (West Ham United)
106 Sir Bobby Charlton 1958-1970 (Manchester United)
105 Billy Wright 1946-1959 (Wolverhampton Wanderers)
99 David Beckham 1996- (Manchester United, Real Madrid)
90 Bryan Robson 1980-1991 (West Bromwich Albion, Manchester United)
86 Kenny Sansom 1979-1988 (Crystal Palace, Arsenal)
85 Gary Neville 1995- (Manchester United)
84 Ray Wilkins 1976-1986 (Chelsea, Manchester United, Milan)
82 Michael Owen 1998- (Liverpool, Real Madrid, Newcastle United)
80 Gary Lineker 1984-1992 (Leicester, Everton, Barcelona, Tottenham)
79 John Barnes 1983-1995 (Watford, Liverpool)
78 Stuart Pearce 1987-1999 (Nottingham Forest, Newcastle United)
77 Terry Butcher 1980-1990 (Ipswich Town, Glasgow Rangers)
76 Sir Tom Finney 1946-1958 (Preston North End)
75 David Seaman 1988-2002 (QPR, Arsenal)

Most Goals playing for the 3 Lions
49 Sir Bobby Charlton (Manchester United)
48 Gary Lineker (Leicester City, Everton, Barcelona, Tottenham Hotspur)
44 Jimmy Greaves (Chelsea, Tottenham Hotspur)
40 Michael Owen (Liverpool, Real Madrid, Newcastle United)
30 Sir Tom Finney (Preston North End)
30 Nat Lofthouse (Bolton Wanderers)
30 Alan Shearer (Southampton, Blackburn Rovers, Newcastle United)
29 Vivian Woodward (Tottenham Hotspur, Chelsea)
28 Steve Bloomer (Derby County, Middlesbrough)
27 David Platt (Arsenal, Sampdoria, Juventus, Bari, Aston Villa)
26 Bryan Robson (West Bromwich Albion, Manchester United)
24 Sir Geoff Hurst (West Ham United)
23 Stanley Mortensen (Blackpool)
22 Tommy Lawton (Everton, Chelsea, Notts County)
21 Mick Channon (Southampton, Manchester City)
21 Kevin Keegan (Liverpool, SV Hamburg, Southampton)
20 Martin Peters (West Ham United, Tottenham Hotspur)

I’m very happy to report the demise of Commodore has been over exagerated. Renamed Commodore Gaming, they aim to make a big splash at the 2008 CES conference in Vegas. You won’t find any PETs, C64 or Vic20’s… No way jose, this year Jack Tramiels new boys will be showing off the finest in gaming PC systems - they look pretty slick and seem to have the hardware to compete with the big boys.

Cliff Notes History of Commodore
Founded: ages ago
1977 Launched the PET computer targetting businesses
1981 Launched the VIC20 - with a solid 4k of RAM - killing the ZX80
1982 Launched the C64 - destroying the Sinclair Spectrum and Atari 800
1985 Launched the Amiga
1990 Launched Commodore Branded PC’s (IBM Compat)
Sometime after that - Commodore Imploded

But boy oh boy, did they change the home computer world. I can’t wait to get my hands on one of their Gaming PC’s - dubbed the G, GS, GX and XX models. The specs include Quad Processores running at 2.4 - 2.8 Ghz, upto 4GB 8500 Ram, Dual Nvidia 8800’s and a hard-drive large enough to store every video on YouTube - maybe.

Dubbed the “fight of the century”, the Floyd Mayweather vs. Ricky Hatton fight no doubt drummed up millions of dollars on HBO and all the other PPV channels around the world. At $49.95 to watch the fight, I skipped it, even though it had my hometown hero The Hitman as the star attraction. Reason why I skipped: YouTube Yet again, YouTube proves it’s almost impossible to police video content from users. A simple search for Mayweather v Hatton followed by sorting by date gives any visitor the chance to watch either the full fight, the last round or just the part where Mayweather is consoling Hatton. I’m pretty sure HBO and the promoters will be all over the videos and demand they are taken down, but at 8am on the day after the fight, I’m pretty sure many boxing fans, who for so long have seen the sport placed in the same conversation as WWE, will be quite happy!

BTW, there’s only one Ricky Hatton!

And now, for your viewing pleasure: Hatton vs. Mayweather: It’s worth watching just to hear the Las Vegas MC say Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmoney Mayweather!

It’s getting harder and harder to find the anniversary shoes from Adi Dassler. The super-duper top secret model, aka adidas superstar #35 is pretty much impossible to find. No one is selling them, there’s rumors only 35 pairs were made (or 7, or 14 depending on which blogger you believe) so unless Santa’s sack is really full, I guess this image won’t be appearing under my Xmas tree this (or any) year… White on white with white shell toe… Do adidas superstars get any better than this?

Can’t complain too much though, I already have a sweet pair of Ian Browns and the Perfs… Maybe I’m too spoilt - but is it too much to ask for all 35 pairs? I didn’t think so…