Beatles could be close to making a deal to sell their catalogue digitally

The Beatles may be close to making a deal with Apple to sell their catalogue on iTunes. The deal would allow the Beatles’ music to be sold exclusively through the iTunes music store for a period of time before the music would then be available from a wider array of online retailers. No details have surfaced about the possible deal but it has been reported that they are ironing out the final details, such as how long iTunes would have exclusivity and the possible use of a Beatles song in a commercial.

Courtney Love added to list of BBC ‘selectors’

Courtney Love has been added to the list of “Selectors” for BBC radio in December. During the month, artists have been selected to “takeover” 6 Music and choose the programming and the playlist. Love will be taking over December 11th and plans to play REM, New Order, the Beatles and other bands as well as discuss her relationship with Kurt Cobain. Moby and Oasis have also been chosen as “Selectors”.

Opera to release Opera Mini 3.0

Opera is set to release Opera Mini 3.0. The newest version of Opera Mini has new features which have been designed to improve its function and to boost its social networking abilities. One of the features integrates the softwares with the cameras in most phones, which will make it easier for users to upload photos to sites like Flickr. The browser will also allow users to subscribe to RSS feeds and will also support encryption.