The Beatles Finally Arrive On iTunes

Ever since the launch of iTunes, the absence of The Beatles has been the focus of much attention. Even as the songs have been remastered and re-released in traditional formats, the catalog has not appeared on any downloadable music service.
That changed this week as The Beatles catalog went on sale in iTunes, with much publicity from Apple and coverage by the press.
You can now buy all 13 original Beatles albums in iTunes. They are DRM-free and can be purchased per song or by album. Each album purchase includes a short video documentary.
In addition, the Past Masters collection of non-album tracks is available, as well as the greatest hits collections known as the Red Album and Blue Album. You can also buy The Beatles Box Set which includes everything plus some additional video.
Take a look at all of The Beatles content on iTunes. Also, see the blog post below if you are new to The Beatles.
Apple, Inc. added a new board member this week with the appointment of Ronald D. Sugar as the chair of the Audit and Finance Committee. Sugar is an engineer who was the CFO of the company that built the Pioneer space probes and later CEO of aerospace firm Northrop Grumman.
We are still waiting for iOS 4.2, the iOS update that will bring many new features to the iPad. But we did get Ping functionality in iTunes on the iPad this week. This new feature was simply turned on by Apple, and didn’t require an update. We also got iTunes version 10.1 for the Mac, which presumably sets the stage for the iOS 4.2 update.