Tools for Photographers, Videobloggers and Musicians

If you haven't seen this comprehensive list of tools for the above mentioned people over on Mashables you should check it out. With the explosion taking place in online media, a list that covers the sites catering to people interested in online media is so valuable.

The entries were compiled from previous Mashable articles - see the links at the bottom of their article for further reading.

Next time, with everyones help, Mashable will include, Cutcaster.

One of them that I think they missed is MOO, which I believe will be a big hit with the photo and image community in the near future. Cutcaster would like to reach out to innovative and upstart companies like this in the future.

Amazon bites into Apple.

Today, Amazon did what the doctor said and took a bite out of Apple. iTunes fear not though. Amazon is looking to take on Apple in the music download service business that Apple has dominated with iTunes for years. Amazon will begin by selling tracks without the digital rights management restrictions (DRM). This is an inevitable step in the right direction for the selling of digital music and a smart move by Amazon even though it might not be a big advantage in its battle with iTunes, who will also start selling DRM-free tracks from EMI at the end of this month.

I think a positive side note to the events unfolding is that EMI, one of the major giants in the music business, is open to offering digital music without the built in restrictions, see DRM, that make it very hard for consumers, who legally buy the tracks, to make copies. When do you think the other biggies will follow suit?

I think this is a great step forward for the consumer and a smart decision by Amazon.