Following the announcement that EMI would be providing DRM-free music to iTunes, Apple has released its iTunes 7.2 which includes iTunes Plus, a branch of the music store that offers higher quality music with no DRM.
Sources say that Apple had planned to release this update Tuesday evening, but technical difficulties sent them working on the update into the wee hours of the morning, with the release coming later. The new DRM-free songs are available at 256Kbps AAC with a price raise to $1.29 per song, compared to $0.99 with the original quality. — Andrew Dobrow