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Apple quarterly profit surges on iPod (Reuters)
Reuters - Apple Computer Inc. on
Wednesday said its quarterly profit more than quintupled,
fueled by strong sales of its iPod digital music players and
its signature Macintosh computers, sending its shares up nearly
3 percent in after hours trading.
ITunes Hits Half Billion Mark (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Apple Computer (Nasdaq: AAPL) announced that music-minded consumers have purchased and downloaded over half a billion songs from the iTunes music store.
Apple Introduces Soundtrack Pro
Soundtrack Pro features an innovative waveform editor with flexible Action Layers that allow users to instantly re-order, bypass or change any edit, effect or process.
Apple eyes new iPods for music videos (AFP)
AFP - Apple is considering a new version of its wildly successful iPod that would play music videos.
The iPod's Economy Is Booming (Ziff Davis)
Ziff Davis - Reporter's Notebook: Apple Computer's iPod is becoming a pied piper for entrepreneurship.
MP3 Tech Commentary
Download Free Music from CommonTunes
Free music download site commontunes.org was launched this weekend, offering a forum for uploading and downloading freely distrubutable music via hosted links or bittorrent. You can even turn feeds into podcasts. Featuring "Top Downloads," "Highest Rated," and "Our Picks," CommonTunes...
Play MP3s on Your Home Stereo with Airport Express
If new technology is supposed to make our lives easier and more enjoyable, then digital music should free us from the mighty encumbrance of the CD, making music more usable and enjoyable, right? But have you noticed that since you've...
Happy Birthday - MP3 Turns 10
Yesterday marked the tenth birthday of the MP3 audio compression codec. The MP3 file format is best known for its role in single-handedly changing the face of music, namely in conjunction with the original Napster file sharing program. Currently, the...
Wearing Music
... Popgadget : Snap, by Design Continuum, is a wrist-worn MP3 player controlled by simple hand gestures and audio feedback. ... By monitoring the movement of tendons in your wrist, the device âreadsâ the hand gestures that control its playback, and reports status through wireless earbuds. ... The player and earbuds communicate using your skin as a transmission medium, with no wires required, and no radio interference.
P2P Loses - Supreme Court Rules Against File Sharing
This morning, the Supreme Court announced their ruling on the landmark P2P (peer-to-peer) file sharing case, MGM v. Grokster. In short, the Supreme Court has ruled unanimously against Grokster et al. in the landmark copyright case, citing what they call...
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