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Two New iPod Games Announced
Electronic Arts today announced the availability of two new games for the fifth generation iPod – EA Sudoku and Royal Solitaire.
Mac Laptop Explodes Flames
Apple laptops are known for their tendency to run hot; apparently, they run hot enough that they sometimes burst into flames....
Downloads King As iTunes Tops U.S. Music Retailer
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Online music purchasing marked a symbolic milestone when Apple announced Thursday that its iTunes music store had surpassed Wal-Mart Stores to become the largest U.S. music retailer.
Digital music firms pay heavy price for labels' support
(Reuters)
Reuters - A stark truth facing any aspiring
digital music service these days is that working with record
labels is going to carry a hefty price.
NAMM Update: iKey Plus Turns Audio Into MP3s
iKEY-Audio introduced the iKEY PLUS – a device that records live audio and converts it into high quality MP3 and WAV files and saves them directly to an iPod or another USB compatible storage device.
Apple Pumps Down the Volume
Apple today announced a software update for the iPod nano and fifth generation iPod, that lets customers set their own personal maximum volume limit.
iTunes Hits Two Billion Sold Milestone
Apple today announced that more than two billion songs, 50 million television episodes and over 1.3 million feature-length films have been purchased and downloaded from the iTunes Store.
MP3 Tech Commentary
Friday First Look: JVC HA-SX500 Headphones
JVC is offering now the HA-SX500 in-canal headphones, compatible with the iPhone. These iPhone friendly headphones are foldable and use a special design for better sound. For more details on...
New LimeWire Music Store Launched
The name Limewire is usually thought of as a file sharing program for use on P2P networks. But now, Lime Wire LLC has jumped onto the crowded DRM-free bandwagon and...
Soundstream shows off touchscreen media player
When one considers the sheer number of portable media players on the market today, it is hard to distinguish oneself from the pack. Soundstream, a relatively unknown company in this...
First Look Friday: Polaroid Freescape 4360
The Polaroid Freescape 4360 is a portable media player which offers wireless Internet. With this portable media player you can wirelessly access MP3s and other media files such as JPEGs....
Honey, I Shrunk the MP3 Format!
Scientists at the University of Rochester have revealed that they have developed a technique to reproduce digital music that is 1,000 times smaller than a typical MP3 file. The new...
mobiBlu Goes Cube with the Cube3 MP3 Player
A new mobiBlu MP3 player is on the way this May. If you aren't familiar with mobiBlu, no worries - the company only comes out with players now and again....
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