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iriver clix: iPod/iTunes Killer?
iriver has introduced the clix portable media player, a new media player that integrates with the new Windows Media Player 11 and the public beta of MTV Networks URGE digital music service
Apple Tries To Bury Stock Options Controversy
Based on an analysis of the findings of the independent investigation, Apple has recognized additional non-cash stock-based compensation expenses of $84 million.
Sony TV Internet module tunes into YouTube
(AP)
AP - Coming to late-model Sony LCD flat panels: YouTube videos.
Play-along video game genre amps up music industry
(AP)
AP - Tapping on fake instruments and screeching into microphones connected to video game consoles has become lucrative for both the music and gaming industries. Downloadable tunes for music-based games "Guitar Hero," "Rock Band" and "SingStar" have become as vital as iTunes itself — and one of the last ways to expose youngsters to classic rock.
SpeckTone Retro Stereo Speaker System for iPod
The SpeckTone Retro is one of the few iPod accessories that has caught our eyes recently. The fifties look of the all-wood speaker cabinet is finished with a high-gloss lacquered piano finish, and is a surprisingly nice complement to the modern look of iPods.
Bertelsmann asks $1.5 bln for its Sony-BMG stake: report
(Reuters)
Reuters - German media group Bertelsmann is seeking
$1.2 billion to $1.5 billion to pull out of its Sony-BMG music
joint venture with Sony Corp, the Financial Times reported on
Thursday.
MP3 Tech Commentary
Nine Inch Nails Give Fans the Slip
Not content with giving away the first 9 tracks of Ghosts I-IV a while back (read blog), Trent Reznor, otherwise known as Nine Inch Nails, has done it again. The...
New Media Discovery Website That Uses AI
A new website called, The Filter, has been launched that uses advanced mathematics and artificial intelligence to help you discover new music and other types of media. Backed by the...
Steve Jobs Announces New iPhone
Various blogging outlets, reporting from the Steve Jobs keynote we wrote about earlier, are saying Jobs has now officially unveiled a new iPhone. It is being called the iPhone 3G....
New Apple iPhone Today?
Word on the portable electronics wire today via many media and blogging outlets is that Steve Jobs, the leader of Apple, will unveil a new iPhone at the Worldwide Developers...
SpiralFrog Signs Deal With EMI
The ad-driven SpiralFrog music service has announced through a press release that it has struck a deal with EMI. This is a significant agreement with one of the 'big four'...
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