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Impala appeals against Sony BMG music deal
(AP)
AP - Independent music group Impala said Monday it has appealed the decision by European Union regulators to approve the combination of the music units of Sony Corp. and Bertelsmann AG.
Accessories will pump up the tunes on your cellphone
(USATODAY.com)
USATODAY.com - Music lovers, listen up. Buying a portable music player is so, well, 2003. If you carry a cellphone, and chances are you do, then it's likely all you need to enjoy your favorite tunes while on the go.
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.
Apple iTunes Music Sales Top 5 Billion Songs
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - InformationWeek - The digital media service also announced that visitors are renting and purchasing more than 50,000 movies each day from iTunes.
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.
MP3 Tech Commentary
New Griffin iPhone Accessory Makes Car Mounting Easier
Griffin Technology recently introduced iPhone accessory which mounts the Apple mobile to a car's windshield at eye level. It is called the Griffin WindowSeat and you'll find it pricing for...
New AOL Radio Player Gets a Boost From CBS
AOL radio has announced on its blog that their new browser-based radio player will now be "CBS powered". What this means is that there will now be over 200 free...
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....
Creative Releases Portable iPod Speaker Systems
If you own an iPod nano or shuffle and seek a small, portable listening solution for sharing your music with others, Creative recently released two speaker systems which might be...
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...
Can I Edit Multiple ID3 Tags Simultaneously?
This is the question that I've been asked about a few times recently. ID3 tags, if you didn't already know, give you additional information on MP3 files such as, artist,...
Oldest Digital Music Recording Discovered
According to a BBC news article, the oldest computer-generated digital music recording has been discovered dating back to 1951. This analog recording which has now been digitized and uploaded onto...
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