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More bands embrace the option of giving away music
(Reuters)
Reuters - The two latest bands to offer their
new albums online for free are advancing divergent versions of
the business model Radiohead introduced in fall 2007.
NAMM Update: Numark Announces HDX HD/CD/MP3 player
Numark announced the HDX, a tabletop HD/CD/MP3 player with an high torque, motorized 12-inch platter.
Peer-to-peer networks go legit
(AP)
AP - The technology best known for pirating movies, music and software online is increasingly being adopted by businesses as a cheap way to get video content to customers.
Otafuku Rex; Mix Them, Mash Them Up
The new band Otafuku Rex has debuted their music video, Do Me, I'm the Best, and is inviting fans to get in on the action and create their own remixes by mashing up the groups video and music, adding in their own music and video, and sending the results to friends.
New iPod shuffle Available Worldwide This Friday
Nearly half the size of the original, the new iPod shuffle is just half a cubic inch in volume, weighs just half an ounce and features a minimal aluminum design with a built-in clip, making it the most wearable iPod ever.
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.
Apple sued over iTunes technology
(AP)
AP - Apple Inc. was sued Wednesday over allegations its iTunes online music store and iPod music players are illegally using a patented method for distributing digital media over the Internet.
Apple Inc. downplays Beatles "speculation"
(Reuters)
Reuters - Apple Inc has dismissed claims in the
U.K. press that the Beatles catalog is about to be made
available online through the computer giant's iTunes Music
Store as "unsubstantiated speculation."
MP3 Tech Commentary
Fans Hammer Nine Inch Nails Website for Free Music
The rock group, Nine Inch Nails, has followed in the footsteps of Radiohead by offering free MP3 downloads via its website. The first 9 tracks of its new Ghosts I-IV...
JVC headphones block 80 percent of background noise
JVC rolled out last week some new noise-cancelling headphones which they say significantly reduce ambient noise. The HA-NCX77 headphones are priced at around $80.
The in-ear JVC HA-NCX77 headphones reportedly cancel...
Facebook Steps Up to the Digital Music Plate
The social networking website, Facebook, has launched two new media channels in an effort to compete with the likes of MySpace. The new music and film pages have been added...
Rhapsody to Gain Yahoo Music Unlimited Customers
With the recent news of Microsoft’s $44.6 billion bid for Yahoo, it comes as no surprise to learn that the Yahoo Music Unlimited service is to cease. For its subscribers...
Warner Music Signs MP3 Deal With 7Digital
Warner Music International (WMI), one of the 'big four' record labels, has signed a deal with 7Digital to offer MP3 tracks. The 7Digital music service, based in the UK, is...
Yamaha Helps Your Exercise Groove with Bodibeat
How many times have you just wished your MP3 player could intelligently figure out the tempo of music you want it to play without fiddling with the controls? Yamaha thinks...
Will Alleged RIAA Conspiracy be Revealed?
Tanya Andersen, who was wrongfully targeted by the RIAA in February 2005, has now amended her complaint that could see the case move forward to the discovery phase. This is...
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