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Napster rolls out all-MP3 download store
(AP)
AP - Napster Inc. begins selling MP3s Tuesday, a move the online music service hopes will lure iPod users and turn around Napster's sliding fortunes.
Warner Music Group 2Q loss widens on increased expenses
(AP)
AP - Warner Music Group Corp., whose artists include R.E.M., Madonna and Green Day, said Thursday that higher costs and a shift to digital music resulted in a wider second-quarter loss and it suspended dividends.
Correction: Napster story
(AP)
AP - In a May 19 story about Napster, The Associated Press mischaracterized music downloads sold by a competitor, the iTunes Music Store. The retailer owned by Apple Inc. sells downloads in the AAC file format, not the MP3 format. ITunes' tracks without copy protection are the same price as — not more expensive than — the standard copy-protected versions.
The Eight Thousand Dollar Piano-Shaped ipod Table
The Concerto Table, a piano-shaped table designed by Nicholas Lovegrove & Demian Repucci, has to be one of the most expensive and exclusive iPod accessories yet.
First music download trial may get a do-over
(AP)
AP - A Minnesota woman ordered to pay $222,000 in the nation's first music download trial may get another chance with a jury.
Griffin Intros PowerBlock Travel, International USB Power Adapter
Griffin Technology has introduced PowerBlock Travel, a package designed to simplify charging your USB devices (including iPods) while traveling.
Apple Intros iPod Phone
Apple today introduced iPhone, a new device that combines a state-of-the-art mobile phone, a widescreen iPod with touch controls, and an Internet communications device with desktop-class email, web browsing, searching and maps—into one small and lightweight handheld device.
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.
MP3 Tech Commentary
The MSN Music DRM Time Bomb
Microsoft has announced to all of its MSN Music Store customers that it will be shutting down its PlayForSure licensing servers on August 31st. What this means for users is...
Amazon MP3 Store Eats into Apple's iTunes
According to an article by USA Today.com, the Amazon MP3 store has become the second largest digital music service in the United States. Amazon’s much anticipated digital music service was...
Jensen Delivers HD Radio/iPod Speaker Systems
Jensen recently brought to light two new rather interesting iPod speaker systems which also let you enjoy HD Radio. These are known as the JiMS-525 and JiMS-525A.
These new Jensen iPod...
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...
Sonix7 Shows Off iPod Knockoffs
A company by the name of Sonix7 revealed recently some MP3 players which look a lot like iPods. They are called, appropriately enough, the Nano Pro and Touch Pro and...
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