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Napster cuts music plan to $5 a month
(AP)
AP - Napster.com on Monday cut the price of its online music streaming service to $5 a month from $12.95, and threw in five song downloads for customers in a move to better compete with rival iTunes.
Scribd turns page from document sharing to selling
(AP)
AP - Hoping to do for the written word what iTunes did for music, the online document-sharing service Scribd is opening an Internet store that will offer new sales opportunities for authors and publishers, and possibly spawn more bargains for book lovers.
House Panel OKs Bill to Pay Artists for Radio Play
(PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - The House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday approved a bill that would require traditional radio stations to pay artists for their songs, and extended a deadline for Internet radio stations to come up with a deal on royalty rates.
ABC Music Lounge: No cocktails, but nonstop music
(AP)
AP - Cocktails won't be served, but ABC says a new online "music lounge" will offer a full menu of songs and artists featured on its shows.
Orange to sell Nokia music package in Britain
(Reuters)
Reuters - Top mobile phone maker Nokia said on Wednesday France Telecom's Orange would sell its top model 5800 and exclusive music-package deal in Britain.
MP3 Tech Commentary
Product Preview: Digital Foci Photo Book - A New Portable Digital Photo Viewer
A problem some have with the look and feel of portable digital image viewers is that, as cold metal devices, they don't capture the warmth of the images they are...
SanDisk Announces New slotRadio Cards
Hot on the heels of their newly launched Sansa slotRadio Player, SanDisk have announced four new slotRadio cards. Each genre-specific collection contains 1,000 Billboard hits. The four new slotRadio cards...
Ultrasone Edition 8 headphones pop at $1,500 each
Ultrasone, a maker of high end headphones, unveiled a couple of days ago some new special edition headphones which, considering the price compared to other Ultrasone models, may not actually...
Play Judge by Voting for Your Favorite Songs
Have you ever wanted to judge the music you listen to online? One of the fun aspects of listening to digital music these days is being able to play judge,...
Product Review: Nextar T30 Portable Media Player
The Nextar T30 portable media player, despite its inexpensive price tag, is hard to recommend when put up against other devices similar to it. It has a few stand out...
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