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Music downloads giving way to streaming services
(Reuters)
Reuters - Apple remains the world's dominant digital music retailer, but it's a distinction that might be of decreasing significance as the digital market transforms from a model based on a la carte downloads to one of streaming access. Indeed, Apple's late-year acquisition of streaming music provider Lala points to the company's own expected shift in that direction.
2010 could be busy year for digital music mergers
(Reuters)
Reuters - Think last year's acquisitions of iLike, imeem and Lala marked the end of consolidation for digital music services? Think again.
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
Griffin Intros 2007 Line Up
Griffin Technology today announced their 2007 lineup that will debut next week at the MacWorld Conference & Expo.
Griffin Intros Evolve iPod Speakers
Griffin Technology today announced the unveiling of its new lineup of powered speaker systems. Evolve is a speaker system with a flat charging base that holds your iPod in a Universal Dock.
France eyes 'Google tax' on Internet ads
(AFP)
AFP - A proposed French "Google tax" on online advertising revenues to fund subsidies for musicians and newspapers struggling in the digital era drew criticism from the Internet sector on Thursday.
NAMM Update: iKey Plus Turns Audio Into MP3s
iKEY-Audio introduced the iKEY PLUS – a device that records live audio and converts it into high quality MP3 and WAV files and saves them directly to an iPod or another USB compatible storage device.
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Student to Challenge $675,000 Illegal Music Download Fine Boston PhD student, Joel Tenenbaum, who was found guilty of illegally downloading music in August 2009, is to challenge his $675,000 fine. The announcement which was made via his blog, details the new motion -- there's also a PDF file of the actual submitted document. In essence, the new motion is asking for a re-trial and for the fine to be reduced. Joel Tenenbaum's attorney, Charles R. Nesson, is arguing that in the original case ruling by Massachusetts district judge, Nancy Gertner, the issue of 'fair use' was wrongly decided. It is also argued in the new motion that the jury's damage ward for the 30 illegally downloaded songs is grossly excessive; this equates to $22,500 per song. It will be interesting to see if Judge Nancy Gertner deems the arguments worthy of a new trial. If not, Joel's only other argument reading the official document is to show that the $675,000 fine is grossly excessive and that it should be lowered to a 'reasonable amount' -- what ever that is? Related Articles:
Student to Challenge $675,000 Illegal Music Download Fine originally appeared on About.com Digital Music on Wednesday, January 6th, 2010 at 08:54:48.
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Free Album Download: Magnatune Hands Out a Christmas Compilation To help you get into the festive spirit this season, why not get yourself a free Christmas album? The California-based record label, Magnatune, is generously offering up a free 24-track album called, The Magnatune Christmas Compilation. It contains a selection of timeless classics such as Jingle Bells, Silent Night, We Three Kings, and many more tracks that have been performed by Magnatune's artists. In order to download this free album, all you need to do is provide your email address; you will then receive a confirmation email giving you a private link for the album, along with your username and password which you need for the download to start. To get your free Christmas album download, simply visit Magnatune's holiday page on their website. Related Articles:
Free Album Download: Magnatune Hands Out a Christmas Compilation originally appeared on About.com Digital Music on Friday, December 18th, 2009 at 09:00:52.
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CES 2010: 'SuperSpeed USB' products announced What's faster than "Hi-Speed USB?" That would be "SuperSpeed USB," which is apparently, um, super fast. Now, USB speed may not be exactly sexy news compared to say, Apple's tablet from heaven (cue singing cherubs). But as someone who frequently backs up gi-normous files from my computer to my many external hard drives, faster USB speed is a much more practical thing for yours truly. (We're talking 10 times the speed of USB 2.0, which is obviously a big difference.) Anywho, The USB Implementers Forum announced the first 17 products certified for SuperSpeed USB (that would USB 3.0 for you numbers-and-decimals lovers). They include an ASUS motherboard, notebooks from HP and Fujitsu, and an external hard drive from Western Digital, which also unveiled its new speedy external drive at CES. For the complete list, click on the link above. Photo © USB-IF CES 2010: 'SuperSpeed USB' products announced originally appeared on About.com Portable Entertainment on Wednesday, January 6th, 2010 at 00:01:55.
The Tablets of CES 2010 While 3D TVs and eBook readers dominated the Consumer Electronics Show, tablets didn't fare too bad either. In fact, I haven't seen this many tablets since the last time I played Pac-Man. From Lenovo and HP to Dell and Sony, several companies featured their take on the tablet or slate concept. Even Microsoft's Steve Ballmer devoted time in his keynote speech to tout the touchy-feely devices. Check out some of the more interesting tablets to grace the show in our CES 2010 Tablet Round-up. Photo © Freescale The Tablets of CES 2010 originally appeared on About.com Portable Entertainment on Wednesday, January 13th, 2010 at 00:01:04.
EnTourage Hopes to Gain 'eDGe' With Students EnTourage Systems has been pretty busy recently, making a strong push at the recently concluded Consumer Electronics Show for its new eDGe "Dualbook." The company also announced several strategic partnerships at CES, including deals with textbook maker McGraw-Hill and the Blackboard Alliance Program. In case you're curious, the latter lets students and instructors share notes, textbook annotations and media among other things. It even allows them to have access to class schedules, campus maps and announcements. And to think that having a beeper was a pretty big deal when I first started going to college... Want to learn more about the device? Here's our first look at the enTourage eDGe. Photo © enTourage EnTourage Hopes to Gain 'eDGe' With Students originally appeared on About.com Portable Entertainment on Thursday, January 14th, 2010 at 00:18:12.
CES 2010: Alex eReader Maker Teams Up with Borders Hell hath no fury like an eReader maker scorned. A couple of months after suing Barnes & Noble for allegedly copying features from its Alex eReader Notebook, Spring Design announced a partnership with Borders at the Consumer Electronics Show. As part of the partnership, Borders' upcoming eBook store will be prominently featured on the Alex's dual display later this year. Borders announced plans for a new eBook store in December as part of a partnership with Kobo, Inc. The $359 Alex is scheduled to hit the market on February. Photo © Spring Design CES 2010: Alex eReader Maker Teams Up with Borders originally appeared on About.com Portable Entertainment on Friday, January 8th, 2010 at 00:01:31.
CD Repair Kits: Are They Really Worth Buying? Under normal usage most optical media (CDs and DVDs) pick up minor surface abrasions that don't affect them. However, accidents can and do happen which can cause more severe scratches which cause problems; skipping for example is a common symptom. If the damage is bad enough then it can even stop a disc from playing altogether. So, are CD repair kits really worth buying? As long as the scratch to your disc isn't deep, there's a good chance that a CD repair kit will be able to successfully resurface your damaged CD or DVD. They can't fix cracks but generally have a high success rate repairing moderately damaged discs. Many of the basic kits can typically fix up to 50 discs, while the more advanced ones can have added features like being able to fix deeper scratches or doubling as a disc cleaner -- this makes them even more useful if you need the extra features. If you consider how much money it would cost to replace your damaged discs, then purchasing a CD repair kit is a worthy investment. If you've got rare or expensive music CDs for example, then a repair kit makes perfect sense -- especially if you want to use a CD ripper to convert them to digital audio files. This will enable you to keep your valuable music collection in a safe place while still enjoying them as MP3s on your computer, MP3 player, or portable media device. If you're looking for a repair kit for your CDs and DVDs, then our CD/DVD Repair Kit Guide will show you some of the best kits for your money. Related Articles:
CD Repair Kits: Are They Really Worth Buying? originally appeared on About.com Digital Music on Monday, December 21st, 2009 at 11:04:45.
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