Neil Young: Piracy Is The New Radio
Before Napster, musicians used to have their music stolen from a device even more devious than the computer. The dreaded radio. Legendary singer Neil Young says that he isn’t worried about digital piracy because it’s just a new version of the radio.
The Pirate Bay Introduces ‘Physibles’: Napster For Physical Objects
A little over a year ago, we wrote about a fascinating paper from Public Knowledge with the splendid title, “It Will Be Awesome if They Don’t Screw it Up: 3D Printing, Intellectual Property, and the Fight Over the Next Great Disruptive Technology.
Rhapsody ropes Napster Intl. into fold
The music-streaming service has acquired Napster Intl., which will notably expand the company’s footprint in Germany and the U.K — both important beachheads as the company joins the larger fight for international auds. Move follows the October 2011
Rhapsody takes battle to Spotify by buying Napster’s European operation
Rhapsody has acquired Napster’s European operation, marking the music streaming service’s first move beyond the US market and kicking off a battle with Spotify. The US service, which has only been available to American customers for the past 11
How to prevent iTunes Match from exceeding your iPad cell-data limits
When I signed up for the iTunes Match service, it took several hours to upload via a cable-modem connection about 5,500 MP3s that were stored in the iTunes Library on a Windows 7 PC. Once the transfer was complete the MP3s were accessible from iTunes on my
Distrust That Particular Flavor, the audio edition
None of these are grave mistakes, and indeed, it’s a treat to get an audiobook whose MP3s have any metadata or sensible filenames, but if you’re going to go “iPod-ready” then it wouldn’t hurt to iron out these small bugs. Meanwhile, listening to
Brake the Internet Pirates
This isn’t college kids swapping MP3s, as in the 1990s. Rather, rogue websites set up shop oversees and sell U.S. consumers bootleg movies, TV shows, software, video games, books and music, as well as pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, fashion
A GarageBand for ebooks: Simplifying publishing could mean a flood of new content
Apple’s gone both ways on this before. GarageBand creates MP3s that will play anywhere; iWeb creates webpages that can be uploaded to any server and viewed in any browser; iWork apps will export into the more popular Office formats like Word’s .doc and
4 Ways Steve Jobs & Apple Changed the Music Industry – YAHOO!
It’s hard to imagine life without the iPod today. Although it wasn’t the first portable MP3 player released, the iPod extracted the best elements from its early competitors, and morphed them into a product that defined portable technology and changed
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EMI Music and Live Gamer Partner to Create Social Monetization Apps on Facebook – msnbc.com
NEW YORK, NY — Live Gamer (www.livegamer.com), the world’s first combined digital commerce and advertising platform for the interactive entertainment industry, and EMI Music, one of the world’s leading music companies and home to some of the
Music review: Andreas Scholl with the English Concert at Disney – Los Angeles Times
Andreas Scholl is a countertenor and a modern man. Appearing as soloist with the English Concert, a period instrument ensemble, at Walt Disney Concert Hall on Tuesday night in a mostly Purcell program, Scholl wore a contemporary dark suit, open
Bjork: New album fuses music, tech, and nature – Yahoo Finance
REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) — As a child growing up in Iceland, Bjork would compose music in her head as she walked to school. The cadence of her footsteps became the rhythm. The dramatic landscapes of her homeland became the inspiration. In her new album
Grooveshark: the other free music service – Los Angeles Times
This post has been corrected, as indicated below. The “freemium” business model may be taking off among online music services, but the conventional wisdom is that Spotify and other proponents will never make money off of their free, advertiser
Angry Mob Music Announces Partnership With DJ Skee and Build Destroy Music – msnbc.com
LOS ANGELES, CA — Angry Mob Music and Build Destroy Music (BDM) have formed an artistic partnership. Under the new agreement, the music publishing and licensing company can now select existing music for exclusive representation from some of
Free $2 Amazon MP3 Credit – For a Limited Time – Gadget Review
Amazon has a new special offer to share, and this time it comes with $2 free credit for their MP3 Service! Talk about a method of trying a new service, for a limited time Amazon is giving away a free $2 to go with their MP3 distribution service. It’s the
Apple rumored to axe iconic iPod – The Tech Report& LLC
Apple owes much of its success to the original iPod, which made MP3 players mainstream and spawned an entire family of devices that continues to dominate the market. The iPod lineup currently spans four models, including the Shuffle, Nano
Portable Media Players in China – Market Report – new market research report – Transworld News
Portable MP3 players continued to lose share against other products in 2010, with volume sales declining by 19.8%, mainly due to the ongoing popularity of smartphones offering music functions and portable multimedia players. In 2010, smartphones with high
FreeRip Pro 3.081 – Zimbio
FreeRIP is a Windows application that lets you save audio CD tracks to Wav, MP3, WMA, Ogg Vorbis or FLAC audio files (this process is known as ripping). FreeRIP is also a audio file and mp3 converter and it can convert audio files from one of the named
Free YouTube to MP3 Converter – CNet
The minor quibbles we have with Free YouTube to MP3 Converter have nothing to do with its functionality. This effective freeware is ready to go right out of the box, but can be easily customized by the user. No effort has been made to dress up the program
The Tommyknocker USB Digital Door, the First Patented Digital Doorbell that Directly Plays your MP3 music files with USB Protocol – Consumer Electronics Net
Introducing the Tommyknocker MP3 Digital Doorbell into the consumer electronic market. The Tommyknocker operates in the high quality all digital domain and enables users to personalize their doorbell with their favorite MP3 digital audio files. The
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Audio/MP3 – CNET News
A great headphone amplifier is one that makes headphones sound better than you thought they were. Judged by that standard, the Centrance DACport will be an awesome upgrade for buyers who have already invested in high-quality headphones. This
Norfolk Southern to Host Third-Quarter 2011 Earnings Conference Call – Yahoo Finance
In addition, the replay will be available for download to a portable audio player or computer as an MP3 – or podcast – file. Both the replay and MP3 file can be found on the website in the Investors section. For electronic notification of earnings events
UPDATED: Want $2 in free ExtraBucks? Plus a $2 Amazon MP3 credit – Roanoke Times
UPDATE: Amazon is offering $2 in MP3 credits, and all you have to do is go here, and enter the code FALLMP3S. Amazon music downloads are iTunes compatible, so go buy yourself a little something! There’s no mention of when this deal will expire
Media : MP3: Hindi Zahra Arrives With A ‘Fascination’ (FILTER Premiere) – I4U
Singer/song writer/ self-taught composer, Hindi Zahra, has unveiled her debut album, Handmade, and we have her track, “Fascination,” just for you. Although this is her debut album, Zahra isn’t new to the scene. Growing up in a family of musicians and ac
Creative keeps stabbing at the MP3 market, reveals bantam ZEN X-Fi3 – engadget
Another IFA, another minuscule ZEN X-Fi media player. And somehow, they manage to get less and less impressive with each passing year. This go ’round, we’re looking at the ZEN X-Fi3, equipped with a 2-inch LCD, 8/16GB of internal storage
Steve Jobs Step Down with Apple on Top – Voice of America
TO DOWNLOAD the MP3 of this story, click on the MP3 link in the upper right corner of the page. Double-click any word to find the definition in the Merriam-Webster Learner’s Dictionary. This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. The chief executive
Convert FLAC to MP3 Conveniently: Guide – I4U
Why should I convert FLAC to MP3? Doesn’t it lead to loss of quality? There’s no denying that FLAC is lossless and works well at compressing files but the large storage space files in this format occupy make it pretty much of a downer. MP3 on the other
Samsung intros two MP3 HD players with MP3 HD support – Electronista
Samsung Korea just introduced two new MP3 players that have MP3 HD support, for quality that’s said to be five times better than regular MP3 audio. The YP-R2 and YP-Z3 can also access Korea’s largest music store, Melon, which offers nearly 2.2 million
Record Skype Calls, Conversations To MP3 – Ghacks Technology News
Sometimes you may want to record a Skype call or conversation. This can be handy to have a record of a call or if you want to publish the conversation later on the Internet or a network. The Skype voice over IP software does not come with
eMusic adds a little streaming to its MP3 store – Los Angeles Times
The core challenge for music subscription services is helping people find enough new and compelling tracks each month to persuade them to keep paying the monthly fee. For eMusic, this task has been complicated by the fact that its service doesn
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SanDisk launches $50 Sansa Clip Zip MP3 player, makes for a cheap workout date – engadget
Stylish, Feature-Rich Player Delivers Affordable On-The-Go Music Experience MILPITAS, Calif., Aug 24, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) — –Packed with features, including a larger color screen, compatibility with all major music formats, a stopwatch, an FM