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MySpace Music: Three major labels apply eyeshadow

Crave It'll be operated jointly by Sony BMG, Warner Music, Universal and News Corp's MySpace. MySpace users have no intention of spending their pocket money, and in their panic to curb the decline of their archaic business model, Sony BMG, Universal and...

Tags: labels, face, itunes, fans

4 April 2008, 8:22

Let the people rip, says influential think tank

Crave If a law was passed to forbid breathing, it could hardly cause a more universal criminalisation of the western world than the laws of music copyright. Current law makes thieves of most of us and liars of the rest.

Tags: industry, consumers, government, job

30 October 2006, 11:37

Sony Bluetooth headsets: Won't make you look like a plonker

Crave There's simply something unsettling about seeing somebody talking into a Universal Soldier-style device while they peruse DVDs at the local Blockbuster or try on a pair of jeans at GAP. It's downright unfortunate that using a Bluetooth headset...

Tags: sony, bluetooth, battery, style

13 November 2006, 11:06

Warner Music joins Nokia's 'Comes With Music' scheme

Crave It joins Universal and Sony BMG in Nokia's 'unlimited free music for all' club, leaving just EMI outside playing with its toys in the rain. After giving its back catalogue to 7digital for DRM-free MP3 downloads, Warner Music has become the third of...

Tags: nokia, labels, handsets, drm

1 July 2008, 10:30

7digital to go completely DRM-free: MP3s from all major labels

Crave The store recently soft-launched DRM-free MP3 downloads from Universal, including albums from Amy Winehouse, U2, Guns N' Roses and The Cure.digital is holding a press event on 16 September, claiming it's "on the tip of a 100 per cent DRM-free MP3...

Tags: 7digital, labels, amazon, label

8 September 2008, 11:17

Jabra JX20 Pura: If Zoolander owned a Bluetooth headset

Crave Of course, this doesn't mean that people won't laugh if your Bluetooth headset looks like a prop from Universal Soldier. In the past, you'd probably cross the street if the person walking towards you was talking to himself.

Tags: talk, bluetooth, headset, carphone warehouse

2 June 2008, 10:29

Pioneer DV-989: DVD for the rich and the famous

Crave The Denon DVD-2910 was our last extravagance, a £550 player that was less a mere DVD player and more of a universal disc spinner -- there wasn't anything that baby couldn't play. We're cheeky little minxes here on Crave -- when the mood takes us...

Tags: pioneer, dvd player, dv, hardcore

7 February 2006, 10:47

EyeToy Kinetic: High-impact gaming

Crave EyeToy Kinetic is another game from Sony with near-universal appeal, though. Despite their hobby going mainstream, videogamers are still often seen as fat, slothful and unhealthy members of society. But if there's anyone working hard to remedy this...

Tags: sony computer entertainment europe, fitness, trainer, workout

11 October 2005, 10:37

Nokia Comes with Music: DRM still equals fail

Crave This is because the subscription is between Nokia and Universal, not the record label and the consumer. Yesterday we inflated a very appealing balloon. We told you Nokia was launching a new music service that offered the very attractive 'unlimited...

Tags: unlimited, nokia, consumer, label

5 December 2007, 10:35

DRM-free iTunes Plus tracks get a price cut

Crave The news is not totally unexpected -- Amazon launched its DRM-free music download store in the US last month and offers a variable pricing structure on its entire catalogue, which includes the whole digital catalogue of EMI, and a number of...

Tags: labels, tracks, protection, store

19 October 2007, 10:41

Vodafone announces Samsung F700 (Croix) for Christmas

Crave Vodafone also announced a deal with Omnifone, creators of MusicStation, that will let you download tracks from Universal Music Group, Sony BMG Music Entertainment, EMI Music and Warner Music Group direct to your handset.

Tags: samsung, deal, handset, universal music group

12 September 2007, 9:39

Sony Ericsson PlayNow Arena: Walkmans get 5 million songs

Crave Three of the four major labels are on-board, the odd one out being Universal, which is launching its own phone-centric download system. The digital music space is getting hotter than a bedroom full of cheerleaders wrestling over who has the most...

Tags: sony ericsson, ericsson, tracks, countries

29 January 2008, 11:19

ATI Radeon HD 2000 series: Rumour-tastic

Crave Rumour specialists DailyTech reckon the flagship card will a) be extremely fast, b) be extremely inexpensive compared to past cards, and c) have a universal video decoder (UVD) to provide hardware acceleration of Blu-ray and HD DVD flicks.

Tags: amd, model, cards, hd

24 April 2007, 11:13

Crave Summer: Super sun-kissed speaker selections

Crave This black and silver audio fiend has an iPod dock that's compatible with any model of iPod with a universal dock, but it's also a terrific social setup too. Woo! Summer's here and Glastonbury's just round the corner.

20 June 2007, 11:20

Amazon to distribute deleted EMI, Sony albums on-demand

Crave EMI and Sony BMG represent only half of the major worldwide record labels, with Universal Music Group and Warner Music remaining outside the CreateSpace programme. Amazon has announced a partnership with major record labels EMI and Sony BMG to...

Tags: amazon, labels, deleted, albums

6 May 2008, 9:31