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Spotify: Pure music-streaming win

Crave The selection is great too, with label support from EMI, Universal, Sony BMG and Warner. Yesterday, through what seems to be random happenstance, everyone on Twitter started talking about Spotify. One email to the press department and a very short...

Tags: wait, account, clicking, listen

4 December 2008, 11:38

iTunes to get DRM-free songs from all labels?

Crave A year after iTunes began offering music without copy-protection software from EMI, Apple is in discussions with the other three top recording companies -- Universal, Warner and Sony BMG -- about acquiring DRM-free songs, according to two music...

Tags: itunes, universal, labels, songs

20 November 2008, 11:06

Video: Experience the new Xbox 360 dashboard

Crave Using the Harmony Xbox 360 universal remote was much easier, as the play, pause, fast-forward and rewind buttons on the remote matched up with the Netflix player. Today, Microsoft is rolling out its most ambitious Xbox 360 system update yet -- an...

19 November 2008, 11:21

Games for Windows Live: You've got to admit it's getting better

Crave We weren't able to try other GFW Live games, so we have no word on whether the tracking issues are universal. We give Microsoft credit for finally understanding that what works on a console won't necessarily appeal to PC gamers.

Tags: gaming, xbox, tracking, downloadable

14 November 2008, 10:21

Great Christmas gadgets under £100

Crave It's a universal USB charger that can be used to power up MP3 players, smartphones, portable games consoles and a whole host of other devices. Christmas isn't just about family arguments, bad Cliff Richard records and improbable plot twists on...

11 November 2008, 16:50

Datz Music Lounge: Unlimited MP3s from EMI and Warner

Crave But apparently the main target market is parents: a £99 Christmas present, and your kids won't use illegal P2P that may get your Internet cut off.It's a smart idea, but it won't take long for a couple of teenagers to search for music published by...

Tags: universal, unlimited, songs, labels

29 October 2008, 22:57

Q&A: Is Nokia Comes With Music a good deal?

Crave Nokia has done deals with EMI, Universal Music Group, Sony BMG Music Entertainment and Warner Music Group -- all the major music labels in the world. What is it? Comes With Music (CWM) is a music service provided by Nokia that combines an iTunes...

Tags: nokia, downloading, listen, pcs

3 October 2008, 12:28

Google Android: Beyond the mobile phone

Crave And while they've had significant success, there's much fragmentation, with nothing as universal as Windows or as standardised as the iPhone. But some Android partners say the software will use more broadly than just phones.

Tags: computing, embedded, river, operating system

23 September 2008, 9:59

Passionato: Classical music downloads done right

Crave It's got catalogues from big classical names, including Naxos, Universal Classics and Jazz, Decca, BBC Worldwide, Capitol USA, Blue Note and EMI Classics.It's the work of former Baltimore Symphony Orchestra president James Glicker, who told the...

Tags: itunes, stores, titles, encoded

12 September 2008, 10:23

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

Sony RDR-HXD995: Jack of all trades, master of set-top boxes

Crave The ability to handle DivX and XviD is a handy (although pretty much universal) addition to a DVD player these days. Our living room is getting out of hand. You walk in to a wall of hot air, with electronics stacked floor to ceiling and one small...

Tags: sony, handy, watching, channel

6 August 2008, 11:14

Sky to launch music download business with Universal

Crave The service is backed by a single major record label -- Universal -- that is said to be offering DRM-free MP3 downloads, meaning they will play on almost any device in the world. What's particularly interesting is that Sky and Universal are forming...

Tags: universal, labels, unlimited, nokia

23 July 2008, 9:42

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

UK iTunes store finally gets movie downloads

Crave Interestingly, Universal's spat with Apple seems to still be going on, and movies from that studio, including the likes of the Bourne films, aren't available. It's been an incredibly long time coming, but from today you can buy and rent movies from...

Tags: apple, film, films, rent

4 June 2008, 12:03

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