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Sony bows to Apple's digital music rule
News The latest example of Apple's dominance in digital music is Sony's move this week to make its own music management software compatible with Apple's audio file format. By switching to a technology that supports AAC, Sony appears to be acknowledging...
11 May 2006, 11:26
Amazon to launch digital music service
News Ecommerce giant Amazon appears to be preparing a digital music service to compete with Apple's iTunes at last, according to a job listing posted on a popular industry blog. The ad, posted on Paidcontent.org (and since removed), sought a "content...
5 August 2005, 10:46
Digital music singing new sales song
News Burke, a South Carolina software tester, operates a popular series of Web sites called Scopecreep.com, where he's posted thousands of digital music playlists, from 'Best songs of 1989' to 'Palindrome songs', that can be played by any Yahoo or...
20 January 2006, 10:58
Brussels lines up new digital music licence
News The European Commission has said the way artists' rights are collected needs to be changed to boost the development of legal digital music platforms. The EC now has a European licence project in its sights which would enable online music...
5 July 2005, 9:44
BBC to sell digital music downloads?
News The BBC wants to be a major player in the digital media world and is considering partnerships with private businesses to sell music downloads. Thompson said it was "ridiculous" to think that technology-savvy consumers "would not welcome the...
30 August 2005, 10:50
Digital living room still a dream, say tech execs
News The industry's goal is to give consumers access to their digital photos, games, email, music and video from any device, any time and anywhere. Too few consumers are buying into the notion that a "digital home" can improve their lives and the...
6 December 2005, 9:40
Digital camera desire doubles
News IDC analyst Chris Chute said cameras are becoming a kind of fashion item, a trend made popular by tiny mobile phones and Apple's iPod digital music player. Consumer appetite for digital cameras so far this year has grown twice as fast as expected...
16 August 2007, 11:07
Digital listening growing whilst radio is slipping in the US
News The rise of digital listening and storage for music continues unabated this year," Russ Crupnick, president of the Music and Movies division at NPD said in a statement. An increasing number of people are turning to computers or portable players for...
16 May 2005, 12:07
Intel signs up digital content for ViiV PCs
News Intel is working with film distributors, music publishers, videogame developers and other entertainment companies to integrate their offerings into an upcoming line of upscale entertainment PCs branded with the chip giant's ViiV technology.
30 November 2005, 9:04
HP expands digital-entertainment range
News The company's HP Advanced Digital Media LCD TV, for example, is designed to allow viewers to stream high-resolution videos or slideshows with music soundtracks to the 37-inch TV from their PCs. Hewlett-Packard rolled out an expanded lineup of...
5 January 2006, 8:30
BitTorrent launches digital media store
News He has used BitTorrent for more than five years to download books, music and videos. The 45-employee company that calls itself BitTorrent is planning to use its software to launch a download site, called the BitTorrent Entertainment Network, that...
26 February 2007, 9:58
Royalty fight threatens music subscriptions
News Digital-music companies and music publishers have reached an impasse in royalty negotiations, clouding the future of online subscription services such as those from Yahoo, RealNetworks and Napster. That's far above what publishers and songwriters...
30 August 2005, 9:49
News.blog: Amazon to challenge iTunes?
News Amazon looks like it will become the latest company to try to take on Apple in the digital music marketplace. A report in the Times Online says Amazon plans to open an online music store next month and has been negotiating with the major record...
25 April 2007, 11:33
Microsoft pushes for iPod-killing dock
News Hoping to loosen Apple's grip on the digital music player market, Microsoft is rallying consumer electronics companies to form a common link. However, the specification would not dictate what digital music encryption methods are used.
1 December 2005, 9:57
Zune gaming just potential for now
News Microsoft has finally confirmed its plans to launch its own digital music project, dubbed Zune, but it has kept quiet about the line's gaming potential. While we do not have specific details to provide, the primary focus of Zune is to deliver great...
24 July 2006, 11:23
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