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Have you ever reinstalled your Macintosh operating system just to hear the music? Hopefully not, but if you've ever found yourself grooving to the soundtrack while installing OS X and wanted to know what you were listening to... then you are in luck.
Billy Preston, the exuberant keyboardist who landed dream gigs with the Beatles and the Rolling Stones and enjoyed his own series of hit singles, including “Outta Space” and “Nothing From Nothing,” died Tuesday at 59. Preston’s longtime manager, Joyce Moore, said Preston had been in a coma since November in a care facility and was …
Does this black and red iPod look familiar? It should. It’s the second coming of the U2 iPod. The original (eBay link) (eBay link) (eBay link) (eBay link)(eBay link) iPod U2 Special Edition was announced on October 24, 2004, and was the first black iPod Apple ever produced. Apple discontinued it about a year later …
The battle of the two Apples is over…. for now. Apple Corps, The Beatles record label, lost their ridiculous court battle with Apple Computer over its iTunes download service on Monday. The Judge ruled that Apple Computer used its logo in association with its store, not the music, and was not in breach of an …
Japanese audio manufacturer, Onkyo, has jumped back into the high-end audio ring with a stunning new loudspeaker that has them scratching their heads. Not bad, not bad at all.
UPDATE: The Beaconsfield miners were rescued at approximately 9PM US EST [May 8, 2006]. If you were trapped underground for a few days, what would you want more than anything in the world? Probably not to be trapped underground… Anyway, to help relieve the extreme boredom of two trapped Australian miners, rescuers have given them iPods. …
Great news for fans of The Beatles. At long last, their entire back catalog is being remastered and will be distributed in the iTunes Music Store. The information was revealed in court by Apple Corps Records CEO, Neil Aspinall. “We’re remastering the whole Beatles catalog, just to make it sound brighter and better and getting …
Apple's new iPod volume limit feature will be music to parents ears. It limits the maximum volume setting to help prevent hearing loss.
When they’re not growing weed, playing hockey, or attending gay weddings, apparently Canadians are busy stealing music more than anyone else in the world, aye. And almost a decade of theft is hurting the music selling biz in Canada. Oh noes! According to an article in Variety, music sales in Canada dropped 4% last year. …
Distracted cycling incidents are on the rise and now Police are warning iPod users to leave their iPod at home before riding their bikes.
A collection of popular music by bands including REM, Coldplay, and Led Zeppelin, has been converted into hilarious 8-bit audio tracks. Ever wonder how some of your favorite songs would sound reduced to the early 1980s style 8-bit arcade audio? Probably not, but SomethingAwful posted a collection of 16 remakes of popular songs synthesized using the …
According to reports, the Xbox and iPod are now compatible with each other.
Do you love your iPod Nano but hate the meager 2 or 4GBs of space? Well, you could always REPLACE THE FLASH MEMORY with a 200GB HD like this guy. “The iPod Nano is a great testament to clean engineering, design, and efficiency in a portable device. However, Apple failed to consider that the available …
After her disastrous lip-sync incident on SNL, music fans online have organized a Stop Ashlee Simpson petition to end her music career.
Taking a closer look at the World Clock feature in the new iPod Nano MP3 player by Apple.
Paul and Anne are about to find out if they are expecting. Unfortunately, Anne accidentally took the iPod Shuffle Pregnancy Test and peed on Paul's iPod Shuffle, not the pregnancy test kit.
Apple Computer Inc. said Monday its new iTunes online music store in Japan sold over 1 million songs in its first four days. How's that for a strong start in the world's second-largest music market? Is Apple domination of the music industry around the corner?
