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Five years later, now heading San Francisco-based Snocap Inc., Fanning is touting a new technology designed to help the music companies who once sued him into submission cash in on file-sharing between computer users, also known as peer-to-peer. Shawn Fanning is once again trying to force the old corporate brains in the music industry to …
Thinking about getting a free iPod from FreeiPods.com? Think again. You will pay for that iPod for years to come by giving up your personal information to spammers.
Songs in the Canadian version of iTunes sell for $0.99 Canadian cents, or about $0.83 U.S. That's 16% cheaper than the American iTunes.
The new Sony Walkman NW-HD1 comes in five colors, plays 2.5 times longer on one battery charge than iPod's 12 hours, and can contain 10,000 to 13,000 songs, at least twice as many as an iPod because of ATRAC's better compression technology. But will consumers embrace it?
Oh no! Looks like the sh*t has hit Kazaa. According to Tony Bannon, an attorney for the music industry at the Kazaa trial currently taking place in Australia, “Kazaa is an engine of copyright piracy to a degree of a magnitude never before seen.” Bannon made this statement during Monday’s start of the Australian trial …
Ladies, do you find most sex toys to be intimidating? Do you love the iPod? If you answered yes to both questions, then the iBod might be for you. The vibrator sex toy connects to your iPod and uses your music to create vibrations. “Many of the vibrators that are on the market today are …
Financial analysis firm Piper Jaffray has concluded that computer users are switching to Macs from PCs. Apparently the success of the iPod is the inspiration for this new wave of switchers. These numbers, though small, reflect that people are realizing the quality and good product design of other Apple products like the iMac. Once exposed …
“If the Mac rumor sites are correct, there may be an asteroid headed straight for San Francisco.” [Via CNet] What is likely to srping up at the soon-to-come MacWorld Expo? Rumors and speculation are floating abuzz that Apple is planning a major add-on that will allow music creators/editors the ability to quickly and painlessly plug-in …
A new controversial video game is being released today in connection with the 41st anniversary of President John F. Kennedy's assassination. The game, called JFK Reloaded, recreates the events surrounding the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in Dallas, Texas.
Apple’s London store is only hours away from its grand opening, but European consumers looking to get their hands on an iPod might be disappointed. Apple products are already expensive, but Apple’s prices outside the United States are even higher. Apple has once again expanded its retail division and this time on the other side …
Shock jock Howard Stern was in Union Square in New York City handing out FREE(Amazon link) SIRIUS radios on Thursday to a crowd of thousands. Only 500 radios and a free one-year subscription were handed out personally by Stern among a throng of Scores girls and other Stern Show personalities. Truly devoted fans who were …
Like to listen to music on your iPod while working out? Too bad says the NBA. The National Basketball Association notified Toronto Raptors‘ shooting guard, Vince Carter, that he was no longer allowed to use his iPod during pregame warm-ups because it violates the league’s dress code. “Everyone has to be the same,” NBA spokesman, Brian McIntyre told C|NET. …
It looks like our days of skipping commercials on TiVo may be coming to an end. According to TiVo, by March 2005, TiVo viewers will now see “billboards,” or small freeze-frames of ads, popping up as they fast-forward through TV commercials. Additionally, if a viewer selects the ad, TiVo will then share the user’s contact …
Do you remember Audion? Way back in 1999 and before the days of iTunes, Audion was (I dare say) the best Macintosh MP3 player/encoder on the market. Napster and Audion were the Mac MP3 power-houses of their day. Ahh, the late-nineties. Back when the record companies were ready to crap their pants because of digital …
Company executives think that is a Vodafone music app is done right, then content sales will escalate and they can beat Apple at their own game.
Rumors are abound that Apple is working on a flash RAM-based iPod to round out its product offering in the sub $200 category. Apple seems encouraged by falling prices of flash RAM and the need to expand into Asia, a market rife with flash RAM-based digital music players. The move would, however, contradict statements from …
U2's new single "Vertigo" was first heard in an iPod commercial, marking the first time the band has licensed their music for commercial use, and highlighting the potential of digital music distribution and marketing.
