digital music in news
'Abandon DRM' shocker: Apple CEO pens open letter
News Dan Sheeran, senior vice president for digital music at RealNetworks, said: "We've been talking about the need for open formats for a very long time. Perhaps those unhappy with the current situation... [07 Feb 2007]
Steve Jobs and Beatles make trademark peace
News Additionally, it replaces a pre-existing agreement, signed in 1991, which forbade Apple Inc from distributing music through physical media such as CDs and cassette tapes - an agreement that, needless to say, predated the... [05 Feb 2007]
BBC web TV revamp: Linux and Apple are in
News Unfortunately for classical music lovers, the BBC's classical recording will not form part of its DRM-free offerings as the broadcaster believes that so doing could have a negative effect on commercial offerings. [01 Feb 2007]
Piracy, patchy broadband hurting online content industry
News For some industries online content will represent a significant share of total revenue: about 20 per cent for music and 33 per cent for video games. The long-awaited "digital convergence" is becoming an... [29 Jan 2007]
Consumer groups wage war on Apple DRM
News They also insist that before the end of September 2007, Apple must create interoperability between songs downloaded from iTunes and digital music players not made by Apple. Four organisations... [24 Jan 2007]
Mobile music to strike a rich note
News The recently announced Apple iPhone and Microsoft's Zune MP3 player - both of which allow consumers to purchase music at the companies' song shops - will compete with mobile operators' content offerings and force mobile... [23 Jan 2007]
ISPs asked to cut off music pirates
News The music industry is calling for ISPs to cut off serious copyright offenders as part of its offensive on digital music piracy. The annual digital music... [18 Jan 2007]
Apple vs Microsoft: Close call for digital living room
News The G5 allows users to back up and access music, DVD movies, photos and television programmes via a remote hand control. This device will allow users to stream music or movies from a PC direct to a... [15 Jan 2007]
HMV must refocus in face of digital world - analyst
News The music retailer also launched its own digital download website last year. There is no doubt digital music is on the up. He added there's only so much HMV can do... [11 Jan 2007]
Mobile music to kill the MP3 player?
News The increased consumption of digital music will boost the global music market, with worldwide revenues expected to rise from $32.1bn in 2006 to $38.8bn come 2011, according to Portio.... [08 Jan 2007]
Gates plans a server for every home
News Windows HomeServer will be able to back up a family's photographs, music, videos and documents automatically and can be accessed remotely. More than 40 million US households now have more than one PC and Gates said a... [08 Jan 2007]
Verizon unveils live TV service for mobiles
News The software upgrade will also allow Verizon Fios TV users to get content, such as movies, TV shows, digital pictures, games and music from the internet, onto devices in the home whether it be a PC or a... [08 Jan 2007]
iPod designer gets into Who's Who
News He subsequently led the design of the Power Mac, the iBook and the iPod digital music player. Jonathan Ive, the UK designer credited with helping revitalise Apple's fortunes, has been awarded a place in... [03 Jan 2007]
Sony BMG faces ongoing rootkit fallout
News Sony BMG, which Sony operates jointly with Bertelsmann Music Group, agreed earlier this week to pay $1.5m in fines and pay customers in California and Texas whose computers suffered damage as a result of Sony's... [21 Dec 2006]
iPhone launches - but not from Apple
News For many months Apple has been rumoured to be working on a hybrid mobile phone/digital music device with an identical moniker, following the same naming conventions as the company's popular iPod... [19 Dec 2006]
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