digital music in news
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 music player and iMac desktop system. [19 Dec 2006]
iTunes sales row data over-hyped
News It is too soon to tell if this decline was seasonal or if buyers were reaching their saturation level for digital music," the Forrester report said, adding after two years of growth the online store may have peaked. [14 Dec 2006]
Apple denies iTunes sales slump
News The Forrester report said: "It is too soon to tell if this decline was seasonal or if buyers were reaching their saturation level for digital music. But the Apple spokesman said 1.5 billion songs have now been purchased from the iTunes store and... [13 Dec 2006]
BT enters quad-play era with IPTV launch
News BT Vision offers BT broadband customers the chance to pick and mix digital TV programming and on-demand pay-per-view premium content - such as films and music videos - without a monthly subscription charge and without being tied-in to the telly... [04 Dec 2006]
iPhone to "muddle the handset market"
News Nick Lane, principal analyst at Informa, said the iPod has educated the user about digital music-file storage and has played a pivotal role in creating the 'sideloading' phenomenon that allows users to transfer music to their mobile from their PCs. [21 Nov 2006]
Microsoft pays Universal for 'iPod killer' sales
News Microsoft has agreed to pay Universal Music Group (UMG) a per-device royalty for each of the Redmond company's Zune digital music players the music company sells. A Microsoft spokesman said the company is hoping to support artists and ensure they... [10 Nov 2006]
Microsoft: 'No plans for Zune outside US'
News Frazer acknowledged the current dominance of Apple's iPod - which analysts predict will continue for at least another 18 months - but said there are gaps for Microsoft to exploit.iPod users are music thieves. [02 Nov 2006]
The A to Z of broadband
News Broadband is now in our homes, workplaces and schools - indispensable for making long-distance Skype calls, watching YouTube clips or downloading music. Quad-play paying customers can watch TV programmes and films on demand, while downloading music... [01 Nov 2006]
'Stop treating iPod users like criminals'
News A report from the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) recommends that consumers should have a "private right to copy", allowing them to copy their own music legally. Dr Ian Kearns, deputy director of the IPPR, said: "It is not the music... [30 Oct 2006]
BT opens virtual deposit box service
News Internet users who are storing an increasing amount of data on their computers - from digital photos to music files - are being given the chance to back up their files online with BT. The Digital Vault service can provide users with an additional... [23 Oct 2006]
Seagate CEO: Storage at heart of personal tech growth
News They get it.silicon.com columnist and noted futurologist Peter Cochrane wrote more than two years ago about the possibility of all the music and movies ever recorded fitting onto solitary digital devices - and said that day would soon be arriving. [16 Oct 2006]
Ballmer gives software some SaaS
News Regarding the Microsoft digital music player Zune, Gartner's Smith noted Redmond had gone from running an ecosystem that encourages third-party participation to one that looks like it will mimic what Apple has done with its iTunes Store and its... [11 Oct 2006]
Belt-tightening ahead for mobile handset makers
News The big players are not hanging back when it comes to mobile music either: back in August, Nokia announced it was buying digital music distributor Loudeye for $60m, while last month Sony Ericsson revealed plans to launch a music download service... [03 Oct 2006]
Microsoft's Zune revs up
News Microsoft hopes the Zune's ability to share music files via wi-fi will have customers beating a path to its door. Music and video will be available from the Zune Marketplace website with individual tracks costing 99 cents or 79 pre-paid 'Microsoft... [29 Sep 2006]
SAP eyes 'third way' for software - using SOA like a gearbox
News As an example, he pointed to the way Apple was able to roll out its iTunes music store in just three months, based on an SAP backbone, whereas one-time digital music leader Napster took a year and was left behind. [28 Sep 2006]
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