mp3 player in news
ISPs face fresh threat from file-sharing laws
News A music industry survey this week found that the average teenager's MP3 player contains more than 800 illegally copied songs, and separate research commissioned by the music industry body British Phonographic Industry showed 6.5 million people in... [18 Jun 2008]
Stolen music still big with MP3 generation
News The average young person's MP3 player contains an average of 1,770 tracks, around half of which have not been paid for. Record industry artist and publisher group, British Music Rights (BMR), claims the average 14- to 24-year-old now has almost 900... [16 Jun 2008]
Tesco to launch iTunes challenger
News A Tesco spokesman added the music download service isn't intended to go up against iTunes specifically, but is more about making the retailer a player in the market. Tesco Digital will initially offer all of the tracks in Window Media format with... [15 Apr 2008]
Phishers attack social networking generation
News There is an increased security threat from portable media devices, whether it be a USB flash drive or an MP3 player," he said. The report reveals that, for the second half of 2007, there were 87,963 "phishing hosts", an increase of 167 per cent... [09 Apr 2008]
Poll: MP3 player king of commuter gadgets
News The MP3 player has been named the most popular gadget for passing the time on the daily commute by silicon.com readers. The latest silicon.com poll found 31 per cent of respondents feel listening to their music MP3s is the best way to get though... [08 Feb 2008]
Which gadgets make it into your suitcase?
News Other common gadgets taken on holiday include digital cameras (66 per cent), MP3 player (27 per cent) and digital camcorders (13 per cent). It seems we're increasingly unable to get away from our gadgets - with many of us happily packing them for... [29 Jan 2008]
Mobile WiMax must grab YouTube generation
News That could include social networking, it could include YouTube-type services, it could include music MP3-based services, maybe the ability to download direct to an MP3 player rather than via a PC. Fledgling technology mobile WiMax could rack up 80... [11 Dec 2007]
Poll: The most expensive gadgets lost are...
News But silicon.com readers keep a strong grip on their iPods and other musical gadgets, with only six per cent of respondents saying an MP3 player is the most expensive device they've lost. Asked which is the priciest gadget they've lost, mobile... [27 Nov 2007]
Microsoft Zune gets a makeover
News The 80GB features a 3.2-inch screen and will be smaller and thinner than the original Zune 30GB player. An 80GB player equipped with a hard drive will sell for $249. More than a year has passed since Microsoft began developing the music player and... [03 Oct 2007]
Apple: Meet the new iPods...
News On the software side of things, Apple announced a new version of its iTunes media player. The iPod Touch, essentially a phoneless, camera-less version of the iPhone, has the same 3.5-inch screen, multi-touch interface and home screen as the smart... [06 Sep 2007]
Mobile broadband to be an HSPA affair
News There are currently 128 HSDPA-enabled devices - which provide data downlink speeds five to 10 times faster than standard 3GSM/W-CDMA - according to the GSM Association, that figure includes 46 handsets, 32 data cards, 30 laptops and one MP3 player. [08 Aug 2007]
British Army to storm Apple HQ?
News The team also discusses the contents of Labour MP Geoff 'Buff' Hoon's MP3 player after the former defence secretary declared a 'war of words' on Apple in a newspaper interview this week, slamming the company for running a "monopolistic" practice... [18 May 2007]
Downloads sound the end of cassettes
News Cassette player equipment is also scheduled to vanish within the next 18 months. Following the demise of the floppy disk, it looks like analogue tape is about to meet a similar fate: Currys has announced it will no longer be stocking cassettes. [08 May 2007]
Apple to sell DRM-free music through iTunes
News Industry watchers had speculated such openness could eventually hurt sales of iPods by giving consumers the ability to choose any MP3 player and have it work with the iTunes Store, which is currently the world's biggest online song shop with some... [02 Apr 2007]
Top 10 uses of an iPod you'd never expect
News One airplane modification company, LoPresti Speed Merchants, has apparently added iPod integration to its Fury line of planes, with a view to using the MP3 player as an in-flight data recorder. What some employers have come to realise is that not... [20 Mar 2007]
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