Found at 8/27/2008 via www.arnnet.com.au Sign up for our ARN newsletters! The premier provider of daily news to the IT channel, covering business, technology, products, and services. Sony Ericsson has relaunched its mobile content store PlayNow, renaming it PlayNow Arena and promoting music without the DRM technology some stores use to prevent copying or sharing of songs. More... 0 comments | blog this | email this
Found at 8/25/2008 via biz.yahoo.com DUBLIN, Ireland----Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Digital Music Trends and Their Impact on the Automotive Industry" report to their offering. More... 0 comments | blog this | email this
Found at 8/25/2008 via www.australianit.com.au THREE investors in Napster have urged shareholders to elect them to the board, saying the money-losing internet music company should consider a sale or merger. More... 0 comments | blog this | email this
Found at 8/22/2008 via www.tgdaily.com The reluctant mating of Sony products with Apple iPods is something the guys back at Sony Japan HQ will probably always kick themselves about. The digital version of the Walkman never really had a chance to get off the ground with the iPod dominance. One of the latest Sony devices to highlight this love-hate relationship is the Xross Fade (LBT-DJ2i), a "DJ-style" music system priced around $500. ... More... 0 comments | blog this | email this
Found at 8/22/2008 via www.ilounge.com Sony has unveiled two new audio systems for the iPod, one offering multi-room wireless audio, the other dual iPod docks for DJ-style mixing. The Sony S-AIRPLAY system employs Sony?s S-Air technology to wirelessly transmit audio from the system?s main docking station to separate S-Air wireless speakers. The system includes one docking station, which features a built-in iPod dock, an AM/FM tuner, ... More... 0 comments | blog this | email this
Found at 8/22/2008 via www.news-leader.com You can display a collage of your favorite images with GiiNii's Ultra Thin Digital Picture Frame. The frame's collage option lets you display several photos at once against a themed background, such as golf or baseball. Plus, unlike static paper collages, the digital version continuously rotates photos in and out of the collage display. The frame also can play videos set to music. Measuring 0.78 ... More... 0 comments | blog this | email this
Found at 8/22/2008 via www.latimes.com The three, who own about 1.5% of shares outstanding, say the struggling digital music firm should try harder to find a buyer. Three investors are launching a fight to be elected to the board of Napster Inc. so they can push for a sale of the West Hollywood digital music company. More... 0 comments | blog this | email this
Found at 8/21/2008 via blog.wired.com A nonprofit legal organization whose mission is to foster an understanding of the U.S. court system, has distributed 50,000 leaflets to students that erroneously say peer-to-peer file sharing of copyrighted music is a crime, with a maximum two-year sentence and $25,000 fine. The National Center for State Courts tells Wired.com that the purpose of the literature, which is propaganda at its ... More... 0 comments | blog this | email this
Found at 8/21/2008 via biz.yahoo.com FRAMINGHAM, Mass.----Today, Bose has introduced the SoundDock Series II digital music system -- a speaker system for iPod and iPhone that combines the same small size and high-quality audio performance as the original SoundDock® system, with an enhanced look and added functionality. More... 0 comments | blog this | email this
Found at 8/21/2008 via www.gamesindustry.biz EA Sports boss Peter Moore has said he doesn't support the move to sue consumers for illegal downloading - warning, "It didn't work for the music industry." More... 0 comments | blog this | email this
Found at 8/20/2008 via www.internetretailer.com Online music retailer Napster?s revenue dropped about 6% for its fiscal first quarter versus the same period a year ago. But company executives predict sales to mobile phone users and growing adoption of its digital download service will boost revenue in the second half of the year. More... 0 comments | blog this | email this
Found at 8/17/2008 via www.engadget.com Filed under: Portable Audio , Portable Video A whole new slew of Walkmans have hit Sony's New Zealand site, and we've got the goods on them. The new models, dubbed the NWZ-E435, NWZ-E436, and NWZ-E438 all sport a 2-inch QVGA LCD display, FM tuner, codec support for MP3, AAC, WMA, and Linear PCM files, and clock in at a very petite 8.5mm / 50g. The players will be available in 2GB, ... More... 0 comments | blog this | email this
Found at 8/15/2008 via www.arnnet.com.au The 65 year old has been found to be in possession of over 12,000 pirated movies, music, games and pornographic DVDs. More... 0 comments | blog this | email this
Found at 8/15/2008 via www.macnn.com Casio has announced a new Workstation keyboard with iPod connectivity. According to Chip Chick, the Casio Workstation 200 has 76 touch response keys, which react to the amount of pressure placed on the keys when played. The harder the keys are pressed, the louder the sound. The keyboard also is now able to connect to an iPod or other audio device. ... More... 0 comments | blog this | email this
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