If digital-music veteran Rob Lord wanted to court controversy with his new open-source start-up, he probably couldn't have done much better than to compare Apple Computer's iTunes software to Microsoft's Internet Explorer Web browser.
Yahoo plans to launch an early version of a new flagship music service this week, in hopes of capturing some of the online music momentum now held by Apple Computer, sources familiar with the plans say.
With Apple Computer's dominance over the digital music business growing, Microsoft is planning to bolster its own online song store with a new subscription service later this year, sources familiar with the plans say.
When a program called "MyTunes" appeared online last year, allowing networked users of Apple Computer's iTunes digital jukebox software to download songs from each other, it had the feel of a breakthrough that wouldn't last forever.
Sharman Networks' expert witness has revealed that the Kazaa Media Desktop and FastTrack system will continue to spread even if both systems were to be shut down.
Defhead.com chooses music acts, invite them to play at an inner-city Sydney venue and Webcast the show live to their Web site visitors. Here is some behind-the-scenes footage of the night as well as an interview with the lead singer of Something With Numbers.
Lately there has been a bunch of musicians who have risen to rapid fame via the Internet. Are they self-styled artists, or a PR-created crock?
Convergence can be convenient, but do we really want our phones to do everything?
The Web portal's plan to become a major Internet content player is treading water, despite its Hollywood credentials.
Symbian is the mobile world's dominant operating system, but can it walk the walk in the business world or will it always be the poor cousin to Windows Mobile in the enterprise? David Braue finds out.
Will Apple's iPhone reshape the mobile phone market? Are there better devices actually available already? We put the iPhone head-to-head with its competition to see how it stacks up.
To move ahead, big software companies are reaching back to a familiar strategy: offering customers a soup-to-nuts "stack" of software products.
In the digital era, why don't planes beam more flight data directly to a network of ground stations?
Embed URL Embed on your site Post to... * del.icio.us * Digg * Reddit * Slashdot * StumbleUpon E-mail to a friend To send to more than one person, separate e-mail addresses with a comma. * To * From Comments Send message With most mobile phones now sporting cameras of 2-megapixel resolution or higher, concerts have become fair game for fans keen on capturing the experience for sharing with fellow band devotees. But is the resulting footage any good? We took a phone to a gig to find out.
The P1i has most of the bells and whistles a business user could want, but the user interface is a little quirky.
While the interface has become subtly more intuitive and flexible, especially with version 5's interface tweaks and nested playlist ability, this free app has picked up impressive new features without compromising ease of use.
It's not the fabled iPod phone, but we reckon its close enough.
Samsung's latest slider phone, the D500, looks a lot like its sliding predecessor, but comes in a black case with a megapixel camera and an MP3 player.
Are two screens better than one? The KF600's morphing touch-navigation pad is a cool concept and adds a little high-end class to an otherwise low-spec handset.
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