Smaller and better is the mantra of the technology industry, but when it comes to the upgrade for the MP3 audio compression format that simple formula is not a guarantee of success.
Vivendi Universal, owner of the largest record company, has reportedly agreed to buy the online music-sharing site MP3.com for about US$372 million in cash and stock.
MP3.com plans to make its extensive online music database and streaming technology available for free to developers, letting rivals tap into its hard-won music locker service.
Another free ride is coming to an end for Web music only this time it's the musicians who stand to lose out. MP3.com plans to start charging for an unusual online royalty system.
MP3.com's former chief technology officer and another entrepreneur are trying to keep the company's royalty-licensing program, known as TruSonic, alive as an independent business.
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Lindows, a start-up developing software that would let many Windows programs run on Linux computers, has released legal papers designed to head off Microsoft's efforts to thwart the product.
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A new digital storage format called Advanced Audio Coding (AAC) is finding its way into consumer products, and it is demonstrably superior to MP3 in a number of ways. Is the format that enabled the rise of online music trading already obsolete?
Without a doubt, one of the biggest stories of 2000 was the rise of Napster and the continuing saga of MP3. But, MP3 is just one of several digital audio formats widely used today.
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