Small online music ventures go off the air as media giants AOL, Yahoo and MSN pump up the volume.
Digital media company Loudeye Technologies launched a service this week that gives companies all the pieces they need to build their own online radio stations.
Executives from the Australian radio, music television and new media will confront the music industry at a conference in Sydney in August.
The entry of satellite and digital radio into the technological mainstream is increasing tension with the record industry, which wants new rules governing how consumers can make digital copies of songs from the airwaves.
Some Australian broadcast outlets have shut down their Internet radio broadcasting streams to avoid breaching IOC rules.
During a trip to the US four years ago, I rented a car fitted with an XM satellite radio which gave me well over 100 radio stations, each carrying a continuous stream of crystal-clear talk radio or music in a surprising array of genres.
The Olympics are nearly over, and the Australian team deserves kudos for an excellent performance all around. Yet even as the Olympic sun sets on the Bird's Nest for the last time this weekend, millions of spectators around the world will be scanning their dials in the hope of finding something else to fill their viewing hours.
You hear a lot about mashups in Web 2.0 -- where one data source is combined with another to produce a new application where the whole is greater than the sum of its parts -- but the musical version of the term is far more apposite to corporate uses of 2.0 techniques than anything which relies on Google Maps APIs.
Former White House staffer Jonathan Greenblatt believes Hollywood can respond to the challenge of new media but that it must first must reconsider its audience. Otherwise, Tinseltown's future is sure to turn ugly.
US vice presidential candidate Joe Biden has a mixed record on technology, spending most of his Senate career allied with the FBI and copyright holders. His anti-privacy legislation was actually responsible for the creation of PGP.
Lee Siegel is a cultural critic who has written for The New York Times, Slate and The Nation. However, he is perhaps best known for what happened in 2006 when writing for The New Republic.
Nokia has unveiled four new entertainment devices that also work as mobile phones.
SanDisk co-founder and CEO Eli Harari continues to fight the good fight against Apple's iPod juggernaut, but even he's starting to look toward the future.
Nokia's 6230i is an upgraded version of its classic, unpretentious 6230 with a higher quality screen, 1.3-megapixel camera and Bluetooth.
Samsung's latest MP3 player can also double up as a removable storage device, FM radio, voice recorder and an MP3 encoder. Read our Australian review.
The RC500 offers PC, TV and audio functionality in one integrated package, but there are a few catches. Read our Australian review.
The K660i shares most of its specs with budget-priced phones, with the addition of HSDPA data speeds, and minus the budget price tag.
Truly a handset for both business and leisure, the W950i is a Symbian-based smart phone that incorporates strong music playback features, 4GB onboard memory and 3G connectivity.
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