Napster will open its long-promised portable music subscription service Thursday, which will make it the first company to put muscle behind a new music "rental" model aimed at undermining Apple Computer's digital music dominance.
When Napster shut down in July 2001, remember how loudly the recording industry cheered?
RealNetworks has given a first public look at the company's MusicNet subscription service, outlining features that resemble Napster's file-swapping service.
Napster has agreed to use a new music service being developed by three major record labels in a legal version of the popular file-swapping network.
A fight over control of computer hardware, fanned by music trading posts such as Napster and Gnutella, is pitting free-speech advocates against some of Silicon Valley's largest companies.
A group of technology heavyweights is expected to take the wraps off a secretive effort to secure music and video on wireless devices, according to sources familiar with the plans.
Apple ventures into new territory with its music service. But can it make the balance sheet sing?
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