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  • Now playing: Adobe Media Player 1.0

    Adobe Systems has released Adobe Media Player (AMP), a free download for playing Flash-based Web videos on Macs or PCs.

  • Apple, Amazon may hold future of DRM-free music

    Sales of unprotected music at retailers could help determine whether record industry adopts open MP3s.

  • With settlement, Kazaa casts off its pirate garb

    A multimillion-dollar settlement is putting Kazaa on the straight and narrow, but it might not be enough to put the file-sharing service on the road to recovery.

  • Universal AU dumps frame relay for MPLS

    Universal Music Group's (UMG) Australian operations are planning to replace legacy network links based on frame relay with a modern multi-protocol label switching (MPLS) implementation.

  • EMI: We don't use rootkits

    The EMI Group, one of the world's largest recording companies, has distanced itself from the controversy surrounding digital rights management (DRM) software used by Sony BMG by stating that it does not use rootkits on its own products.

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  • iiNet's copyright crucible heats up

    The Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft's (AFACT) hunt for Australia's third largest internet service provider iiNet is set to resume on Monday, with all eyes on its managing director Michael Malone as he takes the stand.

  • Getting bad with Apple

    Michael Robertson started MP3.com and Linspire. Now he's taking on iTunes with BadApple.

  • Internet2: 2004 and beyond

    Experimental network excels at long-distance collaboration; researchers hope to up ante with hybrid optical packet infrastructure.

  • Tech giants lock down wireless content

    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.

Reviews (4)

  • Can the music industry change?

    In order to survive, the IT industry has gone through some big changes in the last few years. by contrast, the music industry still doesn't get it.

  • Death knell for mobile content providers?

    Analysts have predicted the mass demise of the majority of pure mobile content operators within the next few years, but companies providing those services in Australia are unconcerned.

  • Apple unveils music store

    Apple Computer has unveiled its latest line of digital music products, including a long-awaited Internet music store and ultrathin versions of its popular iPod portable MP3 player.

  • MP3.com Announces Subscription System

    MP3.com Chairman and CEO Michael Robertson announced a new subscription system that would allow artists and labels to control the price of subscriptions -- and raise or lower the charge.

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