Archive for February, 2007

Microsoft fix to keep Zune from skipping a beat (CNET)

Wednesday 28 February 2007 @ 7:46 pm

A firmware update next month will address "skipping" problem with some songs downloaded from the online store.

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Comments Off | Posted in Zune, Zune Marketplace

Boycotting the RIAA? (PC Magazine via Yahoo! News)

Wednesday 28 February 2007 @ 7:20 pm

Commentary: Will boycotting the RIAA for a month do anything? Is it a practical campaign? Is DRM evil, or is it a tool most often used for evil?

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Oral history exhibit opening at EMP (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)

Tuesday 27 February 2007 @ 8:11 pm

Experience Music Project and the Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame are opening their vault of oral histories with the "Sound and Vision: Artists Tell Their Stories" exhibition opening today.

Visitors can sample a number of viewing and listening stations using monitors, headphones and Microsoft Zune devices in a clublike setting.

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Spoof Features Launch of Microsoft Zune Phone (adrants)

Tuesday 27 February 2007 @ 11:10 am

Jeff Burkett points to a hilarious spoof of a Microsoft Zune Phone commercial in which "Steve Ballmer" does the informercial-style thing hawking all the supposedly wonderful things about the Zune including Windows Paint, MS-DOC Executive Appointment Calendar, a clock...

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22Moo Introduces New 3D VGA Stereoscopic Video Glasses, Sunglasses with Video Playback and a 1.6 oz Video Eyewear … (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)

Tuesday 27 February 2007 @ 2:01 am

In continuing the pursuit in becoming the world's most recognised and known distributor and online reseller of video eyewear, glasses, goggles, head mounted and wearable displays, 22Moo expands the current range with no less than 11 new models with another 7 on its way.

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Doctors say loud music on MP3 players can harm ears (The Greenville News)

Monday 26 February 2007 @ 2:07 am

An estimated 15 percent of current college graduates have a hearing loss equal to or greater than their parentsʼ.

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Wi-Fi Popping Up On The Latest Digital Players (Net Music Countdown)

Monday 26 February 2007 @ 1:11 am

LOS ANGELES, CA Monday Feb.26.2007 /netmusiccountdown.com/ -- Several companies are following in the footsteps of Microsoft's Zune, and coming out with their own versions of Wi-Fi equipped digital audio players.

Among those jumping on the wi-fi bandwagon are Sandisk, iRiver, Archos, Polaroid, and AOL.

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Microsoft, others tap music veterans (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)

Sunday 25 February 2007 @ 7:57 pm

Software Notebook: Microsoft and other technology companies are hiring disc jockeys, musicians, journalists and other music industry veterans to help guide their efforts in digital music.

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Music on the move (Fort Worth Star-Telegram)

Sunday 25 February 2007 @ 9:53 am

Look in an average teenager's backpack and you'll find one: a small, rectangular box with headphones connected.

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Digital players a sound investment (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)

Sunday 25 February 2007 @ 12:26 am

Joe Enten can't remember the last time he bought a CD. Enten, 20, a Washington native and student at the University of Pittsburgh, is on his second iPod.

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