themauritius.com offers Computer Latest Technology news, Cellphones, Desktops Digital Camera Digital Music Entertainment Gaming Headlines Home Audio and Video information technology news Internet latest technology news Mobiles MP3 Network PC technology technology news Wifi Wireless - Articles - MP3 and Digital Music

Home audio without the wires

no@spam.com (CNET News.com) — Mon, 11 Dec 2006 00:00:00 EST

Scott Rust, senior design engineer at Neosonik, pushes a cart holding an LCD TV down the driveway. We pass a semi-constructed 1967 Mustang, a boat trailer and a couple of incomplete trucks. The guys at the neighboring warehouse are discussing a coming storm.

Microsoft predicts 1m Zune sales

no@spam.com (BBC News) — Sun, 10 Dec 2006 00:00:00 EST

The Zune comes in three colours - brown, black and white

Microsoft expects to sell more than one million Zune music players by the end of June 2007.

The player has had a soft debut in the music player market in the US, with mixed reviews from consumers and critics alike.

Children swap music via phones

no@spam.com (BBC News) — Sun, 10 Dec 2006 00:00:00 EST

Mobile phone use among children is growing

Children are increasingly swapping music via mobile phones, often without realising they can be breaking the law. A survey of almost 1,500 eight to 13-year-olds found almost a third shared music via their mobiles.

Microsoft's Music Madness

no@spam.com (Microsoft Watch) — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 00:00:00 EST

Zune is a mistake. While Microsoft's Zune marketing beckons, "welcome to the social," the device is instead antisocial with the existing Windows Media ecosystem.

Most enterprises probably don't give too much of a hoot about portable music players, except where they present potential security risks.

Music industry sues P2P firm LimeWire

no@spam.com (CNET News.com) — Sat, 05 Aug 2006 00:00:00 EDT

After months of issuing warnings, the music industry finally made good on its threat to file suit against peer-to-peer software company LimeWire.

A group of music companies, including Sony BMG, Virgin Records and Warner Bros. Records, have accused LimeWire and the company\'s officers of copyright infringement, according to a federal lawsuit filed Friday in U.S. District Court in New York. LimeWire produces software that\'s often used to create copies of music recordings and then distribute them over the Web.

The recording industry is asking for compensatory and punitive damages, such as $150,000 for every song distributed without permission.

LimeWire is \"devoted essentially to the Internet piracy of plaintiffs\' sound recordings,\" the record companies charge in their suit. \"The scope of infringement caused by defendants is staggering.\"

iPod takes to the road with Ford and Mazda

no@spam.com (VNU net) — Sat, 05 Aug 2006 00:00:00 EDT

‘Seamless’ integration with car stereos

Apple has signed deals with Ford, GM and Mazda to enable 'seamless' iPod integration with their car stereos.

GM and Ford are the top two car makers in the US, so the new deals will help the iconic audio gadget towards even greater dominance of the portable audio market. The iPod already has a 75 per cent share of the US market.

The iPod will now be compatible with more than 70 per cent of the new 2007 model vehicles sold in the US, according to Apple.

GM and Mazda will offer iPod integration on all new models, and Ford will include it in many models later this year.

BMW incorporated iPods directly into its car stereo systems two years ago, allowing users to access their music library through the car's standard controls. Last year, Apple inked similar deals with car companies including Audi, Ferrari, Honda, Nissan and Volkswagen.

Device to play iPods over FM radio in cars set to be legalised

no@spam.com (News Independent) — Mon, 17 Jul 2006 00:00:00 EDT

Gadgets such as the iTrip, which plug into MP3 players and connect them wirelessly to radios, are set to become legal in the UK.

They are already popular in some parts of the world, but using them is illegal in the UK and Europe.

Start-ups find new ways to move huge data files over Internet

no@spam.com (Mercury News) — Fri, 09 Jun 2006 00:00:00 EDT

Internet video -- from episodes of ``South Park'' to videos of your friend singing karaoke to the latest Prince single -- has exploded in popularity.
�
But it's still harder than you might think to move video around. And the huge amount of video online is straining the Internet.

Warning over 'illegal' MP3 site

no@spam.com (BBC News) — Fri, 09 Jun 2006 00:00:00 EDT

Allofmp3.com sells tracks for as little as about 4p each

Britons using bargain music download website allofmp3.com have been warned that they are breaking the law.

Record industry trade association the BPI said consumers were breaking UK copyright law because allofmp3.com was not licensed to sell recordings.

Microsoft Denies iPod Rival Rumors

no@spam.com (PC World Magazine) — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 00:00:00 EDT

Microsoft reps have denied recent rumors alleging that it has partnered with a number of Japanese consumer electronics companies to develop a device to compete in Japan with Apple's iPod.
�