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.

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.

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 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.
 

PARIS — Rising consumer popularity is turning AllofMP3.com, a music downloading service based in Moscow, into a global Internet success story, except for one important detail: The site may well be illegal.

So great is the official level of concern about AllofMP3 that American trade negotiators darkly warned that the Web site could jeopardize Russia's long-sought entry into the World Trade Organization.
 

The Holy Grail of online music sales is the ability to offer iPod-compatible tracks.

Like the quest for the mythical cup itself, the search for iPod compatibility has been largely fruitless for Apple's competitors, whose DRM schemes are incompatible with the iconic music player.

Review: Audio Systems Aim to End IPod Isolation by Amplifying Sound From Their Own Power Sources

NEW YORK— In subways, at the gym and on sidewalks worldwide, millions of people seal themselves in an iPod cocoon. Not anymore.

New York - As a result of a joint venture announced in January, software giant Microsoft and MTV Networks are all set to launch the new version of Windows Media Player 11 on Wednesday.

Claims patent infringement over mp3 players

Creative is suing Apple, claiming the company stole its design for a portable media player.

The maker of the Zen Vision: M and Nomad series of mp3 players was granted a patent last year for a system that automatically organises digital music collections into categories.

MTV Enters Online Music Fray With Launch of New Download Service

LOS ANGELES — For years, MTV Networks Inc. sat on the sidelines while Apple Computer Inc., RealNetworks Inc. and others racked up sales of music downloads. Now the cable network group that helped popularize music videos two decades ago is entering the online music fray with URGE, a new service that makes its public beta debut on Wednesday.

A no-frills digital radio that punches well above its weight

If you were first among your friends to buy a digital radio, we’ve got some bad news: the latest DAB model from Pure Digital costs under £50. What’s more, it’s really rather good.

Forget about the wooden casing or retro styling of models such as the Pure Digital Evoke-3; the One is a singularly no-frills affair in a choice of white, fuchsia pink and TalkSport-branded black plastic casing.

Excellent battery life, but Sony's insistence on using its Atrac DRM holds it back

The NW-E003 is Sony's latest attempt to corner the ultra-portable mp3 player market.  Despite resembling a standard USB flash drive, this player maintains a sense of style with its glossy/matt combination finish coupled with a neat layout of the buttons and a strap hole in the casing if you fancy wearing it necklace style.

Large Amounts of TV-Quality and Especially High-Definition Programming Could Make Internet Choke

NEW YORK — Every day, it seems, a new service pops up offering to send you video over the Internet. "Desperate Housewives," Stephen Colbert heckling the president, clips of bad dancers at wedding parties: It's all there.

You may be up for it, but is the Internet?

Listen to music from your computer anywhere in the home

There's a gap in the media streaming market for devices that will easily stream audio from a PC to a hi-fi without looking like they belong in a computer showroom.

Apart from the Slim Devices Squeezebox 3, most of these devices are either too hard to set up and use or just don't look the part.

A virtual version of the stage has been created in Second Life

The BBC has staked a claim to a virtual tropical island where it can stage online music festivals and throw exclusive celebrity parties. The rented island exists in online game Second Life and will hold its first event this weekend with bands including Muse, Razorlight and Gnarls Barkley.