Nokia Comes with Music launches first in UK

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Nokia today announced that the United Kingdom will be the first market in the world to launch Comes With Music. Nokia Comes With Music gives customers a year of unlimited access to the entire Nokia Music Store catalog with the ability to keep all downloaded tracks even after the year is over.

Carphone Warehouse will be the exclusive UK pre-pay channel offering the Nokia 5310 XpressMusic Comes With Music edition. Read more

Posted on Tue, 2 Sep 2008 01:39:02 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Sony XROSS FADE DJ-Style Music System Announced

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Sony announced a new music system today called the XROSS FADE that allows the user to be a DJ for a day. The system has 450W of total power and has DJ-style features like a cross-fader with monitor cue and a built-in two-channel mixer. That feature allows an upcoming track to be listened to through headphones to be sure the song is cued correctly before it is played.

The feature also allows users to mix two songs or fade into another song. The interface uses two scroll wheels for easy navigation and docks dual iPods. Another interesting feature is the USB recording function that saves mix sessions directly to a USB device in MP3 format without needing a PC. Read more

Posted on Fri, 22 Aug 2008 07:32:51 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Warner Music Group Artists Videos now on Xbox 360

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Microsoft signed Warner Music Group to offer music videos of their artists on the Xbox 360.
Warner Music Group is home to a collection of the best-known record labels in the music industry including Asylum, Atlantic, Bad Boy, Cordless, East West, Elektra, Lava, Nonesuch, Reprise, Rhino, Roadrunner, Rykodisc, Sire, Warner Bros., and Word.

Xbox 360 owners can on the Xbox LIVE Marketplace find music videos that include Airbourne ("Runnin' Wild"), Madonna ("4 Minutes"), and Red Hot Chili Peppers ("Dani California"). Read more

Posted on Thu, 14 Aug 2008 00:41:24 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Google launches free Music Service in China

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 By Samuel Shen

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Google Inc has launched a music search service in China that will give users access to free downloads of licensed songs, while capturing advertising revenue for music providers in a market rife with piracy.
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Posted on Wed, 6 Aug 2008 16:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

New Sonos Software Gives Free Music to Customers

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Sonos announced new software for its multi-room music systems that gives free music to customers. Sonos says that after customers register or upgrade their system to Sonos 2.6 they will get $200 in free music.

Sonos partners providing the free music include Classical.com, eMusic, and Livedownloads.com. Classical.com will give customers three DRM-free albums including one each from classical, jazz, and world categories. eMusic will give 50 DRM-free tracks and a free audio book and LiveDownloads.com will give ten free DRM-free concerts. Read more

Posted on Wed, 6 Aug 2008 12:14:48 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Mint 220 Wireless Digital Music Station Review

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Today we are looking at a really nice wireless digital music system that features an iPod dock called the Mint 220. The system is very easy to set up and offers great sound quality.

In addition to wireless streaming from a Mac or PC, the device will play music from an iPod or iPhone and charge the DAP at the same time and features a line-in jack. Read more

Posted on Tue, 5 Aug 2008 14:22:17 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Dell tests Music Player to renew iPod Battle: Report

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BANGALORE (Reuters) - In recent months, personal computer maker Dell Inc. , has been testing a digital music player that could go on sale as early as September, the Wall Street Journal newspaper said, citing several Dell officials.
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Posted on Wed, 30 Jul 2008 00:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

New iPhone Music to Users' Ears

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By Antony Bruno

DENVER (Billboard) - When it was unveiled in July, Apple's new iPhone didn't appear to offer anything new for music fans.
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Posted on Mon, 21 Jul 2008 00:04:20 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Mint 220 Digital Music Station with iPod Dock Announced

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Digital Signature has announced its latest Digital Music Station called the Mint 220. The mint 220 is a compact system made for shoppers on a budget that still want good sound, an iPod dock, and wireless streaming from a Mac or PC.

The device uses the Texas Instruments PurePath Digital audio technology and transmits wirelessly with a 2.4GHs USB transmitter with a range of up to 45 feet. The system also includes a remote control and features an integrated iPod dock, dual 3.5-inch Peerless speakers and more. The system retails for $179 and can be bought from Best Buy. Read more

Posted on Thu, 17 Jul 2008 12:38:12 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Volume rises for Music Video Games

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 By Daisuke Wakabayashi and Jennifer Martinez

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - It turns out everyone just wants to be a rock star.
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Posted on Thu, 17 Jul 2008 10:17:32 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Nintendo plans 60-instrument ''Wii Music''

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  By Kemp Powers and Kiyoshi Takenaka

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Nintendo Co Ltd said on Tuesday it plans to launch a music game for its hit Wii game console this year, taking it into the fast-growing software segment pioneered by "Guitar Hero."
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Posted on Tue, 15 Jul 2008 14:02:58 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Wii Music is for 3 year olds

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I just was too stunned to report about Wii Music for a moment that Nintendo announced during their E3 2008 briefing.

Wii Music makes playing instruments too easy for my taste. I already have some issues with Guitar Hero, but Wii Music is too forgiving to be fun for grown-ups. It is maybe funny for very little kids. Read more

Posted on Tue, 15 Jul 2008 12:13:55 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Sony launched Movement Music Show for PS3 and PSP

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Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (SCEE) today announced the launch of international new music show Movement as a series of free downloadable episodes available this summer for PLAYSTATION Network.

Sony Movement shows are available each fortnight and will be centered on one of five major European cities (Paris, Milan, Munich, London and Barcelona), and there will be eight new video downloads to watch each week – with interviews, performances and footage of the Movement hosts on the road for download.
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Posted on Thu, 3 Jul 2008 13:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Top Musicians out of tune with EU Royalties Plan

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  By Huw Jones

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - New EU competition rules on the collection of royalties have hit a wrong note with top songwriters such as Bee Gee Robin Gibb, who have threatened to pull their songs off the airwaves if they go ahead.
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Posted on Thu, 3 Jul 2008 12:43:30 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

SpiralFrog Makes Getting Music Easier

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SpiralFrog announced today that it has made downloading music easier for Windows XP users by providing seamless updates from the SpiralFrog website to Windows Media Player 11. The new version promises to make downloading music easier according to SpiralFrog.

The update requires no action by the user to begin and will start automatically and determine if the computer needs the update. Spiral frog is an advertising supported site that offers free, legal music downloads to users. Read more

Posted on Wed, 2 Jul 2008 09:18:09 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Warner Music Group joins Nokia Comes With Music

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Nokia today announced that Warner Music Group will make its catalog of new stars and legendary artists available through Nokia Music Stores around the world as well as through Comes With Music.

Comes With Music is expected to launch in the second half of 2008 on a range of Nokia devices in selected territories. With a single purchase, consumers will have access to a year of exploring and downloading the music that they love, and be able to keep all their selections in their permanent library. Nokia announced Comes With Music in December of 2007 already. Read more

Posted on Tue, 1 Jul 2008 02:09:13 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Verizon launches V CAST Music with Rhapsody

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Verizon Wireless, Rhapsody (RealNetworks) and MTV Networks launch V CAST Music with Rhapsody.

V CAST Music with Rhapsody delivers unlimited monthly access to music on up to three Rhapsody-compatible mobile phones and players and online on multiple PCs and Web browsers, for about the cost of a single CD. In addition, customers who purchase music over-the-air are able to download the master copy of the songs or albums to their PCs free of digital rights management (DRM) software that restricts how and where music can be played. Read more

Posted on Mon, 30 Jun 2008 07:37:54 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Ozaki iMini dancing Pet Music Speaker for Apple iPod

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Ozaki offers cute new plush pets that can move to the music on a connected iPod.

Features of the Ozaki iMini Pet Music Speakers include mic-in and line-in, speakers, FM radio and alarm clock with LCD display.

The pets move their arms and body in tune to the music, which is for sure adorable to look at. Read more

Posted on Mon, 30 Jun 2008 03:46:27 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

MTV Music Awards back in L.A.

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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The MTV Video Music Awards, scene of a disastrous performance by Britney Spears last year, will return to Los Angeles for the first time in a decade on September 7, the lifestyle cable network said on Monday.
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Posted on Mon, 23 Jun 2008 23:57:27 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Logitech Squeezebox Duet Network Music System Review

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TheTechLounge published a Logitech Squeezebox Duet Network Music System review.

Quote from the review: "This evolution of the Squeezebox should prove to be a winner for its new parent company. All the makings of a good sequel are there; extra goodies, unexpected surprises, a flashy new look and a slimmer and trimmer appearance. Logitech is unapologetically aiming squarely at Sonos with this one. Are the two systems direct competitors? Not exactly, but Logitech is bound to take a bite and woo away a few dollar conscious, tech savvy buyers. The included options and features are almost overwhelming to the average user. Acclimating oneself to all the various settings and streaming music account configurations takes a bit of time but pays out in a multitude of listening options. Read more

Posted on Fri, 20 Jun 2008 04:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Tiger A.M.P. Automated Music Personality Robot

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Hasbro's Tiger Electronics developed a music robot dubbed A.M.P. (Automated Music Personality Robot).

If the three letter acronym reminds you on another recently introduced toy robot you are not mistaken. Sega announced the E.M.A. robot (aka WowWee Femisapien) last week. Tiger Electronics is also selling the A.M.P robot through Sega. Read more

Posted on Thu, 19 Jun 2008 02:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr