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Digital Media Wire (Free subscription) | yesterday
London - Vivendi's Universal Music Group announced that it has signed a long-term contract with the Rolling Stones, ending a long relationship with EMI and disappointing concert promotion giant Live Nation, which was also reportedly seeking a deal with the band. The Universal contract -- financial terms of which were not disclosed -- covers both future albums and past catalog. "Universal Music Group...
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Digital Media Wire (Free subscription) | yesterday
Redwood City, Calif. - Electronic Arts said on Thursday that it will launch the 20th anniversary edition of its "Madden NFL" football game with Maddenpalooza, a music, sports and gaming fan festival to take place August 11 at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena. The event will feature live musical performances by bands from past and current Madden soundtracks, including Good Charlotte. The game will officially...
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übergizmo (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
Vizio , the low cost flat-panel HDTV maker will be entering home audio market with its simulated surround sound sytem compromised of a slim speaker and a wireless subwoofer. It is yet unknown if Vizio's single speaker will be surround sound capable (like the Yamaha Sound Projector ). The Vizio sound system is due for a September release, with pricing expected to be set at $299 a pop. If someone tests...
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Digital Media Wire (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
New York - Time Warner's (NYSE: TWX) AOL on Wednesday announced the release of Tour Tracker, a free Web service that lets users track upcoming concerts in their area, and offers discounts on tickets from Ticketmaster through a partnership with American Express. The site uses concert listings from JamBase, and includes maps and venue directions via MapQuest. read more
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Digital Media Wire (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
Silver Spring, Md. - Worldspace, a provider of satellite radio services in foreign markets, said that it has changed its name to 1worldspace. The company said that the new name, developed in conjunction with PIR Marketing, highlights its ability to "bring together people from all over the world through the power of satellite communications." The company's stock, which has dropped by nearly 75% since...
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Global Pocket - Latest Gadget News (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
Digital Signature announced the new Mint 220 , a wireless iPod docking station that works well with both PC and Mac. With Texas Instrument’s PurePath Digital audio technology, the Mint 220 is able to stream music from a PC or Mac via Digital Signature’s proprietary 2.4 GHz USB transmitter. read more
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Consumer Electronics Daily News (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
SRS Labs, Inc. a provider of surround sound, audio and voice technologies, announced today that they received the China Electronics News Agency (CENA) 2008 Leading Technology and Market Brand award in the Audio Technology Category during SINOCES, China’s largest consumer...
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Krunker (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
So what really sells a pair of headphones? Is it the audio technology used? Is it the sound quality of the drivers? Is it the name brand of the headphones? No silly… it’s a celebrity’s name of course and in this case it’s Dr. Dre to the rescue. Yup… that’s right. Dr. Dre has [...] Technorati Tags: Beats by Dr. Dre Headphones , Dr. Dre , Geffen , Monster Audio
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iTech News Net (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
Digital Signature announced the new Mint 220, a wireless iPod docking station that works well with both PC and Mac. With Texas Instrument’s PurePath Digital audio technology, the Mint 220 is able to stream music from a PC or Mac via Digital Signature’s proprietary 2.4 GHz USB transmitter. The Mint 220 comes with a built-in amplifier, [...]
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Gadgets Future (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
PC World reviews the Helio Mysto and writes, "For music, the Mysto comes with a loud but thin-sounding speaker, earbuds, a microSD slot that's buried in the battery compartment (along with 106MB internal memory), and stereo Bluetooth. The basic but functional mp3 player lets you create playlists, and you can bring your own tunes or buy them over the air for $2. The 2-megapixel camera snaps decent-looking...
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Digital Media Wire (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
London - News Corp.'s (NYSE: NWS) Twentieth Century Fox Telecommunications International said on Tuesday that its primetime TV shows "24," "Bones" and "My Name is Earl" have been made available for purchase and download from Apple's iTunes Store in the U.K. Fox also plans to add episodes of "American Dad," "Prison Break," "Stacked," "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" and "The Riches" in the coming...
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Digital Media Wire (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
Milpitas, Calif. - Shares of SanDisk (NASD: SNDK) dropped 24% on Tuesday, a day after the maker of flash storage cards and MP3 players reported a second-quarter loss that sunk well below analyst expectations. read more
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Switched (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
Filed under: Audio/Video , Home Audio , Portable Audio , Back to School Guide 2008 You can't put velvet in these earcups and call 'em nice headphones! As Mr. Chappelle would likely attest, there are no better headphones in which to drop the beat into than Dr. Dre's "highly anticipated" Beats . The master of chronic himself has slapped his all-but-forgotten name onto a set of cans (which we covered...
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The Denver Business Journal (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
A venture capital fund upped its investment in video technology firm Agent Video Intelligence Ltd. by $9 million, the companies announced Tuesday.
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Used, but not abused (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
Question: Hi-Fi + reviewed the PS Audio PPP. The reviewer said that the performance was ‘transformed’. when he replaced the standard power cords of the CD player and ampli. Have you experienced the same? If so shall I try it when we install the PPP (considering my budget has been already overstreched)? Answer: Yes. and in fact the [...]
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robertoms2003 | 04/04/2008
One of the most original products in the musical world is the Sony Walkman. Walkman made its debut in 1979 in Japan. It also came to be termed as the Soundabout, Freestyle and Stowaway. The Walkman was the brainchild of Nobutoshi Kihara of Sony. The co-chairman of Sony, Morita was very fond of operas and wanted to hear these while on his frequent international trips. Sony still uses the brand name...
