Microsoft Zune Gets OZ Rebirth A couple of weeks after Microsoft US killed and buried its Zune music player – which was never marketed in Australia – the company has brought back the brand Down Under.
Get Back: Beetles Re-Storms iTunes Charts in OZ, US All you need is iTunes: The Beetles have just re-entered the top 10 albums after a ten year long absence. 1 has also stormed iTunes chart globally and is No. 3 in Australia.
Sonos Fans Get Two Free Global Radio Services Sonos fans have got a new boost to their music streaming services, with two new digital radio services being added to the brand's portfolio.
Spotify Music Streaming To OZ? The hit European music streamer is moving to the US. So is it gracing Aussie shores also? Apparently not. Well not anytime soon, at least.
Forget About The NBN, How About a DRN, Says Radio Industry EXCLUSIVE: As the roll out of the National Broadband Network (NBN) stalls, executives in the radio industry are calling on the Federal Government to now turn their attention to part funding a national Digital Radio Network (DRN).
Pure Brings FlowSongs To Aussie Music Fans With DAB+ and Internet radio beginning to pick up speed in Australia, digital radio maker, Pure Australia today launched a slew of digital and internet radio products, to take advantage of its Cloud based music service, FlowSongs.
Liberation Signs With Nokia Music Service Aussie music label Liberation has signed up with Nokia for the phone company's soon to be released Comes With Music service.
Want To Review An Apple App? Buy It First Apple has decided to change the review system of its App Store, preventing users from writing a ‘review’ if one did not purchase or download the application.
New SlotMusic Format Announced A takeover target by Samsung SanDisk has announced a new physical music format called “SlotMusic” which is designed to replace CDs and DVDs
ITunes 8 Complete With New Features Download Here Not content with rolling out new cheap iPods Apple Apple has introduced iTunes8, which includes the new breakthrough Genius feature, which let you automatically create playlists from songs in your music library that go great together—with just one click.
Microsoft Has Blue Over New Mouse Microsoft has rolled out new BlueTrack technology in a new range of destop mice that can be used on any surface including shag carpet, paper and granite.
Bigpond Offers DRM-Free MP3 Bigpond has just announced that it will be providing users with DRM-free music, allowing users to transfer tracks from their computer to almost any music player. An MP3 track will cost $1.49 for Bigpond members or $1.69 for non-members.
Joint Venture Could Sink iTunes Ship Viacom’s MTV Networks and digital media company, RealNetworks, have joined forces to launch a digital music service in the US that will take on Apple’s as-yet-unrivalled iTunes service, replacing MTV and Microsoft’s Urge and RealNetworks’ Rhapsody subscription service, which have so far failed to cause a significant dent in Apple’s revenue.
iPod Owners Swamp iTunes Store New iPod owners have swamped the Apple iTunes store resulting in the site crawling to a halt. Also hindering first time users is Apples new registration system that forces consumers to register online.
Microsoft To Take On iTunes In what could be a nasty spat Microsoft is set to take on Apple in a battle aimed at knocking a dent in iPod sales and iTunes.
The Vikings Take On Apple Anger over the way the computer outfit Apple treats its punters has forced an alliance of Nordic Countries something that has not been effectively managed in modern times.
Apple To Expand iTunes In a few weeks time a senior Apple US executive, will take up residence in Sydney. Her sole objective will be to expand the Apple iTunes business spanning both music and video downloads in Australia.
iTunes A Cool Place To Hang Out The iTunes site is one of those rare places where you can hang out a couple of times a week and choose music or a video to relax.
1 Billion iTunes And Counting There's been a counter on Apple's iTunes Web page since early February that's been ticking up to the music service's 1 billionth download, and sometime last night it happened.
Kazaa Fight Back On Just when you thought the horizon was clear of tangled legal issues, the fight between Sharman Networks, owner of the Kazaa file-sharing network, and the Australian record industry re-emerged yesterday.
1 Billion iTunes This Week Apple is set to hit the magic billion sales of itunes later this week. If you are that person you will win a swag of Apple prizes.
Multichannel Music Downloads Now Available Consumers who have made the transition from physical media to downloaded music are now able to download select songs in multichannel surround.
Arctic Monkey Business Rock band, the Arctic Monkeys, has harnessed the power of the Internet to make its debut album the fastest-selling release in British music chart history.
A Grande Latte And MP3 To Go Customers at Starbucks may soon be able to download songs onto their iPods while they wait for their coffees.
SonyBMG Sings On To iTunes OZ Long time hold-out Sony BMG has finally signed up to Apple’s digital music download service in Australia.
3G Music Download Subscription The world’s first digital music download subscription will get mobile in Australia thanks to Hutchison’s Three network and destraMusic’s MP3.com.au division.
Word of the Year is Podcast Podcasting has burst onto the tech scene in 2005 with an impact so great the word itself has been named “Word of the Year” by the editors of the New Oxford American Dictionary.
Free Illegal Music Beats iTunes Young people are three times more likely to illegally swap songs than they are to download them from legitimate sites such as Apple's iTunes Music Store, according to new data that suggests the music industry has yet to solve its lingering digital conundrum.
Music Industry After Billions From Kazaa Forget the figure of $200 million bandied about late last week as the potential amount of damages being sought by the recording industry from Sharman Networks, distributor of the Kazaa file-sharing software used by millions of people round the world - reps of the music industry have confirmed to CDN that they are seeking billions of dollars.
Sony Call It Quits After two weeks of controversy Sony has finally called it quits and suspend production of CDs using its controversial content protection technology which is currently being exploited by a Trojan virus.
Apple Secrets Revealed A US-based Web site has revealed the terms of Apple Computer's agreement with record labels for its' Australian iTunes service, launched last month.
Crunch Time Approching For Kazaa Crunch time is fast approaching for Sharman Networks, now just 25 days away from the deadline by which it must modify its Kazaa music file-sharing system to satisfy Federal Court orders laid down in September.
Kazaa Directors To Appeal Ruling The directors of music swap Company Kazaa have said that they will appeal a ruling by the Australian Federal Court that they breached copyright laws.
