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Musician Neil Young believes the digital era has “degraded our music” from a quality standpoint. He made this remark in an interview with Walt Mossberg and Peter Kafka at the D: Dive into Media conference.
Young believes the music industry needs another revolution, but this time technology should be the ... |
1 February 2012
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The second beta build for foobar2000 has been released and, apart from fixing various issues from the previous edition, it also introduces new stuff: deadlock detection feature. At the moment, it is in experimental stage of development. The purpose of this feature is to improve bug-collecting process from testing us... |
19 January 2012
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The progress on foobar2000 continues, with the developer releasing the first beta for version 1.1.11. The modifications brought to the player are pretty important, as they refer to potential security issues and also improve the overall functionality. One of the most notable enhancements available in foobar2000 1.1.1... |
16 January 2012
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We're currently loading on Softpedia the newest firmware for Cowon MP3 players. If you've had stability issues in the past maybe it's time you updated the tiny operating systems in your music players and get rid of glitches while at the same time enjoying smoother running and new features.You can downl... |
17 November 2011
08:46 GMT |
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Facebook is discontinuing its Music Player and Discography apps, the social network has announced, rather quietly. Page admins are getting a notification that the apps are no longer working and that they should seek alternatives.The Music Player app enabled page admins to upload MP3s to Facebook and make them availab... |
1 November 2011
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Google has confirmed that it is building a digital music store. It's not going to be any old MP3 store, Android boss Andy Rubin says, but he didn't provide any other details. He did also confirm though that the store is launching soon, but didn't set a date.There have been several, newer rumors about G... |
19 October 2011
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There have been too many rumors about Google and digital music to count. The company has wanted a piece of this market for years, but so far, the furthest it got is with Music Beta by Google, a rather limited and unimpressive cloud locker service with streaming capabilities.But that's finally about to change, ac... |
17 October 2011
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Things may not be going as well or as fast as it may have hoped, but Google is still working on creating a music service to compete with the big players, Apple, Amazon. The latest rumors say that Google is once again negotiating with music labels, this time to open up an MP3 store, likely to connect it to its Music b... |
14 October 2011
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LameXP is a great looking frontend for a bundle of audio encoders. Basically it is an instrument designed to help you easily transform music from one format to another. The list of supported output formats comprises the most popular audio types. The application doesn’t cost a penny and installs pretty quick, w... |
29 July 2011
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With so many options on the Internet today it is difficult to make your choice when you’re looking for a simple instrument to standardize your audio collection to a single format. Helium Audio Converter proposes an easy approach that does not require too much effort from your part and supports the most popular ... |
19 July 2011
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One issue that portable and small entertainment devices usually have to deal with is humidity, whether from rain or perspiration, so Sony decided to make its newest walkman water-resistant.Nowadays, there are so many things that can play the part of multimedia companion that one can consider it staggering.Even highl... |
14 July 2011
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A team of researchers sponsored by the US National Science Foundation is currently investigating the way people and their instruments make music, in order to develop a new type of compression algorithm that would capture the very essence of a song.We are all familiar with the compressed files played by iPods and mp3 ... |
16 August 2010
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Building up an Audio CD is no tough pickle for any computer enthusiast out there. I haven’t met a disc burning application not to allow one to create this type of media, so the option couldn’t have missed in Ashampo Burning Studio. However, it is disc ripping that is far more popular these days, as Audio ... |
28 May 2010
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Microsoft has warned customers running the latest iteration of the Windows client that they may experience the audio corruption of extremely short MP3 files when they are played in Windows Media Player. The issue is related to Windows 7 and Windows Media Player 12, according to the Redmond company, but only MP3 files... |
8 April 2010
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Facebook has a great, little feature that allows users to play MP3 files inside the site. Links to MP3 files, from status updates for example, are converted to an integrated media player enabling users to listen to them directly without downloading the songs. Facebook-focused blog All Facebook uncovered the feature, ... |
18 March 2010
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When speaking of music collections, probably the first thing that comes to mind is hundreds, even thousands of MP3 or other audio format files stored in various folders under different labels. The larger the assembly the more problems may arise when it comes to managing the songs.Besides the ever present duplicates ... |
23 February 2010
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Those having large music collections in digital format, namely most of us, often face a problem that plagues nearly every assembly of multimedia files: faulty labeling. This can be quite annoying when, for example, you want to compile all the songs from a specific album but you don't remember all the featured so... |
16 December 2009
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It's been a great day for music with big news from Google, MySpace and now Facebook as well. Hot on the heels of the big splash surrounding Google's unconfirmed upcoming music service, Facebook is announcing that it will start selling music as gifts in the social network's Gift Shop. Interestingly, it ... |
22 October 2009
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If you have a large music collection scattered on different types of memory devices, from SD cards to hard drives or CD-ROMs, you must have at least once had problems with corrupted files, bad tagging or doubtful metadata. Since the MP3 format is still the most widely used and best supported when you don't want ... |
12 October 2009
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A legal battle between Antigua and the US via the World Trade Organization may have a very surprising side effect: a digital store offering unlimited music or movie downloads for $10 a month or both for $18. The prices seem shockingly low but there's a perfectly good, although vaguely legal, explanation as Zookz... |
16 July 2009
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A new survey from The Leading Question research firm has revealed that more young people are purchasing music downloads rather than procuring them from illegal sites. For the first time 19 percent of music fans are purchasing music legally compared to the 17 percent that download it from illegal file sharing sites. T... |
13 July 2009
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Vodafone seems determined to offer its users who are fond of listening to their favorite songs a wide range of DRM-free MP3 music files. The mobile phone carrier announced that it had signed deals with a number of the largest music labels in the world and that it would be offering an entire catalog of Digital Rights ... |
12 March 2009
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A simple converting tool is hard to find nowadays, and the primary explanation would be the fact that developers feel the need to create more and more complex apps with multiple functionalities. For example, an audio converting tool is not only that, most often it has a video player incorporated, it supports complex ... |
23 January 2009
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When it comes to audio converting, most of us are looking for a small and easy to use tool that contains the basic functions and does its job properly. Complicated applications that can be multifunctional bring hundreds of settings and options on the table and are especially designed for professional users.And becaus... |
19 January 2009
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In the crowded multimedia environment the range of audio and video converters tends to extend beyond any type of limit. Good, bad, handy or totally useless, these tools continue to pop up every day because sometimes we need them more than anything. Why? Well… for one tiny reason: music. Look around y... |
10 December 2008
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If you are a music lover/addict, you know how important and valuable a good working conversion tool can be. Although this is a domain constantly expanding, not many tools of this type provide the best conversion quality, and you may end up even worse: with corrupted audio files or lost songs. As we tested different a... |
6 December 2008
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Everyday, a new piece of software comes out, and it seems that the most prolific domain is the multimedia one. Converters, audio rippers and burners are being released, and you find yourself just looking at them and not knowing what to choose from this heterogeneous mass of applications. Well, we think it's best... |
24 November 2008
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Say you need a fast, simple, and reliable converter for your audio or SWF media files, but you don’t know which one of the lot to pick. Given that the range of possibilities is so wide, you probably don’t have enough time to look around and test every converter to see if it's good for the job or not.... |
19 November 2008
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Music is by far an important and indispensable element in our lives. Most of us simply enjoy listening to it but there are some who like to give in to their creative side and make their own music, and thus need some electronic devices or, nowadays, computer software to always have their favorite tunes with them. Let&... |
4 November 2008
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Recently, the European Commission asked scientists to evaluate the effects of prolonged exposure to high levels of “leisure noise,” and the results of the study were more than worrying. As the EU researchers discovered, there are tens of millions of young people that can experience definitive hearing... |
14 October 2008
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Norway has been chosen for the “test case” that consumer ombudsman Erik Thon has filed against Apple two years ago. France, Germany, Finland and Denmark jumped in as well, to get Apple to change its DRM-locked content system used with the iTunes Store."It's a consumer's right to transfer and pla... |
30 September 2008
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After turning down Samsung's acquisition offer, the flash-based memory vendor SanDisk has announced today the introduction of a new physical music format dubbed “slotMusic,” which will be delivered in the form of microSD cards. In addition, the company has also announced that its new media storage s... |
22 September 2008
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Telstra, the largest mobile carrier in Australia, announced the availability of a new and huge online collection of MP3s, via its subsidiary BigPond. In consequence, the BigPond Music store now allows music lovers to search and download songs (in MP3 format) from the most famous record labels in the world: Sony BMG, ... |
14 August 2008
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Welcome to the age of digital revolution, a phenomenon that spans across a multitude of everyday common technologies, transforming forever the way we work, live and even entertain. So, I'll ask you to kindly throw all your vinyl records and tapes in the nearest garbage can as the era of digital music has started... |
31 July 2008
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Remember the times when audio CDs were the strongest currency ever? I used to be a great collector of audio optical discs, but they proved to be less user-friendly in performance than the good-old MP3 format. Swapping discs is not exactly my piece of cake, and if you think alike, then the next device will bring the C... |
6 March 2008
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Even after shutting down its Bochum-based factory and firing around 2300 people, Nokia 'dared' to launch two low-end handsets as if nothing really happened. The big scandal that followed the closing announcement seemed to get by Nokia without even a 'scratch'. The two new phones launched recently,... |
22 January 2008
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Asus has prepared an impressive sound offering including the PCI-Express x1 version of the Xonar D2 soundcard, along with better DirectSound, EAX and updated drivers for the Windows Vista users. Although there are a few changes in style when compared to the previous D2 version, the PCI-Express model will bring quite ... |
14 January 2008
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The signs that something big was cooking with Yahoo when it came to music were not all over the place, but they were noticeable at any rate and, while reading a blog from Ian Rogers on the matter, I came across something mighty peculiar in the bottom left corner of the page: a grey rectangle with a green circle winki... |
9 January 2008
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After so many rumors regarding a Sony Ericsson PSP phone, finally someone gives us an idea of how a gaming phone should look. The entire mobile community awaits the so-called 'gaming phone', either from Sony Ericsson, Nokia or any other handset manufacturer. We already have camera phones, music phones, how ... |
28 December 2007
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Weird things happen! However, it's great to see how dual core CPUs, used in full-fledged computers, are making their way into other devices, like portable media players. The latest item of this kind is the brand new M25 PMP from Teclast. Combining a smashing Rockchip RK2706 processor chip with a WOLFSON WM8987 a... |
12 December 2007
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A group of eBay members started a real virtual rebellion a few days ago when they decided it was time to fight against the hacked MP3 players sold through the famous bidding website. All their actions brought an online petition signed at the time of writing this article by 1733 persons who requested eBay to stop the ... |
26 November 2007
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Now this is the new stuff. Coming straight from the secret Energy System labs, their brand new science fiction-flavored portable media player comes packed with a unique design line, which kind of brings a breath of fresh air in the electronics industry. In fact the Inngenio designs are quite catchy, given the fact th... |
26 November 2007
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Hacha continues its kick a*s manoeuvre by popping out one funky portable media player after another. Still, not only does it change the names, the design line of the new devices, but also the specs list that are becoming more and more complex, adapting to our society's needs. The new comer on the electronic comp... |
19 November 2007
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If you ever tried one of the numerous text to speech software technologies, you should know that some of them provide very low quality while others are difficult to use and require numerous hardware resources. That's why you can use VozMe, a free online text to MP3 converter which allows you to create audio file... |
9 November 2007
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The Korean brand Acelabs has recently announced the official release of its new mini portable media player, which they immediately dubbed S3. The Acelabs device looks impressive for a rather low profile PMP maker, being nicely encased in a milky white casing, which contrasts with the pitch black screen display backg... |
9 November 2007
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Nobody knew how gadget aficionados some people can be. Take Great Britain for example. Apparently, the Brits have become real gadget fans. This conclusion is the result of a recent survey, carried out by the fellows from "First Direct".So, according to Webuser, the latest report of First Direct has shown that when i... |
19 October 2007
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Security company Sophos discovered one new spam campaign which appears to be based on MP3 files attached to the messages asking for consumers' support for a Canadian company. The filenames are pretty attractive as they use the names of several celebrities such as Elvis Presley, Fergie and others. According to So... |
18 October 2007
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Digital photo frames are gaining a lot of popularity with so many technological changes around us. The fellows from Digital Spectrum came up with the idea of creating a photo frame, capable of displaying all family pics, as well as videos, sounds, taken directly from your memory cards. But the best news is this recta... |
4 October 2007
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Is God really a DJ? Do monks use Mp3 players to listen to music? If not, they should, because this gizmo is definitely going to make them feel closer to God. In case you're wondering if this is a concept, I assure you this baby is very real and somehow crazy, as it features a cross-like design. But, besides look... |
26 September 2007
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Amazon.com officially released Amazon MP3, a new web-based service which sells music content to the Internet users for prices starting at 89 cents. According to the parent company, the digital store currently has no less than 2 million songs created by approximately 180,000 artists so the collection might also includ... |
25 September 2007
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