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AT&T, the largest mobile operator in North America, has announced that, together with a group of famous musicians, it will record an "AT&T Team USA Soundtrack" in order to support and inspire the US Olympic Team participant in this year's edition of the Olympic Games, held in Beijing, China, between August 8 and... |
9 July 2008
05:35 GMT |
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The US might soon get a new Nokia Xpress Music handset, namely the XpressMusic 5320, as the phone was recently approved by the FCC. If Nokia indeed plans to release the 5320 in the States, it would be the second XpressMusic to be available this year for North American users, after the 5310, which was launched by both... |
8 July 2008
12:35 GMT |
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One of the best selling games of the last year (Guitar Hero) and one of the best rock bands of all times (Aerosmith) have agreed on a partnership to bring us a brand new product called Guitar Hero: Aerosmith. And that highly anticipated product is finally available for purchase from game retailers nationwide, for the... |
3 July 2008
03:19 GMT |
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Verizon Wireless is now offering a new version of its V CAST Music service, named "V CAST Music with Rhapsody." As you probably already figured, the new V CAST Music is offered in collaboration with Rhapsody, the online music service of RealNetworks and MTV. V CAST Music with Rhapsody will allow Verizon subscribers t... |
2 July 2008
04:11 GMT |
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RiffWorks, Sonoma Wire Works' inspiration tool with a focus on "playing, not engineering", has recently been updated to version 2.1, adding a walkthrough tutorial in 10 languages, better opening and loading collaborations, online collaboration drum sharing and more. Full details below.RiffWorks allows users to c... |
23 June 2008
16:06 GMT |
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With titles such as Dance Dance Revolution, Karaoke Revolution, Beatmania and Guitar Freaks, Konami has proved that it knows a thing or two about rhythm games, and the company doesn't plan to stop too soon. Rock Revolution is the latest title announced by the company and you probably don't need to be some k... |
16 June 2008
13:06 GMT |
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Pearl Jam fans from all over the US, listen to this: Verizon is offering free mobile bootleg recordings from the band's current US tour that started yesterday, June 11, in West Palm Beach, Florida, and will end on June 30, in Mansfield, Massachusetts. More exactly, during every one of the 12 concerts included in... |
12 June 2008
04:42 GMT |
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Except for being famous for their huge pranks, the folks over at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology manage to do all sorts of fabulous things. They also have an independent gaming studio, called Gambit Game Lab, which has recently finished the work on a very interesting title - AudiOdyssey.The most important a... |
4 June 2008
17:06 GMT |
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Rogers has released today its newest Nokia cell phone, the 5310 XpressMusic, offering Canadian users the chance to own one of the slimmest music-oriented handsets currently on the market. Already available in the US, via T-Mobile, Nokia 5310 XpressMusic measures only 103.8 x 44.7 x 9.9 millimeters, weighs 71 grams ... |
30 May 2008
11:59 GMT |
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Virgin Mobile has just released a special edition of its Wild Card mobile phone, named "Virgin Mobile Festival Special Edition Wild Card". The new handset is created by Kyocera, as the original one, and it comes to "celebrate" the upcoming Virgin Mobile Festival. The Special Edition Wild Card is limited to only 15,00... |
30 May 2008
09:58 GMT |
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One of the largest criminal music piracy cases in the United States has ended with 25-year old Barry Gitarts being convicted of copyright infringement. The man, who was part of the so-called Apocalypse Production Crew, was found guilty by a jury last week in the Eastern District of Virginia. The APC was an online pir... |
28 May 2008
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In case you didn't know that there is a Sony Ericsson W910i Def Jam limited edition handset on the market, well, there is. It comes in white, with golden margins, exclusively from Carphone Warehouse, and now you have the chance to win one. The RWD magazine from the UK came up with a contest that will allow some... |
23 May 2008
10:01 GMT |
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Nokia announced a few hours ago the launch of its Swedish Music Store, the latest from the company's portfolio of online music portals. This is the tenth Music Store released by Nokia globally, coming after the ones from Finland, the UK, Germany, the Netherlands, France, Ireland, Australia and Singapore. As ... |
20 May 2008
09:13 GMT |
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Sony Ericsson R300 was recently approved by FCC, hence it's ready to be commercialized in the US, much to the joy (I guess) of mobile users who need a basic handset with advanced radio features. First presented at the beginning of 2008, together with the R306 model, the R300 comes in a candybar form factor and... |
13 May 2008
03:40 GMT |
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LG recently showcased one of its latest music phones, the KM501 model, which allows users to enjoy up to 29 hours of continuous music playback time. Released until now only in Taiwan, the new KM501 comes in a slider form factor and it resembles, in terms of design, the KE500 model, launched by LG back in 2007. T... |
9 May 2008
05:37 GMT |
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Music might not have a physical shape, but it is possible to use a mathematical approach see what the shape of music might look like. Florida State University, Yale University and Princeton University researchers Clifton Callender, Ian Quinn and Dmitri Tymoczko respectively have recently demonstrated a technique thro... |
8 May 2008
06:03 GMT |
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An international campaign started by the British Phonographic Industry aims to teach kids around the world that downloading pirated content is not a good thing, BPI announced today. With the help of international music organizations, BPI will distribute special guides addressed to parents, teachers and students in 5,... |
30 April 2008
18:06 GMT |
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Nokia opened its first Music Store portal for Asia today, in Singapore, bringing Singaporean music lovers 24/7 access to millions of songs, both from their Nokia phone and from their PCs. The tracks offered by Nokia belong to international artists as well as to local ones and represent one of the most comprehensive o... |
29 April 2008
08:29 GMT |
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Sony Ericsson W760 was first announced at the beginning of the year, during CES 2008, but it has not been launched yet. The W760 is a really unique handset, being the first from Sony Ericsson's Walkman series to come with built-in GPS and also the first to support tri-band 3G / HSDPA connectivity (850 / 1900 / 2... |
27 April 2008
06:06 GMT |
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Nokia keeps on marching in its quest to conquer the global mobile music market, and today it has launched a new Music Store portal, this time in France. Le French Music Store is the eighth one, coming after the stores open in the UK, Germany, Italy, Finland, Ireland, the Netherlands and Australia (the last one being... |
23 April 2008
11:06 GMT |
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Verizon Wireless announced that Natasha Bedingfield, one of the most known and acclaimed UK female singers, would start a national US tour under the name of "Verizon VIP Tour 2008". The young and pretty singer will perform in 20 cities across the US, together with other two popular female acts: The Veronicas and Kat... |
22 April 2008
11:34 GMT |
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Sony BMG Music Entertainment has just joined Nokia's Comes With Music initiative, according to a press release issued today by the Finnish company. Therefore, Sony BMG will add its impressive music catalog to another impressive one, owned by Universal Music Group and already announced by Nokia, back in December ... |
22 April 2008
10:39 GMT |
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The latest Music Store portal opened by the Finnish giant mobile company is Nokia Music Store Australia, which comes as the seventh Store of this type, after the ones from the UK, Finland, Germany, Italy, Ireland and the Netherlands. As in the case of the already existing Nokia Music Stores, the Australian one will c... |
22 April 2008
05:12 GMT |
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Nokia is enlarging its XpressMusic line-up of mobile phone with two new handsets: Nokia 5320 and Nokia 5220, both announced today and both being compatible with Nokia's Music Store. Nokia 5320 comes in a classic candy-bar form factor and brings advanced music and Internet capabilities. The phone offers th... |
22 April 2008
02:53 GMT |
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As many as 15 states and the District of Columbia two years ago said that digital downloads should be taxed. New Jersey, Indiana, Utah, South Dakota, Nebraska, Wisconsin and Massachusetts have since jumped in to "study" new iTunes taxes. Ever more, statesmen are now proposing new laws to tax digital downloads. That ... |
16 April 2008
06:36 GMT |
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Verizon Wireless proudly announced having released a "mobile underground remix" of "4 Minutes", the first single from Madonna's future album entitled "Hard Candy". The song is exclusively available in the US via Verizon's V CAST Music service (click here), as well as internationally, via Vodafone (45% of ... |
14 April 2008
12:01 GMT |
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Nokia just launched a new Nokia Music Store online portal, this time in the Netherlands, following the release of the Irish Nokia Music Store last week. The new Music Store comes with millions of songs from both famous and new artists, whether internationally or just locally known, allowing Dutch users to enjoy thei... |
8 April 2008
17:06 GMT |
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Initially launched at the beginning of March in only three European countries (Norway, Sweden and Denmark), Sony Ericsson's Join the Song campaign can now be enjoyed by users from six other countries: Romania, France, Russia, Greece, Turkey and South Africa. Launched to promote Sony Ericsson's latest Walkma... |
7 April 2008
10:43 GMT |
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Nokia launched a brand new Nokia Music Store, this time for Ireland, providing Irish music fans with access to more than 2.5 million songs at any hour of the day and night. Including tracks from globally known artists, as well as from those who only got the chance to be heard in Ireland, the new Nokia Music Store of... |
3 April 2008
06:03 GMT |
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Movies turn to games, games turn to movies. It's getting really crowded in the crossover market. Most based-on-games movies have bombed at the box office. Does anyone in the audience remember "hits" like Hitman or Doom? Games that are based on movies tend to equally messy affairs, with little actual solid gamepl... |
25 March 2008
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Sources on the web are reporting that Apple is starting to show a different face, rather than the one we saw on March 6, at Town Hall in Cupertino, Calif. Speaking of future iPhone/iPod touch apps to be distributed via the upcoming AppStore, Apple CEO Steve Jobs mentioned a few rules developers are to obey if they wa... |
21 March 2008
06:32 GMT |
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Harmonix is trying to addict its customers to its Rock Band title. Arguably, the most complex band simulator on the market lets you play all the roles in a music band and try out a variety of songs either on voice, base, drums or lead guitar. But that's not addictive enough for developer Harmonix and publisher M... |
21 March 2008
03:42 GMT |
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BlackBerry users will soon have a new DRM-free mobile music service and an on-line music store, thanks to Puretracks, a popular Canadian digital music provider, and Magnet Mobile Media. The two companies developed Puretracks Mobile Edition music store for BlackBerry, a service that will bring BlackBerry owners the mu... |
12 March 2008
15:35 GMT |
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UPI is reporting that Paul McCartney has recently signed a $400 million deal with Apple for the distribution of the the Beatles' back catalog via iTunes. The deal doesn't just acquit the former Beatles legend, but former Beatles drummer Ringo Starr (drummer) and the families of late Beatles stars George Har... |
10 March 2008
07:16 GMT |
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MusicXS is the latest launched unlimited music download service for mobile phones, brought to you by SmarTone-Vodafone, a leading mobile carrier from Hong Kong. MusicXS offers a huge music catalogue that includes basically all genres, from old to new, hip-hop to pop, rock to classical, dance to jazz or indie and s... |
6 March 2008
15:25 GMT |
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It doesn't matter if you're not Mozart or Paul van Dyk, anyone can have fun hitting a few notes or creating snare, kick and synth beats. That's where GarageBand comes in. Your very own recording studio has just received an update from Macvide (developer), improving stability and addressing a bunch of a... |
5 March 2008
07:20 GMT |
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Melodis Corporation, a company based in Sunnyvale, California, announced the releases of midomi mobile, an innovative music search engine for Symbian S60 mobile phones. The new application allows you to find music by singing, humming or whistling into your phone the song you want to download. The search engine acce... |
28 February 2008
03:40 GMT |
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Following reports that iTunes has recently become the second-largest music retailer in the United States, researchers are now predicting that Apple's online store is likely to kick Wal-Mart's arse this year. This is mostly thanks to the way Apple provides means of paying for the downloaded content. Wal-Mart... |
27 February 2008
04:47 GMT |
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A well known unofficial apple weblog is reporting that several readers were able to order the newly introduced 2GB iPod shuffle from Apple (like there's another company that produces iPod shuffle... eh). The Apple Store says your order takes the form of an iPod shuffle at your door within 7 to 10 days.Who orders... |
27 February 2008
04:14 GMT |
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Doug Lombari, vice president of marketing at Valve, talked about the plans for the popular games download service at the Game Developers Conference. And some of his remarks are rather surprising.Last year has been a good year for Steam. One doesn't need to look at the numbers of games downloaded to know that. Fo... |
26 February 2008
09:41 GMT |
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Sony Ericsson W380i is a stylish clamshell announced by the Swedish-Japanese joint venture at the end of 2007 and released at the beginning of 2008. Being a Walkman handset, the phone packs, first of all, nice music features, including TrackID, which can recognize a song heard on the radio or in a club, allowing user... |
26 February 2008
03:12 GMT |
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Ambrosia Software has recently updated its iToner application for the iPhone 1.1.3 firmware. The app allows you to transfer MP3, AAC, WAVE, or AIFF audio files to your iPhone and use them as ringtones. With simple drag, drop, and sync features, it's no effort at all. HERE, give it a shot!iToner allows for ringto... |
25 February 2008
10:53 GMT |
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We know that the music you prefer tells a lot about you. A recent Dutch research has found that those amateurs of hit parade music, hip hop and R&B, appeared to be more polite and more extroverted, while rockers, on average, were more introverted, sloppier, but more open-minded to different experiences. Those who lov... |
20 February 2008
05:48 GMT |
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Are you a fan of the iPod? Got a Nano/Touch already, huh? Well, say you're out jogging and you don't need the extra weight, or something wiggling in your pocket. A cheap yet neat iPod Shuffle is just what you need! Not that 1GB of memory wasn't enough to keep you going all day, but now Apple is introdu... |
20 February 2008
05:48 GMT |
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If you swing the channel for a music one and look for just half an hour, it is impossible to think that not all the women on this planet have huge implant-filled boobs, big rounded buts and a bimbo face. And if you think that what music videos present is just for the sell, without any harmful effect to the mind of th... |
16 February 2008
06:46 GMT |
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Samsung just released one of its latest music phones, Samsung Anycall MusiCall F258, a pretty little slider that brings lots of features to users who mainly want music capabilities from a cell phone. The new handset is specially designed for the fans of Rain. And if you haven't heard about Rain (real name: Jung ... |
16 February 2008
04:56 GMT |
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Omnifone Ltd., global provider of unlimited music download services in partnership with major mobile operators, announced the launch of its MusicStation Max program, currently showcased at the Mobile Wold Congress in Barcelona. Together with important handset producers and operators, Omnifone will offer the Musi... |
12 February 2008
13:03 GMT |
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AudioSurf is kind of a Guitar Hero that has no guitar and instead of "boringly" playing the tunes, you are actually driving a car or, better said, a space ship. Still, the best part about it is the fact that you can upload your own music and AudioSurf will generate 3D tracks of your uploaded songs, enabling you to su... |
12 February 2008
06:38 GMT |
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Did some of your intimate moments get higher when you played the CD with Kenny G, David Sanborn or Candy Dulfer? Now, a research published the journal "Science" has solved the mystery of how jazz saxophonists reach those shaking piercing high notes that amateurs cannot. By expertly shifting the shape of their vocal ... |
8 February 2008
02:45 GMT |
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Just yesterday, news about three of the big four in the music industry announced that they have teamed up against Chinese search engine dominator Baidu, which links to sites that offer free pirated music downloads. Google doesn't seem to care, or perhaps it just wanted to get a breath of fresh air from the Yahoo... |
6 February 2008
03:00 GMT |
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