Digital Music Player
131 Stories
Digital attacks on Winamp use 'skins' for camouflage
News Users of the music player should watch out for hacked themes; a flaw allows would-be intruders to take control of PCs.
Consumer groups wage war on Apple
News Four European parties are uniting their efforts to get Apple to make its iTunes and MP3 players interoperable with rival offerings.
Tags: Software integration, Music, Digital rights management (DRM)
Messaging is Asia's top data revenue earner
News Text and picture messages remain the cash cow for mobile operators in the region, though there's effort to boost consumption of music and video services, analyst says.
Tags: Cellular phones, Mobile/Wireless, Sales/revenue
Sony BMG plans to drop DRM
News The last major label will throw in the towel on digital rights management and prepare to fight Apple for valuable download revenues.
Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Music, Digital signatures
Microsoft fix to keep Zune from skipping a beat
News Company plans to issue a firmware update designed to fix a glitch that is causing some owners of the Zune music player to experience skipping.
Microsoft pays Universal for 'iPod killer' sales
News Microsoft has agreed to pay Universal Music Group a per-device royalty for each of the Redmond company's Zune digital music players the music company sells.
Tags: Music devices, Music, Audiophile
Norwegian watchdog scrutinizes iTunes DRM
News Norway's consumer council accuses Apple of unfair practices. Apple says it's protecting the interests of musicians.
Tags: MP3 players, Digital rights management (DRM), Legal, Regulations
Motorola to launch new mobile-wallet service
News If company has its way, North America will follow Japan in paying bills with cell phones.
Tags: Cellular phones, Handhelds, E-commerce, Mobile platforms, Mobile commerce
Microsoft readies embedded database
News SQL Server Everywhere Edition is designed to address cheap storage for small devices.
Tags: Storage, Database management, Databases
XP and Vista to get new media player
News Microsoft's Windows Media Player 11 is coming to Vista later and to Windows XP sooner. Is an iPod connection ahead?
Tags: MP3 players, Microsoft Windows, Windows XP, Media players, Music
Dell to expand printer line in 2004
News Dell has signed agreements with three new partners in an effort to expand its imaging and printing business this year.
Ballmer sees squeeze on Longhorn deadline
News Microsoft's CEO lends some insight into the 2006 release date of the slow-moving next version of Windows.
Tags: Longhorn
iPods to support copy-protected CDs?
News Record label says its music from copy-protected CDs will play on Apple's iPod, but Apple disputes that notion.
Tags: PC security, Data security, Digital rights management (DRM)
Gadgets play role of Big Brother
News Makers of everything from Webcams to seemingly innocuous devices such as your TV remote control or MP3 player can track your every move.
HP to turn on music service, flat-panel TVs
News Hewlett-Packard plans to offer flat-panel televisions and its own digital music service early next year, according to a source close to the company.
