Digital Music Player
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Microsoft, Apple in iPod patent tussle
News Music player may be winning in the market, but Microsoft beats its rival in the patent office.
Tags: Music devices, MP3 players, Patents
Sun launches open-source digital rights plan
News Sun is set to announce the Open Media Commons, a long-brewing project for neutral digital rights management standards.
Tags: Multimedia, Music, Digital rights management (DRM), Video, Open source
XP partnerships have a familiar ring
News In an announcement with eerie similarities to Microsoft's first major salvo in the browser wars, the software giant reveals 150 companies will support Windows XP's media technology and formats.
Apple: iPod means our Pod
News Mac maker cries trademark infringement, sends cease-and-desist letters to companies using "pod" in product names.
Tags: MP3 players, Mac OS, Copyright, Lawsuits
E-book devices yet to hit bestseller's list
News E-books are a tough sell, Gemstar-TV Guide International's chief executive told analysts this week, saying his company has outsold all of its competitors combined by moving just 60,000 reading devices since late last fall.
Plucking the fruits of Apple accessories
News news analysis Makers of the near-US$1 billion market for cases and adapters jump whenever Apple unveils another new product.
Tags: Peripherals, Handhelds, Consumer Technology
E-book devices yet to hit bestseller's list
News At a conference this week, Gemstar boasts that it has sold more e-book devices and titles than anyone else combined but admits the market for e-books has yet to become a blockbuster.
Glaser turns wrath on Apple, Jobs
News RealNetworks' chief says refusal to make iPod compatible with music services other than iTunes was "pig-headedness."
Tags: Music devices, MP3 players, Software integration, Digital media, Music
Apple designer makes it into Who's Who
News Jonathan Ive has scooped another plaudit for his work designing the iMac and iPod.
Tags: Development/design
Wireless USB devices trickle into marketplace
News The first PCs and devices supporting a wireless version of the USB communication technology are starting to appear. Do they portend a flood?
Tags: Wireless LANs, Mobile platforms/communications, Next-generation technology/networks
BenQ aims to be next Sony
News TAIPEI, Taiwan--In K.Y. Lee's dreams, someday the name BenQ will be as recognized around the world as Sony is today.
Apple shares rolling downhill
News Fearing recession, consumers rein in discretionary spending, and fewer iPods, iPhones, and Macs may be sold. Will Apple find its footing?
Tags: Earning reports/forecasts
Microsoft sales are up, and Gates is off
News news analysis There was little sentimentality at the co-founder's last meeting as full-time chairman, but plenty of bullishness from Ballmer.
Tags: Earning reports/forecasts, Sales/revenue, Sales strategy
CDs, MiniDiscs still reign over MP3s
News It should be no surprise that digital music players were all the rage in 1999. But the hot items were still old-school digital products such as CD and MiniDisc players, according to a survey.
Nomad Jukebox maker to get S'pore listing
News PCA Technology, which manufactures the Nomad Jukebox digital music player, has won approval to be listed on the mainboard of the Singapore Exchange.
