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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.

Monday, July 31 2006 03:11 PM

Tags: Cellular phones, Mobile/Wireless, Sales/revenue

France rolls over on iTunes DRM-busting law

News Under Dadvsi law, interoperability among media rivals won't be enforced when copyright holders want DRM.

Monday, June 26 2006 11:02 AM

Tags: Music devices, MP3 players, Web sites, Music, Digital rights management (DRM)

Napster targeted by infringement suit

News Napster is once again the target of an intellectual-property lawsuit, this time on the receiving end of a patent infringement claim.

Monday, January 17 2005 09:16 AM

Tags: Patents

How modern technology has mis-valued content

Blogs I remember returning to the office from my first few assignments as a rookie reporter, real excited, and eager to write ...

Friday, June 19 2009 03:35 AM

Music sales for 2008 ride digital coattails

News Industry tracker Nielsen says total music sales were up 10 percent year over year, with strong growth in the digital realm. Also: a comeback of sorts for vinyl.

Friday, January 02 2009 10:54 AM

Tags: Music devices, Music, Album, E-business, Apple iTunes, Sales, music download, digital music, Nielsen SoundScan, News.com

Spinner.com turns from Net radio to digital downloads

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Friday, June 01 2001 03:08 PM

Net radio firm Spinner.com adds downloads

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Friday, June 01 2001 03:08 PM

Visa halts its service for allofmp3.com

News Beleaguered music download site says it will stop discounting songs and give them away, says newspaper report.

Thursday, October 19 2006 11:52 AM

Tags: Music, Copyright

Intel adds tunes to motherboards

News in brief Intel and Musicmatch on Thursday announced plans to include Musicmatch's Jukebox software and online music download service with future Intel desktop motherboards.

Friday, April 16 2004 09:49 AM

Random House strikes e-book deal with Terra Lycos

News As consumers slowly turn the pages of the unfolding story of electronic books, new online ventures thicken the plot.

Friday, November 10 2000 11:09 AM

Merger deals wake up Wall Street

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Friday, June 01 2001 03:34 PM

Merger deals wake up Wall Street

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Friday, June 01 2001 03:34 PM

Isle of Man aims for slice of download market

News The island wants to boost its burgeoning offshore tech industry by convincing film and music download businesses to relocate to its shores.

Wednesday, March 21 2007 11:42 AM

Tags: Web sites

New study questions mobile TV and music hype

News Study could throw cold water on mobile carriers' hopes that people will spend big on mobile music downloads and TV.

Monday, March 06 2006 11:53 AM

Tags: Cellular phones, TVs, Mobile/Wireless, Music, Video

Last week in security

News New version of Apple's iTunes software draws ire of privacy advocates for sending information about computer users' playlists back to Apple.

Monday, January 16 2006 10:42 AM

Tags: Security, Media players, Music