Darknet Casts Hollywood as Heavy
...ssive receptacles for the artists. That won't work in the digital age.
Turf wars between the entertainment and technology industries are nothing new. Music companies sued to thwart the player piano in 1908. AM radio broadcasters marshaled their forces against the coming of FM. VCRs very nearly went ......more...Music Mis-Match?
Music Mis-Match?
Yahoo's purchase of Musicmatch last fall means a plunge into the digital download market. So why is it introducing a new, separate digital music service? By Katie Dean.
By Katie Dean
2:00 a.m. May 12, 2005 PDT
When Yahoo acquired Musicmatch last September, it was clear the company w...more... Rants Raves
... him the Living Drum, though I don't recall what he actually billed himself as (Scra-Scra-Scratching Thin Air, March 4, 2005). He, too, could produce music via dancing and body movement from a set of drum synthesizers strapped at strategic points on his body.
It was catchy, it was neat, he didn't wi......more... Wanted: Organic Apple
...and more.
Wired News Report
9:28 a.m. Jan. 12, 2005 PDT
Apple Computer has become the darling of the technology sector for its wildly popular digital music player. But scorching iPod sales have also made it the target of an aggressive environmental coalition, which is trashing Apple as rotten to the......more... The Easy Way to the ILife
...00-page guide to Apple's iLife software suite.
Costing about $21, Heid's manual covers all five applications in the iLife lineup: iTunes and iPod for music, iPhoto for pictures, iMovie for video, iDVD for DVDs and GarageBand for music.
Heid is a contributing editor at Macworld magazine who writes th......more... Involver Ready to Rock Youth Vote
...ople will sit out this year's election, the people behind Involver are trying to get young Americans politically involved. Organizers hope to build a music-oriented political alliance on the Web. By Louise Witt.
By Louise Witt
2:00 a.m. July 22, 2004 PDT
Josh Koenig has outsized, outlandish politica......more... Software Makes a Tiger of Panther
...arning that ab is most often used to launch the Mac's Address Book.
Extra features include Butler's ability to move and copy files and control iTunes music playback. Its interface is accessed with menu or hot-key combinations, and like the other search utilities, it also allows users to initiate Web......more... EFF Publishes Patent Hit List
...ms' patent covering the generation, distribution, storing and performing of musical work files. The company claims control over a method of compiling music files as single files for distribution over the Internet, the EFF said, and is targeting small developers of technology for creating music and s......more... From the Prawn of Time
...e distorted image.
Users can do everything from drag volume controls with their camera phones in place of a mouse to automatically link to a specific music website by clicking on a compact disc.
The High Energy Magic talk was one of about 50 presentations at NotCon, a one-day conference that drew mo......more... |