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(sub. req.) Yep, that’s the sound of SightSound coming after your music and movie download stores…Bertelsmann Music subsidiaries CDNow and N2K have agreed not to contest a series of patents held by SightSound Technologies covering the commercial downloading of music over the Internet.
The retailers did not acknowledge any prior infringing activity related to their sale [...]

In a first for legitmate music service, iTunes has started selling live concert recording from jam band Widespread Panic…the band’s year-end concerts at Phillips Arena in Atlanta, GA are now available for download: for $14.99 you can download up to 8 hours of music.
This is also the first time that iTunes is going above the [...]

Sliding sales mean the single is on the way out at the UK retailer, but the firm insists other entertainment products will fill the shelves instead, reportsBBC News. This is the second victim of online music trend. Earlier, Tower Records under onslaught of online offerings filed for bankruptcy.

With the 3G GSM Congress this week, the torrent of GSM news is not surprising. However, this indeed is an amazing if slightly over the top bit of information. According to a press release, 3G Americas reports 100% annual growth for GSM in 2003. This translates into GSM having the largest percentage gain of any [...]

Believe it or not, the desperate gangs are resorting to mugging and maiming people over IPods in United Kingdom, according to this report from This Is London. Gary Parkinson, deputy editor of gadget magazine Stuff, advises folks to change the headphones. “Having white headphones might be stylish but they act as an indicator to thieves. [...]

Now this is really a clever idea in my opinion. For about $35, StarBrite has a software called PPod which turns your Pocket PC device into an IPod. It is a nice MP3 software which has the look and feel of IPod but does not have the coolness of the real thing. Oh well!