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MP3 Midi News
MP3 News
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io-Jacket - MP3, mobile-phone and GPS in
the Jacket
It seems there is no limit in what
Wearable Electronics can be used for. Now, GPS in a
Jacket, that sounds cool, especially if I can plot my
'wandering around' in Google Earth - that's now 'uber
cool'. Just the price is not that cool, more than 3k
euro on ebay is a no-no for me, unfortunately. |
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Microsoft: Samsung Deal Could Improve
Xbox, Zune
Kaefer pointed to Microsoft
products like the Xbox gaming system, the Zune MP3
player and Windows-based PCs as those "that can stand to
benefit" from the Samsung deal. Microsoft reportedly has
a flash-based Zune MP3 player in the works, although the
company has declined to comment. |
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Chinese "Cigarette Box" mobile
phone
Talking to a cigarette box now becomes
real. It comes with a 1.3 mega pixels camera, mp3
player, games, you name it. So this box of cigarette +
mobile phone does kill! |
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Take this quick 7-question survey to help
kill DRM!
Michael Robertson, founder of the
original MP3.com, has a new initiative to try and see
ALL music offered online in MP3 format WITHOUT any DRM.
He's already gotten support from some labels, but he's
asking for everyone's help to get more labels on board
by taking this quick 7-question survey. Take the survey,
digg it and then tell your friends! |
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Use Safari's Search To Find MP3's - OS
X
How to set up Safari to search the internet
for mp3 files with little effort. With Safari and one
simple plug-in you can get rid of Limewire and other P2P
apps. |
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Angie Arsenault:: The First Set EP - Free
MP3 Download
Yes you heard it right; you can
download a free mp3 copy of my new 4 song EP “The
First Set” just by signing-up to my email newsletter.
Sign-up with the form on the right… The EP is also
available on CD for $6 via PayPal. All the money raised
will help me produce my full length album. Your support
is greatly appreciated! |
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The Decline and Fall of the MP3
Format
The vast majority of songs on
file-sharing systems have been in the MP3 file format
since Napster propelled the idea of digital music into
the mass market in 1999. However, that could change over
the next decade. Files encoded in the newer and better
AAC (Advanced Audio Coding) format could become more
popular.. |
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iPods and Hearing Loss
If you
have a child or teenager who regularly listens to an
iPod or other MP3 player, those many hours they spend
attached to dangling earbuds can actually be damaging
their hearing. You need to take steps now to protect
them from potential hearing loss in the future. |
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RIAA Attempts to Remove Approved
Promotional Nine Inch Nails Mp3s
The album
release on April 17 would seem to indicate the end of
the story, but the NIN creativity continues - this time
in a manner some suspect to be directly aimed at the
RIAA interference. Reportedly, the CD is black before
being played but eventually changes color revealing a
binary code that when translated points to
www.exterminal.net. |
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Zune Online Audio-Video
Converter
Zune-Online has added an Online
Music and Video Converter for Zune (or iPod and many
other players). The media file can be downloaded from
the internet directly or uploaded from the user's
computer. The Zune compatible formats it supports is mp3
& aac for audio and mp4 for video. |
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Mp3Ninja Is The New
AllOfMp3
Its quasi legal, its Russian, and
its really well designed. The catalog isn't quite as
deep as AllOfMp3, but the user experience beats it hands
down. |
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Iowa Senate Passes iPod Tax
I
recently moved back to the midwest from wacky
California, and now I read of our state's attempts to
tax all music downloads. Much like mail-order, the tax
collection would be by the honor system. Hmm, will we
owe tax on our BitTorrent mp3's? |
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Alec Baldwin Voicemail Message To His
Daughter
Here is an angry voicemail message
that got leaked on the internet from Alec Baldwin to his
11 year old daughter. He called her a "thoughtless
little pig," and bashing her mother Kim Basinger. Check
out the mp3 voicemail message that got leaked to the
press. |
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Duplicate file
finder
Moleskinsoft Clone Remover – an
efficient utility designed to search for various
duplicate files in your PC and delete unnecessary file
copies. Moleskinsoft Clone Remover 2.1 finds duplicate
files of different types, including music (mp3), image
files, ZIP and RAR archives and others. |
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Review: Samsung SGH-T619 Mobile
Phone
The Good: The Samsung T619 is a
beautifully sleek and versatile phone. It has a
wonderful Mp3 player which offers fair music quality.
The phone also has a nice 1.3 megapixel camera which is
fine for everyday picture taking. You can also utilize
the phone as your personal digital assistant and can
sync data with your personal computer... |
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The Conet Project MP3s - free
download
"Experience the weirdness", as Zulu
Kane says of The Conet Project collection of mysterious
numbers radio station MP3s. Feral Film's public folder
offers all 156, correctly tagged for iTunes (etc), for
download via iDisk or web. (Instructions provided.)
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Vinyl Just Won't Die
It seems
the death of vinyl in the era of the mp3 has been
overstated, at least in some parts of the country. |
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Alarm clock downloads MP3s
This
sleek alarm clock from Citizen stands out from the rest
of its screaming brethren by featuring an IR port which
is capable of communicating with virtually any Japanese
cellphone, |
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Does MP3 Bit Rate
Matter?
Maximum PC did double-blind testing
to determine whether normal listeners can tell the
difference between low-quality MP3s (encoded @ 160kbit/s
VBR ), high-quality MP3s (encoded @ 320kbit/s VBR), and
uncompressed wav files. The results are shocking! |
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New iTunes AAC 256kbit/s files under test
at SoundExpert
Audio format chosen by
Apple/EMI for distribution of DRM-free higher quality
music in iTunes Store was added to SoundExpert testing
service. After some time (depending on volunteer
testers' activity) this format can be compared to others
like mp3, wma etc. at different bitrates. Now there are
93 codecs/bitrates in the system. |
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Acceleration Patch Plugin for
BitTorrent
BitTorrent Acceleration Patch is
an innovative plug-in for BitTorrent. Architecture of
the program is designed to permit you downloads of MP3s,
movies and other desired files at highest speed.
Bandwidth of your Internet connection is managed as
efficiently as possible and BitTorrent Acceleration
Patch will help you find more sources to download. |
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SanDisk Unveils Sansa Shaker MP3 Player
for Kids
SanDisk intros the new Sansa Shaker
MP3 player designed for kids and families. A fun and
unique music player, the Sansa Shaker features many ways
to enjoy and share songs, including two headphone jacks,
a built-in speaker to listen without ear buds, and the
ability to play SD cards loaded with your favorite
music. |
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