Get Madonna's new album - on your cell phone

The Queen of Pop, who refused to allow her music to be sold on iTunes, will become the first artist to allow her latest album Hard Candy to be made available for download on your cell phone, a week before it is...

Will You Still Love Me, when I'm 64? Apparently Not !

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorYes, the song made famous by the Beatles, coincidently Paul Mccartney was 64 when divorce proceedings reared it's Love or Money between Mills and Mccartney.  Who...

Reznor: Radiohead Offering was Insincere, Industry is Inept

Trent Reznor is blasting Radiohead and the music industry for their apparent failed online distribution attempts. While Radiohead hasn't released any numbers, they've stated they made more money on their online...

New REM album available first on Facebook

You can be the first kid on the block with the new REM album in March, a week before it hits stores.  And it's not due to the magic of MySpace this time--it'll be streamed on Facebook via iLike.With...

The Beatles to Hit iTunes

All you need is love... and four hundred million dollars. Until this agreement, pretty much the only way to download Beatles choons was to steal them. Big news for Apple... both the Apple tech company and the...

But Mr. Jobs, You Promised Movie Rentals on iTunes!

It seems Apple far over-projected the number of movie titles they expected to have available for rental through iTunes by the end of February.Instead of 1,000 titles, there are currently only...399. (Gasp!)For...

"CDs? We don't need no stinkin' CDs!"

Sure, we're all getting our music digitally now -- from iTunes or whatever favourite P2P or BitTorrent client...but I'm still amazed at how quickly compact disc sales are slowing."48% of teenagers bought no CDs at...

Software "DoubleTwist" hacks iTunes

iTunes, hacked?  Say it ain't so."Jon Lech Johansen became the "enfant terrible" of the DRM industry when he released software which cracked the encryption codes on DVDs, aged just 15. His firm,...

Apple, iTunes sync with American Idol

Apple is on-board to help sell Idols.At this point in the competition, however, the prospect of downloading a Stevie Wonder classic that's been brutalized by a top 24 AI contestant, just ain't that...

The Future of Recorded Music?

"The Flashbulb, aka Benn Jordan, became so outraged when he discovered that iTunes was effectively pirating his music, that he uploaded copies of his latest album to BitTorrent. TorrentFreak caught up with Benn to learn more about the decision to stop distributors and...

Will iTunes & Netflix make Blu-ray’s “victory” meaningless?

Actually i think there's a point here. I dont think Blue Ray will have the same lifespan as VHS or DVD. Broadband connections are getting more and more bandwidth with 20mbit almost becoming the  standard (at least in Denmark) and increasing soon with offers in the...

Amazon signs Sony download deal

"Fans of Beyonce, Britney Spears and the Foo Fighters will soon be able to download tracks from these artists that lack copy protection. Sony has announced a deal to put its entire catalogue of tracks on the Amazon MP3 store by the end of January. All of the songs on Amazon's...

News Roundup: Everything's Coming Up CES

Frank Smith at Contentinople has a greate CES round up for video junkies:"It must be January, because Bill Gates is stumping in Las Vegas at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), touting Microsoft's music and video...

Podcasting From The High Seas

From across the ocean Captain John Konrad watches the sunset from the bridge of his ship, a world record setter in size and capability. From his perch 100 feet above the water’s edge he has control of six...

iTunes TV downloads reach Canada

"One criticism of Apple's iTunes Store has been the non-availability of TV shows outside of the US and the UK. The announcement that shows will now be offered to Canadian residents is a step in the right direction.The initial batch of shows originate from Canadian and US...

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