Copyright (c) 2009 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/2086 technology Digital Music en-us Sat, 07 Nov 2009 04:06:20 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/2086 http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/digitalmusic/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091107/bs_afp/usbritainitinternetmusicbluebeatemibeatles afp/20091107/usbritainitinternetmusicbluebeatemibeatles AFP business Sat, 07 Nov 2009 04:06:20 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/digitalmusic/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091107/bs_afp/usbritainitinternetmusicbluebeatemibeatles"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091107/capt.photo_1257566678296-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=ASmLd9evIRKBtqidUCEz.Q--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="The Beatles perform in 1964 at the Olympia in Paris. US online music service Bluebeat said it plans to fight British recording label EMI over rights to stream and sell versions of Beatles songs.(AFP/File)" border="0" /></a>AFP - US online music service Bluebeat said it plans to fight British recording label EMI over rights to stream and sell versions of Beatles songs.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/digitalmusic/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091107/bs_afp/usbritainitinternetmusicbluebeatemibeatles"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091107/capt.photo_1257566678296-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=ASmLd9evIRKBtqidUCEz.Q--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="photo" title="The Beatles perform in 1964 at the Olympia in Paris. US online music service Bluebeat said it plans to fight British recording label EMI over rights to stream and sell versions of Beatles songs.(AFP/File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/digitalmusic/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20091106/tc_pcworld/intelantitrustnetbugcodingerror pcworld/20091106/intelantitrustnetbugcodingerror PC World technology Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:30:14 GMT PC World - New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo filed federal antitrust charges against Intel this week, with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission expected to follow suit. Security problems yet again snagged a lot of IT headline attention, including news about yet another flaw affecting Facebook and MySpace users. To mix things up, we've got IT angles to Beatles music and the Boston Celtics in there, too. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/digitalmusic/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20091106/tc_pcworld/baidudealmaybefirststepinlinkingtolicensedmusic pcworld/20091106/baidudealmaybefirststepinlinkingtolicensedmusic PC World technology Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:46:00 GMT PC World - An announcement earlier this week that indicated that China's Baidu would start linking to licensed music downloads may not mark a fundamental change for the company, but according to officials involved in the deal, it is a step in the right direction. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/digitalmusic/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20091106/tc_pcworld/beatlesbantakeseffectatbluebeat pcworld/20091106/beatlesbantakeseffectatbluebeat PC World technology Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:05:00 GMT PC World - In a contentious court battle launched by record label EMI, the brazen owner of online retailer BlueBeat has begun complying with a new court order to stop selling Beatles music online, after offering a quirky defense that he owns the copyright to the songs at issue. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/digitalmusic/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/zd/20091105/tc_zd/245775 zd/20091105/245775 PC Magazine technology Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:19:02 GMT PC Magazine - EMI has filed suit against a Web site that has been brazenly selling MP3's of the Beatles re-mastered catalog for 25 cents per song. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/digitalmusic/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091105/ap_on_bi_ge/eu_eu_internet_rights ap/20091105/eu_eu_internet_rights AP business Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:05:27 GMT AP - EU lawmakers and governments agreed on new rights for Internet users Thursday, aiming to protect them from arbitrary crackdowns on those who illegally download music and movies on the Internet. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/digitalmusic/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091105/en_nm/us_emi_beatles nm/20091105/us_emi_beatles Reuters entertainment Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:34:15 GMT Reuters - Beatles record label EMI is suing U.S. music website BlueBeat.com, which it said was offering unauthorized downloads of the Fab Four's tracks for sale. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/digitalmusic/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20091105/tc_pcworld/chinasbaidumaynotlinktolicensedmusicafterall pcworld/20091105/chinasbaidumaynotlinktolicensedmusicafterall PC World technology Thu, 05 Nov 2009 01:30:17 GMT PC World - An announcement earlier this week that seemed to indicate that China's Baidu would start linking to licensed music downloads may not have been the major step it first appeared to be for the search company. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/digitalmusic/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20091104/tc_pcworld/bluebeatignoresemistillsellsbeatlescatalogonline pcworld/20091104/bluebeatignoresemistillsellsbeatlescatalogonline PC World technology Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:49:00 GMT PC World - Seemingly unfazed by legal action from The Beatles' music label, an obscure online retailer in California continues to offer downloads of the Fab Four's entire music catalog. As of Wednesday afternoon, the music site BlueBeat.com was still selling MP3 versions of full Beatles albums, as well as individual tracks. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/digitalmusic/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091104/tc_afp/spainustelecomcooper afp/20091104/spainustelecomcooper AFP technology Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:11:54 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/digitalmusic/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091104/tc_afp/spainustelecomcooper"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091104/capt.photo_1257347345167-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=t90ASbbmD5Y2ArdZ843omw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="The Motorola MOTO W233 Renew telephone, seen here in January 2009. The inventor of the mobile phone, Motorola researcher Martin Cooper, said Wednesday the devices have become too complex, with a range of features from cameras to music, since he made the first-ever wireless call over three decades ago.(AFP/File/Robyn Beck)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The inventor of the mobile phone said Wednesday the devices have become too complex, with a range of features from cameras to music, since he made the first-ever wireless call over three decades ago.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/digitalmusic/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091104/tc_afp/spainustelecomcooper"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091104/capt.photo_1257347345167-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=t90ASbbmD5Y2ArdZ843omw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="The Motorola MOTO W233 Renew telephone, seen here in January 2009. The inventor of the mobile phone, Motorola researcher Martin Cooper, said Wednesday the devices have become too complex, with a range of features from cameras to music, since he made the first-ever wireless call over three decades ago.(AFP/File/Robyn Beck)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/digitalmusic/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091104/music_nm/us_beyonce nm/20091104/us_beyonce Reuters entertainment Wed, 04 Nov 2009 01:23:08 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/digitalmusic/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091104/music_nm/us_beyonce"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091106/capt.photo_1257513785650-1-0.jpg?x=94&y=130&q=85&sig=9dBDqvdFVzLqF6qA.4325A--" align="left" height="130" width="94" alt="R and B singer Beyonce -- who put off a gig in Malaysia following Islamist outrage over her "gyrating moves" and "sexy outfits" -- has brought her world tour to Egypt where she faced more hostility.(AFP/File/Yoshikazu Tsuno)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Beyonce will later this month release a live concert DVD and companion CD, and a new song, "Video Phone" featuring Lady Gaga.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/digitalmusic/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091104/music_nm/us_beyonce"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091106/capt.photo_1257513785650-1-0.jpg?x=94&y=130&q=85&sig=9dBDqvdFVzLqF6qA.4325A--" align="left" height="130" width="94" alt="photo" title="R and B singer Beyonce -- who put off a gig in Malaysia following Islamist outrage over her "gyrating moves" and "sexy outfits" -- has brought her world tour to Egypt where she faced more hostility.(AFP/File/Yoshikazu Tsuno)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/digitalmusic/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/zd/20091103/tc_zd/245693 zd/20091103/245693 PC Magazine technology Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:42:10 GMT PC Magazine - In an effort to promote its recently announced music search deal with Google, Lala on Tuesday said it would offer several free MP3 downloads for a limited time. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/digitalmusic/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20091103/tc_pcworld/tradetalkshoneinoninternetabuseandispliability pcworld/20091103/tradetalkshoneinoninternetabuseandispliability PC World technology Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:10:17 GMT PC World - ISPs around the world may be forced to snoop on their subscribers and cut them off if they are found to have shared copyright-protected music on the Internet, under an international agreement being promoted by the U.S. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/digitalmusic/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091103/en_nm/us_rihanna nm/20091103/us_rihanna Reuters entertainment Tue, 03 Nov 2009 02:57:51 GMT Reuters - Pop singer Rihanna is due to speak for the first time about the night she was beaten by her ex-boyfriend Chris Brown, saying in a TV interview that this could happen to anyone. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/digitalmusic/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091102/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_techbit_qtrax_baidu ap/20091102/us_tec_techbit_qtrax_baidu AP technology Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:46:20 GMT AP - A music service that plans to offer free song downloads said Monday that China's largest search engine will send users to the service in a deal that could cut online music piracy. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/digitalmusic/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091102/media_nm/us_spotify nm/20091102/us_spotify Reuters entertainment Mon, 02 Nov 2009 08:04:36 GMT Reuters - MTV Urge ... Yahoo Music Unlimited ... Virgin Digital ... Since 2003 -- when iTunes launched in the United States -- all of these digital music services have come and gone, without challenging Apple's market dominance, despite the backing of resource-rich parent companies. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/digitalmusic/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20091101/tc_pcworld/musicpiracywarsmayfinallytakeabreak pcworld/20091101/musicpiracywarsmayfinallytakeabreak PC World technology Sun, 01 Nov 2009 16:37:00 GMT PC World - Stormy relationships between pirates and the music industry could start to settle down some, now that BitTorrent is developing new software aimed at eliminating any reason for ISPs to throttle peer-to-peer (P2P) network traffic. Meanwhile, a new survey suggests that instead of posing a menace to record companies, pirates are actually helping the music industry to survive, anyway. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/digitalmusic/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20091030/bs_nf/69800 nf/20091030/69800 NewsFactor business Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:05:18 GMT NewsFactor - Apple and Palm continue to play a cat-and-mouse game, and this time it was Apple's turn to do the chasing. Apple on Thursday released an iTunes software update that once again blocks the Palm Pre smartphone from syncing DRM-free music, photos and videos from the iTunes Store. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/digitalmusic/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20091030/tc_pcworld/digitalgearwebcamhandheldvideocameragohd pcworld/20091030/digitalgearwebcamhandheldvideocameragohd PC World technology Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:20:13 GMT PC World - Store shelves will host cool gadgets that could be good buys as the holiday season rolls in. Some new cameras, including the Flip MinoHD from Cisco Systems and LifeCam Cinema from Microsoft, are lightweight devices that can shoot high-definition video. Another portable device, TwitterPeek, is a unique mobile messaging device exclusively for Twitter fans. For Apple's iPhone, Shure has released new earphones that can control video and music. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/digitalmusic/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091029/tc_nm/us_realnetworks nm/20091029/us_realnetworks Reuters technology Thu, 29 Oct 2009 23:08:51 GMT Reuters - U.S. digital media company RealNetworks Inc swung back into the black in the third quarter as cost-cutting offset sliding revenue from music and games.