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All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/2086 technology Digital Music en-us Tue, 09 Feb 2010 23:03:18 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/2086 http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142c.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/digitalmusic/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_hi_te/us_realnetworks_rhapsody ap/20100209/us_realnetworks_rhapsody AP technology Tue, 09 Feb 2010 23:03:18 GMT AP - RealNetworks Inc. and MTV Networks said Tuesday that they plan to spin off Rhapsody America LLC, their digital music service joint venture, into an independent company. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/digitalmusic/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100208/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_techbit_myspace_music_audio_ads ap/20100208/us_tec_techbit_myspace_music_audio_ads AP technology Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:46:53 GMT AP - Hoping to boost revenue, MySpace Music has begun experimenting with audio advertisements that users must hear if they want to listen to music for free online. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/digitalmusic/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100205/en_nm/us_afrikaans nm/20100205/us_afrikaans Reuters entertainment Fri, 05 Feb 2010 21:33:09 GMT Reuters - A South African Afrikaans rap group has taken the Internet by storm with explicit in-your-face lyrics, provocative performances and using cyberspace to promote their music. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/digitalmusic/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100203/ap_on_bi_ge/us_silicon_storage_acquisition ap/20100203/us_silicon_storage_acquisition AP business Wed, 03 Feb 2010 21:58:06 GMT AP - Silicon Storage Inc., a maker of flash memory cards used in digital cameras and MP3 players, said Wednesday that it has agreed to be acquired by Microchip Technology Inc. for $273 million in cash. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/digitalmusic/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100203/tc_pcworld/heymicrosoft250gbforthexbox360wontcutit pcworld/20100203/heymicrosoft250gbforthexbox360wontcutit PC World technology Wed, 03 Feb 2010 14:30:00 GMT PC World - Swollen with thousands of save games, MP3s, videos, and full-game installs to counteract nettlesome DVD-drive noise, my Xbox 360 officially feels like a walk-in closet trying to squeeze into a shoe box. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/digitalmusic/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100202/tc_afp/usitinternetmediasoftwaregoogle afp/20100202/usitinternetmediasoftwaregoogle AFP technology Tue, 02 Feb 2010 02:39:12 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/digitalmusic/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100202/tc_afp/usitinternetmediasoftwaregoogle"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100202/capt.photo_1265078260124-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=56&q=85&sig=MteQZgIaABlxgu89JsIvnA--" align="left" height="56" width="130" alt="Google has began letting online visitors tell its news website what topics they want to tune into. People can click on "stars" to mark groups of stories on preferred subjects to signal Google News to watch for updates or developments, according to Google software engineer Jude Britto.(AFP/File/Nicholas Kamm)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Google has began letting online visitors tell its news website what topics they want to tune into.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/digitalmusic/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100202/tc_afp/usitinternetmediasoftwaregoogle"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100202/capt.photo_1265078260124-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=56&q=85&sig=MteQZgIaABlxgu89JsIvnA--" align="left" height="56" width="130" alt="photo" title="Google has began letting online visitors tell its news website what topics they want to tune into. People can click on "stars" to mark groups of stories on preferred subjects to signal Google News to watch for updates or developments, according to Google software engineer Jude Britto.(AFP/File/Nicholas Kamm)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/digitalmusic/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100201/ap_on_bi_ge/us_muzak_bankruptcy ap/20100201/us_muzak_bankruptcy AP business Mon, 01 Feb 2010 21:46:21 GMT AP - Muzak Holdings LLC said Monday that it has completed its financial restructuring and has emerged from bankruptcy protection. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/digitalmusic/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100201/en_nm/us_quake_haiti_music nm/20100201/us_quake_haiti_music Reuters entertainment Mon, 01 Feb 2010 16:35:15 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/digitalmusic/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100201/en_nm/us_quake_haiti_music"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100127/capt.e207206ed84c4ce69b243651845ad9ce.music_hope_for_haiti_now_pgmtv262.jpg?x=89&y=130&q=85&sig=1Ur.9yDYGSWFa0rOj9aikQ--" align="left" height="130" width="89" alt="In this image released by Hope for Haiti Now, Bono, left, and Rihanna perform at the 'Hope for Haiti Now: A Global Benefit for Earthquake Relief', Friday, Jan. 22, 2010 in London. (AP Photo/MJ Kim/Hope For Haiti Now)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - An online auction of pop memorabilia from some of Britain's biggest acts has raised around 50,000 pounds ($80,000) so far for survivors of the Haiti earthquake, organizers Oxfam said on Monday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/digitalmusic/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100201/en_nm/us_quake_haiti_music"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100127/capt.e207206ed84c4ce69b243651845ad9ce.music_hope_for_haiti_now_pgmtv262.jpg?x=89&y=130&q=85&sig=1Ur.9yDYGSWFa0rOj9aikQ--" align="left" height="130" width="89" alt="photo" title="In this image released by Hope for Haiti Now, Bono, left, and Rihanna perform at the 'Hope for Haiti Now: A Global Benefit for Earthquake Relief', Friday, Jan. 22, 2010 in London. (AP Photo/MJ Kim/Hope For Haiti Now)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/digitalmusic/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100129/ap_en_mu/us_fea_music_lady_antebellum ap/20100129/us_fea_music_lady_antebellum AP entertainment Fri, 29 Jan 2010 01:29:01 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/digitalmusic/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100129/ap_en_mu/us_fea_music_lady_antebellum"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100125/capt.6e72654cf41143f19b2c2535673cd88b.music_lady_antebellum_tnmh201.jpg?x=128&y=130&q=85&sig=yEK1.xrHB6xgKac0tox4mw--" align="left" height="130" width="128" alt="Charles Kelley, left, Hillary Scott and Dave Haywood, right, of the country group Lady Antebellum, are shown on Jan. 19, 2010 in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)" border="0" /></a>AP - It was a party to celebrate Lady Antebellum's success, and singer Charles Kelley thought the stream of plaques and praise would never stop.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/digitalmusic/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100129/ap_en_mu/us_fea_music_lady_antebellum"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100125/capt.6e72654cf41143f19b2c2535673cd88b.music_lady_antebellum_tnmh201.jpg?x=128&y=130&q=85&sig=yEK1.xrHB6xgKac0tox4mw--" align="left" height="130" width="128" alt="photo" title="Charles Kelley, left, Hillary Scott and Dave Haywood, right, of the country group Lady Antebellum, are shown on Jan. 19, 2010 in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/digitalmusic/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100129/en_nm/us_sly nm/20100129/us_sly Reuters entertainment Fri, 29 Jan 2010 00:49:49 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/digitalmusic/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100129/en_nm/us_sly"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100129/i/r134669451.jpg?x=130&y=98&q=85&sig=zcLMT6ZvTmDTxP3t7p7Atg--" align="left" height="98" width="130" alt="Funk music pioneer Sly Stone performs during a concert with Sly & The Family Stone at the 41st Montreux Jazz Festival early July 14, 2007. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Reclusive funk musician Sly Stone filed a $50 million lawsuit against his former manager on Thursday, alleging fraud and 20 years of stolen royalties.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/digitalmusic/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100129/en_nm/us_sly"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100129/i/r134669451.jpg?x=130&y=98&q=85&sig=zcLMT6ZvTmDTxP3t7p7Atg--" align="left" height="98" width="130" alt="photo" title="Funk music pioneer Sly Stone performs during a concert with Sly & The Family Stone at the 41st Montreux Jazz Festival early July 14, 2007. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/digitalmusic/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100128/ennew_afp/entertainmentmusicindustrymidem afp/20100128/entertainmentmusicindustrymidem AFP entertainment Thu, 28 Jan 2010 18:59:44 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/digitalmusic/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100128/ennew_afp/entertainmentmusicindustrymidem"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100128/capt.photo_1264705135408-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=YOX6Y6x91oKJykIHXgafmw--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="People walk past the Palais des Festivals, in Cannes during the music world's largest annual trade fair, MIDEM. At its annual French Riviera gathering this week, the ailing music industry considered whether legal streaming services that offer millions of tracks via the Internet might offer a breakthrough.(AFP/Valery Hache)" border="0" /></a>AFP - At its annual French Riviera gathering this week, the ailing music industry considered whether legal streaming services that offer millions of tracks via the Internet might offer a breakthrough.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/digitalmusic/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100128/ennew_afp/entertainmentmusicindustrymidem"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100128/capt.photo_1264705135408-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=YOX6Y6x91oKJykIHXgafmw--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="photo" title="People walk past the Palais des Festivals, in Cannes during the music world's largest annual trade fair, MIDEM. At its annual French Riviera gathering this week, the ailing music industry considered whether legal streaming services that offer millions of tracks via the Internet might offer a breakthrough.(AFP/Valery Hache)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/digitalmusic/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100128/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_music_downloading ap/20100128/us_tec_music_downloading AP technology Thu, 28 Jan 2010 16:00:45 GMT AP - A trade group representing the major music labels said Wednesday it will reject a reduced penalty for a central Minnesota woman found guilty of sharing 24 songs over the Internet, and will instead begin preparing for another trial to determine new damages. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/digitalmusic/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100127/ap_on_en_mu/us_music_hope_for_haiti_now ap/20100127/us_music_hope_for_haiti_now AP entertainment Wed, 27 Jan 2010 20:45:58 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/digitalmusic/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100127/ap_on_en_mu/us_music_hope_for_haiti_now"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100127/capt.e207206ed84c4ce69b243651845ad9ce.music_hope_for_haiti_now_pgmtv262.jpg?x=89&y=130&q=85&sig=1Ur.9yDYGSWFa0rOj9aikQ--" align="left" height="130" width="89" alt="In this image released by Hope for Haiti Now, Bono, left, and Rihanna perform at the 'Hope for Haiti Now: A Global Benefit for Earthquake Relief', Friday, Jan. 22, 2010 in London. (AP Photo/MJ Kim/Hope For Haiti Now)" border="0" /></a>AP - The all-star "Hope for Haiti Now" album has debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart, making it the first digital-only album to hit the top spot.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/digitalmusic/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100127/ap_on_en_mu/us_music_hope_for_haiti_now"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100127/capt.e207206ed84c4ce69b243651845ad9ce.music_hope_for_haiti_now_pgmtv262.jpg?x=89&y=130&q=85&sig=1Ur.9yDYGSWFa0rOj9aikQ--" align="left" height="130" width="89" alt="photo" title="In this image released by Hope for Haiti Now, Bono, left, and Rihanna perform at the 'Hope for Haiti Now: A Global Benefit for Earthquake Relief', Friday, Jan. 22, 2010 in London. (AP Photo/MJ Kim/Hope For Haiti Now)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/digitalmusic/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100127/ennew_afp/entertainmentmusicindustrymidempiracy afp/20100127/entertainmentmusicindustrymidempiracy AFP entertainment Wed, 27 Jan 2010 17:22:01 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/digitalmusic/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100127/ennew_afp/entertainmentmusicindustrymidempiracy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100127/capt.photo_1264612806857-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=F8l04mAosKP.03SqaxvVLQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="People walk past the Palais des Festivals, in Cannes, southeastern France, on January 24 on the opening day of the music world's largest annual trade fair, MIDEM. Worldwide music sales have crashed some 30 percent since 2004 as piracy has risen, the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) said last week.(AFP/File/Valery Hache)" border="0" /></a>AFP - More and more countries are following the example of France, Sweden and South Korea in battling illegal music downloads to help prop up the embattled music industry.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/digitalmusic/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100127/ennew_afp/entertainmentmusicindustrymidempiracy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100127/capt.photo_1264612806857-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=F8l04mAosKP.03SqaxvVLQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="People walk past the Palais des Festivals, in Cannes, southeastern France, on January 24 on the opening day of the music world's largest annual trade fair, MIDEM. Worldwide music sales have crashed some 30 percent since 2004 as piracy has risen, the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) said last week.(AFP/File/Valery Hache)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/digitalmusic/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100127/tc_pcworld/chinasbaiduwinscopyrightcaseovermusicsearch pcworld/20100127/chinasbaiduwinscopyrightcaseovermusicsearch PC World technology Wed, 27 Jan 2010 17:00:38 GMT PC World - Global music labels have lost a lawsuit against China's biggest search engine, Baidu.com, which they accused of facilitating copyright infringement with its song download search service. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/digitalmusic/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20100127/tc_infoworld/110246 infoworld/20100127/110246 InfoWorld technology Wed, 27 Jan 2010 11:15:00 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/digitalmusic/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20100127/tc_infoworld/110246"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100127/capt.photo_1264582740644-2-0.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=h83eJr.CBd5H7oj.7iw3IQ--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="Workes apply the Apple logo to a building in San Francisco. Struggling US newspapers and magazines may seek Internet Age resurrection in a so-called "Jesus tablet" -- a computer expected to grab the spotlight at a much anticipated Apple event in San Francisco.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Justin Sullivan)" border="0" /></a>InfoWorld - After all these months of speculation, the iPad is now official: An oversized iPod Touch essentially, with access to the same capabilities of an iPhone (minus the phone) such as Web browsing, video and music playback, e-mail, contact management, game-playing, and map-based navigation.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/digitalmusic/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20100127/tc_infoworld/110246"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100127/capt.photo_1264582740644-2-0.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=h83eJr.CBd5H7oj.7iw3IQ--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="photo" title="Workes apply the Apple logo to a building in San Francisco. Struggling US newspapers and magazines may seek Internet Age resurrection in a so-called "Jesus tablet" -- a computer expected to grab the spotlight at a much anticipated Apple event in San Francisco.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Justin Sullivan)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (InfoWorld) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/digitalmusic/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100126/media_nm/us_jackson_sony nm/20100126/us_jackson_sony Reuters entertainment Tue, 26 Jan 2010 23:29:13 GMT Reuters - Michael Jackson tributes that aired on the TV Guide channel following the singer's death last year featured Jackson's works without authorization, Sony Music Entertainment charged in a lawsuit filed on Tuesday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/digitalmusic/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100126/tc_pcworld/filesharingtrialsriaasneverendingdilemma pcworld/20100126/filesharingtrialsriaasneverendingdilemma PC World technology Tue, 26 Jan 2010 22:23:00 GMT PC World - Lawyers for music file-sharer Jammie Thomas-Rasset said Monday they would challenge a recent court decision ordering their client to pay a reduced fine of $54,000 to the Recording Industry Association of America. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/digitalmusic/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100126/ennew_afp/entertainmentmusicindustrymidemit afp/20100126/entertainmentmusicindustrymidemit AFP entertainment Tue, 26 Jan 2010 19:57:06 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/digitalmusic/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100126/ennew_afp/entertainmentmusicindustrymidemit"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100126/capt.photo_1264535705961-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=104&q=85&sig=dud0aJk92B1jWL9r8p3o3w--" align="left" height="104" width="130" alt="People visit the music world's largest annual trade fair, MIDEM, on January 24 at the Palais des Festivals, in Cannes, southeastern France. Pioneers in the development of the first MP3 players this week unveiled ground-breaking technology aimed at offering new content to music lovers during the MIDEM music industry trade fair.(AFP/File/Valery Hache)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Pioneers in the development of the first MP3 players this week unveiled ground-breaking technology aimed at offering new content to music lovers during the MIDEM music industry trade fair.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/digitalmusic/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100126/ennew_afp/entertainmentmusicindustrymidemit"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100126/capt.photo_1264535705961-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=104&q=85&sig=dud0aJk92B1jWL9r8p3o3w--" align="left" height="104" width="130" alt="photo" title="People visit the music world's largest annual trade fair, MIDEM, on January 24 at the Palais des Festivals, in Cannes, southeastern France. Pioneers in the development of the first MP3 players this week unveiled ground-breaking technology aimed at offering new content to music lovers during the MIDEM music industry trade fair.(AFP/File/Valery Hache)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/digitalmusic/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100126/ennew_afp/chinamusiccopyrightbaidu afp/20100126/chinamusiccopyrightbaidu AFP entertainment Tue, 26 Jan 2010 17:08:14 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/digitalmusic/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100126/ennew_afp/chinamusiccopyrightbaidu"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100126/capt.photo_1264520194201-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=4c1trEpFf0dRBibwuiimKw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A woman walks past the Baidu office in Beijing. A Chinese court has ruled in favour of the nation's top search engine Baidu, saying its links to music downloads do not constitute piracy, state media and a recording industry body said Tuesday.(AFP/File)" border="0" /></a>AFP - A Chinese court has ruled in favour of the nation's top search engine Baidu, saying its links to music downloads do not constitute piracy, state media and a recording industry body said Tuesday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/digitalmusic/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100126/ennew_afp/chinamusiccopyrightbaidu"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100126/capt.photo_1264520194201-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=4c1trEpFf0dRBibwuiimKw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="A woman walks past the Baidu office in Beijing. A Chinese court has ruled in favour of the nation's top search engine Baidu, saying its links to music downloads do not constitute piracy, state media and a recording industry body said Tuesday.(AFP/File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP)