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Todd sounds out Stephen White from Gracenote, which provides technology services to the music and video industries. You might not have heard of Gracenote, but if you've used iTunes, you've used a Gracenote service called MusicID which autocompletes the track listings when you rip a CD. Starting out from the original CDDB (Compact Disc DataBase), Gracenote now has relationships many key
Scott Friedman presents the WOWee One (www.woweeone.com), a portable speaker that when placed down on a flat surface uses that surface to create extra bass from what is a very small portable unit designed to be used with portable playback devices such as iPods and other MP3 players. Interview by Jeffry Powers of Geekazine and Esby Larsen of MrNetCast.com Please
Charles Bellfield and Vicky Deacon of the Pure team stopped by to discuss their new internet connected radio, called the Contour. It boasts, not only full internet radio, but also an iPod / iPhone dock. It features both WiFi and ethernet connectivity, access to almost 17,000 internet radio stations (plus podcasts and Pure Sounds, which is their own library of
Would-be Pop Idol and X-Factor competitors rejoice. IK Multimedia has announced the first handheld condenser microphone for iOS devices, the iRig Mic. Working with the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad, the iRig is perfect for the singer or songwriter on the move but can also be used to record speeches, performances or any other audio source. The iRig Mic features
If you loved it when radio stations came online and just wished there were a DVR for them, then you may be in luck. I frequently open music in a tab of my browser while I am working, and sometimes there's something coming up that I wish I could record. Tapin Radio is compatible with Windows XP, Vista, and 7
Samsung announced the TicToc MP3 players back in July but they've only recently started shipping in UK. Aimed unashamedly at a young female audience, coming in blue, pink, black and Hello Kitty variants, this is a fashion accessory as much as an music player. I'll try to get in touch with my feminine side to give the TicToc a fair
Today, HP announced its autumn line-up of notebooks, with the HP Envy 17 3D taking the flagship role as the first 17" laptop to support 1080p 3-D and Blu-ray. The Envy 17 3D comes with active shutter glasses which wirelessly sync with the HD display giving a full 3D experience when viewing films or playing games that are "3D". Under
Being a big fan of music I seek out sites that let me sample, experiment and just plain play around with all sorts of music. And, having an HTPC that feeds audio though my Yamaha A/V Receiver, I am very anxious to find the best music online. You are all probably familiar with the big names such as Pandora, Last.FM,
Move over Apple, Panasonic has the coolest earbuds ever. Meet the RP-HJE 130s. More pictures over at Fubiz. What a great idea beautifully executed.
The Performing Rights Society (PRS), the approximate equivalent of the US's RIAA, recently published a paper outlining a proposed approach to the compensation of rights holders based on the level of unlicensed material passing through an ISP. The paper, snappily titled Moving Digital Britain Forward Without Leaving Creative Britain Behind, was written by Will Page, Chief Economist, PRS for Music
Obviously the name is a play on "radio", but, they say they pronounce it "ar-dee-oh". What I am talking about is the new service Rdio, which is in private beta right now. My attempts to get into the beta program, so far, have failed, but I will tell you what I have been able to learn from "other sources". First,
I remember it well. Back around October of 2004, I first heard the word “podcast” used on The David Lawrence Show via my XM Satellite Radio. It sounded interesting, and I wrote it down on my driver logbook cover with the idea of looking it up later. I heard David mention it again once or twice over the next few
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