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Music

Russia to shutdown AllofMp3.com

In what can only be described as a stunning turn of events it appears that Russia has agreed to shutdown AllofMP3.com as of this writing the site was still up and online. I am sure that many will be disappointed if the site indeed gets shutdown. The question I have is where will it re-surface next? But I think everyone knew that the sites days were numbered.  [TechCrunch]

Google Music

Don't get to excited the folks at Google are rolling out music search, not an actual store but they have formed partnerships with several of the major online music stores and will have additional information available about bands the album etc. [ZDnet] Thanks to Jim for the Link

Product Review Sound Pool 11

I have always wanted an inexpensive source to buy royalty free sound loops, if you have ever priced sound loops you will realize that the price tag usually starts around $100.00 per CD disk. Which is quite a bit rich for my blood. I was able to get my hands on a DVD by MAGIX that has 1120 royalty free

Music Industry needs to remove DRM?

How many of you are locked into buying Music from Apple because you have a lot of money invested in music from them that is locked down and legally keeps you from moving it to another device. Personally I have a iPod and a IRIVER so what happens when I want to take the music I have purchased legally on

Labels bitching about BBC distributing Beethoven’s symphonies

I am not surprised that classic labels are crying about the great public service the BBC has just completed in allowing people to download the Beethoven's symphonies. They should be thanking the BBC. Because how many people do you know that would pay to download them. I think the more exposure people get to classical music will in turn drive

GarageBand.com has a weird way to Podcast

I am really not sure what Garageband is attempting to do here but this has to qualify for the absolute worse podcast interface. It appears they want you to upload your audio and splice in some music and then publish it on their site. If anyone actually uses this please let me know how it went. [promoting podcasting">GarageBand]

Samsung Announces 16GB Flash Memory Module

Seoul-based Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. announced that it has developed a Solid State Disk (SSD) with a capacity of up to 16GB. Using two NAND-based modules, the SSD is a low power, lightweight storage media for notebook PCs and, eventually, consumer electronic devices.