FROM THE ARCHIVEThe End of DRM, But Not Control over Music?

Microsoft wins patent rights for inaudible digital watermark technology. What does this mean for so-called 'DRM-free' music - and you?

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drm, microsoft, mp3, digital music, watermark, WMA, encoding
NewsApple Takes a Bite out of DRM

Our listening challenge reveals that songs encoded at 256Kb/s are only slighty better than 128Kb/s tracks.

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drm, apple, news, mp3, iPod, MP3 Player, Rhapsody, digital music, Yahoo, EMI
FROM THE ARCHIVEAutomatic MP3 identification that actually works

Your MP3s have inconsistent and frequently wrong ID3 tags. This handy app will automagically detect and repair bad tags

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mp3, MP3 Player, digital music
FROM THE ARCHIVESoundcast iCast

The ever expanding world of iPod's and their peripherals epands once again, with the iCast's improved features and sleek design.

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iPod, digital music, icast, home audio
FROM THE ARCHIVELogic3 iStation 8

Fancy-pants modeling and a new song collecting feature keep the iStation 8 and its mediocre sound quality afloat, if only partially.

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iPod, docking station, speaker system, istation, digital music

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