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Dial-a-concert? Japan Software Turns Mobiles Musical

Making music just got easier. A Japanese game maker has teamed up with the nation’s leading mobile phone network carrier to enable users to play an orchestra with their fingertips.
Game manufacturer Taito has created the “Chokkan Classic” software for NTT DoCoMo’s i-mode Internet service that lets users to pick their instruments and the melody [...]

Now You Can Buy Computers Pre-Loaded With Movies

In a move that could start a new wave in PC sales, Dell and Paramount Pictures today announced that they have signed a joint venture that will see “Iron Man” come pre-loaded on Dell computers for anyone who wishes to order the unit.

So far, the details of the deal are a bit disappointing. Paramount is [...]

Hollywood Studios Agree to Digital Rollout

Five Hollywood studios have agreed to help pay for a $1 billion-plus rollout of digital technology on about 20,000 movie screens in North America, a precursor to showing movies in 3-D.
Digital Cinema Implementation Partners, a consortium of major theater chains, announced the deal Wednesday. The rollout in the U.S. and Canada, covering about half of [...]

Yahoo to Open Music Site to Other Services

Yahoo Inc plans to open its online music site to feature information about songs and artists from outside services such as Apple Inc iTunes or Amazon.com, an executive said on Thursday.
“We are going to completely open up Yahoo Music in the next few weeks,” Scott Moore, the executive in charge of Yahoo’s media businesses, [...]

Google Launches Free Music Service in China

Google Inc has launched a music search service in China that will give users access to free downloads of licensed songs, while capturing advertising revenue for music providers in a market rife with piracy.
The service poses a challenge to Baidu.com Inc, which dominates China’s Internet search market but has, along with other Chinese search [...]

Lil Jon Free From TVT Records

Lil Jon, who was in musical limbo after his longtime record label TVT Records went bankrupt earlier this year, has reached an agreement that frees him from his TVT obligations while entering into a new venture with digital entertainment company The Orchard, which is purchasing TVT’s assets.
Lil Jon will work with the Orchard’s Brand [...]

Play-along Video Game Genre Amps Up Music Industry

Tapping on fake instruments and screeching into microphones connected to video game consoles has become lucrative for both the music and gaming industries. Downloadable tunes for music-based games “Guitar Hero,” “Rock Band” and “SingStar” have become as vital as iTunes itself — and one of the last ways to expose youngsters to classic rock.

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Copyright Quiz Limits Students’ Music File Sharing

A tech-savvy university near the Missouri Ozarks is resorting to an old standby to reduce illegal music downloads by students: the pop quiz.
Missouri University of Science and Technology now requires students to ace a six-question quiz on digital copyright law to get six hours of access to peer-to-peer software they can use to share [...]

Apple’s ITunes Grows to No. 2 U.S. Music Retailer

Apple Inc’s iTunes digital media store edged out Best Buy Co and Target Corp to become the second-largest U.S. music retailer, behind Wal-Mart Stores, according to data released on Tuesday from tracking firm NPD Group. Based on 2007 sales, legal music downloads now account for 10 percent of music acquired in the United States, but [...]

Apple Sells 1 Millionth IPhone

 
 
Apple Inc. sold its millionth iPhone on Sunday, just 74 days after the combination cell phone-iPod went on sale and less than a week after its price was cut by a third.
Apple previously said it expected to hit the million-sold mark by the end of September.
Monday’s announcement sent Apple shares up $2.94, or 2.2 percent [...]

ITune Tagging Unveiled

Apple Inc., iBiquity Digital Corp, a developer of high-definition radio technology, and major radio companies said on Friday they are offering a new, free service called “iTunes Tagging.”

 
 

The service lets listeners with HD Radio receivers containing a special tag button, to “tag” songs they hear on the FM dial for subsequent purchase via Apple’s iTunes.
“iTunes [...]

Apple’s Jobs Sorry For IPhone Price Cut

Apple Inc. CEO Steve Jobs apologized and offered $100 credits Thursday to customers who shelled out $599 for the most advanced model of the iPhone, only to have the company unexpectedly slash the price $200 in a push to boost holiday sales.

 
 

In a letter on the company’s Web site, Jobs acknowledged that Apple disappointed some [...]

Wal-Mart Selling Digital Music Free of Copy Curbs

 Wal-Mart Stores Inc said on Tuesday it is now selling digital music downloads on its Web site without the customary copy-protection technology that limits where consumers can play the songs. Wal-Mart, the world’s largest retailer, said its new MP3 music catalog includes thousands of albums and songs from major record labels such as Vivendi’s Universal [...]

Master P And Romeo Teams Up With T-Mobile To Promote New Sidekick LX

Entrepreneur/rapper Master P. (Percy Miller), and his son Romeo have teamed up with T-Mobile to promote the new Sidekick LX. The campaign reportedly was created in an effort to show that the Sidekick is still one of the most popular and preferred “smartphones” in the urban communities. “Everywhere I go I take my Sidekick with [...]

Auto Manufacturers Enter Internet Radio Race

Welcome to the new generation of corporate radio, coming to you live from an auto dealership near you.

Car manufacturers are racing to establish Internet radio stations and online playlisting tools as part of a new marketing strategy aimed at hip, tech-savvy young adults. The latest, and so far the biggest, effort comes from Toyota’s Scion [...]

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