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The Forgotten Format War: Toshiba’s "DVD-Audio" vs Sony’s "Super Audio CD"
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All this talk about the HD DVD and Blu-ray format war being over has reminded me of a similar situation involving two other competing media formats. Not many people realize that the current format war was not the first “high-definition” war between Toshiba and Sony. The battle for high-definition audio supremacy has actually been going [...]
Why Doesn’t Emusic Carry Over Unused Tracks Every Month?
I’ve grown very fond of eMusic lately. In a world where online music retailers have only recently begun to offer DRM-free tracks eMusic lies ahead of the pack. Their claim to fame is that they shun DRM completely with high-quality DRM free MP3s. Not only was it a wise business move to forgo DRM (it [...]
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Students Suing i2Hub for RIAA Settlements
This showed up a few days ago, but I just noticed it today as it was mentioned on This Week in Tech. Apparently quite a few students from UMASS are suing the creator of i2Hub because they were targeted by the RIAA for sharing music on the Internet 2 P2P network. Absurdity like this is [...]
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RIP Rio
Buying an MP3 player was a surprisingly difficulty decision for me. I knew I didn’t want an iPod, and I knew I wanted a player that was atleast 20GB, but even given those prerequisites choosing a player is still mighty difficult. Last week I settled on the Rio Karma, primarily because it was [...]
Creative X-Fi, Audigy No More
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So Tom’s Hardware reviewed the new Creative sound card recently, the X-Fi, and they seem to be pleased overall. This is a pretty big move for Creative, who have been relying on the Audigy architecture in their cards for the past 5 years or so. There have been significant upgrades to the [...]
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Gamestop Dropping Zune, What Exactly is Microsoft’s Zune Strategy Now?