http://mp3.about.com/ Get the latest headlines from the About.com Digital Music GuideSite. http://z.about.com/f/lg/s10.gif http://www.about.com/ 118 20 en-us 2008-04-30T16:01:37Z hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://mp3.about.com/b/2008/05/06/the-msn-music-drm-time-bomb.htm Microsoft has announced to all of its MSN Music Store customers that it will be shutting down its PlayForSure licensing servers on August 31st. What this means for users is... http://mp3.about.com/b/2008/05/06/the-msn-music-drm-time-bomb.htm 2008-05-06T16:13:46Z http://mp3.about.com/b/2008/04/30/coldplays-new-single-up-for-free-download.htm Yes, it's another well established band that has come to the conclusion that providing a free download is a great promotional tool. Coldplay, the Grammy award-winning English rock band, have... http://mp3.about.com/b/2008/04/30/coldplays-new-single-up-for-free-download.htm 2008-04-30T16:01:37Z http://mp3.about.com/b/2008/04/25/go-retro-with-the-cassette-mp3-player.htm Remember analog cassette tapes? For those of you who remember spending hours making a super-cool 'mix-tape' for it to unexpectedly get chewed up by your boombox, then be prepared for... http://mp3.about.com/b/2008/04/25/go-retro-with-the-cassette-mp3-player.htm 2008-04-25T15:33:41Z http://mp3.about.com/b/2008/04/23/nokia-signs-comes-with-music-deal-with-sony-bmg.htm Until recently, Universal Music Group (UMG) was the only major record label to sign up with Nokia's cell phone music service, Comes With Music. Now, Sony BMG has inked a... http://mp3.about.com/b/2008/04/23/nokia-signs-comes-with-music-deal-with-sony-bmg.htm 2008-04-23T06:41:02Z http://mp3.about.com/b/2008/04/17/free-downloads-courtesy-of-starbucks.htm Starbucks corporation has announced through a press release that they have teamed up with Apple once again to offer free music downloads via the iTunes Store. Last time we saw... http://mp3.about.com/b/2008/04/17/free-downloads-courtesy-of-starbucks.htm 2008-04-17T19:16:21Z http://mp3.about.com/b/2008/04/11/autosync-technology-launched-for-your-mp3tunes-locker.htm MP3Tunes.com has launched a new technology called Autosync that makes buying music and synchronizing it anywhere seamless. Users who are familiar with the MP3Tunes music storage service will know that... http://mp3.about.com/b/2008/04/11/autosync-technology-launched-for-your-mp3tunes-locker.htm 2008-04-11T16:01:27Z http://mp3.about.com/b/2008/04/07/honey-i-shrunk-the-mp3-format.htm Scientists at the University of Rochester have revealed that they have developed a technique to reproduce digital music that is 1,000 times smaller than a typical MP3 file. The new... http://mp3.about.com/b/2008/04/07/honey-i-shrunk-the-mp3-format.htm 2008-04-07T15:50:00Z http://mp3.about.com/b/2008/04/02/amazon-mp3-store-eats-into-apples-itunes.htm According to an article by USA Today.com, the Amazon MP3 store has become the second largest digital music service in the United States. Amazon’s much anticipated digital music service was... http://mp3.about.com/b/2008/04/02/amazon-mp3-store-eats-into-apples-itunes.htm 2008-04-02T11:54:33Z http://mp3.about.com/b/2008/03/30/warner-music-proposes-isp-music-fee.htm Warner Music has hired music industry consultant, Jim Griffin, to formulate a business model that could see an additional $5 added to your monthly ISP bill. The idea is... http://mp3.about.com/b/2008/03/30/warner-music-proposes-isp-music-fee.htm 2008-03-30T17:48:34Z http://mp3.about.com/b/2008/03/25/rumored-itunes-subscription-service-on-the-horizon.htm Apple Inc., may be in the process of formulating a subscription based iTunes service according to the Financial Times. The plan could involve consumers being able to access the complete... http://mp3.about.com/b/2008/03/25/rumored-itunes-subscription-service-on-the-horizon.htm 2008-03-25T16:30:51Z