User User name Password  
   
Sunday 8.11.2009 / 01:40 AM
Search AfterDawn.com:        In English   Suomeksi   På svenska
afterdawn.com > topics > mp3 & digital audio
Show topics
Topics
Topics

MP3 & Digital Audio

From here you can find the latest digital audio related news, guides, forum threads and applications, and compare prices and technical specs of a variety of portable MP3-players from the AfterDawn.com hardware section.

News about this topic

Here's a list of latest news about this topic at AfterDawn.com.

Most recent news articles related to this topic

Secret ACTA Internet chapter leaked: Global DMCA and 'three strikes'

The highly secretive Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, which has been drafted under non-disclosure agreements and given to different nations with watermarks in case they choose to "leak" ...

Date: 5 Nov 2009 03:11 | 92 comments

Digital Beatles tracks coming from EMI and Apple Corp.

EMI and Apple Corp. (not to be confused with Steve Jobs' Apple) have jointly the announced the release of a limited edition Beatles Stereo USB Apple which will be available worldwide. The ...

Date: 4 Nov 2009 22:11 | 14 comments

Illegal downloaders stlil buying more music than most

The results of a new study conducted by Demos, a London-based public policy think tank, once again affirm that the people who download the most music spend more than average buying music legally. ...

Date: 3 Nov 2009 10:11 | 22 comments

Qtrax brings free music to Australia, New Zealand and beyond

Last Qtrax announced a schedule for rolling out their ad-supported music download service in the Asia Pacific Region. Qtrax is probably most famous for a PR stunt in which the service was ...

Date: 2 Nov 2009 09:11

Google and Big 4 team up for music streaming via search engine

Google is partnering with the Big 4 labels in an effort to stream music via Google's popular search engine, making it easier for users to discover and ultimately purchase music. Google has ...

Date: 21 Oct 2009 18:10 | 3 comments

Judge throws out ASCAP's ringtone money grab

On Wednesday a Federal judge granted Verizon's request for summary judgement, shooting down all of ASCAP's claims that mobile phone providers should pay public performance royalties for ringtones they sell. ...

Date: 15 Oct 2009 23:10 | 7 comments

New Wi-Fi Alliance standard aims to compete with Bluetooth

The Wi-Fi Alliance has announced that work on a new way for connecting wireless devices directly to each other is nearing completion. Devices could start being certified for Wi-Fi Direct, as ...

Date: 15 Oct 2009 18:10 | 2 comments

Kazaa, Skype founders start unlimited music subscription service

The billionaires Janus Friis and Niklas Zennstrom, the creators of the Kazaa P2P client as well as Skype, have developed and financed a new unlimited music subscription service dubbed Rdio. ...

Date: 15 Oct 2009 17:10

MOG to start $5-per-month unlimited music streaming service

MOG has announced today the launch of MOG All Access, an unlimited music streaming service that will cost only $5 USD a month and has backing by the Big 4; Universal Music Group, Sony Music ...

Date: 14 Oct 2009 19:10

Microsoft considering Zune software for Macs

Microsoft is considering bringing the Zune software and marketplace to Mac users, says a recent ZDnet post, although there is no timetable for a release, if a release even occurs. The word ...

Date: 14 Oct 2009 17:10 | 6 comments

French music streaming service Deezer receives more capital

The French free music-streaming service Deezer has brought in about $9.6 million in second round capital funding, this time from private equity firms AGF Private Equity and CM-CIC Capital Prive. ...

Date: 13 Oct 2009 17:10

70s Acts prepare for showdown over recordings

Record labels appear ready to defend their ownership of recordings dating back to the 1970s against termination claims from artists. The claims could transfer ownership of a recording to the ...

Date: 13 Oct 2009 07:10 | 4 comments

Mojo Nixon music catalog free on Amazon MP3

Mojo Nixon has joined the growing list of artists giving away music. Last week when he released his new album, "Whiskey Rebellion," on Amazon MP3 he began a three week promotion offering both ...

Date: 13 Oct 2009 05:10 | 3 comments

Virgin Media launches 'unlimited' music service that isn't unlimited (updated)

Update: Virgin Media has contacted us, and blatantly say The Register's article is all speculation and we made one error (the service has not launched yet). The ISP says they intend to offer ...

Date: 12 Oct 2009 01:10 | 8 comments

My wishlist for Spotify

I rarely endorse any product wholeheartedly, but I must confess that Spotify has really, really made a difference to my music listening habits during the past 6 months or so. Spotify, for those ...

Date: 11 Oct 2009 16:10 | 2 comments

Less than 2 months ago

Spotify signs ISP deal (8 Oct 2009)

Apple cuts iPod prices (9 Sep 2009)

Less than 3 months ago

Zune HD prices revealed (11 Aug 2009)

Less than 6 months ago

Kazaa relaunches (21 Jul 2009)

Zune HD is finally here (28 May 2009)

Napster slashes prices (19 May 2009)

Less than a year ago

Zune HD artwork leaked (11 Apr 2009)

Less than 2 years ago

The MP3 player turns 10 (12 Mar 2008)

Software

List of related software items. Each software item listed here can be downloaded directly from our site using the links below.

Glossary

List of related glossary items. Click the item to read an explanation for the term.

  • ATRAC
    ATRAC stands for Adaptive Transform Acoustic Coding. It represents proprietary compression algorithms created by Sony Corp. and used with many of its digital audio electronics including MiniDisc ...
  • ATRAC Advanced Lossless
    ATRAC stands for Adaptive Transform Acoustic Coding and ATRAC Advanced Lossless is an evolution of the earlier ATRAC1 and ATRAC3 audio systems in use with Sony's SDDS theater audio system, MiniDisc, ...
  • ATRAC1
    ATRAC stands for Adaptive Transform Acoustic Coding and ATRAC1 was first used in the 1990's with Sony's SDDS theater format system. The ATRAC term represents proprietary compression algorithms ...
  • ATRAC3
    ATRAC stands for Adaptive Transform Acoustic Coding and ATRAC3 is an evolution of the earlier ATRAC1 system used with Sony's SDDS theater audio system and the MiniDisc format. ATRAC3 offers ...
  • ATRAC3plus
    ATRAC stands for Adaptive Transform Acoustic Coding and ATRAC3 is an evolution of the earlier ATRAC1 system used with Sony's SDDS theater audio system and the MiniDisc format. ATRAC3plus is ...
  • ID3
    When MP3s became popular in late 1996, group of people started wondering if there would be a solution for the lack of information in audio tracks stored in MP3 format. Basically the problem ...
  • MP3
    MP3 stands for MPEG-1 Audio Layer III. It is not a separate format, but a part of MPEG-1 video encoding format, developed by MPEG group in early 1990's. Too often people refer MP3 as MPEG-3, ...
  • MP3+G
    MP3+G is not a real standard, but its become a "de facto" standard for karaoke files when played with computers. Essentially, MP3+G is a combination of two files -- one is a regular MP3 audio ...
  • MP4
    MP4 is the official multimedia container for MPEG-4 video and audio. Although such video can be stored in a number of modern containers, including MPEG-2 PS/TS and Matroska, the development ...
  • MPEG
    MPEG is short for Moving Pictures Expert Group which is a working group of ISO/IEC in charge of the development of standards for coded representation of digital audio and video. The first ...
  • MPEG-1
    Audio and video compression format developed by MPEG group back in 1993. Official description: Coding of moving pictures and associated audio for digital storage media at up to about 1,5 Mbit/s. ...

Guides

Portable MP3 players

List of the most popular portable digital audio players (aka MP3 players) on our hardware section.

Digital video: AfterDawn.com | AfterDawn Forums
Music: MP3Lizard.com
Gaming: Blasteroids.com | Blasteroids Forums | Compare game prices
Software: Software downloads
Blogs: User profile pages
RSS feeds: AfterDawn.com News | Software updates | AfterDawn Forums
International: AfterDawn in Finnish | AfterDawn in Swedish | download.fi
Navigate: Search | Site map
About us: About AfterDawn Ltd | Advertise on our sites | Rules, Restrictions, Legal disclaimer & Privacy policy
Contact us: Send feedback | Contact our media sales team
 
  © 1999-2009 by AfterDawn Ltd.