12/02/2008
Q&A: MP3 pioneer looks toward new breakthroughs (Reuters via Yahoo!Xtra News)
BERLIN (Billboard) - Professor Karlheinz Brandenburg, widely acknowledged as one of the fathers of the MP3 format, performed much of the research that led to the development of the now-ubiquitous audio-compression standard.
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12/03/2008
Take your MP3 player underwater (The Montana Standard)
Remember the great aunt who always gave lame holiday gifts? Fruitcake, bright colored earmuffs, that horrendous denim purse.
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12/01/2008
Sony Walkman S-series MP3 player (The Register)
One of the finest sounding MP3 players available Review Releasing two MP3 players onto the market at the same time doesn't strike us as a wholly smart thing to do. Releasing two that look pretty much identical and have equally silly names could well be the acme of foolishness.…
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12/03/2008
Tiny Player Packs Features and Dead-Simple Menus (Wired News)
This tidy little 4-GB SanDisk MP3 player records voice and radio, grabs music from your PC and tucks in an FM tuner. Clip it on and go.
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12/01/2008
Cyber Monday Amazon Sale on SanDisk MP3 Players (I4U)
Amazon is continuing offering sales today, but does not call it Cyber Monday Sale, like it did last year. Amazon uses though the Cyber Monday Sales term for a special Cyber Monday Sandisk MP3 Player sale going on today. The special deals on SanDisk MP3 ...
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12/01/2008
Fortunoff Features sonoro audio's Luxury CD / MP3 Clock Radios in Exclusive Bridal Registry (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance)
sonoro audio, German designer and engineer of distinctive, high-quality audio products, announced today that respected New York retailer, Fortunoff, will now offer the company's line of fashionable audio solutions to its bridal registry customers. sonoro's family of stylish CD / MP3 clock radios are the ultimate gift for couples who desire a chic audio system that will blend with their new ...
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12/02/2008
New Music: Bodies of Water: "O Come O Come Emmanuel" [MP3] (Pitchfork)
This 12th century Advent hymn is not a happy song. It's a desperate cry in the darkness for God to "disperse the gloomy clouds of night," to send some sense of hope to "captive Israel." So Bodies of Water arrange the song somberly, forgoing their typically abrupt style shifts for a more straightforward reading. After the opening piano flourishes-- like Liberace playing a Sunday night ...
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12/02/2008
New Music: Glam Chops [Art Brut's Eddie Argos]: "Countdown to Christmas" [MP3] (Pitchfork)
Glam Chops ' "Countdown to Christmas" comes down the internet's chimney ( series of tubes , boys and girls) with just about everything a glam-rock novelty Christmas single sung by Art Brut 's Eddie Argos should have: big rock'n'roll guitars, Gary Glitter beat, wry humor, and a smattering of Christmas sound effects en route to an overly long singalong coda. Argos speak-sings about ...
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12/03/2008
Music players worry hearing advocates (The Myrtle Beach Sun News)
Justin Roberts has wildly curious young fans, the type who might lean into a live monitor during one of his concerts just to see what it sounds like. But the popular children's entertainer knows a blast of loud music isn't the only risk to a child's hearing. What parents and kids really need to watch is the everyday use of earbuds that come with iPods and other MP3 players, said Roberts, who has ...
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12/03/2008
Personal safety a concern for holiday shoppers (North Channel Sentinel)
It is the day after Thanksgiving and shoppers are out in force taking advantage of "Black Friday," when shoppers line up in the early morning hours after Thanksgiving to find the best deals on gifts such as televisions, laptops and MP3 players.
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