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iTunes 8.0.2 fixes MP3, VoiceOver, proxy issues (MacNN) Apple on Thursday unveiled iTunes 8.0.2, an update to its multimedia player that offers users a more stable platform, and improved accessibility. iTunes 8.0.2 resolves a quality issue some users experienced when creating MP3 files, as well as increased accessibility with VoiceOver. The update also fixes a connectivity issues with the iTunes store, when a user would connect to the store through a ... us.rd.yahoo.com
Pirates thwarted with MP3 sonic blast (AFP via Yahoo! News) Gone are the swashbuckling days of repelling pirates with cutlasses -- a British firm is spearheading use of a high-tech "sonic laser" to beat bandits on the high seas. us.rd.yahoo.com
Microsoft lets Zune music subscribers keep tunes; most songs in MP3 format (The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News) REDMOND, Wash. - Microsoft Corp. is giving an early holiday gift to people who pay for all-you-can-listen access to the Zune digital music store: 10 songs to keep each month, included in the US$14.99 monthly subscription fee. us.rd.yahoo.com
Pirates thwarted with MP3 sonic blast (AFP via Yahoo!Xtra News) LONDON (AFP) - Gone are the swashbuckling days of repelling pirates with cutlasses -- a British firm is spearheading use of a high-tech "sonic laser" to beat bandits on the high seas. us.rd.yahoo.com
New Music: Dances With White Girls: "Everyone's Got to Make a Living" [MP3] (Pitchfork) I've been waiting for a new jack swing revival ever since I learned that the Boyz II Men and Hi-Five tapes I loved were part of something called "new jack swing," but as great as this year's Gold: New Jack Swing compilation is, any such revival would probably be ill-advised. The title of Brooklyn "thug-house" DJ/producer Dances With White Girls ' just-released debut EP for the Rapture's ... us.rd.yahoo.com
MP3 'Inventor' Brandenburg Invests In DJTunes Dance Music Site (paidContent.org via Yahoo! Finance) Karlheinz Brandenburg, credited with at least jointly "inventing" MP3, has joined with a German development bank to invest in DJTunes, a European music download site offering house, techno, trance and electro tracks in that very file format. us.rd.yahoo.com
eMusic: A Quarter Billion MP3 Downloads Served (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance) eMusic, the world's largest retailer of independent music and the world's second-largest digital music service after iTunes, today announced that it has sold 250 million MP3 downloads since establishing its current subscription model in 2003. The major milestone comprises music downloads sold in the U.S., Canada and the E.U., where eMusic is available in 26 European nations. us.rd.yahoo.com
Pirates thwarted with MP3 sonic blast (TODAYonline) Somali pirates who seized a Ukrainian cargo ship return to their base in October 2008. British firm 'Anti-Piracy Maritime Security Solutions' is spearheading the use of a high-tech "sonic laser" to beat pirates on the high seas. us.rd.yahoo.com
New Music: Jim Jones [ft. Lil Wayne, Noe, and Twista]: "Jackin' Swagga From Us" [MP3] (Pitchfork) The long, strange life of M.I.A. 's Kala crime spree " Paper Planes " continues. More than a year after Esau Mwamwaya and Radioclit's "Tengazako"-- and a few months after the Pineapple Express trailer and T.I. 's star-studded hip-hop recasting, " Swagga Like Us "-- comes Jim Jones ' claim that they're "Jackin' Swagga From Us". It's a darker-sounding track than the ... us.rd.yahoo.com
Two baggage handlers held in LAX thefts (Long Beach Press-Telegram) Two baggage handlers at Los Angeles International Airport pilfered cameras, jewelry, MP3 players and other property from passengers' luggage for as long as a year, police said Friday. The loot, 280 pieces of property, was recovered Oct. 30 when Los Angeles and Airport police officers arrested the men. us.rd.yahoo.com
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