Tag: mp3
Amie Street proves lucrative for Ashley Alexandra Dupré, earning her $204,000 post-Eliot Spitzer scandal
I mentioned last Thursday that Ashley Alexandra Dupré, the prostitute embroiled in the Eliot Spitzer scandal over in New York, has seen the price of her single on the MP3 site Amie Street soar by 415%.
Things continue to look up for Ashley, as it appears she’s hooked herself a huge amount of cash via downloads on the site. Since the scandal broke out, her song has been sold 300,000 on the demand-priced site, making her a tidy $204,000 profit. Due…
Over at SXSW, Lou Reed had a Perfect Day moaning about digital music
The curmudgeonly Lou Reed Walked On The Wild Side yesterday at the Texas SXSW conference about digital music, shocking no-one with his audiophilic opinions about how “technology is making things worse”. We always knew he was a moaner.
He went on, telling the audience of tech-savvy hanger-ons that “if you are one of those people like me who like ‘good sound,’ you need good speakers, a good stereo, and (as an artist) your price of recording goes up, because you need a good mic, good cables…If you don’t like good sound, go with MP3.” Ouch, Lou, you really do have a Rock And Roll Heart, eh?
According to Lou, “people have…
Zune heading to the UK? I wouldn't hold your breath…
The Microsoft Zune – released in the US in 2006, released in Europe in…well, that’s anyone’s guess. But judging by the latest rumour, it’s unlikely to be before 2009.
Shiny Video Preview: YP-S3 MP3 player from Samsung
The other night, Zara and I got hands-on with a couple of new MP3 players from Samsung. If you liked the YP-S2 pebble player yesterday, check out my video above of the YP-S3, a colourful range due to hit shelves in June, in 2GB, 4GB and 8GB capacities…
Shiny Video Preview: Samsung YP-S2 pebble MP3 players
Last night Zara and I went along to the Samsung 2008 product showcase, where we feasted our eyes on all the products…we’d already covered. Still, it was news to the print media journalists there, and there were even a couple of new toys we hadn’t seen nor heard of yet.
The YP-S2 MP3 players are bizarre little pebble-shaped devices, quite similar to the Creative Zen Stones, and will…
SanDisk Sansa Fuze media player gets official
We had the bare bones of the details earlier in the week, but now we have them all with SanDisk Sansa Fuze media player getting the official unveiling…
Inngenio 6000 – steel-clad touch screen media player
Another iPod challenger, with the Inngenio 6000 packing the now ubiquitous touch screen control…
SanDisk Sansa Fuze specs leaked by Amazon
Listen carefully and you might hear the wails and screams from the SanDisk HQ as its latest pocket media player is accidentally leaked on Amazon.
Beatles back catalogue finally available for download? Probably…
The Beatles back catalogue should finally be available for (legal) download very soon – which could mean a week’s chart (and more) featuring only the Fab Four.
Ripserver – minimalist box to rip all your CDs
There are a few devices that claim to make ripping CDs easy, but none with the minimalist appeal of the Ripserver.
