TAKE HOME A CONCERT IN YOUR POCKET

Hey, old-timers – remember The Jetsons? Disneyland’s House of the Future? We’re here. It’s the future. Watch it happen, right before your eyes. A club in New Jersey is installing a kiosk near its exit. Folks attending a concert at the club can...

MEDIA CENTER 10

Media Center 10 is the new version of the program formerly known as Media Jukebox – software for playing and organizing your music files. It is a long-time favorite among power users, but the improvements in the interface on the new version make it far easier to...

MORE FUN WITH THE RECORDING INDUSTRY

Once you’ve built a reputation for being evil and stupid, it has to be hard to find new ways to live up to the reputation. The American recording industry deserves credit for its unceasing efforts to destroy any remaining vestige of respect or sympathy you might...

BITTORRENT

Music downloading is taking off in new directions. Kazaa continues to load annoying adware onto your computer when it’s installed. It’s harder than ever to find anything other than very obvious material using Kazaa – many people with deep libraries...

MP3s AND COPY PROTECTION

The mp3 file format is not free. Manufacturers of software that can create mp3 files pay a royalty to Thomson and Fraunhofer, the companies that license and own the patents behind mp3 digital music technology. But Thomson and Fraunhofer are feeling left out of the...

REALPLAYER 10

Real announced a heap of new products and services today, including enhanced quality audio and video streaming and a new player, RealPlayer 10. They promise that it is less intrusive and obnoxious. There is no evidence that those promises are true. What I’ve...