PC Magazine - MP3 Players

With Steve Jobs and company unveiling so many new products & amp;#151;new iPods, a reborn Apple TV, Ping, iOS4 updates and more & amp;#151;a few questions is only natural. & lt;p & gt; & lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/iN_OBU9JSW67poKUdvLWw539jwI/0/da" & gt; & lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/iN_OBU9JSW67poKUdvLWw539jwI/0/di" border="0" ismap="true" & gt; & lt;/img & gt; & lt;/a & gt; & lt;br/ & gt; & lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/iN_OBU9JSW67poKUdvLWw539jwI/1/da" & gt; & lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/iN_OBU9JSW67poKUdvLWw539jwI/1/di" border="0" ismap="true" & gt; & lt;/img & gt; & lt;/a & gt; & lt;/p & gt; & lt;div class="feedflare" & gt; & lt;a href="http://feeds.ziffdavis.com/~ff/ziffdavis/pcmag/mp3players?a=9-Ydm_JkK04:jNx1FJqTlXA:yIl2AUoC8zA" & gt; & lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ziffdavis/pcmag/mp3players?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0" & gt; & lt;/img & gt; & lt;/a & gt; & lt;a href="http://feeds.ziffdavis.com/~ff/ziffdavis/pcmag/mp3players?a=9-Ydm_JkK04:jNx1FJqTlXA:Gu391qSwH_A" & gt; & lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ziffdavis/pcmag/mp3players?d=Gu391qSwH_A" border="0" & gt; & lt;/img & gt; & lt;/a & gt; & lt;a href="http://feeds.ziffdavis.com/~ff/ziffdavis/pcmag/mp3players?a=9-Ydm_JkK04:jNx1FJqTlXA:V_sGLiPBpWU" & gt; & lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ziffdavis/pcmag/mp3players?i=9-Ydm_JkK04:jNx1FJqTlXA:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0" & gt; & lt;/img & gt; & lt;/a & gt; & lt;a href="http://feeds.ziffdavis.com/~ff/ziffdavis/pcmag/mp3players?a=9-Ydm_JkK04:jNx1FJqTlXA:F7zBnMyn0Lo" & gt; & lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ziffdavis/pcmag/mp3players?i=9-Ydm_JkK04:jNx1FJqTlXA:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0" & gt; & lt;/img & gt; & lt;/a & gt; & lt;a href="http://feeds.ziffdavis.com/~ff/ziffdavis/pcmag/mp3players?a=9-Ydm_JkK04:jNx1FJqTlXA:dnMXMwOfBR0" & gt; & lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ziffdavis/pcmag/mp3players?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0" & gt; & lt;/img & gt; & lt;/a & gt; & lt;/div & gt;

PCMag is at the Apple press event in San Francisco, and live blogging it just for you. & lt;p & gt; & lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/1H6RWSLmXcXpCiDrI5MIJkuGWFI/0/da" & gt; & lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/1H6RWSLmXcXpCiDrI5MIJkuGWFI/0/di" border="0" ismap="true" & gt; & lt;/img & gt; & lt;/a & gt; & lt;br/ & gt; & lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/1H6RWSLmXcXpCiDrI5MIJkuGWFI/1/da" & gt; & lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/1H6RWSLmXcXpCiDrI5MIJkuGWFI/1/di" border="0" ismap="true" & gt; & lt;/img & gt; & lt;/a & gt; & lt;/p & gt; & lt;div class="feedflare" & gt; & lt;a href="http://feeds.ziffdavis.com/~ff/ziffdavis/pcmag/mp3players?a=LqiVW-o38dA:uaoDAh_22PA:yIl2AUoC8zA" & gt; & lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ziffdavis/pcmag/mp3players?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0" & gt; & lt;/img & gt; & lt;/a & gt; & lt;a href="http://feeds.ziffdavis.com/~ff/ziffdavis/pcmag/mp3players?a=LqiVW-o38dA:uaoDAh_22PA:Gu391qSwH_A" & gt; & lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ziffdavis/pcmag/mp3players?d=Gu391qSwH_A" border="0" & gt; & lt;/img & gt; & lt;/a & gt; & lt;a href="http://feeds.ziffdavis.com/~ff/ziffdavis/pcmag/mp3players?a=LqiVW-o38dA:uaoDAh_22PA:V_sGLiPBpWU" & gt; & lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ziffdavis/pcmag/mp3players?i=LqiVW-o38dA:uaoDAh_22PA:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0" & gt; & lt;/img & gt; & lt;/a & gt; & lt;a href="http://feeds.ziffdavis.com/~ff/ziffdavis/pcmag/mp3players?a=LqiVW-o38dA:uaoDAh_22PA:F7zBnMyn0Lo" & gt; & lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ziffdavis/pcmag/mp3players?i=LqiVW-o38dA:uaoDAh_22PA:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0" & gt; & lt;/img & gt; & lt;/a & gt; & lt;a href="http://feeds.ziffdavis.com/~ff/ziffdavis/pcmag/mp3players?a=LqiVW-o38dA:uaoDAh_22PA:dnMXMwOfBR0" & gt; & lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ziffdavis/pcmag/mp3players?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0" & gt; & lt;/img & gt; & lt;/a & gt; & lt;/div & gt;

Apple on Wednesday waded into the social-networking sphere with the introduction of Ping, a service with iTunes that chief executive Steve Jobs called "social music discovery." & lt;p & gt; & lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/kXbtavneEDm3b7KecFFe1D1CQl4/0/da" & gt; & lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/kXbtavneEDm3b7KecFFe1D1CQl4/0/di" border="0" ismap="true" & gt; & lt;/img & gt; & lt;/a & gt; & lt;br/ & gt; & lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/kXbtavneEDm3b7KecFFe1D1CQl4/1/da" & gt; & lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/kXbtavneEDm3b7KecFFe1D1CQl4/1/di" border="0" ismap="true" & gt; & lt;/img & gt; & lt;/a & gt; & lt;/p & gt; & lt;div class="feedflare" & gt; & lt;a href="http://feeds.ziffdavis.com/~ff/ziffdavis/pcmag/mp3players?a=Q9MwIgKBgtM:5qlAXbybrdk:yIl2AUoC8zA" & gt; & lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ziffdavis/pcmag/mp3players?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0" & gt; & lt;/img & gt; & lt;/a & gt; & lt;a href="http://feeds.ziffdavis.com/~ff/ziffdavis/pcmag/mp3players?a=Q9MwIgKBgtM:5qlAXbybrdk:Gu391qSwH_A" & gt; & lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ziffdavis/pcmag/mp3players?d=Gu391qSwH_A" border="0" & gt; & lt;/img & gt; & lt;/a & gt; & lt;a href="http://feeds.ziffdavis.com/~ff/ziffdavis/pcmag/mp3players?a=Q9MwIgKBgtM:5qlAXbybrdk:V_sGLiPBpWU" & gt; & lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ziffdavis/pcmag/mp3players?i=Q9MwIgKBgtM:5qlAXbybrdk:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0" & gt; & lt;/img & gt; & lt;/a & gt; & lt;a href="http://feeds.ziffdavis.com/~ff/ziffdavis/pcmag/mp3players?a=Q9MwIgKBgtM:5qlAXbybrdk:F7zBnMyn0Lo" & gt; & lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ziffdavis/pcmag/mp3players?i=Q9MwIgKBgtM:5qlAXbybrdk:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0" & gt; & lt;/img & gt; & lt;/a & gt; & lt;a href="http://feeds.ziffdavis.com/~ff/ziffdavis/pcmag/mp3players?a=Q9MwIgKBgtM:5qlAXbybrdk:dnMXMwOfBR0" & gt; & lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ziffdavis/pcmag/mp3players?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0" & gt; & lt;/img & gt; & lt;/a & gt; & lt;/div & gt;

Sony is reportedly prepping a music and video subscription service that would initially provide access to content through its PlayStation gaming consoles. & lt;p & gt; & lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ZtbQ0dTfcQ4rQKQrl5eu1IhNCNQ/0/da" & gt; & lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ZtbQ0dTfcQ4rQKQrl5eu1IhNCNQ/0/di" border="0" ismap="true" & gt; & lt;/img & gt; & lt;/a & gt; & lt;br/ & gt; & lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ZtbQ0dTfcQ4rQKQrl5eu1IhNCNQ/1/da" & gt; & lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ZtbQ0dTfcQ4rQKQrl5eu1IhNCNQ/1/di" border="0" ismap="true" & gt; & lt;/img & gt; & lt;/a & gt; & lt;/p & gt; & lt;div class="feedflare" & gt; & lt;a href="http://feeds.ziffdavis.com/~ff/ziffdavis/pcmag/mp3players?a=bBaBqZUtM1g:IPOFjcOsxWI:yIl2AUoC8zA" & gt; & lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ziffdavis/pcmag/mp3players?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0" & gt; & lt;/img & gt; & lt;/a & gt; & lt;a href="http://feeds.ziffdavis.com/~ff/ziffdavis/pcmag/mp3players?a=bBaBqZUtM1g:IPOFjcOsxWI:Gu391qSwH_A" & gt; & lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ziffdavis/pcmag/mp3players?d=Gu391qSwH_A" border="0" & gt; & lt;/img & gt; & lt;/a & gt; & lt;a href="http://feeds.ziffdavis.com/~ff/ziffdavis/pcmag/mp3players?a=bBaBqZUtM1g:IPOFjcOsxWI:V_sGLiPBpWU" & gt; & lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ziffdavis/pcmag/mp3players?i=bBaBqZUtM1g:IPOFjcOsxWI:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0" & gt; & lt;/img & gt; & lt;/a & gt; & lt;a href="http://feeds.ziffdavis.com/~ff/ziffdavis/pcmag/mp3players?a=bBaBqZUtM1g:IPOFjcOsxWI:F7zBnMyn0Lo" & gt; & lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ziffdavis/pcmag/mp3players?i=bBaBqZUtM1g:IPOFjcOsxWI:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0" & gt; & lt;/img & gt; & lt;/a & gt; & lt;a href="http://feeds.ziffdavis.com/~ff/ziffdavis/pcmag/mp3players?a=bBaBqZUtM1g:IPOFjcOsxWI:dnMXMwOfBR0" & gt; & lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ziffdavis/pcmag/mp3players?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0" & gt; & lt;/img & gt; & lt;/a & gt; & lt;/div & gt;

While the app phenomenon is steadily on the rise, iTunes users still buy music more than anything else, according to a Tuesday study from the NPD Group. & lt;p & gt; & lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/vm-H4PKUrd57LCWqJ08OSDdHP-M/0/da" & gt; & lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/vm-H4PKUrd57LCWqJ08OSDdHP-M/0/di" border="0" ismap="true" & gt; & lt;/img & gt; & lt;/a & gt; & lt;br/ & gt; & lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/vm-H4PKUrd57LCWqJ08OSDdHP-M/1/da" & gt; & lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/vm-H4PKUrd57LCWqJ08OSDdHP-M/1/di" border="0" ismap="true" & gt; & lt;/img & gt; & lt;/a & gt; & lt;/p & gt; & lt;div class="feedflare" & gt; & lt;a href="http://feeds.ziffdavis.com/~ff/ziffdavis/pcmag/mp3players?a=-3vWvuK0JUk:tnUmDDOK620:yIl2AUoC8zA" & gt; & lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ziffdavis/pcmag/mp3players?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0" & gt; & lt;/img & gt; & lt;/a & gt; & lt;a href="http://feeds.ziffdavis.com/~ff/ziffdavis/pcmag/mp3players?a=-3vWvuK0JUk:tnUmDDOK620:Gu391qSwH_A" & gt; & lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ziffdavis/pcmag/mp3players?d=Gu391qSwH_A" border="0" & gt; & lt;/img & gt; & lt;/a & gt; & lt;a href="http://feeds.ziffdavis.com/~ff/ziffdavis/pcmag/mp3players?a=-3vWvuK0JUk:tnUmDDOK620:V_sGLiPBpWU" & gt; & lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ziffdavis/pcmag/mp3players?i=-3vWvuK0JUk:tnUmDDOK620:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0" & gt; & lt;/img & gt; & lt;/a & gt; & lt;a href="http://feeds.ziffdavis.com/~ff/ziffdavis/pcmag/mp3players?a=-3vWvuK0JUk:tnUmDDOK620:F7zBnMyn0Lo" & gt; & lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ziffdavis/pcmag/mp3players?i=-3vWvuK0JUk:tnUmDDOK620:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0" & gt; & lt;/img & gt; & lt;/a & gt; & lt;a href="http://feeds.ziffdavis.com/~ff/ziffdavis/pcmag/mp3players?a=-3vWvuK0JUk:tnUmDDOK620:dnMXMwOfBR0" & gt; & lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ziffdavis/pcmag/mp3players?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0" & gt; & lt;/img & gt; & lt;/a & gt; & lt;/div & gt;

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Alternative band Arcade Fire has collaborated with Google to make an interactive music video using HTML5 through Google Chrome. & lt;p & gt; & lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/-zFsVtbL5-zIEDW1BWFHA5dz6Ns/0/da" & gt; & lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/-zFsVtbL5-zIEDW1BWFHA5dz6Ns/0/di" border="0" ismap="true" & gt; & lt;/img & gt; & lt;/a & gt; & lt;br/ & gt; & lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/-zFsVtbL5-zIEDW1BWFHA5dz6Ns/1/da" & gt; & lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/-zFsVtbL5-zIEDW1BWFHA5dz6Ns/1/di" border="0" ismap="true" & gt; & lt;/img & gt; & lt;/a & gt; & lt;/p & gt; & lt;div class="feedflare" & gt; & lt;a href="http://feeds.ziffdavis.com/~ff/ziffdavis/pcmag/mp3players?a=3LUkOqT6ey4:d8vOvFvu68Y:yIl2AUoC8zA" & gt; & lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ziffdavis/pcmag/mp3players?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0" & gt; & lt;/img & gt; & lt;/a & gt; & lt;a href="http://feeds.ziffdavis.com/~ff/ziffdavis/pcmag/mp3players?a=3LUkOqT6ey4:d8vOvFvu68Y:Gu391qSwH_A" & gt; & lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ziffdavis/pcmag/mp3players?d=Gu391qSwH_A" border="0" & gt; & lt;/img & gt; & lt;/a & gt; & lt;a href="http://feeds.ziffdavis.com/~ff/ziffdavis/pcmag/mp3players?a=3LUkOqT6ey4:d8vOvFvu68Y:V_sGLiPBpWU" & gt; & lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ziffdavis/pcmag/mp3players?i=3LUkOqT6ey4:d8vOvFvu68Y:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0" & gt; & lt;/img & gt; & lt;/a & gt; & lt;a href="http://feeds.ziffdavis.com/~ff/ziffdavis/pcmag/mp3players?a=3LUkOqT6ey4:d8vOvFvu68Y:F7zBnMyn0Lo" & gt; & lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ziffdavis/pcmag/mp3players?i=3LUkOqT6ey4:d8vOvFvu68Y:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0" & gt; & lt;/img & gt; & lt;/a & gt; & lt;a href="http://feeds.ziffdavis.com/~ff/ziffdavis/pcmag/mp3players?a=3LUkOqT6ey4:d8vOvFvu68Y:dnMXMwOfBR0" & gt; & lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ziffdavis/pcmag/mp3players?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0" & gt; & lt;/img & gt; & lt;/a & gt; & lt;/div & gt;

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There are a number of persistent rumors that surface in the weeks leading up to Apple press events. Sometimes they eventually come to fruition & amp;#151;the iPhone and iPad existed as ideas on tech blogs long before the devices were even close to completion. Other rumors never seem to surface & amp;#151;but also never manage to fully disappear. The appearance of The Beatles on iTunes falls firmly into the latter category. & lt;p & gt; & lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/7XLPWrgcJVfASYHBcmqJMz3lIQE/0/da" & gt; & lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/7XLPWrgcJVfASYHBcmqJMz3lIQE/0/di" border="0" ismap="true" & gt; & lt;/img & gt; & lt;/a & gt; & lt;br/ & gt; & lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/7XLPWrgcJVfASYHBcmqJMz3lIQE/1/da" & gt; & lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/7XLPWrgcJVfASYHBcmqJMz3lIQE/1/di" border="0" ismap="true" & gt; & lt;/img & gt; & lt;/a & gt; & lt;/p & gt; & lt;div class="feedflare" & gt; & lt;a href="http://feeds.ziffdavis.com/~ff/ziffdavis/pcmag/mp3players?a=nRtA2gw8aMk:Xp4r84EZbsI:yIl2AUoC8zA" & gt; & lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ziffdavis/pcmag/mp3players?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0" & gt; & lt;/img & gt; & lt;/a & gt; & lt;a href="http://feeds.ziffdavis.com/~ff/ziffdavis/pcmag/mp3players?a=nRtA2gw8aMk:Xp4r84EZbsI:Gu391qSwH_A" & gt; & lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ziffdavis/pcmag/mp3players?d=Gu391qSwH_A" border="0" & gt; & lt;/img & gt; & lt;/a & gt; & lt;a href="http://feeds.ziffdavis.com/~ff/ziffdavis/pcmag/mp3players?a=nRtA2gw8aMk:Xp4r84EZbsI:V_sGLiPBpWU" & gt; & lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ziffdavis/pcmag/mp3players?i=nRtA2gw8aMk:Xp4r84EZbsI:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0" & gt; & lt;/img & gt; & lt;/a & gt; & lt;a href="http://feeds.ziffdavis.com/~ff/ziffdavis/pcmag/mp3players?a=nRtA2gw8aMk:Xp4r84EZbsI:F7zBnMyn0Lo" & gt; & lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ziffdavis/pcmag/mp3players?i=nRtA2gw8aMk:Xp4r84EZbsI:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0" & gt; & lt;/img & gt; & lt;/a & gt; & lt;a href="http://feeds.ziffdavis.com/~ff/ziffdavis/pcmag/mp3players?a=nRtA2gw8aMk:Xp4r84EZbsI:dnMXMwOfBR0" & gt; & lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ziffdavis/pcmag/mp3players?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0" & gt; & lt;/img & gt; & lt;/a & gt; & lt;/div & gt;

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Rdio, the social media music streaming site launched by Skype and Kazaa co-founders Janus Friis with Niklas Zennstr & amp;ouml;m, has gone live today for users in the U.S. and Canada. The site was first introduced in early June, but has been an invite-only service since launch. & lt;p & gt; & lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/sdwCokvrznx1FttwUQyRq_0L-2I/0/da" & gt; & lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/sdwCokvrznx1FttwUQyRq_0L-2I/0/di" border="0" ismap="true" & gt; & lt;/img & gt; & lt;/a & gt; & lt;br/ & gt; & lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/sdwCokvrznx1FttwUQyRq_0L-2I/1/da" & gt; & lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/sdwCokvrznx1FttwUQyRq_0L-2I/1/di" border="0" ismap="true" & gt; & lt;/img & gt; & lt;/a & gt; & lt;/p & gt; & lt;div class="feedflare" & gt; & lt;a href="http://feeds.ziffdavis.com/~ff/ziffdavis/pcmag/mp3players?a=ZlWOeLA5UZ0:MmQJ-mBuAEo:yIl2AUoC8zA" & gt; & lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ziffdavis/pcmag/mp3players?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0" & gt; & lt;/img & gt; & lt;/a & gt; & lt;a href="http://feeds.ziffdavis.com/~ff/ziffdavis/pcmag/mp3players?a=ZlWOeLA5UZ0:MmQJ-mBuAEo:Gu391qSwH_A" & gt; & lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ziffdavis/pcmag/mp3players?d=Gu391qSwH_A" border="0" & gt; & lt;/img & gt; & lt;/a & gt; & lt;a href="http://feeds.ziffdavis.com/~ff/ziffdavis/pcmag/mp3players?a=ZlWOeLA5UZ0:MmQJ-mBuAEo:V_sGLiPBpWU" & gt; & lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ziffdavis/pcmag/mp3players?i=ZlWOeLA5UZ0:MmQJ-mBuAEo:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0" & gt; & lt;/img & gt; & lt;/a & gt; & lt;a href="http://feeds.ziffdavis.com/~ff/ziffdavis/pcmag/mp3players?a=ZlWOeLA5UZ0:MmQJ-mBuAEo:F7zBnMyn0Lo" & gt; & lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ziffdavis/pcmag/mp3players?i=ZlWOeLA5UZ0:MmQJ-mBuAEo:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0" & gt; & lt;/img & gt; & lt;/a & gt; & lt;a href="http://feeds.ziffdavis.com/~ff/ziffdavis/pcmag/mp3players?a=ZlWOeLA5UZ0:MmQJ-mBuAEo:dnMXMwOfBR0" & gt; & lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ziffdavis/pcmag/mp3players?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0" & gt; & lt;/img & gt; & lt;/a & gt; & lt;/div & gt;

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More than a quarter of Apple iTunes users have a "strong interest" in a cloud-based music option that would let them stream their iTunes library from a variety of devices, according to Wednesday data from NPD Group. & lt;p & gt; & lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/PbaQMpu5tkhlOSjQbofRCN_-MSM/0/da" & gt; & lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/PbaQMpu5tkhlOSjQbofRCN_-MSM/0/di" border="0" ismap="true" & gt; & lt;/img & gt; & lt;/a & gt; & lt;br/ & gt; & lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/PbaQMpu5tkhlOSjQbofRCN_-MSM/1/da" & gt; & lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/PbaQMpu5tkhlOSjQbofRCN_-MSM/1/di" border="0" ismap="true" & gt; & lt;/img & gt; & lt;/a & gt; & lt;/p & gt; & lt;div class="feedflare" & gt; & lt;a href="http://feeds.ziffdavis.com/~ff/ziffdavis/pcmag/mp3players?a=jtfLgQKhlJU:88F92Lotccc:yIl2AUoC8zA" & gt; & lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ziffdavis/pcmag/mp3players?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0" & gt; & lt;/img & gt; & lt;/a & gt; & lt;a href="http://feeds.ziffdavis.com/~ff/ziffdavis/pcmag/mp3players?a=jtfLgQKhlJU:88F92Lotccc:Gu391qSwH_A" & gt; & lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ziffdavis/pcmag/mp3players?d=Gu391qSwH_A" border="0" & gt; & lt;/img & gt; & lt;/a & gt; & lt;a href="http://feeds.ziffdavis.com/~ff/ziffdavis/pcmag/mp3players?a=jtfLgQKhlJU:88F92Lotccc:V_sGLiPBpWU" & gt; & lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ziffdavis/pcmag/mp3players?i=jtfLgQKhlJU:88F92Lotccc:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0" & gt; & lt;/img & gt; & lt;/a & gt; & lt;a href="http://feeds.ziffdavis.com/~ff/ziffdavis/pcmag/mp3players?a=jtfLgQKhlJU:88F92Lotccc:F7zBnMyn0Lo" & gt; & lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ziffdavis/pcmag/mp3players?i=jtfLgQKhlJU:88F92Lotccc:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0" & gt; & lt;/img & gt; & lt;/a & gt; & lt;a href="http://feeds.ziffdavis.com/~ff/ziffdavis/pcmag/mp3players?a=jtfLgQKhlJU:88F92Lotccc:dnMXMwOfBR0" & gt; & lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ziffdavis/pcmag/mp3players?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0" & gt; & lt;/img & gt; & lt;/a & gt; & lt;/div & gt;

The second of two major court cases between the RIAA and alleged file-sharers reaches the same conclusions the first: $2,250 per shared song, after a judge lowers an initial penalty in the hundreds-of-thousands of dollars against Boston University graduate student Joel Tenenbaum. & lt;p & gt; & lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/__gtjpa2kKlRFTCexz-hpqbQwJw/0/da" & gt; & lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/__gtjpa2kKlRFTCexz-hpqbQwJw/0/di" border="0" ismap="true" & gt; & lt;/img & gt; & lt;/a & gt; & lt;br/ & gt; & lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/__gtjpa2kKlRFTCexz-hpqbQwJw/1/da" & gt; & lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/__gtjpa2kKlRFTCexz-hpqbQwJw/1/di" border="0" ismap="true" & gt; & lt;/img & gt; & lt;/a & gt; & lt;/p & gt; & lt;div class="feedflare" & gt; & lt;a href="http://feeds.ziffdavis.com/~ff/ziffdavis/pcmag/mp3players?a=Rx8C3QBtvp4:izzoO3bkg00:yIl2AUoC8zA" & gt; & lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ziffdavis/pcmag/mp3players?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0" & gt; & lt;/img & gt; & lt;/a & gt; & lt;a href="http://feeds.ziffdavis.com/~ff/ziffdavis/pcmag/mp3players?a=Rx8C3QBtvp4:izzoO3bkg00:Gu391qSwH_A" & gt; & lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ziffdavis/pcmag/mp3players?d=Gu391qSwH_A" border="0" & gt; & lt;/img & gt; & lt;/a & gt; & lt;a href="http://feeds.ziffdavis.com/~ff/ziffdavis/pcmag/mp3players?a=Rx8C3QBtvp4:izzoO3bkg00:V_sGLiPBpWU" & gt; & lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ziffdavis/pcmag/mp3players?i=Rx8C3QBtvp4:izzoO3bkg00:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0" & gt; & lt;/img & gt; & lt;/a & gt; & lt;a href="http://feeds.ziffdavis.com/~ff/ziffdavis/pcmag/mp3players?a=Rx8C3QBtvp4:izzoO3bkg00:F7zBnMyn0Lo" & gt; & lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ziffdavis/pcmag/mp3players?i=Rx8C3QBtvp4:izzoO3bkg00:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0" & gt; & lt;/img & gt; & lt;/a & gt; & lt;a href="http://feeds.ziffdavis.com/~ff/ziffdavis/pcmag/mp3players?a=Rx8C3QBtvp4:izzoO3bkg00:dnMXMwOfBR0" & gt; & lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ziffdavis/pcmag/mp3players?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0" & gt; & lt;/img & gt; & lt;/a & gt; & lt;/div & gt;

A recent hack of Apple iTunes accounts reportedly only affected about 400 of the service's approximately 150 million users. & lt;p & gt; & lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/srDJDKIs05mxpCro2mQQFClOVWY/0/da" & gt; & lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/srDJDKIs05mxpCro2mQQFClOVWY/0/di" border="0" ismap="true" & gt; & lt;/img & gt; & lt;/a & gt; & lt;br/ & gt; & lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/srDJDKIs05mxpCro2mQQFClOVWY/1/da" & gt; & lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/srDJDKIs05mxpCro2mQQFClOVWY/1/di" border="0" ismap="true" & gt; & lt;/img & gt; & lt;/a & gt; & lt;/p & gt; & lt;div class="feedflare" & gt; & lt;a href="http://feeds.ziffdavis.com/~ff/ziffdavis/pcmag/mp3players?a=JZsyXz04hks:AxTsrtluAb4:yIl2AUoC8zA" & gt; & lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ziffdavis/pcmag/mp3players?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0" & gt; & lt;/img & gt; & lt;/a & gt; & lt;a href="http://feeds.ziffdavis.com/~ff/ziffdavis/pcmag/mp3players?a=JZsyXz04hks:AxTsrtluAb4:Gu391qSwH_A" & gt; & lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ziffdavis/pcmag/mp3players?d=Gu391qSwH_A" border="0" & gt; & lt;/img & gt; & lt;/a & gt; & lt;a href="http://feeds.ziffdavis.com/~ff/ziffdavis/pcmag/mp3players?a=JZsyXz04hks:AxTsrtluAb4:V_sGLiPBpWU" & gt; & lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ziffdavis/pcmag/mp3players?i=JZsyXz04hks:AxTsrtluAb4:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0" & gt; & lt;/img & gt; & lt;/a & gt; & lt;a href="http://feeds.ziffdavis.com/~ff/ziffdavis/pcmag/mp3players?a=JZsyXz04hks:AxTsrtluAb4:F7zBnMyn0Lo" & gt; & lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ziffdavis/pcmag/mp3players?i=JZsyXz04hks:AxTsrtluAb4:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0" & gt; & lt;/img & gt; & lt;/a & gt; & lt;a href="http://feeds.ziffdavis.com/~ff/ziffdavis/pcmag/mp3players?a=JZsyXz04hks:AxTsrtluAb4:dnMXMwOfBR0" & gt; & lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ziffdavis/pcmag/mp3players?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0" & gt; & lt;/img & gt; & lt;/a & gt; & lt;/div & gt;

Music licensing store RumbleFish and YouTube on Wednesday announced the launch of Friendly Music, an online store that lets users purchase copyright-protected tracks for $1.99 a pop. & lt;p & gt; & lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/hf4koPEg7oobzpfNBHqpsB-ZSn8/0/da" & gt; & lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/hf4koPEg7oobzpfNBHqpsB-ZSn8/0/di" border="0" ismap="true" & gt; & lt;/img & gt; & lt;/a & gt; & lt;br/ & gt; & lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/hf4koPEg7oobzpfNBHqpsB-ZSn8/1/da" & gt; & lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/hf4koPEg7oobzpfNBHqpsB-ZSn8/1/di" border="0" ismap="true" & gt; & lt;/img & gt; & lt;/a & gt; & lt;/p & gt; & lt;div class="feedflare" & gt; & lt;a href="http://feeds.ziffdavis.com/~ff/ziffdavis/pcmag/mp3players?a=ntSaS6huTjY:kYoCQXkNCvo:yIl2AUoC8zA" & gt; & lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ziffdavis/pcmag/mp3players?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0" & gt; & lt;/img & gt; & lt;/a & gt; & lt;a href="http://feeds.ziffdavis.com/~ff/ziffdavis/pcmag/mp3players?a=ntSaS6huTjY:kYoCQXkNCvo:Gu391qSwH_A" & gt; & lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ziffdavis/pcmag/mp3players?d=Gu391qSwH_A" border="0" & gt; & lt;/img & gt; & lt;/a & gt; & lt;a href="http://feeds.ziffdavis.com/~ff/ziffdavis/pcmag/mp3players?a=ntSaS6huTjY:kYoCQXkNCvo:V_sGLiPBpWU" & gt; & lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ziffdavis/pcmag/mp3players?i=ntSaS6huTjY:kYoCQXkNCvo:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0" & gt; & lt;/img & gt; & lt;/a & gt; & lt;a href="http://feeds.ziffdavis.com/~ff/ziffdavis/pcmag/mp3players?a=ntSaS6huTjY:kYoCQXkNCvo:F7zBnMyn0Lo" & gt; & lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ziffdavis/pcmag/mp3players?i=ntSaS6huTjY:kYoCQXkNCvo:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0" & gt; & lt;/img & gt; & lt;/a & gt; & lt;a href="http://feeds.ziffdavis.com/~ff/ziffdavis/pcmag/mp3players?a=ntSaS6huTjY:kYoCQXkNCvo:dnMXMwOfBR0" & gt; & lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ziffdavis/pcmag/mp3players?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0" & gt; & lt;/img & gt; & lt;/a & gt; & lt;/div & gt;

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