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Fake iTunes Offer Hides Malware

Rob Quinn — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 02:14:55 CST

An iTunes gift voucher scam is doing the rounds just in time for Black Friday. Users receive an email saying they have been awarded $50 of iTunes credit which they can access by using a security code in an attached file, the BBC reports. The file actually contains malware which...

Google Unveils Digital Music Service

Wed, 16 Nov 2011 16:43:29 CST

Google unveiled its much-anticipated digital music store today, opening a new front in its battle with Apple to provide services over mobile devices. For the first time, Google will sell songs on the Android Market, its online store for apps, movies, and books. Some songs are free, while others were...

Google Planning Music Store

Rob Quinn — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 03:14:00 CDT

Google is pushing further into the entertainment business with an online music store that it aims to have up and running within weeks, sources tell the New York Times . Music industry execs say the MP3 store will probably be linked to Google's Music Beta cloud service. Google wants to have...

Ford Dumping Car CD Players

Evann Gastaldo — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 10:10:05 CDT

Consumers have already started ditching CDs for digital music , and now the auto industry may be catching up. Ford is planning to scrap CD players in its new models, the Daily Mail reports. In the newest Focus model, a USB plug will allow drivers to use their digital music players....

And the New Top-Selling Digital Album Is ...?

Mark Russell — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 10:21:21 CDT

And the top digital album seller of all time is ... Eminem? Lady Gaga? Nope, sorry, it's Adele , the young English singer-songwriter. Adele's sophomore release 21 has now sold 1.017 million online copies, beating out Eminem's 1.005 million for Recovery , reports Hitfix . Even more impressive is how Adele got...

Apple Will Unveil Cloud Music Storage

John Johnson — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 19:24:00 CDT

Looks like Apple will beat Google to the clouds when it comes to music. Insiders tell Reuters that the company is about to launch its version of an online storage service, similar to what Amazon rolled out last month : "Apple's plans will allow iTunes customers to store their songs on...

Amazon Beats Apple, Google to Cloud Music Service

John Johnson — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 14:09:13 CDT

Amazon has launched a new service that allows people to store their music on the company's servers and play it on their computers or Android devices, reports CNET . The move is getting plenty of buzz because Amazon beat both Apple and Google in the development of a so-called cloud system,...

Apple Teases Huge iTunes News

Kevin Spak — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 13:27:05 CST

Is Apple about to kill the MP3? The company today devoted its entire homepage to teasing an iTunes announcement planned for tomorrow that it promises, with typical Apple grandiosity, “you’ll never forget.” What could it be? Speculation is flying, but the top theory seems to be that Apple will be...

Mellencamp: Internet Is Like an A-Bomb

Evann Gastaldo — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 11:24:00 CDT

“The Internet is the most dangerous thing invented since the atomic bomb,” according to rocker John Mellencamp. “It's destroyed the music business. It's going to destroy the movie business,” and it could lead “some smart people, the China-Russians or something,” to conquer us by hacking our power grid or financial...