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A US federal court has dealt a blow to a music website offering sales of "pre-owned" digital music, ruling that it violates copyright law by making illegal reproductions. http://phys.org/news284055079.html Technology Mon, 01 Apr 2013 17:11:26 EST news284055079 Amazon said Thursday its 22-million song music catalog was now "optimized" for users of Apple devices, making it easier for iPhone owners to circumvent the iTunes store. http://phys.org/news277651701.html Technology Thu, 17 Jan 2013 13:28:40 EST news277651701 Music sales in the United States hit a new high in 2012 powered by demand for digital downloads, according to figures released Friday by industry tracker Nielsen. http://phys.org/news276527334.html Technology Fri, 04 Jan 2013 13:09:06 EST news276527334 (AP)—Warner Music Group Corp., the third largest recording company in the U.S., says quarterly revenue grew for the first time in five quarters in the three months through September as sales grew of both digital music and CDs. http://phys.org/news274630442.html Technology Thu, 13 Dec 2012 14:14:55 EST news274630442 New high-tech devices will get US consumers to open their wallets for the upcoming holiday season, driving retail spending higher, a survey showed Tuesday. http://phys.org/news269626166.html Technology Tue, 16 Oct 2012 17:09:35 EST news269626166 Technology is the new rock 'n' roll as smartphones and digital services transform the music industry. But for those companies helping change the way music is consumed, Asia presents big hurdles. http://phys.org/news259462851.html Technology Thu, 21 Jun 2012 02:30:01 EST news259462851 Amazon on Tuesday released its music player app for iPhone and iPod touch, a move that expands the reach of the Internet retail giant for Apple users. http://phys.org/news258741427.html Technology Tue, 12 Jun 2012 17:37:25 EST news258741427 Internet music service Rdio.com on Tuesday unveiled a redesign intended to make it "faster, simpler and more social" as it battles with rivals such as Pandora and Spotify. http://phys.org/news250876637.html Technology Tue, 13 Mar 2012 16:57:26 EST news250876637 Twitter was abuzz on Friday with loving words for Steve Jobs on what would have been the late Apple co-founder's 57th birthday, http://phys.org/news249330924.html Technology Fri, 24 Feb 2012 18:35:35 EST news249330924 After a decade-long battle against file-sharing, music and technology giants are now pushing users to share to their hearts' content, with online music recommendations a key issue at the MIDEM trade fair that wrapped up Tuesday. http://phys.org/news247332194.html Technology Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:40:01 EST news247332194 (AP) -- Digital music service Rhapsody has passed a million paying subscribers in the U.S. http://phys.org/news243771130.html Technology Thu, 22 Dec 2011 10:12:19 EST news243771130 The watch may be making a comeback - and it will do much more than just tell time. http://phys.org/news243103296.html Electronics Wed, 14 Dec 2011 17:00:01 EST news243103296 If you've got a big digital music collection, you may want to consider signing up for a digital music storage locker. http://phys.org/news242652933.html Technology Fri, 09 Dec 2011 13:10:01 EST news242652933 Google has opened a digital music store in a direct challenge to Apple's iTunes and Amazon's online shop. http://phys.org/news240687979.html Technology Wed, 16 Nov 2011 17:46:31 EST news240687979 (AP) -- The Who's Pete Townshend on Monday branded Apple Inc.'s iTunes a "digital vampire" that profits from music without supporting the artists who create it. http://phys.org/news239300960.html Technology Mon, 31 Oct 2011 17:29:28 EST news239300960 Along with revelations about his "thermonuclear war" on Google and funding of non-traditional cancer treatments, Steve Jobs' newly published biography drops a bomb about the next big thing he and Apple were working on. http://phys.org/news238932368.html Technology Thu, 27 Oct 2011 12:40:01 EST news238932368 The following are key dates in the history of Apple, whose ailing co-founder Steve Jobs resigned as CEO on Wednesday: http://phys.org/news233462513.html Technology Thu, 25 Aug 2011 03:42:20 EST news233462513 American retail giant Walmart will close its online digital music store, Walmart MP3 Downloads, at the end of the month, a spokesman for the company said. http://phys.org/news232204456.html Technology Wed, 10 Aug 2011 14:14:27 EST news232204456 (AP) -- Spotify, a digital music service already popular in Europe, is now available in the United States. http://phys.org/news229870440.html Technology Thu, 14 Jul 2011 14:10:02 EST news229870440 Online retail giant Amazon plans to unveil a tablet computer before October in a bid to carve out a slice of a growing market dominated by Apple's iPad, The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday. http://phys.org/news229796646.html Electronics Wed, 13 Jul 2011 17:24:36 EST news229796646 Virgin Media said on Wednesday it had agreed a deal with Sweden's Spotify to offer music streaming services for the British company's television, mobile phone and Internet subscribers. http://phys.org/news229174673.html Technology Wed, 06 Jul 2011 12:38:08 EST news229174673 Just weeks after Amazon and Google unveiled their music offerings, Apple appears set to raise the bar. http://phys.org/news225342510.html Technology Mon, 23 May 2011 04:50:01 EST news225342510 Internet giant Google could launch an online music service as early as Tuesday to rival Amazon's "cloud" service, which allows users to store digital music online, the Wall Street Journal reported. http://phys.org/news224220095.html Technology Tue, 10 May 2011 04:22:08 EST news224220095 (AP) -- Billionaire Len Blavatnik is spending $1.3 billion to buy Warner Music Group Corp. a decade into a steep decline in CD sales for the music industry. http://phys.org/news223964069.html Technology Sat, 07 May 2011 05:15:48 EST news223964069 "The Cloud," which is also simply known as online storage, got a bit more crowded recently with the launch of a new Internet locker from Amazon. http://phys.org/news222440151.html Technology Tue, 19 Apr 2011 14:30:07 EST news222440151 What's the difference between stealing a CD from a music store and ripping off music online? The music industry and law enforcers say that there is none: Theft is theft, whether it's physical or digital. http://phys.org/news221905471.html Other Sciences Wed, 13 Apr 2011 09:24:45 EST news221905471 PushLife, a Toronto-based mobile music service, announced Monday that it has been acquired by Internet giant Google. http://phys.org/news221760165.html Technology Mon, 11 Apr 2011 17:40:02 EST news221760165 Beating Apple and Google to the punch, Amazon unveiled a service on Tuesday that allows users to store their digital music online and play it on a computer or an Android device. http://phys.org/news220614823.html Technology Tue, 29 Mar 2011 10:54:21 EST news220614823 Digital music downloads may be popular with fans, but they're hitting a sour note with musicians, according to one music professor. http://phys.org/news217611195.html Technology Tue, 22 Feb 2011 15:33:25 EST news217611195 Mobile phones are the most popular gadget among adult Americans followed by computers, digital music players, game consoles and electronic book readers, according to a new survey. http://phys.org/news216051248.html Technology Fri, 04 Feb 2011 14:30:01 EST news216051248