From
BusinessWire: "
Bose
Corporation has introduced a new compact music system
that connects to a personal computer for one-touch access to Internet
radio, digital audio files, AM/FM radio and compact discs...
"Any computer owner familiar with Windows operating
systems can use the Wave/PC system to listen to AM/FM and Internet
radio stations, play and record CDs onto the PC's hard disk, organize
and play music downloaded from the Internet, and create personal
music lists."
Read the press release
here.
See a demonstration of the product
here.
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Buried on page 37 of a 64-page owners manual is the
fact that the system only works with webcasts that stream
in the RealAudio format (and not the thousands of stations
that stream in WindowsMedia or MP3 formats).
Also note that to connect to the PC, instead of a
900-mHz or FM-signal, the system simply uses a 15-foot cable.
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From CNet News.com: "Online music company
MP3.com
on Thursday introduced a new service that will allow consumers
to purchase digitally encoded albums through its site.
Dubbed NetCD, the service gives MP3.com a new way to capitalize
on distributing music directly to a customer's PC hard drive.
"When someone buys a NetCD, the album is automatically
added to his or her personal My.MP3 online storage locker. Customers
can transfer the album, digitally coded in the MP3 format, onto
their hard drives. From there, songs can be transferred onto a
portable device using MP3.com's Transfer2Device service...
"The NetCD launch becomes another avenue that MP3.com
is pursuing to diversify its revenue sources after losing a costly
lawsuit from the recording industry. These efforts include introducing
a subscription service, piping Web-based music to retail chains
(a la Muzak), and offering a paid version of its controversial
My.MP3.com."
Read the entire article
here.
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From USA Today: "The world is heading for a massive
Internet traffic jam, but plans to bypass the bumper-to-bumper
congestion are hitting a North American road block as carriers
cut costly network upgrades, experts said in advance of an Ottawa
conference on the issue.
"Conference organizers said a global push to revamp
the Internet is needed because the Web will run out of addresses
by 2005. The current technology, Internet protocol version 4 (IPv4),
supports just 4 billion addresses — not nearly enough to cope
with new cell phones, refrigerators and other devices that will
be linked to the Internet and need addresses...
"Network operators in North America seem unlikely
to adopt the new standard quickly, despite the address crunch,
because it means a major investment for planning and testing,
and the potential for network down time."
Read the entire piece
here.
NetRadio.com expanded its musical offerings this week by adding
to their Latin and Nostalgic music genres.
both
English and Spanish), and two new channels of Latin music: "Tropical"
and "Alterlatino." The former is described by
NetRadio as "a mix of salsa, merengue, cumbia, bomba, plena,
Spanish rap and reggae," while Alterlatino is said to feature
"hard rock, grunge, pop, ska and reggae."
