JB Hi-Fi says it will have between 6 and 8 million tracks from 100,000 artists when JB Hi-Fi NOW launches by the end of this year. The service will directly challenge Sony’s Qriocity Music Unlimited service, despite the fact that Sony is one of JB Hi-Fi’s biggest brands. More »
Hey kids! Want to know what we really, really need? Another music download service! From HP, of all people! They’re pre-loading Omnifone’s MusicStation service on laptops sold in Europe from today, with a month’s access to the music catalogue costing 10 euros (around $US16). Don’t you just wish you could smack the person at HP around the chops who suggested they could take on iTunes with this hair-brained idea? [Reuters]
Paul McCartney’s doomsday scenario: Someone, somewhere, somehow manages to leak the Beatles’ music onto the internet, where it will be stolen by everyone, all the time. This must be prevented! Notice a problem there? Yeah, it gets worse. More »
It’s not iTunes, but Apple Corps and EMI are finally offering a legit way to grab digital Beatles tracks. This Apple-shaped stick has FLAC and MP3 versions of the new CD set: all of the band’s music re-mastered in stereo. More »
Kane Kramer, an inventor by trade, came up with a gadget and music distribution service almost eerily similar to the iPod-iTunes relationship that predates it by three decades. The guy predicted details down to DRM and flash memory’s dominance. More »
