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Mark's Digital Music Blog May 2008 Archive

By Mark Harris, About.com Guide to Digital Music

Is Music 2.0 the Future of Digital Music?

Friday May 30, 2008
A revolutionary new digital music format called MT9 has been developed by the Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) and marketed by the South Korean company, Audizen. Labeled as Music ... Read More

Napster Abandons DRM With New MP3 Store

Tuesday May 27, 2008
In perhaps one of the largest shifts away from DRM we have seen this year, Napster has announced that its entire music catalog is now in the MP3 format. A ... Read More

HDTracks Gives Away Free Album Download

Friday May 23, 2008
The new digital music service, HDtracks.com, is giving visitors to its website the chance to download a free album to promote its new store. All the tracks have been selected ... Read More

Create Your Own Digital Music with Laser Beamz

Wednesday May 21, 2008
Beamz Interactive, Inc. has produced an amazing futuristic gadget that will enable you to make your own digital music with lasers and amaze your friends and family. The great thing ... Read More

MP3 Trojan Hits More Than 500,000 File Sharers

Wednesday May 14, 2008
It's not very often we hear about viruses, Trojans, and other types of malicious programs affecting MP3 music downloads, but the latest outbreak is the biggest for three years. According ... Read More

Nine Inch Nails Give Fans the Slip

Friday May 9, 2008
Not content with giving away the first 9 tracks of Ghosts I-IV a while back (read blog), Trent Reznor, otherwise known as Nine Inch Nails, has done it again. The ... Read More

The MSN Music DRM Time Bomb

Tuesday May 6, 2008
Microsoft has announced to all of its MSN Music Store customers that it will be shutting down its PlayForSure licensing servers on August 31st. What this means for users is ... Read More

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