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Sonic Impact Technologies has introduced the i-F3 portable speakers for iPod. The $169.99 speakers are encased in a zip-up portable shell and work from a rechargeable lithium battery. The speakers features a dock station to play and recharge all dock connector equipped iPod models including the i... More...

A U.S. Supreme Court peer-to-peer file sharing case, a Russian copyright loophole, and a potential second lawsuit for DeCSS programmer Jon Johansen--what does it mean that this month's three most compelling digital music stories all touch on legal issues? Honestly, I have no idea. I know this, thou... More...

The increasingly rancorous feud between Apple and RealNetworks over technology that lets tunes from the RealPlayer Music Store play on the market-leading IPod is refueling controversy about Apple's business model, copyright law, and the impact of incompatible technologies on the music business. Re... More...

Myvu, makers of the eponymous video goggles for iPod users, last week announced it is releasing a new $199.99 "Universal" version of the glasses that ship with everything needed to connect to different video devices including fifth-generation iPods. The company also said it would release... More...

TOKYO -- Japan's Takara has developed a low-cost unit that's intended to bring your music to life on a television screen in a similar way to the visualizers built into some music playback software applications. Big-Screen Tunes The Music Player Television (MPTV) device connects to the headphone soc... More...

Apple Computer has updated the software for some of its iPod digital media players so that songs bought from RealNetworks won't play. The change affects Apple's new iPod Photo, which was introduced in late October and lets users store and display their digital image collections, in addition to digi... More...

Just because three major online music retailers bind their music stores to specific portable players doesn't make it acceptable, a Norwegian consumer group leading the charge against Apple's digital rights management (DRM) policy says. "ITunes Music Store and others are unfair to consumers no... More...

Myvu, makers of the eponymous video goggles for iPod users, last week announced it is releasing a new $199.99 "Universal" version of the glasses that ship with everything needed to connect to different video devices including fifth-generation iPods. The company also said it would release... More...

On Thursday Apple released iPod touch software version 1.1.1, a hefty 150MB update that the company described only as containing "bug fixes." However, the update appears to correct a video-display problem that would leave some iPod touch units displaying dark images improperly. Macworld c... More...

RealNetworks went all Crazy Larry on us recently, kicking off a limited-time promotion in which it sold tracks for the insane price of 49 cents per song at its Real Player Music Store. Competitors hover at 88 to 99 cents per tune. Why the fire sale? Real's trying to drum up sales at its music store,... More...

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. and audio product maker Bang & Olufsen on Tuesday unveiled their latest joint music-mobile phone, Serenata, which holds 4G bytes of songs and has a number of other music features similar to the iPhone. The handsets will go on sale in Europe by the end of the mon... More...

Samsung Electronics will launch a Windows Mobile-based cell phone that packs an 8GB hard drive, hitting European markets in the second half of 2006, the company said Monday. The SGH-i310 is a candy-bar form factor handset (long and straight) that looks similar to the i300 hard drive phone launched ... More...

Ecamm Network has announced the release of iPhoneDrive 1.2, an updated version of their software which lets the iPhone and iPod touch be used like a disk for portable storage. It's a free update for registered users and costs $9.95. iPhoneDrive essentially lets you use your iPhone or iPod touch as ... More...

Universal Music Group (UMG) is the latest major music label to offer music downloads without copy protection. As part of a six-month test to end in January, UMG, a subsidiary of French conglomerate Vivendi Universal SA, will sell a wide range of albums and songs from artists such as 50 Cent, Black ... More...

When you look at your iTunes library and see the names of songs, artists, and albums, you're looking at tags-- bits of information that are connected to your music files. These tags are essential for labeling, sorting, and finding your music. Without tags, your iTunes library would turn into a chaot... More...

Saying it's bringing choice to online music services users, RealNetworks has announced software that lets songs downloaded from its own music store be played on a variety of devices, essentially breaking Apple's proprietary grip on its market-leading IPod music player. The new software, called Har... More...

Apple's iPod classic may be no more than a stop-gap device, according to analysts at iSuppli. The researchers have taken an iPod classic apart, and found that the system isn't as advanced as other players in Apple's stable - and a lot cheaper to make than before. "While the rest of the iPod l... More...

ezGear has announced that it is shipping protective carrying cases for Apple's latest iPod classic and iPod nano models. The ezSkin Slimline is a silicone case for the third-generation iPod nano that includes a think screen protector and removable neck strap. ezGear offers the Slimline in black, wh... More...

All the advances in digital music players, accessories, and services are bound to be music to the ears of any music lover. But tech journalist Dawn Chmielewski steps in to inject a sour note. It's a matter of compatibility. And it boils down to this: Not all hardware and music services play well tog... More...

The Associated Press published an article last week about high schools increasingly banning iPods because some kids use them to cheat. The article, reprinted in USA Today and hundreds of other newspapers, reported one example where a school "recently enacted a ban on digital media players afte... More...