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945.5 mln digital music players shipped by 2009, $145.4 bln industry

According to IDC, the portable compressed audio (MP3) player market continues to surge, led by the portable flash player category which is expected to grow from 26.4 mln units shipped worldwide in 2004 to nearly 124 mln units in 2009. IDC segments the compressed audio player market into four major...

Tags: audio, audio player, compressed audio player, digital music, digital music player, forecast period, International Data Corp., music player

Blog posts 2005-10-13

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FLAC frontend 1.7 (Windows)

FLAC stands for Free Lossless Audio Codec, an audio format similar to MP3, but lossless, meaning that audio is compressed in FLAC without any loss in quality. This is similar to how Zip works, except with FLAC you will get much better compression because it is designed specifically for audio,...

Tags: Audio, Microsoft Windows, MP3, FLAC

Software downloads 2009-11-25

TapeDeck 1.3.1 (Mac)

TapeDeck is a new audio recorder exclusively for Mac OS X 10.5, designed with a quick-capture workflow in mind. You're never more than a single mouse click or keystroke away from making a new recording, which are called, unsurprisingly, "tapes." TapeDeck records directly to compressed MP4-AAC audio, making it equally...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Microphone, Recorder, SuperMegaUltraGroovy, TapeDeck, Tapes, Audiocassette

Software downloads 2009-11-14

WD TV Live HD Media Player

The first few rounds of network media streamers we tested weren't necessarily recommendable. Sure, this was partially because most of these devices depend on Windows Media Center for connectivity and content, but we also had issues with their interfaces and performance.Fast forward a year and it's safe to say that...

Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, Corporate communications, Advertising & Promotion, Digital media, Microsoft Windows Media Player, TV, media, HDMI, USB

Product reviews 2009-11-07

The KMPlayer 2.9.4.1435 (Windows)

The KMPlayer is all-in-one media player covering various formats such as VCD, DVD, AVI, MKV, Ogg, OGM, 3GP, MPEG-1/2/4, WMV, RealMedia, QuickTime etc. It has an extra feature to play Incomplete/Damaged AVI file, Locked Media Files while downloading or sharing, Compressed Audio Album (zip, rar) and so on. It handles...

Tags: Audio, Microsoft Windows, Video, Pandora TV, KMPlayer, Corporate Communications, Marketing

Software downloads 2009-09-15

CDs still sell: Who are these people?!?

who buys cds? why buy cds?own/control music no DRM issues!control quality/type of rip (mp3, wma, bit speed etc)!if you want the entire cd's music why buy track by track?RE: CDs still sell: Who are these people?!?I buy um. Always nice to have the real thing around. They often have...

Tags: Digital media, Digital music, CD, Apple iTunes

Discussion threads 2009-08-18

Media Center for TomTom 4.3.0.5 (Windows)

Mobilnova Media Center for TomTom is the leading software on the market for playback of video content that supports all TomTom integrated portable GPS navigation devices. All models are supported including: GO, GO 300, GO 500, GO 700, ONE, ONE New Edition, One XL, G0 520, G0 720, G0 520T,...

Tags: Media Center PC, TomTom, Movie, Microsoft Windows, Video, Mobilnova, Conversion Tool, Corporate Communications, Marketing

Software downloads 2009-08-02

Factory Audio Converter 1.1.1 (Windows)

Convert between hundreds of audio formats with a universal MP3 converter. Factory Audio Converter makes audio format conversion easy. Supporting all common and a multitude of exotic audio formats, the tool is the most universal MP3 converter ever created. Convert multiple files between MP3, WAV, WMA, AAC, FLAC, OGG, APE,...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, MP3, Converter, Format Factory Labs, Audio Format, Factory Audio Converter, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics

Software downloads 2009-07-21

Pioneer VSX-1019AH-K

Photo gallery:Pioneer VSX-1019AH-K The iPod is the most popular audio gadget of the decade, which is why it's incredibly frustrating that it's not easier to use it with your AV receiver. Either you're stuck using a patch cable and getting up from the couch to make playback changes, or you...

Tags: Pioneer VSX-1019AH-K, receiver

Product reviews 2009-06-16

Google I/O: Mastering the Android Media Framework

This afternoon at Google I/O 2009 Dave Sparks gave the most technical presentation of the conference so far when he delved into the details of the Android Media Framework. Here are my notes from the talk. Design Goals of the Media Framework include: Simplify...

Tags: Google Inc., Audio, Volume Control, I/O, Codec, Video, MP3, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Ed Burnette

Blog posts 2009-05-27

Netgear Digital Entertainer Elite EVA9150

Many of the networked-media players we've looked at recently rely heavily on interfacing with Windows Media Center, the digital media hub software that's available on many--but not all--PCs running Windows XP and Vista. Some models, such as the HP MediaSmart Connect, can operate in "WMC Extender mode" or via their...

Tags: Home networking, Media Center PCs, Digital media, NetGear

Product reviews 2009-04-21

Sayvoice Text to Speech Reader 4.0 (Windows)

Sayvoice Text to Speech Reader is a software which can convert your text documents to Wave and MP3 audio files, so you can listen to your documents on a regular or car stereo, CD, MP3 player, or Pocket PC, or integrate spoken audio content into your product presentations. Sayvoice is...

Tags: Software, Voice, Microsoft Windows, MP3, Sayvoice Software, Sayvoice, Tools & Techniques, Digital Music, Digital Media, Telecommunications, Management, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics

Software downloads 2009-04-05

SRS iWOW Adapter for iPod

If you've ever wanted a button on your iPod that works like the "Loud" button on your stereo, the folks at SRS Sound offer the iWOW, a $99 audio enhancer that kicks your iPod's audio up a notch. The iWOW measures 0.8 inch tall, 0.3 inch thick, and 2.25 inches...

Tags: Digital music, Digital media, iWOW, Apple iPod, headphone

Product reviews 2009-03-04

iKlax Creator Free (Windows)

A totally new way to listen to your music and a way to boost your creativity. iKlax Creator Free is a post production software that shall be used after you've gone through your sequencing without changing your usual recording methods. Publish your music in the iKlax multitrack audio format and...

Tags: Song, Microsoft Windows, Music, iKlax Media, iKlax Creator Free

Software downloads 2009-03-01

iKlax Creator Free 1.0 (Mac)

A totally new way to listen to your music and a way to boost your creativity. iKlax Creator Free is a post production software that shall be used after you've gone through your sequencing without changing your usual recording methods. Publish your music in the iKlax multitrack audio format and...

Tags: Audio, Apple Macintosh, iKlax Media, iKlax Creator Free

Software downloads 2009-02-27

Western Digital WD TV HD Media Player (WDAVN00)

There's an interesting new niche market developing in the media player arena as storage companies like Western Digital, SanDisk, and Iomega look for a way to tap the growing number of consumers who have multimedia files stored on their computers and want to bring them to their TVs without the...

Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, Media players, Corporate communications, Digital media, Digital music, Western Digital Corp., TV, WD TV, media player, WD TV Media Player, HDMI, video

Product reviews 2009-02-13

Long-term personal data storage

You can stick a newspaper clipping in a folder and read it in 50 years. Not so with digital content: both the media AND the format can become unreadable. With so much of the world's data - and yours - in digital form, more people wonder: how do I keep...

Tags: Data Storage, Disk, Format, Tape, Media, Storage, Data, Video, MP3, File Format, RTF, Video Video, USCSF, MJPEG2000, Taiyo Yuden, Corporate Communications, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Robin Harris

Blog posts 2009-01-04

2009 Lincoln MKX

Photo gallery:2009 Lincoln MKXCompeting in the luxury SUV market, Lincoln offers the MKX, more of a crossover, equivalent to the Acura MDX and the Infiniti EX35. As such, the MKX has seating for five, plenty of cargo space, and a high seating position. The 2009 Lincoln MKX's big chrome grille...

Tags: Digital media, Digital music, Lincoln MKX, Lincoln, CD, car

Product reviews 2008-12-18

Alpine iDA-X100 digital media receiver

When was the last time you walked into a store and purchased a CD? If it takes you a few moments to come up with an answer, you've probably made the jump to digitally distributed and stored audio. If so, Alpine may have the car stereo for you, the...

Tags: Digital music, Monitors & displays, Advertising & Promotion, faceplate, digital media, Alpine iDA-X100, Alpine, knob

Product reviews 2008-12-18

JDVoiceMail 2.53 (Windows)

With JDVoiceMail you can send voice e-mail messages to anyone with an e-mail address. The program generates compressed .wav files reducing from 16 to 10 times the size of the voice files. The recipient doesn't need any special software to listen your messages, only by double-click the file, he can...

Tags: Voice, WAV, LagoLento, E-mail, Microsoft Windows, Telecommunications, Online Communications, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2008-09-25