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On June 29th the HD Radio Alliance began its latest campaign to increase consumer awareness about the benefits of HD radio. Their focus is on higher sound quality, the ability to tune in to a wider range of local stations, and the expected release of the first portable HD radio players in the end [...]

Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple, is easing back into work after a nearly six-month medical leave. He will be working from home for a few days a week, for the first few weeks in order to maintain his health. During his absence, the pancreatic cancer survivor underwent a liver transplant.
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Yamaha has taken the lid off of its latest device, which could simplify any home theater setup: the neoHD. This Media Controller not only offers HD performance for both audio and video, but it also controls all home theater components, Internet components, and devices connected to the home theater AV setup. It can [...]

The consumer hasn’t often won in Washington when its interests have squared off against Hollywood’s, thanks in part to the industry’s strong lobbying efforts. But one institution where lobbying money doesn’t come into play is the Supreme Court, and Monday’s session dealt an indirect blow to the entertainment industry when the Court upheld a a [...]

There is no denying it, this is just a crummy film. I was surprised when I learned that the film was released in 1996. Despite starring Russell Crowe, I had never heard of this film. It has been lost in obscurity since its inception. I'm not sure how Sony came about [...]

The recent survey by Harris Interactive, which suggested that HD-DVD continues to be roughly as popular as Blu-ray, has met with some controversy over its methodology. In fact, I received a lengthy e-mail from Adams Media Research’s press representative strongly refuting the Harris study’s findings.
At dispute is that Harris interviewed a random selection of consumers [...]

Mel Brooks is the father of parody films. He created the genre and turned them in laugh riots. Brooks struck it big in 1974 with “Blazing Saddles.” The film has become iconic in cinematic history. Brooks followed up his successful feature with “Young Frankenstein,” “Silent Movie” and “History of the World: [...]

The NaimUniti “all-in-one” unit includes a CD player, integrated amp, FM tuner, iPod dock, Internet radio, network stream player, music file player and DAC converter. This unit can play a wide range of audio files, from the standard WMA, MP3 and WAV to FLAC, AAC and Apple lossless.
Read more… (http://www.avrev.com/home-theater-news/music-servers-mp3-players-news/naim-launches-the-naimuniti.html)
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Michael Jackson, the aptly named “King of Pop”, was taken to the UCLA Medical Center today and pronounced dead at approximately 3 p.m. PT. Los Angeles paramedics arrived at Jackson's Bel-Air home at 12:30 p.m. after Michael was found not breathing and in a coma by a family doctor. Paramedics discovered Jackson in [...]

NPD released stats from a recent study that claims that those who use Twitter purchase more digital music than those who are not users. Active Twitter users purchase 77% more music than non-users, and 12% of those who report buying music in the past 3 months have used Twitter as well.
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