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BlueBeat hit with restraining order for selling Beatles tracks

6. Nov 2009, 06:35

You never give me your money... you only sell without authorisation. Image: walknboston/Flickr.
A federal judge in the United States has handed music heavyweight EMI an initial victory in the copyright infringement case it recently brought against online service BlueBeat for streaming and selling Beatles content without authorisation.

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Walmart offers top-10 DVD pre-orders for $9.99 each

6. Nov 2009, 05:40

Buy, buy, and buy some more. Image: Walmart.
Movie lovers looking to score a retail bargain while enriching their celluloid collections might want to head over to Walmart with wallets wide open and willing at their earliest possible opportunity.

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Beatles for sale... illegally, online, and on the cheap

5. Nov 2009, 15:15

Get it while it's hot... in the criminal sense. Image: exquisitur/Flickr.
Hitting the news in the same week music labels EMI and Apple announced an ‘apple-shaped’ USB device equipped with 14 remastered albums from The Beatles, an online streaming service in the United States faces legal action for selling The Fab Four’s back catalogue without permission.

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NBA brings live games to hoop-obsessed mobile owners

30. Oct 2009, 16:00

But will you actually see the ball on such a small screen?. Image: Adam Pieniazek/Flickr.
Fan of the National Basketball Association (NBA) but can’t find the time to faithfully follow your favourite team because you’re always on the move? Relax, dear reader, because your passion for televised hoops is about to resume – albeit on a markedly smaller display screen.

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Temporary Sky Player hiccup for Xbox 360 users

28. Oct 2009, 15:45

Technical glitch delays Sky Player for Xbox 360. Image: Sky.
With main videogame rival Sony this week announcing a catch-up deal to bring popular movie and TV streaming service Netflix to the PlayStation 3, Microsoft’s plan to provide Xbox 360 owners with access to the Sky Player entertainment platform has been hit by a technical snag.

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Grooveshark and EMI join forces in streaming deal

22. Oct 2009, 15:45

More streaming opportunities as Grooveshark circles the competition. Image: Grooveshark.
Grooveshark users rejoice, because your levels of access and enjoyment just got considerably better thanks to a content deal with EMI Group, the world’s fourth biggest music distribution label.

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Napster launches cheap streaming subscription service

12. Oct 2009, 15:15

Napster offers cheap streaming. Image: Napster.
Once seen as a something of a scapegoat during the dodgy music download witch hunt, Napster has not only since become a legitimate download service, it has also now transmogrified to become a budget-friendly avenue for seemingly insatiable music lovers.

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European Commission restricts MP3 output to 80 decibels

29. Sep 2009, 15:30

What's that buzzing in your ear? Image: jonboy mitchell/Flickr.
Citing concerns over potential damage to the hearing of those equipped with mobile MP3 music players, the European Commission has this week issued a revised set of volume standards to govern headphone sound output.

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2.25 million re-mastered sales: The Beatles are officially still Fab

23. Sep 2009, 15:45

Still fab after nearly four decades. Image: kevindooley/Flickr.
Activision’s Guitar Hero 5 might be casting something of a retail shadow over rival release The Beatles: Rock Band, but The Fab Four’s appeal beyond the realms of console gaming remains beyond question after rocketing sales of the band’s re-released albums.

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New Epson offerings project LCD entertainment

7. Sep 2009, 15:30

Yours for just under 4,000 GBP. Hey, come back! Image: Epson.
Epson is clearly still holding a torch for projection-based entertainment and, while the likes of Samsung and LG enjoy the LCD TV limelight, it has whipped the covers off a whole host of new model variants for its portfolio of LCD home projectors.

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