http://www.macnn.com/ MacNN is the leading source for news about Apple and the Mac industry. It offers news, reviews, discussion, tips, troubleshooting, links, and reviews every day. The best place for Mac News. Period. en-us http://images.macnn.com/images/macnn-logo-bw.gif http://www.macnn.com/ http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/10/27/songs.can.be.streamed.forever.for.10.cents.each/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0910/lala.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Lala is readying an iPhone app that will serve as a portal for the company's music services, according to the Associated Press. The app will allow users to purchase the right to stream songs for $0.10 each, which pays for an unlimited number of plays. The sound quality, however, is lower than standard iTunes MP3s.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/10/27/songs.can.be.streamed.forever.for.10.cents.each/ Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:35:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/09/08/makemusic.updates.notation.software.packages/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0909/pmtemp.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />MakeMusic has released two new music notation software packages, Finale SongWriter 2010 and PrintMusic 2010. Each upgraded bundle includes improved compatibility with the latest operating systems and new features. SongWriter 2010 is geared towards teachers, students and musicians, providing tools for creating sheet-music with instrumentations of up-to 8 staves.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/09/08/makemusic.updates.notation.software.packages/ Wed, 09 Sep 2009 03:40:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/08/05/new.crosley.turntables/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0907/turntemp.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Crosley Radio has announced four additions to its line of turntables, the CR7002A, CR6007A, CR6005A and CR2413A. Two of the new turntables, the CR7002A and CR6007A, allow users to both play vinyl records and create digital recordings using a USB storage device or SD card. Both turntables enable the playback of MP3 files, while also integrating a CD player and AM/FM radio. The CR7002A Troubadour Tu... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/08/05/new.crosley.turntables/ Wed, 05 Aug 2009 23:50:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/07/24/neil.young.on.ipods/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0807/neilyoung.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Folk and rock star Neil Young has issued sharp criticism of Apple and the iPod, Fortune reports. Speaking at a conference hosted by the magazine, Young said that the sound quality of recordings has been reduced to "Fisher-Price toy" levels in recent years, and companies ike Apple are to blame. "Apple has taken a detour down the convenience highway," says Young. "Quality has taken a complete bac... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/07/24/neil.young.on.ipods/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:50:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/04/10/europe.cuts.filesharer.ban/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0804/starsofthelid.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />The European Parliament has voted to abolish a plan to permanently ban illegal filesharers, writes IDG News. Under the rules of the plan, those caught sharing copyrighted music, video and other material would have been prevented from even connecting to the Internet for unspecified amounts of time, possibly permanently. "The vote shows that MEPs (Members of the European Parliament) want to strike... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/04/10/europe.cuts.filesharer.ban/ Thu, 10 Apr 2008 17:45:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/04/08/apple.popular.with.teens/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0803/amazonmp3.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Investment research firm Piper Jaffray today held a conference call regarding teenage spending habits and statistics, which brought to light several figures about Apple devices and services. Of the students surveyed, the report found that 87-percent owned an MP3 player, and of those, 86-percent are iPod owners. This also reflected in the students' choice of music store, with iTunes sitting at 79-p... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/04/08/apple.popular.with.teens/ Tue, 08 Apr 2008 21:20:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/03/18/fujitsu.scansnap/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/reviews/eagames/madden08box_med.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />In brief: We have a review of Madden NFL 08, one the best of the Electronic Arts Intel only Mac titles so far, the Fujitsu ScanSnap S300M is now available, MAXPower wireless hardware price drops are in effect, a quarter million users have downloaded bento, and MP3-based swim workouts have been released ... We have posted a review of Madden NFL 08, one the best of the Electronic Arts Intel only Mac... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/03/18/fujitsu.scansnap/ Wed, 19 Mar 2008 00:05:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/03/07/mpio.v10.media.player/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0803/mpiov10.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Media player specialist MPIO has announced the V10, a forthcoming mid-range unit. A key attribute is its three-inch, 480x272 widescreen display, which enhances watching video in formats such as AVI, WMV, MP4, DivX and XviD. Supported audio formats are also wide, including AAC, OGG, WAV, WMA and MP3. Memory consists of 8GB of internal flash, which can be expanded through SD cards. No prices or ... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/03/07/mpio.v10.media.player/ Fri, 07 Mar 2008 21:15:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/02/26/sony.ux.voice.recorders/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0802/sonyux70.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Tailing off its media assault, Sony has announced a new UX series of voice recorders, described as "hybrids" for their ability to double as music players. The players can optionally record to higher-quality stereo MP3, and support Macs and PCs as well as ID3 artist and title tagging. The top-end version, the UX80, uses 2GB of flash storage; this amounts to 36 hours of 128kbps MP3, or as much as ... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/02/26/sony.ux.voice.recorders/ Tue, 26 Feb 2008 21:25:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/02/08/archos.405.updates.to.30gb/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0802/archos405-30gb.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Archos has dramatically increased the capacity of its 405 media player, an announcement reveals. Although last year's model had just 2GB of hard drive space, the player now holds 15 times that capacity at 30GB. This should theoretically be enough to hold 40 movies, 300,000 photos, or 15,000 songs. The player is equipped with a 3.5-inch screen, and is able not only to output to TV, but act as a ... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/02/08/archos.405.updates.to.30gb/ Fri, 08 Feb 2008 19:45:00 GMT