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Yes, J.R. Richards will play a few Dishwalla hits when he performs tonight at The Lodge in Ventura.

Karim Bardeesy Globe and Mail Update Last updated on Thursday, Jul. 02, 2009 07:35PM EDT C anadians have a healthy appetite for online video, and three companies now hope that aficionados will pay cash for the privilege of premium or broadcast content.

This is really unfortunate. eMusic used to be a great example of how treating customers right and with respect and trust could win over more customers -- but in the last month or so, it seems like the company is throwing all that out the window and pissing off customers left and right.

Hacks: Prizefight: Get started using the Palm Pre The Palm Pre's WebOS is interesting, beautiful, and even fun.

Yamaha Corporation has selected PV's award-winning TwonkyMedia server software to enable the seamless sharing of digital music content on its new line of home audio products named MusicCAST2, which includes the new MCX-RC100 Network Music Commander and compatible MCX-A300 and MCX-P200 Network Music Players.

What with all the hubbub about the iPhone 3GS and just as much hub regarding Snow Leopard, it's easy to forget that Apple opened the WWDC keynote with talk of an updated laptop line.

Ipod users looking to download Mp3s to Ipod Touch are often concerned with the expenses involved in making such downloads.

It is often said that when an artist dies, his net worth increases. It is an unfortunate truism for many, especially artists who have seen the stock or reputation take a slide.

You may recall that when Apple announced iLife '09 last winter, it made a biggish deal about GarageBand '09's Learn to Play feature that provided basic and artist lessons for users interested in learning to play the guitar or piano.

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RealNetworks is trying to make it easier for consumers to watch Web video on mobile devices, and its latest version of RealPlayer enables downloading and transferring of videos files with a few clicks.

From Cairo to Compton, Harlem to Hanoi, last week, fans of the King of Pop were celebrating the life of Michael Jackson by listening and dancing to the iconic singer's music.

Over that it's then via wi-fi. Note - you can however stream podcasts and iTunes over 3G and as this is a steam it isn't dependent on file size." ] Telecom today launched what is indisputably New Zealand's largest home-grown mobile music store - but Vodafone has been quick to pick it apart.

Geoff Taylor, head of UK major label trade group BPI, wrote an op-ed piece for the BBC today in which he called Napster the "Rosetta Stone of digital music," said it was "simple to understand and use," and said that the music industry should have "embraced Napster rather than fighting it." While this might sound radical, it's not actually a ...

JamBase Remembers The King of Pop with a FREE Michael Jackson Playlist Following the sudden, shocking death of Michael Jackson yesterday , JamBase wants you to remember the music.

The death of music legend Michael Jackson has prompted mass downloads of his greatest hits with 1988 hit Man in the Mirror topping the Big Top 40 Chart on Galaxy! The chart which is run in association with iTunes saw an impressive 13 Jacko tracks feature in this week's top 40 including 'Earth Song', 'Beat It', 'Thriller' and 'Smooth Criminal'! Once ...

THE technology for playing songs and video on the Internet used to be synonymous with one company: RealNetworks, founded in 1994 by a former Microsoft executive, Rob Glaser.

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Michael Jackson's hits "Man in the Mirror" and "Thriller" were among the top sellers on Amazon.com and iTunes after this week's sudden death of the King of Pop.

Michael Jackson, who along with four of his brothers recorded his first hit songs as a child, continues to be a chart topper a day after his death.