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Stream come true for fans
Adam Turner For a flat monthly fee, online services open a world of music options.
Headphones push sound through user's skull
People who don't want to disturb sleeping family members could use a new product from Panasonic that doesn't need speakers or even your own ears: wireless bone-conduction headphones.
Vevo chief aims to call the tune in music shake-up
Mark Sweney The former Universal mobile chief reveals his frustration with MTV, and explains why no one need own music if his site succeeds.
Tips for tangle-free headphones
Wrangling wires can go from a small problem to a big mess very quickly. Jenneth Orantia untangles the issue.
Listen up: a brief history of headphones
Fran Berkman Headphones have come a long way in the past 100 years, revolutionising the way we consume media and the way we communicate.
Three-way shootout: Super Audio Compact Disc players
Sight and Sound SACDs sound super but are mostly ignored.
Stream of the crop
Adam Turner Subscription service Spotify has joined the fight for supremacy in the online music market.
Listen in gently down the stream
Jenneth Orantia Music downloads are responsible for CD sales plummeting. Now music fans seem content to simply hear, not own, their collection of tunes.
Microsoft to launch rival to iTunes and Spotify
Microsoft plans an expansive Xbox music service joining Spotify-style streaming with download and online-storage functions similar to Apple's iTunes.
Three-way shootout: subscription music services
Adam Turner If you buy a few albums a year, subscribing to a music service could make sense.
How your iPod could be damaging your ears
Rod Easdown Endless hours of pounding sound from your music player could damage your hearing.
Spotify offers Australians 16 million tracks for free - with ads
Samantha Murphy Music-streaming site Spotify is headed down under, offering access to 16 million songs for free if the user puts up with "occasional advertising".
War looms as Sony hints that it will abandon iTunes
Julian Lee SONY has signalled it may withdraw its artists from Apple's iTunes store and withhold its games from the iPhone in a sign the two companies are on the brink of all-out war.
Apple expected to unveil new iPod line
Apple is planning a September 1 event at which the company is expected to unveil an updated iPod line-up.
MP3 successor to fight piracy
A leading technology company is set to launch a new digital music file format which will embed additional content for fans including lyrics, news updates and images in what could be a successor to...
Google to unveil music search
Google will launch music search pages next week and include ways for consumers to buy songs for download, according to people familiar with the matter.
At last, music to the critics' ears
First it eroded sound quality - now technology is changing its tune, writes Rod Easdown.
Review: Sony Ericsson W995 Walkman
Simon Tsang While a lot of mobile phones purport to double as media players on the go, Sony Ericsson has made music and video playback the whole reason for the W995 Walkman's existence.
Review: Sony Walkman
Dan Kaufman When you look at a portable audio and video player as well engineered as the X1050, you can't help but wonder – if only for a moment – if Sony can still claw market share back from Apple's iPod.
