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Am I a Relic from the Distant (Music) Past? – Streaming vs. On Device Music

December 6, 2016 // 0 Comments

…And by distant past I mean, like Steve Jobs time frame… or just 15 years ago. I’m an Amazon Prime Member. For this service, I, like everyone else who subscribes to [...]

Amazon Releases Prime Music

April 16, 2015 // 0 Comments

Amazon jumps into the streaming music business with the release of Prime Music. The world of digital music is complicated. With the RIAA still occasionally chasing [...]

Netflix Raises Prices, Announces Streaming Only Plan

November 24, 2010 // 0 Comments

The video rental industry is feeling the economic pinch, and key player Netflix is in the thick of it. Today, I received the notice that was already floating around the [...]

iTunes goes DRM Free

February 15, 2009 // 0 Comments

This isn’t new news to anyone, but its significant in that most everyone will be able to get DRM free music out of iTunes. Ever since the dawn of iTunes, music has been [...]

USB Fever/iPDA Auto Charger/FM Transmitter for 5G iPod

February 8, 2009 // 0 Comments

Some of the best things about having an iPod is being able to play YOUR music just about anywhere, any time you want. If you’re the kind of person that has the music in [...]

Zune 120 Review at JAMM

January 14, 2009 // 0 Comments

One of the best things about writing for Gear Diary is the company that you keep. Judie aside, she has assembled one of the BEST teams of writers this side of the [...]

Plax-cast…Comxo…Whatever…Comcast Acquires Plaxo

May 29, 2008 // 0 Comments

Comcast wants to bring social networking to a set-top box near you… I am a networking junkie. I’ve learned over the past couple of years that what you know [...]

Hauppauge WinTV-HVR 950 Review

April 4, 2008 // 0 Comments

Sometimes, I need to have white noise playing in the background in order to be able to concentrate. This can take the form of music (CD, MP3’s etc), radio (Internet [...]

Apple Sued over iTunes Music Distribution Practices

March 28, 2008 // 0 Comments

In an interesting move, iTunes has a shot fired across its distribution-bow… I’ve been into digital music since 1998. I bought a Diamond MP3 player and a 32MB [...]

Do you Hulu..?

March 14, 2008 // 4 Comments

There’s been a lot of buzz lately around something called Hulu. Until recently, I had no idea what it was. I saw a couple of articles here and there on the [...]

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