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Auralex Acoustics Introduces Custom-Printed Acoustic Panels
Auralex Acoustics is breaking new ground by launching a gallery of custom-printed acoustical panels. Auralex Acoustics is exclusively the first to market SonicPrint, its custom-printed, artistic…
Wal-Mart Encourages Piracy
When Wal-Mart started offering DRM free music in February 2008, it was heralded as a triumph over DRM. Now, consumers took a hit over the weekend from Wal-Mart who is shutting down their DRM music…
Iron Man on Blu-ray - May Have Dodged a Missile
In true super-hero style - Iron Man might have narrowly avoided a near disaster. No, it wasn’t an explosive missile from his arch-nemesis in the film, Iron Monger played by Jeff Bridges. Instead it…
Good and Bad - SanDisk Introduces slotMusic
The future doesn’t look good for the battered and bleeding CD format. Sales of the music medium sunk 19 percent last year alone. But the end of the CD doesn’t necessarily spell an end for physical…
Metallica Death Magnetic Sounds Better on Guitar Hero III
Metallica is possibly the greatest rock band to do everything it can to alienate fans. The latest stain on the controversial metal act’s karma comes from questionable recording tactics on its latest…
Blu-ray on a Budget in Uncertain Times
Bubbles may burst, Lehman may crumble, AIG may get bailed out - but gold isn’t the only comodity on the rise, so is Blu. These days consumers may be thinking twice about a buying a new…
DRM Still Breathing, Chokes up DECE
Rumors of the demise of Digital Rights Management have been greatly… well, you know how it goes. At a time when it looked like DRM was drawing its last gasp - a new consortium of manufacturers,…
Hitachi Eases Back on Plasma Displays - Enlists Panasonic
According to a news report issued today, Japan's Hitachi said it will shrink production of plasma panels and begin buying them from Panasonic (Matsushita) to reduce costs and get back in the black in…
Top 10 Reasons to Attend the Audioholics SOTU Trade Show Event
As you may be aware by now, Audioholics is throwing its 10th Annual State of the CE Union Trade Show Event & Party on October 23rd and 24th at the Disney Dolphin Resort in Orlando, Florida. You’ve…
Best Buy Buys Napster
Reuters released a story today announcing that Best Buy will buy Napster for $121 million in cash in order to take on Apple #1-ranked iTunes music store and compete with non-iPod music players.…