MORE Music Technology at NAMM 2008

We're back from NAMM 2008 with even more intriguing new gadgets and gear. Once again, the throbbing halls of America's biggest musical instrument trade show introduced a torrent of high-tech goodness. From a $99 Steinway to a truly killer guitar, from audible notation to singing keys, here's what you'll be playing this year.

Yahoo! Answers Blog Has New Home

The Yahoo Answers Blog is no longer a part of Yahoo 360.

Yahoo says it has "always dreamed of a home for the blog that was more a part of the Yahoo! Answers community." The new address is www.yanswersblog.com. Yahoo says its Answers blog is a little cleaner and has useful features to improve the connection with Yahoo Answers.

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Religious Podcasts

Easily find religious podcasts and online sermons in the Religious Podcast Directory.

China and Music Piracy

China vowed on Sunday to improve the grave situation of music piracy in the country, as it hosted the annual music industry event here to learn and exchange ideas with companies from around the world.

QTrax

A revamped online file-sharing service aims to woo legions of music fans by offering unlimited, free song downloads that are compatible with iPods, and all with the blessing of major recording companies.


Qtrax, which makes its debut Sunday, is the latest online music venture counting on the lure of free music to draw in music fans and on advertising to pay the bills, namely record company licensing fees.

Cool Music Technology at NAMM 2008

America's biggest musical instrument show debuted more high-tech wonders than ever this year. O'Reilly Digital Media prowled NAMM's five massive, noisy halls to bring back these high-tech hits.

Software Deals and Discounts

With economic concerns looming, businesses and individuals alike are tightening there spending. Deal a day sites are becoming increasingly popular ways to find great deals. The latest kid on the block specializes in Software. Software Deal of the Day offers one software application for sale every day at a significantly discounted price.

Software Deal of the Day is a new site that offers software applications at a significantly reduced price for only twenty-four hours. Each day a new software deal is available. Software-DOD.com features popular software titles. The software discounts range from 10-90% off of list prices, and the software is only available at that price for twenty-four hours! Software-DOD.com also contains second chance offers. The second chance offers are still discounted and designed for those that miss the deal of the day offer, but the second chance offer is not as deeply discounted as the deal of the day offer.

Many of the software applications on the Software-DOD.com website even have trial versions available, which allows website visitors to try the software prior to making a purchase decision.

Interested visitors can preview the applications that will be available on the Software-DOD website for the coming week. Additionally, deals are easy to monitor because RSS feeds are available that contain the daily specials, the second chance offers, and a preview of applications that will be featured on the Software-DOD.com website.

Other webmasters and publishers can also syndicate the Software Deal of the Day offers, and integrate the discount offers into their own websites. Software-DOD.com provides the tools to make the integration process painless for webmasters. The offers will dynamically update each night as the new offers become available. Providing such great software deals are sure to endear webmasters to their website visitors.

Software developers interested in this new distribution channel are encouraged to submit their software applications for consideration. With economic concerns looming individuals and businesses alike are tightening their spending. Software Deal of the Day is a win for every everyone. Additional details available at http://www.software-dod.com

Feed Editor Software

Want to create professional RSS feeds without the complication of RSS technology? Then Feed Editor is the perfect solution for you!

By using this software, it is not necessary to be a computer science guru with in-depth knowledge of internet technologies. Instead,  RSS Editor makes work with RSS feeds incredibly simple. Just input the relevant RSS feed and the rest of the work is finished by Feed Editor.

An easy-to-use and convenient interface makes for fast and effortless processing of RSS feeds. Wizard-driven user guidance prevents mistakes during RSS feed creation. This all results in easy and problem free operation, with all intricate work performed by Feed Editor.

Additionally, unlike similar programs the FeedForAll Feed Editor supports all enclosure fields and is designed for podcasters. With a built-in wizard for iTunes tags!!!

iPod Touch Upgrade

Apple announced a major software upgrade for the iPod touch, making the best iPod into even more -- the world's best Wi-Fi mobile device. iPod touch customers already have the most advanced mobile web browser in the world with Safari, and now Apple is adding five more great mobile applications -- Mail, Maps, Stocks, Weather and Notes.

Amazon and Sony Deal

Online retailer Amazon.com Inc said on Thursday its digital music store will now offer songs from Sony BMG Music Entertainment without copy-protection technology, or digital rights management.

Amazon said the deal makes it the first retailer to offer customers DRM-free songs from all four major music companies in the MP3 format.

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