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April 21, 2007
MP3 Compression
Maximum PC has an interesting article about the quality of compressed MP3s. While not totally scientific, the results nonetheless indicate that a 160 Kbps VBR MP3 file is often indistinguishable from the original. If you have friends who are audio snobs, tell them to go read the article!
Posted by Bill Dettering at 12:20 AM | Permalink | Technorati Tags: mp3 compression | Comments (0)
April 20, 2007
Save Pandora
Pandora - the awesome music recommendation internet radio site - is likely to shut down if the new rates for Internet Radio broadcasters are upheld. This is an RIAA backed initiative that will essentially kill Internet Radio, or at least force it overseas.
Read Pandora's letter to learn more.
Posted by Bill Dettering at 02:10 AM | Permalink | Technorati Tags: pandora riaa internet radio music | Comments (0)
April 16, 2007
New Video Technologies from Adobe, Microsoft
Adobe and Microsoft are gearing up for battle in the next wave of internet video delivery technology. This article from Streamingmedia.com gives a great summary of what we have to look forward to.
Posted by Bill Dettering at 10:01 PM | Permalink | Technorati Tags: video web microsoft adobe | Comments (0)