Sound Recordings

Major labels are going to abandon the CD format by the end of 2012. That's the rumor reported by Side-Line Magazine last month. "We were approached by several people working with major labels, who indeed re-confirm that plans do exist to give up the CD,...

Q: Where can I find a good-quality piece of equipment to transfer my collection of self-recorded great music cassettes to DVD? I have checked a number of products online that get poor reviews. Thank you for your help. — Randall A: For...

While the focus of much of Amazon.com's news on Wednesday has been rightly place on its Kindle Fire tablet, which will take on rivals such as the Apple iPad and Barnes & Noble's Nook Color, the Seattle retail giant also announced something that could...

Steve Jobs, Apple's chief executive, is expected to take the stage at 10 a.m. today to keynote the annual Worldwide Developers Conference at Moscone Center West. Jobs, who has made few public appearance since taking another medical leave in January,...

With a wealth of music-based competitions on the air, NBC’s “The Voice” has still found a way to separate itself from the rest. On Tuesday’s first live show, where the contestants competed for America’s vote and not those...

Q: Hi, I hope you can help me. I was wondering if there is a recording device like a VCR, except it would record to a hard drive. I have satellite service at home and use their DVRs and love them. We travel a lot in a motor home, and sometimes want to...

I picked him up at 10:30 Monday morning. He was waiting on the sidewalk outside his apartment with a cello, a violin, a guitar, a trumpet, a walking stick and a backpack full of music. "Good morning, Mr. Ayers." "Good morning, Mr. Lopez." When...

This month, Apple CEO Steve Jobs announced the coming of the iCloud. A free service launching this fall, which will be essentially a replacement for its surprisingly mediocre MobileMe. Jobs says that the iCloud "just works," but until it actually gets out...

To the extent that "Napster" means anything to the average Internet user, it means "free." And thanks to Spotify and Facebook, free may be a necessary ingredient in any subscription service going forward. The current version of Napster, however, simply...

In a sign that Best Buy's digital music ambitions have fizzled, the retail giant is selling its subscription online music service Napster to Rhapsody in exchange for an undisclosed equity stake in the combined company. The deal comes just three......

Apple founder Steve Jobs made a huge impact on the computer world, but some of the innovations he???s most known for have transformed the car as we know it. With his passing, we take a look at just how much......

Late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs is rightly credited with pushing the major record labels to get serious about downloadable music. Now that he's gone, who from the tech industry is going to persuade Hollywood to make a similar leap?...