The Napster company had quite a rocky start as the location where music enthusiasts could find each other and, using Napster’s amazing technology, exchange their music collections over the Internet.   No money ever changed hands.  In a way, it was just like selling bootleg compact discs except that nobody made any income from it.  In fact, it was the free part of the model that perturbed the recording artists and record labels.  Eventually Napster settled with the recording industry, with a huge financial award.  They learned their lesson well enough to completely change their business model.  Read more... (441 words, 0 images, estimated 1:46 mins reading time)

One of the best things about the Internet is that you can now download music. Oftentimes for free, and you can add it to your MP3 player in just seconds!There are some good free sites, but be careful when downloading from a free site. The quality is not always great. Beware, sometimes those “free” sites include spyware or malware with your download. I recommend BeeMP3.com for great free music downloads.
The music is very good quality.

It may be necessary to pay for music if you want the quality and peace of mind. Amazon has a terrific selections and the price is not too bad, $0.79 to $0.99 per song.  Read more... (348 words, 0 images, estimated 1:24 mins reading time)

The Apple ipod has dominated the digital media player (DMP) market. Understandably so, ipod is a good music player with many great features.

But Microsoft’s introduction of the Zune, the company’s MP3 DMP player, Apple is facing some serious competition.The Zune released in late 2006.  Since then, the Zune has really taken off.The Zune and the ipod are similar in price and include many of the same features.  However, there are some things that the Zune has that the ipod does not:

Below are the list of features supported by Zune and not ipod (based on a comparison of a 30GB Zune and a 30GB ipod:  Read more... (305 words, 0 images, estimated 1:13 mins reading time)