The Beastie Boys tone down their early MP3 enthusiasm
- In 1998, The Beastie Boys posted digital recordings on their Web site and gained instant credibility as leaders in the online music revolution. [News.com]
- http://news.com.com/2100-1023-248176.html

MP3Cafe shutdown spotlights music-swapping fears
- One of the most popular meeting spots for trading MP3 songs and information on the underground Internet Relay Chat network has closed its virtual doors. [News.com]
- http://news.com.com/2100-1023-245206.html

Open-source MP3 project continues after parent's demise
- Open-source software developers hoping to create a free replacement for the MP3 technology are pushing ahead with their project after the collapse of their parent, Webcasting start-up iCast. [News.com]
- http://news.com.com/2100-1023-249710.html

Sprint PCS unveils wireless MP3 ambitions
- Sprint PCS is launching a new online MP3 service linked with its mobile phones Wednesday, with an eye toward capturing a large share of a market coveted by companies ranging from Time Warner to MP3.com. [News.com]
- http://news.com.com/2100-1033-247916.html

MP3s are Wireless Phone Companies' Next Goal
- In wireless phones, the next killer application may have more to do with music than with conversation. [News.com]
- http://news.com.com/2100-1033-241377.html

Programmers prepare new, free MP3 format
- A group of open-source developers has created a new music format they say will be free and will equal or better MP3s quality. [News.com]
- http://news.com.com/2100-1023-242030.html

TI aims new chip at MP3 players
- Texas Instruments today announced its first chip designed specifically for digital music players, at the same time acknowledging that industrywide shipments of MP3 players will fall below predictions again this year. [News.com]
- http://news.com.com/2100-1040-246479.html

MP3Board sues AOL, Time Warner over Gnutella
- MP3Board.com, the small MP3 search site being sued by the record industry, has a new strategy: blame America Online. [News.com]
- http://news.com.com/2100-1023-244748.html

New Devices Boost MP3 Use at Home
- New products have been released that may expand the popularity of digital music beyond portable devices and desktop PCs. [News.com]
- http://news.com.com/2100-1040-241023.html

Student's PC seized after record industry complaint
- Campus police confiscated an Oklahoma State University student's computer after the RIAA notified the school that a person on campus was allegedly distributing copyrighted material including MP3s and full-length movies. [News.com]
- http://news.com.com/2100-1023-245770.html

MP3-Board in Music-Linking Dispute with Record Industry
- MP3Board.com fired a legal shot over recording industry to preserve its ability to guide Web surfers to online music files, legal and illegal. [News.com]
- http://news.com.com/2100-1023-241538.html

Iomega to ship HipZip MP3 player
- Iomega today unveiled its first MP3 player, as the struggling storage maker latches onto one of the hot technologies of the moment. [News.com]
- http://news.com.com/2100-1040-246048.html

MP3 maker unleashes 6GB player
- Creative Technology today launched its much-anticipated Nomad Jukebox, an MP3 player capable of storing up to six gigabytes of audio from file formats such as WAV and MP3. [News.com]
- http://news.com.com/2100-1040-243798.html

Dell partners with S3 on MP3 players
- Dell will unveil an MP3 home stereo component, this week. [News.com]
- http://news.com.com/2100-1040-242189.html

MP3 player for karaoke to hit the market
- A Motorola spinoff on Tuesday unveiled an MP3 player that lets you become a lead singer. [News.com]
- http://news.com.com/2009-1040-250441.html

AOL's message in a copyright battle
- Despite recent moves to stay out of copyright disputes, America Online has become embroiled in the controversy surrounding MP3 files and Napster. [News.com]
- http://news.com.com/2100-1001-244358.html

MP3 player puts new spin on tape decks
- Although the tape deck is near the end of its life, an MP3 player just hitting the market aims to give the venerable device a new purpose. [News.com]
- http://news.com.com/2100-1040-247798.html

AOL pulls MP3 service, finds messaging Napsterized
- List of articles relating to the removal of AOL's music search engine, and the addition of a Napster-like search facility into AOL's instant messenger. [News.com]
- http://news.com.com/2009-1023-244304.html

MP3: Sound and fury
- Special report focusing on MP3 files, the music business, and the regulation of online copyrighted music. [News.com]
- http://news.com.com/2009-1023-224252.html

S3 Hears Sweet Music with MP3 Plans
- Consumers can soon expect to see MP3 music players integrated into cell phones, handheld organizers and other appliances says S3. [News.com]
- http://news.com.com/2100-1040-239394.html

Getting Music Online: The MP3 Shake-Up
- Websites like Napster.com and MP3.com have turned the music industry on its ear over the past year. [The-Surfs-Up]
- http://www.the-surfs-up.com/news/news2p2.html

RIAA: No Hyperlinking Allowed
- On Friday, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) filed a suit against content-aggregation site MP3Board.com. [Wired News]
- http://www.wired.com/news/mp3/0,1285,37227,00.html

Holy MP3: A Downloadable Bible
- Something good is coming out of the MP3 craze after all - David Williams couldn't find an audio version of the Bible on the Internet that he could download, so he decided to record one himself in MP3. [Wired News]
- http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,36936,00.html