Mar 8th, 2010 · Only 41 percent of Americans know what their home Internet download speeds are. But it's good to know: Speeds typically register 10 percent to 20 percent below the limit consumers pay for. There are easy ways to tell if the connection is slow — and Web sites that can help analyze Internet connections.
Mar 8th, 2010 · By Tanya Ballard Brown Today as we download our music, type on our computers and tweet and text to our friends it may be hard to imagine a time when you needed to rely on a switchboard operator to make a call. Or a time when telegraphs were used to ...
Mar 2nd, 2010 · Kill Rock Stars releases two free downloads, including a remastered cut from Roman Candle
Feb 28th, 2010 · Imagine surfing an Internet that's blazingly fast: Music and movies stream in with no interruptions; software programs download in seconds. This may not happen anytime soon — but the government is creating a plan for better broadband access and speeds.
Jan 6th, 2010 · The nation's No. 1 movie has taken in $1 billion in three weeks. The No. 1 song on the Billboard Hot 100 right now is "Tik Tok," by pop sensation Ke$ha — who set a download record with the single. We're here to argue that these two No. 1 smashes — the sci-fi flick and the dance-pop party song — have something in common: They're both totally derivative.
Dec 29th, 2009 · In 2007, Radiohead shocked music fans and the industry by releasing their record In Rainbows without a label, via its own Web site, and for whatever price listeners wanted to pay to download it. Whether it was a success or not, the much-talked-about release reflected changes in the record industry and shaped the decade in music.
Dec 22nd, 2009 · Our gift to you this year: 10 of NPR Music's favorite live recordings, all for free download. Keep the very best concerts we recorded across the country in 2009 — and, by "the country," we mean "Washington, D.C.; Newport, R.I.; New York City; Austin, Texas; and just across the room at Bob Boilen's desk."
Dec 7th, 2009 · Apple has purchased a small company that downloads songs more quickly from the Web. The company, Lala.com uses song-streaming, and the application could change the way we purchase music to play on iPhones and other portable music devices.