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News about MP3

• Neil Young's Pono music player blasts past Kickstarter goal

  Less than 24 hours after debuting on Kickstarter, the Pono is fully funded with another month of its campaign left to go.

• Google Music: What to expect from today's event

  Google is poised to unveil the final version of its music service with, perhaps, a few other surprises.

• Microsoft officially kills Zune

  Microsoft will focus on Windows Phone 7 as its primary MP3 player.

• Zune is dead? Then why these new apps From Microsoft?

  Nine new apps land in the Zune Marketplace. And here we thought the Microsoft media player was dead.

• Google Music and Movies: Your questions answered

  Google's new music- and movie-streaming services--we have the answers to your burning questions.

• Amazon Cloud drive: It's all about Android domination, baby

  Analysis: Amazon's new Cloud Drive music-streaming service has the potential to seriously shake up the Android landscape.

Features about MP3

• Audio compression may not be so bad

  Our tests with music professionals found that they had a hard time distinguishing between compressed and uncompressed songs