The phrase “iPod killer’ may be among of the funniest of the last few years. It has been applied to every new MP3 player that some technology pundit felt would give the iPod its comeuppance. Well, as we all know, the only things that got killed were those competitive products, which failed in the marketplace. [...]

I’ve made no secret of the fact that I can see some benefits in a subscription-based music service. Although I want to own my tunes, being able to sample entire tracks makes it easier to decide what to buy. Like most of you, I do not like buying whole albums, for example, only to find [...]