Slacker Music Service & Player Premiers At SXSW

Slacker Inc., a start-up based in San Diego, premiered its new radio service at SXSW. The satellite radio subscription service combined with a separate Wi-Fi-enabled player will be available in the early summer, with models ranging roughly from $150 to $299. A car kit that will also be arrive sometime during the holiday season. Slacker calls its concept personal radio, based on the idea that a majority of music player owners...

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Griffin Announces Shark 2 and Shark HD Radio TiVo’s

Griffin Technology has updated their Shark computer-controlled AM/FM Radio to version 2. The new version adds Internet radio and more sophisticated time-shift recording so you can record AM and FM radio broadcasts in real time, or set up recordings to occur later, or according to a repeating schedule. Recordings are saved to your hard disk, and can be added to your iTunes library for listening to on your iPod. Like a TiVo, Shark 2 can...

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