NEW YORK - A little Melville for your MP3 player? Tom Clancy for your computer? The New York Public Library announced Monday that it is making 700 books - from classics to current best sellers - available to members in digital audio form for downloading onto PCs, CD players and portable listening devices.

August 9, 2004

March 8, 2005

Taser International, the Scottsdale-based producer of stun guns, is developing an audio-video recording capability built into its Taser weapon systems.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Yahoo Inc. on Thursday will begin testing a new search engine feature that will pore through millions of songs offered by popular Internet music services like iTunes, Rhapsody and Napster.

SAN FRANCISCO - The runaway popularity of blogging, which has turned everyday people into online news outlets, caught the media establishment off guard. The industry is trying not to make the same mistake with podcasting - which lets nearly anyone "broadcast" on the Internet.

Q: In the past, you guys talked about a program that allowed you to record Internet radio and YouTube videos pretty easily. What was the name of the program again? — Stephen

Q: In the past, you guys talked about a program that allowed you to record Internet radio and YouTube videos pretty easily. What was the name of the program again? - Stephen

We all know that music can alter your mood. Sad songs can make you cry. Upbeat songs may give you an energy boost. But can music create the same effects as illegal drugs?

May 4, 2005

This year you may be trimming your Christmas spending. But there's probably at least one special person on your list who you're willing to spend on. So you want to choose a gift that will be used frequently. Here are some great gift ideas:

September 1, 2004

Q. How can I burn music from any online radio station? Is there any software available that will do a good job? — JP

SUNNYVALE, Calif. - It's a way to get your photos from your digital camera to your TV screen without using a computer as a go-between.

SAN FRANCISCO - Make room, iTunes. MySpace is hoping to shake up the digital music scene. In a bid to spruce up its popular online hangout, MySpace plans to flip the switch Thursday on a much-anticipated service that will give its roughly 120 million users free access to hundreds of thousands of songs from the world's largest recording labels.

Now, not only can E.T. phone home, his home can phone him.

Staff at all four of Chandler’s public libraries will undergo training Oct. 8 and the facilities will be closed. They will reopen Oct. 9 for regular hours. Patrons can still drop off materials at outside book deposits.

It is the final days for Mesa’s Ultimate Electronics. According to a press release, all 30 of the remaining stores — including the one at 1655 S Stapley Drive — will complete their going-out-of-business sales by April 10, or earlier if all the merchandise is sold.

Q: What is the difference between MP3 and MP4 and which do you consider to be the better format? — Ed

Q. I have all of my music stored in iTunes on my PC. As you know, they are in the form of (AACs). If I want to burn anything onto compact disc, do I have to convert each music file into an MP3 first? If so, is there an easier and quicker way than converting them file by file? - Bill

As most everything at Arizona State University gets bigger — its student body, campuses, research funding — the size of its instruction at one campus is about to shrink to fit in a student’s pocket.

As most everything at Arizona State University gets bigger — its student body, campuses, research funding — the size of its instruction at one campus is about to shrink to fit in a student’s pocket.

Intel has announced the development of new chipsets that will add audio, video and other capabilities to personal computers previously found only on specialty PCs.

June 21, 2004