Woman guilty in landmark P2P case

Jury finds that Minnesota resident is liable for copyright infringement for sharing music online and must pay $222,000 in penalties.

Microsoft unveils new Zune players

Bill Gates and J Allard show off 4GB and 8GB flash models, as well as an 80GB hard-drive player.

Apple faces legal blowback on iPhone

Class-action lawsuit target digital media giant's price changes and software updates, both of which have angered customers.

Amazon unveils beta digital music store

Amazon MP3, the digital retailing giant's long-delayed, much-discussed service, will offer 2 million DRM-free songs.

Starbucks to give away 50M songs

Coffee giant will promote iTunes partnership by handing out 1.5 million free song cards per day.

MP3.com Digital Digest: Radiohead, Blunt, Zune, P2P piracy, SpiralFrog

Band's catalog goes digital; label selling album on MySpace; rumors of new Zunes abound; corporate e-mail leak; ad-supported service debuts.

Apple: iPod Touch, fat Nano, Wi-Fi store

At media event in San Francisco, Steve Jobs unveils a new line of iPods, including a video Nano, a touch-screen iPod, and a wireless store.

MP3.com Digital Digest: Nokia, VW's iCar, Sony's Connect, AllofMP3.com

Finnish phone maker launches music store; VW, Apple in talks for car; Sony finally dumps Connect; Russian site vows comeback.

Marley family to sue over wireless deal

[Update] After Verizon Wireless and Universal Music Group announce ringtone deal, family says it didn't give permission; label disagrees.

As new iPods loom, rivals go small

Apple sets event for Sept. 5, while SanDisk and Creative hope to preempt the news with bite-sized players of their own.