To a lot of bands and labels, the idea of an UPC is pretty mysterious. Here to break it down are the bar code professionals at barcodeisland.com.

UPC-A Symbology & EAN-13 Description

DownloadSquad.com recently talked about how the Conficker Worm’s latest variant is to be release within a week from today. The worm can and has affected Microsoft Windows machines from Windows 2000 and up.

To make sure you are clear of the Conficker Worm, visit Bit Defender’s website on it HERE.

The MP3HD standard now boasts such features as:

• Backwards compatibility with current MP3 file formats
  • This means that any media player that can play mp3 files can also play MP3HD files without any conversion
• Lossless Audio
• It’s compression process keeps all the information needed to recreate a “.wav”s original code

Some of the features do have a shortfall however for audiophiles,

“However, rather than throw away the inaudible details during the encoding process, the MP3HD encoder saves them in the ID3 Tag, the part of an MP3 file used to store track details such as album and artist names. Existing MP3 players will read only the standard MP3 information; only MP3HD players will benefit from the additional lossless information stored in the file.” – Peter Sayer: IDG News Service

What do you think of the new format and its possible impact on consumers who care more about how many songs instead of less songs with better quality?

Mix Online recently reported on Vintage King adding some new features to their website, so I went over to www.Vintageking.com and checked it out for myself.

Some of the new website features they added include an audio samples section, multiple buyer guides, and a section where producers and engineers rave about their favorite gear and signal chains. (more…)