Full-featured MP3 audio player for Windows. Features skins, crossfader, ability to record from CDs, plugins, and updates easily available.

The new version of this freeware player uses the Winamp input plugin from Audiocoding.com to decode AAC/MP4.

RIAA asked the courts to block all major-label content from being traded through Napster. [News.com]

Napster may be changing the face of its service, making it subscription-based, and offering legal song downloads from supporting record labels. [News.com]

Napster on Wednesday released a Macintosh version of its wildly popular file-swapping software, officially welcoming Apple computer users to the free-music revolution. [News.com]

Reading list for an MIT seminar, most of the mentioned publications are directly available on their web server or linked to Amazon's book section.

Mac OS X software to record and split Internet radio streams into separate MP3 files. Technical information, download, and FAQ.

Site contains discussion of audio formats, related audio algorithms and general audio production techniques.

Specification, information, players and links relating to the format.

List of mp3 decoders and links to the accuracy of the decoding engines.

Windows tool with an Explorer-like interface that allows users to catalog MP3 files by adding comments and sorting by quality or specific ID3 tags.

Lists various music file conversion utilities, organized by category, including full versions, shareware, freeware, Macintosh.

Websites like Napster.com and MP3.com have turned the music industry on its ear over the past year. [The-Surfs-Up]

Program for playing, encoding and decoding MP3 audio. Limited free version with a full version for sale.

With its ear attuned to the sound of money, digital music giant MP3.com on Thursday unveiled a new initiative to harmonize retailers, labels, music players, and hardware and software tools. [News.com]