Some new internet startup comes with a solution for streaming radio broadcasts:
The Portland, Ore., company Tuesday will announce a technology that transfers a large selection of music to computer users' hard drives, allowing them to listen to it later in the order arranged by a radio station or other programmers. Supertracks' system includes software that prevents users from changing that order or sharing song files with others, as users do on Napster Inc. or other music-download services. |
But there is a big disadvantage:
The downside is the time needed for the initial download, expected to take up about 800 megabytes of space on a user's hard drive. Supertracks estimates it takes five hours for a user with a 56-kilobit modem to complete the initial download, though considerably less with a faster connection. The company expects many users to turn their machines on at night when they first sign up for the system. |
Like someone is going to use this ! Would you ?
Source: ZDnet.com
