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19:03 26th January 2010
A group of key figures behind the development of MP3 have launched MusicDNA, a new music file format that will offer videos, lyrics, artworks, blogs as well as songs.
"We can deliver a file that is extremely searchable and can carry up to 32GB of extra information in the file itself," said Dagfinn Bach, who worked on the first MP3 player in 1993.
Mr Bach said the new file format will be "dynamically updatable," enabling users to receive updates every time they are connected.
Record labels Beggars Group and Tommy Boy have signed up to use MusicDNA, which is expected to be widely available by the end of the summer.
In other news, the sales of ebooks will increase this year as makers start marketing their products outside of the US, the main market for such devices, an expert has said.
Stuart Miles, owner and editor of the independent consumer electronics news and reviews website said that ebook reader sales should double this year as many new players enter the market and established manufacturers begin to sell outside the US.
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