Philips hopes to raise the bar in sound quality with the introduction of the GoGear portable media players, the SA52. The players use the company’s proprietary FullSound technology to make MP3 songs sound just like high quality CD music by restoring detail to the compressed files, according to the...

Seven of Britain’s largest music download sites have got together to promote a new “MP3 compatible” logo. It aims to raise the profile of the open MP3 music format and show people what they can do with their downloads. The trade body behind the initiative said it should also help consumers...