Author: Andy Taylor

Walmart announced yesterday that they are relaunching a “New and improved MP3 Music Download Store.”
Heading to the music download site will net you MP3 tracks starting at just 74-cents,and according to Walmart officials, they will “…give customers greater value and an even bigger selection in digital music.”

But the best news for most of our readers is that this will be DRM FREE music, and Walmart is offering a new social features to easily display albums on social networking sites and blogs, as well as enhanced search and refine features to make it easier to find favorite titles and discover new music.

Customers can visit the new and improved MP3 download store today at http://www.walmart.com/mp3.

Several news agencies and multiple techie bloggers have been reporting rumors of the new Google G1 phone coming to Wal Mart stores soon…well, the wait is reportedly over.
Today the Dow-Jones newswire reported that Wal-Mart will indeed begin selling the Android based G1, available through T-Mobile, beginning tomorrow, Wednesday, October 29th…and at a discount!
“Wal-Mart will carry the Google Inc. (GOOG) G1 phone, sold through Deutsche Telekom AG’s (DT) T-Mobile USA, in 550 Wal-Mart stores at the reduced price of $ 148.88 for new customers, or existing customers eligible for an upgrade, who sign up for a two-year agreement,” Wal-Mart spokeswoman Melissa O’Brien reportedly told the newswire.

AFP reported in Google News that Sprint has stepped up and implemented its XOHM WiMax service in Boston…Will it come to YOUR neighborhood next? We’ll have to wait and see!

Here’s the complete article:

WASHINGTON (AFP) — The eastern port of Baltimore became the first major city in the United States on Monday to be blanketed with a wireless broadband network that uses next-generation mobile WiMAX technology.

US telecom provider Sprint Nextel Corp. announced the start of the WiMAX service, known as XOHM, which allows computers to access the Internet wirelessly at faster speeds and with a wider reach than Wi-Fi technology…

Complete story…http://snipr.com/40xuo