Ars Technica has a great writeup on the subject of reselling MP3s. CDs are on the way out and I can’t remember the last time I bought one (probably Vampire Weekend). The thing is, you could easily resell a CD. Take the physical media to your local CD shop, trade it in for a few bucks and that’s it. So ...

Italian fashion designer Salvatore Ferragamo has created a tie for all you digital audiophiles out there. It’s a stylish piece of silk neckwear adorned with tiny multicolored CD’s and headphones. The tie comes in red or Navy, but with a $160 price tag it’s not cheap. Despite the high cost, this item is clearly a must have for gents looking ...

Anyone who’s into athletics or sports of any kind should consider grabbing one of these t-shirts from Music and Sons. A built-in pocket with a 1/8″ jack connects to your iPod or Zune and a pair of headphones hooks in right behind your neck at the collar. The result? Tangle-free skateboarding/BMXing/log-jamming. With great looking washes and colors, these are dorky ...

There are more than enough gadgets which look like cassettes. We can go on all night. Ironically, very few of them actually act, or have any feature, which relates to the original purpose of the cassette. This MP3 Cassette not only looks the roll, but acts the roll. We’d even go as far to say it butters the damn roll. ...

According to Canadian researchers Dr. Neil Skjodt and Bill Hodgetss MP3 players with built in microphones make for a better stethoscope. Why? Because the plastic shell that they are encased in makes capturing low resonance notes easier. They can also record the sounds – which allows for file archiving and the the ability for far away experts to analyze a ...

Outside of that whole nude pic thing with Vanessa Hudgens, I don’t have a lot of knowledge about the current High School Musical phenomenon. Sufficed to say that the word “musical” is usually a turn-off for me – and so is this HSM themed carry bag. You can plug the bag into any portable music source and play your tunes ...

OK, well we know we say this about at least one concept a week, but this just might be the coolest damn concept design we’ve ever seen. Dual Music Player, or DMP, is a media player that can play both CDs and MP3s. Sure, there have been Discman MP3 players, but never something that fully embraces both forms of media. ...

MySpace is nothing but a money maker for its creators. Forget the social networking factor. It’s nothing but one large advertisement. Even bands are getting greedy on MySpace, making their music impossible to download. MySpaceMP3.org has figured out a way to make any MP3 download-friendly, and they provide us with a cool little online app to do so. Just type ...

One thing that holds the iPod back from completely taking over the media player market is its inability to keep a charge for more than a few hours. The MSI MS-5552 is a Bluetooth enabled MP3 player that offers 50 hours of continuous playback using only one AAA battery. Along with the massive playing time, the MS-5552 isn’t to bad ...

With the ever-changing mobile phone market becoming a breeding ground for slider phones, it’s no surprise that a PMP player would eventually be designed in the fashion of the slide design. Hell, Apple’s doing the opposite for the iPhone, right? The Slideon MP3 Player is a concept design from Ian Murchison. The Slideon is designed to integrate the sleekness of ...