Wild Things
March, 1999
A technology called MP3 has music fans more eager than ever to nab tunes off the Internet. Though the actual downloading process is time-consuming, MP3 software shrinks audio files to as little as a twelfth of their original size while maintaining near-CD-quality sound. The downloaded music will take up less hard-drive space and can be transferred (via parallel port cable) to new portable and car stereo MP3 players. The first portable MP3 unit is Diamond Multimedia's Rio PMP 300 ($200), a pager-...
