Ella Morton

Hi kav_man,

You can burn songs you have purchased "by the track", but you can't burn songs that you buy under the $29/month subscription model. If you stop paying the subscription fee, the DRM license attached to the song files will expire and songs will no longer play.

Hope that makes sense!

Ella

Hey sukjyu,

Based on observable phenomena -- sales stats, fanboy hysteria, media saturation -- the iPhone IS huge. I just call 'em as I see 'em. Certainly, the number of Windows Mobile-based devices out there is much higher. But I still think the iPhone is the hot phone AND the hot OS of the moment. That's why I said it would be a big deal for Swype to become its dominant text entry method.

Opera Mobile 9.5 definitely means Opera Mobile 9.5! Check out the official site for confirmation: http://my.opera.com/operamobile/blog/2008/06/26/the-wait-is-almost-over

Hi Doug,

The Optus registration link was provided in an official Apple press release today, so it's an Apple-approved URL.

Hey C_P,

You can still listen online tonight! Just go to TheRadio.com.au, choose Sea FM, and you'll see a link to listen live.

Right you are Ryan, thank you for pointing that out. The table's been changed.

(This means that the tracks are compatible with fewer players, so check whether yours will handle AAC files as well as MP3.)

You're correct, charlieb.

I just posted a more comprehensive follow-up story here: http://www.cnet.com.au/software/security/0,239029558,339286313,00.htm

Hey Poddy! That was my sister's guitar. I'm reasonably sure she didn't mind me smashing it. We shoot the vox-pop section of Whaddyareckon? in Pitt St Mall, and usually shoot the intros in the CNET.com.au studio (the same place we shoot our video reviews) or out on location. In this case "on location" meant "in a shopping trolley next to three dumpsters in a back alley". It's a glamorous job...

Thanks for the suggestions, everyone. After trying them to no avail and then going another round with Belkin tech support -- who, it must be said, did their best to sort out the problem quick-smart -- it turns out I had a dodgy device. (I did do a double take when I first opened the box and saw "Ozemail" stamped on the modem, given the company was bought out by iiNet in early 2005. I reckon it was a lemon that someone else returned.)

I'm all about the Monkey Island. I wanted to be Elaine. Oh, and Prince of Persia. And Myst. And good old Tetris. Yeah, I'm hardcore.

Now now, young whippersnapper. Thirty-year-olds can be radical, too. Kick out those jams and word to your mothers, dawgs.

(I'm 23! This business takes its toll.)

Yep, it's Juan Mann, pioneer of the Free Hugs movement.

For the MySpacers: http://www.myspace.com/freehugscampaign

And for the Facebookers:
Campaign For Free Hugs group http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2211771066