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  BigPond Music offers legal iPod downloads

  After years of offering music downloads that are incompatible with iPods, BigPond Music has announced the availability of MP3 downloads from today.

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  iTunes everywhere: Best products for accessing iTunes in the home

  iTunes is preconfigured to stream music over your home network, but you need the right hardware. Here are some products that will do the trick.

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  Five ways to make digital music sing

  Dissatisfied with the listening experience offered by today's cheap, one-off music downloads? Here are five suggestions for hearing music the way it's meant to be heard.

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  Eight tips to make your home eco-friendly

  Cnet.com.au's top tips to turn your home into a more eco-friendly household.

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  MySpace Music to launch in September

  MySpace Music will launch in September, according to Chris DeWolfe, the social network's CEO.

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  Retailers pull iTunes gift cards from sale

  iTunes gift cards are no longer available for purchase from stores including Coles, Myer, JB Hi-Fi and Target due to payment provider Bill Express going into administration.

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  Bono's (RED) charity to launch online music service

  Good news, celebrity charity aficionados: Project Red is going to be providing some music for that Bono-approved iPod Nano of yours.

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  Oi!: iPhone remote: Controlling iTunes from bed

  Have you reached the point of ultimate laziness and can't even be bothered to control iTunes from bed? Use your iPod or iPhone instead.

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  iTunes Australia now offers TV shows

  Australian iTunes users can finally download TV shows, with content from the ABC, Nine Network, Disney Channel, MTV and Disney's ABC Studios now available on the store.

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  How to find album art for your iPod

  Sick of seeing grey squares parading across your iPod? We show you how to find album art -- the easy way.

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  DIY: How to create an MP3 CD

  Got a lot of songs on your MP3 player that you'd like to hear on your PC, home stereo or car CD player? Our tutorial explains how to burn you favourite playlist to CD to get more mileage from the music on your portable player.

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  DIY: How to update firmware on your MP3 player

  We'll step you through how to upgrade the firmware on some of the most popular MP3 players, so there'll be no excuses not to have the latest and greatest feature set available.

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  Stop, hey, what's that sound?

  Song recognition services try to match the random tunes playing in your head with real world titles. But do they work?

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  Music exec slams mobile entertainment experience

  The mobile phone industry must improve the mobile music experience for consumers or risk losing out to new competitors like Apple, Warner Music Group's CEO warned Wednesday at the 3GSM World Congress.

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  U.K. government rejects calls for DRM ban

  Almost 1,500 sign anti-DRM petition, but U.K. officials say the technology, when certain safeguards are observed, still has value.

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  FAQ: Behind Microsoft's MP3 patent jam

  With Redmond on the hook for US$1.5 billion, should other audio tech users be worried about what's next?

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  Music executives judge Jobs, lament losses

  At digital music conference, industry honchos debate what's wrong with their business. At the top of the list: Apple and DRM.

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  Apple plugs eight QuickTime holes

  Apple on Monday released updates to its QuickTime media player software to repair eight serious security vulnerabilities.

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  Slacker Web Player

  If you want good music — right now, with minimal effort, wherever you are (so long as you have an Internet connection) — there's no reason not to take the Slacker Web Player for a spin.

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  PumpOne PumpedForLife Level 1

  iPod owners with a gym membership and a hankering to get in shape will be well served by PumpOne's PumpedForLife fitness software.

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  SlySoft CloneDVD Mobile

  SlySoft CloneDVD Mobile excels at copying and reformatting nonprotected DVD video for iPod use, although it can't touch commercial discs.

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  Talking Panda iRocker

  Talking Panda's iRocker won't turn you into a guitar-shredding virtuoso overnight, but it can teach you enough to start writing your own songs.

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  musikCube

  musikCube is a fine, reliable, all-in-one jukebox program for Windows users who dislike DRM and bloated software.

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  LimeWire Basic

  Though its search hits are capped, the LimeWire Basic P2P client is spyware-free, attractive and easy to use.

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  Ares P2P

  Unrestricted searches, a relatively ad-free interface, and chat connectivity make Ares 1.88 a good choice for many users, but LimeWire offers a cleaner interface.

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  Musicmatch Jukebox 10.0

  This music jukebox/subscription service/store combination does it all, but its playlist-centric interface can cause confusion.

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  Windows Media Player 10

  Microsoft's Technical Beta release of Windows Media Player 10 features a redesigned interface that provides easy access to online media stores. It also syncs better with portable devices.

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  CutterMusic SawCutter 2.0

  This basic software synthesiser does the job.

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  Apple iTunes 6

  Version 6 of Apple iTunes is the perfect complement to the video-friendly iPod.

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  Apple iTunes 4.9

  Apple iTunes remains the easiest way to rip, organise and play digital music but still lacks an Australian music store. New in version 4.9 are built-in podcast features.

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  iLife '04

  Apple's worthy upgrade brings some nice advances in features and power; the new addition, GarageBand, is the icing on the cake.

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  Roxio Easy Media Creator 7

  Roxio's Easy Media Creator 7 offers the most comprehensive and well-integrated suite of CD- and DVD-burning tools on the market.

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  Inside Apple's new Chatswood store

  Apple selected a shopping centre in suburban Sydney as the location for its second retail outlet in the Asia Pacific. Our photo gallery takes you to its grand opening.

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  Photos: Inside Apple's Sydney store

  Apple took the wraps off its first Australian store today. Here is a sneak peek of what is inside the big glass walls.

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