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BigPond Music ditches WMA support

Customers need to either burn their WMA files to audio CD as a backup, or separately backup their WMA music files and licence keys.

Australian music download website Guvera offers free music to its users — by bombarding them with the advertising campaigns of its sponsors.

Hitachi SimpleDrive Mini 320GB

Hitachi's portable drive is a serviceable external drive that doesn't stand out in a market awash with them.
Band Hero (DS)

The DS version of Band Hero tries to deliver the experience you get from the full console versions of Band Hero, but struggles to deliver a genuinely fun portable gaming experience.
Maestro! Jump in Music

Maestro combines rhythm and platforming to make a charming little adventure that is enjoyable and rewarding, providing you like classical music.
Nokia 5130 XpressMusic

There are a few places we can understand that Nokia could skimp on when it comes to a budget handset — build quality and call clarity, however, are not examples of these areas.
iRiver B30

Idiosyncratic as hell, the iRiver B30 is a feature-complete player with sparkling sound, but it won't put a fire up the Cupertino boys.
Fake iPod Nano (4th generation)

If it wasn't for the glitchy software and sub-standard battery life, the fake iPod Nano might have been almost as good as the real thing.
Nokia X6

Nokia has announced its next Comes with Music handset, and it looks to be the goods. Gone is the resistive touchscreens of its earlier models, plus it has a whopping 32GB of storage to keep your music on.
Nokia 5230

Nokia looks set to flood the market with its growing touchscreen line-up across all the major segments, with the 5230 filling the budget model gap.

Music on the Apple iPad: iTunes lite

iPad's music browser looks and acts like iTunes, but it's really a bit of a hybrid between the iTunes interface and the capabilities of the iPod's browser. Here's what it includes and what's missing.
MP3 players with voice recorders

No one wants to get writer's cramp or carpal tunnel, but it can be hard to avoid if you're taking notes in classes or meetings all day. CNET.com.au rounds up these lecture-worthy MP3 players.
Great games for the musically minded

It doesn't matter whether you've classically trained at the Conservatorium or only sing in the shower, these games will bring out your inner songbird.
Best DAB+ digital radios

Digital radio is finally here, but what equipment do you need to receive it? We look at eight different receivers to find the best.

Vibraphone robot tears through Flight of the Bumblebee

The title says it all: watch Merv the Robotic Vibraphone play a classical music staple at faster-than-human speed.
Sennheiser pairs with Adidas for new sports headphones

If you're going to make fitness-friendly tech, teaming up with an athletic company is a good way to go. At least Sennheiser thinks so.
Apple's iTunes web preview pages get audio clips

Apple has quietly pushed out music previews to its iTunes preview pages, letting users listen to tracks without having the jukebox software installed.
New iPod Touch G3 and Nano G5: The case is in for Apple

Thought about staying up until the wee hours of the morning to get the information on the new iPod? No need - the new iPods have been leaked.

Wipe your hard drive clean

Get out your virtual scrub brush and let's get busy.
Advanced iTunes: Get more from the software

Here's a collection of four tips for getting more out of the software — using multiple libraries on a single machine, the best uses for Smart Playlists, getting true CD-quality rips from your CD, and tips for getting perfect album art.
TuneUp your iTunes music library

Does your iTunes library have lots of songs with missing tags and cover art? TuneUp Companion is a plug-in for iTunes that does all the tedious tagging and cover art retrieval work for you.
How to use Spoken Menus on your 4G iPod Nano

We go step-by-step through the process of activating the latest iPod Nano's spoken menus and tweaking them to your taste.

Transcribe

Analyze a piece of music to transcribe it.
Caveman Sound

Use this library set to play sounds on the Macintosh.
Need for Speed III: Hot Pursuit

Race cars in many modes, including police vs. speeder.
EarSaver

Play relaxing sounds in the background while you perform your normal computer tasks.