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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.

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.
Creative Zen MX

Creative's latest player may have some drawbacks, but it still is a strong contender that provides great value for money.
LG New Chocolate Slide

LG's New Chocolate Slide is the beauty queen of mobile phones; it's a sleek, sexy handset with precious little going on under the glowing lights and glossy black exterior.
LG New Chocolate

If you're looking for an excellent touchscreen with outstanding performance, look elsewhere. The LG New Chocolate looks great but lacks all the hallmarks of a great phone.
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 high-capacity MP3 players

Music hoarders rejoice! Here are a few picks of the top players for those large collections.

Adobe joins Linux-phone group to spread Flash

Flash isn't on the iPhone, but a Mobile World Congress announcement shows Adobe is working hard to make sure it's available as many other places as possible.
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.
Flash: iPad unboxing

A few people have mentioned that there might be a fairly important feature missing from the recently announced Apple iPad. We wonder what that might be? This unboxing video gives us a sneak peek.
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.

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.
Xbox Live: FAQ about gaming online

This resource rounds up answers to all the questions we are frequently asked about gaming online with Xbox Live, from getting connected to games, membership, points and more.

Transcribe

Analyze a piece of music to transcribe it.
Caveman Sound

Use this library set to play sounds on the Macintosh.
Global Village TelePort Platinum Comm Slot Firmware Upgrade

Improve the speed of your Global Village TelePort Platinum Comm Slot.
Dell Dimension Pxxxv FlashBIOS

Download the flash BIOS for the Dell Dimension Pxxxv systems.