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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.

Guvera music site uses guerrilla advertising tactics

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

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Reviews

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.
PC Tools Internet Security 2010

We're big fans of PC Tools Internet Security's ThreatFire component, and the overall toolset that PC Tools provides is robust, but the suite could be both faster and easier to use.
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.
Corel Home Office

Despite some compatibility setbacks, Corel Home Office suite is useful for creating documents. Its conscientious size, small-screen optimisations, and attractive price make it a good buy for a Netbook office suite, or for saving space by shedding advanced features.
The Beatles: Rock Band

After a string of disappointing Guitar Hero franchises, Harmonix looks to reinvent the "band-based" rhythm game genre with The Beatles: Rock Band.

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Features

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 sports games

Most of us aren't born with the ball-thwacking ability of Tiger Woods, the wheel twirling skills of Michael Schumacher or the heading ability of Tim Cahill.

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News

Steam games coming to Mac

Valve has announced that its Steam gaming service is coming to the Mac platform, and will simultaneously release games for both PCs and Macs.
The Olympics run on Windows (XP)

The many Acer computers that dot the Winter Olympic venues are running Windows, but it's the venerable Windows XP rather than one of Microsoft's newer operating systems.
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.

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DIYs and How-to

Home cinema systems: Are kits or components right for you?

Whether you want to buy a home theatre in a box or go the components route, you'll need to decide which way is best for you right from the start.
Laptop lowdown: 25 things you need to know to buy the perfect notebook

In the market for a new notebook? Check out our list of 25 things you need to consider before you hit the shops.
Wipe your hard drive clean

Get out your virtual scrub brush and let's get busy.
GPS buyer's guide

Prices for GPS devices and apps have come down in the last year and many of us are looking at jumping on the bandwagon. We take a look at how it works, why you should (or shouldn't) buy a GPS, as well as key features to look out for.

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Downloads

Transcribe

Analyze a piece of music to transcribe it.
Caveman Sound

Use this library set to play sounds on the Macintosh.
Epson Color True System Enhancement for PhotoPlus Photo Scanner

Enhance the PhotoPlus Photo Scanner with this driver for Windows 3.x/95.
HP LaserJet 4Si-4SiMX Explorer Software

Get the 4Si-4SiMX Explorer software for DOS.