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Music video service offers more clips than YouTube
The ground is getting thick with music video services, with the PlayStation 3's VidZone now being joined by a service that brags it has "more depth than YouTube".
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.
Reviews
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Sony Ericsson W995
The W995 under-performs where it counts. The screen is small and of a low-resolution, the web browser doesn't inspire web browsing, and worst of all, the W995 is just too expensive.
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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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Sony Walkman X-series (16GB) NWZ-X1050
Great sound, brilliant OLED touchscreen, noise cancellation and as much YouTube as your Wi-Fi can handle. Shame about the extortionate price.
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Sony Ericsson W302 Walkman
The Sony Ericsson W302 Walkman delivers good sound quality in a neat design for a low price. For those who want a decent, inexpensive phone that plays music, it's a good choice, but don't bother with the poor camera and web browser.
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Apple iPod Shuffle (3rd generation)
The Apple iPod Shuffle (3rd generation) is not bad as a budget player, but it has too many limitations for us to recommend it.
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BlueAnt X5 Stereo Bluetooth Headset
A good value headset with comfort on its side, but not if you're an audiophile.
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Motorola EM330
It is yet another clamshell phone from yet another phone company. So what sets this mobile phone apart from the others? Not much.
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Sony Ericsson W595 Walkman
This is a solid phone, aside from its lack of a real headphone socket. But if you're expecting anything radically new, you might want to wait a little while for Sony Ericsson to start innovating before you upgrade.
Features
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Australian music download services compared
If you're keen to boost your music collection without stepping away from the glow of your monitor, our quick guide to Australian download services will give you all the info you need.
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Mother's Day gift guide
Give your mum the gift of tech. We've rounded up gadgets that will make her life better well beyond Mother's Day: cameras, mobile phones, laptops and MP3 players.
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MP3s for Mother's Day
Forget sneaking around in the kitchen in the early hours of Mother's Day trying to throw together a continental brunch for your dear mum. Wake her up with the sound of her favourite music, as heard via a new MP3 player, headphones or sound system.
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Buyer's tips: Choosing the best music phone
The variety of music and media focused phones available can make it difficult to be sure you're getting the best device for your money. The following is the most important factors to consider before you hand over your coin or sign your life away on a long-term contract.
News
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Sony unites for Entertainment Unlimited
The might of Sony's media groups will unite to deliver movies, music and games to the upcoming Sony Ericsson Satio handset.
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BMW to make voice commands more natural
Using speech recognition to enter destinations into a car's sat nav system is usually an exercise in tedium, but BMW will soon be launching a more natural system for destination entry, as well as music searches, on its iDrive-equipped models.
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Report: Palm Pre will sync with iTunes
As Palm readies the Palm Pre for release next month, another interesting tidbit of information has been discovered about the device. It is recognised by Apple's iTunes.
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Studios win Sydney piracy victory
The local arms of film and music studios have claimed a victory in their war against copyright offences, with a Sydney man convicted for selling pirated content last week.
DIYs and How-to
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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.
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How to split audio tracks
This tutorial can help you split music and audio books into shorter tracks for your convenient listening pleasure.
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How to record streaming audio
Many online music sites prefer to stream songs rather than serving them up as downloadable files. Here's a free way to record the audio as MP3s.
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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.
Downloads
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Digital Music Record Edit Burn Studio
Record, convert, edit, burn, and grab audio files.
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OJOsoft MP3 to WAV Converter
Convert MP3 to WAV and MP2.
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Spesoft Audio Converter
Convert files between a large collection of audio file formats.
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Cool Music CD Burner
Burn your favorite music files to CD.























