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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.

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Reviews

WD My Passport Elite 500GB

Desktop users who need a portable drive will find the My Passport Elite endearing, although the dock could stand to be a little more user friendly.
Sangean DPR-69 Plus

Sangean's cute DRP-69 Plus isn't quite portable or desk bound, and isn't quite sharp enough to make it a must-have DAB.
Cygnett Maestro Portable Speaker System for iPhone & iPod

The Maestro does a lot of things right for its AU$189.95 asking price. It produces good sound and is cross-compatible with a range of iPods and iPhones, but it's also light on exciting features.
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.
HP SimpleSave Portable 320GB

HP's SimpleSave portable drive does make backups simple, as long as your file names aren't too long.
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.
Ultrasone Zino

Ultrasone's Zino headphones strike the perfect middle ground of performance, style and convenience for earbud-eschewing connoisseurs of portable audio.

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Features

Best tiny MP3 players

When it comes to tiny MP3 players, flash chip-based players are where it's at. We choose some of the tiniest, cutest models on the market.
Best portable GPS navigators

All brand name GPS units will get you safely from A to B, but some do it better than others. We nominate a clutch of navigators we'd junk our Gregory's or Melway for.
Best portable mobile phone speakers

People love sharing their music when they are out and about. We check out the best portable speakers to use with your music-playing mobile phone.
Portable or in-dash GPS?

So you've decided to get satellite navigation for your beloved automobile, but you're caught between what type of system to get. CNET Australia investigates whether an integrated in-dash unit or portable device is suitable for you.

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News

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.
Sydney movie, music pirate earns jail time

The Australian arms of the music and film industry have won a victory against piracy with the news that Sydney man Yong Hong Lin has been handed a three-month jail term for selling illegal imported discs from his Eastwood music and movie store.
Broken record: Why labels want new album format

There's not enough margin in single downloads, so the music industry wants to find the next-gen album. Let's hope it won't force unwanted tracks on listeners.
Warner Music Group and YouTube talking again

Six months after Warner Music's songs disappeared from YouTube, the two companies are trying to hash out their differences, sources say.

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DIYs and How-to

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.
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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Downloads

QuickScore Elite

Write your own music and edit it with a set of pre-defined tools.
Copyist

Create musical compositions.
Sticky Password

Keep your passwords and personal data secure and accessible only by you,at home and on the road.
CopyToDVD

Back up all your music and data files.

Get (laptop) smart before you buy

Win the numbers game and get the laptop that's perfect your needs as well as your budget!
Microsoft Windows® 7. Your PC, simplified.

Windows® 7 has been designed to be more reliable, more responsive, and to make the things you do every day easier.
Whereis® maps

If you’d like to get to know more of Australia, and do it safely, then check out Whereis® maps.