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NAMM Update: Numark Announces HDX HD/CD/MP3 player
Numark announced the HDX, a tabletop HD/CD/MP3 player with an high torque, motorized 12-inch platter.
Lady Gaga tops British all-time download chart
(AFP)
AFP - Lady Gaga's single "Poker Face" is the most downloaded song in Britain in the five years since download charts were first compiled, the Official UK Charts Company said Sunday.
iTunes Hits Two Billion Sold Milestone
Apple today announced that more than two billion songs, 50 million television episodes and over 1.3 million feature-length films have been purchased and downloaded from the iTunes Store.
Griffin Intros Hi-Way Case for iPod Hi-Fi
Griffin Technology today announced Hi-Way, a versatile, custom fit, roadworthy carrying case for the iPod Hi-Fi compact stereo.
Microsoft Patches Critical MP3 Flaw
(PC World)
PC World - Today's Patch Tuesday fixes from Microsoft include six critical bulletins that head off potential attacks involving poisoned media files and Web pages, along with wireless and TCP/IP security holes. An under-attack FTP flaw remains unfixed.
Record by Japan's next leader hot on net auction
(Reuters)
Reuters - Japan's next leader, Yukio Hatoyama, probably never thought a song he recorded 20 years ago would one day fetch a pretty penny on online auction sites.
MP3 Tech Commentary
Smart Playlists: Save Time by Using Playlists That Change With Your Music Library If you regularly update your music library, and are tired of constantly editing your playlists, then why not use Smart Playlists? Creating a Smart Playlist will save you a lot of time when playing, burning, and syncing your music with your MP3 player. As your music collection grows and changes it makes more sense to use an intelligent method of automatically updating your playlists efficiently. The vast majority of software media players support the use of normal playlists which you can use to organize your music library, but not all use smart playlists. You can customize smart playlists to search your music library for a particular music genre or artist for example. As your music library is updated, your smart playlists are kept up-to-date with the rules that you set for them to follow. To find out more, read our tutorial on creating Smart Playlists in iTunes. Related Articles:
Free Music Downloads This Week In our music discovery spotlight this week, we showcase another selection of free promotional tracks designed to broaden your musical horizons :
This MySpace Transmissions session spotlights the indie-rock band, Manchester Orchestra. You can download the free session as a .zip file which contains 5 complete tracks.
- Mistake (Yuksek Remix) (4:55)
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Buying Guide: Before You Buy a Portable Ebook Reader
The age of the portable ebook reader is upon us. Though nothing will ever replace fully the beloved paperback, the idea of being able to take hundreds of digital paperbacks with you on the road has lots of appeal. A growing number of ebook readers are being released for your purchasing consideration. You should ask yourself first, however, which features are most important to you. Battery life? Screen size? How many books a reader can hold? Read Before You Buy a Portable Ebook Reader for must have ebook reader features.
Windows Media Player: Synchronizing Your Media Files Whether you've just upgraded to the latest portable media player, or still got your old trusty MP3 player, you'll need to synchronize it if you want to carry around your library. Depending on your device's capabilities, you can use Microsoft Windows Media Player to transfer music, video, photos, and other types of files. The great thing about Windows Media Player is that it examines your device and selects the best synchronizing method to use. If your portable device has more than 4Gb then the software will switch to automatic mode saving you having to manually sync your library; this can also be turned off if necessary. For more information, be sure to read our Windows Media Player Tutorial on syncing media files to your portable. Related Articles:
Free Music Downloads This Week In our music discovery spotlight this week, we showcase another selection of artists with free promotional tracks to download. The full song downloads will hopefully give you a good idea about the style of music that the highlighted artists produce. The free music downloads this week are:
The track, Free Energy, is the debut song from the rock band of the same name (Free Energy). Their self-titled 7" version is available now (DFA Records).
- We All Wanna Be Prince (3:33)
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Product Preview: Digital Foci Photo Book - A New Portable Digital Photo Viewer The Digital Foci Photo Book is a portable digital album with an eight-inch, 800 x 600 LCD display set in a soft leather-like case. This case, described as a portable album, doesn't completely address the desires of a more traditional photo album in digital form, but its design is better suited for passing around while sitting in a living room or during a business presentation...read more
Image copyright: Digital Foci
A problem some have with the look and feel of portable digital image viewers is that, as cold metal devices, they don't capture the warmth of the images they are displaying. Some hope instead a digital photo viewer could look a little more like photo albums of old. Digital Foci is trying to capture at least part of that sentiment in a new “digital photo album.”
New netbook can double as touchscreen portable media player The Touch Book is notable because it sports a detachable keyboard and 3D touchscreen user interface. This design choice, in effect, allows this netbook to become a touchscreen only device which can work as a standalone portable media player or handheld gaming machine. The screen size is 8.9-inches and it can run for up to 15 hours on its rechargeable battery.
Key features of this multi-form factor netbook include storage done by a micro SD memory card, built-in speakers, a headphone jack, multiple USB ports and open source software. It is said that the Touch Book will be available in late spring for a starting price of around $300. More details can be found on the Touch Book Web site.
Photo credit: Always Innovating
Netbooks – smaller, inexpensive laptop computers primarily designed for light functions such as Web browsing and checking email – are becoming extremely popular, especially in this downtrodden economy. Innovation is something possible in this category at the moment, and a small company by the name of Always Innovating is attempting such a feat with its new Touch Book netbook computer.
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