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The worlds largest record label group Universal will be selling thousands of their top tracks DRM-free (more about DRM) between August 21st and January 1st as an experiment.
What does this mean to you?
It means that if the music you buy is produced by Universa,l it won’t come with all the thorny copy restrictions that can keep you from doing the things you want to do with your music like move tracks between players, burn CD’s and share tracks with friends. You will be able to buy these tracks at regular online stores from Rhapsody, WalMart, Best Buy, Amazon (if …read more

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If you’re anything like me you have music stored in too many different places – on computers at work and at home, on your iPod, even in an old Zen Micro you barely ever use anymore.
It’s confusing and you never have the song you want to hear available when you want to hear it.
Anywhere.FM solves the problem with a powerful online music player that makes it easy to upload your entire music collection, play it from anywhere on any computer and discover new music through Friend Radio.  Lala.com offers a similar service plus a cool CD trading service and promises …read more

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Adding to a growing line of portable players, Creative’s 16GB ZEN V Plus has just been released in the US offering twice the capacity of the previous top Zen model. Features include a 1.5-inch display, built-in FM radio, and support for MP3, WMA, WAV, Audible and compressed AVI video.
Expect to pay around $225 which is not a bad price given the features and small size but expensive when compared to some of the higher capacity players available.

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As we predicted you last week, as of August 8th Microsoft will lower the price of the xBox 360 bit $50. At a new price of about $349.99, Xbox 360 includes a 20GB hard drive, wireless controller and an Xbox 360 headset.  The Xbox 360 Core System is now priced at $279.99. The 120GB hard drive Xbox 360 Elite will now be priced at $449.99.
In anticipation of this year’s blockbuster Halo 3 game launch, the Xbox 360 Halo 3 Special Edition Console will hit store shelves in September with a suggested price of $399.99. Featuring a Spartan green-and-gold finish, this …read more

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Tell us about your new b5meida music blog?
therockrelic.com blog is a musical history tour through the Caverns, crevices and a few cracks of early rock-n-roll.  It’s fun, interactive, and … well, ya just gotta experience it for yourself!
Why did you choose this topic?
The Relic’s been into rock-and-roll since it was “pebble-and-wobble.”  A former DJ, audio producer, performer, rock history teacher … it just came naturally!  Write about whatcha LOVE, and you’ve got a WINNER!  (My second choice was “grits”, since I’m from the South, but they didn’t have that listed.)
What would your readers be surprised to know about you?

I dunno; …read more

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Have you ever been so sick of the crap they play on the radio that you wished you had your own station? Do you have a few friends who feel the same way?
There are some very affordable ways like via Live365 to do it on the internet. (We’ll write more about that soon.)  But from October 12-19 the government is offering a rare opportunity to apply for full power (100 to 100,000 watts) non-profit community stations. The window will only last seven days and you can only file your application during this period; so everything needs to be prepared in …read more

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Watch out for a virus that could destroy your music collection
Engadget asks, “How would you change the Microsoft Zune?“
3 ways to discover great music on the net from Digital Music Collector
Jam Bands News chronicles their favorite places to see live music
Hypebot tell us that iTunes is exploring free ad supported downloads

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Timex has has just unveiled the iControl watch, a sports watch that also serves as a wireless remote contol for you iPod. The iControl can also work with Apple’s iPhone when the phone is in airplane mode. It retails now for around $125 via Times, Apple and sporting goods stores.

Pod controls : Play/Pause, Volume Up/Down, Track Forward/Back
50-lap memory recall chronograph
Training log stores current workout with date, best lap and average lap
Multi-mode countdown timer
2 interval timers for speed and endurance training
3 customizable alarms for daily, weekday and weekend settings
100m water resistance

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When was the last time you backed up your music collection?
Security experts have discovered a worm (think special kind of computer virus) that hunts down and deletes MP3s on infected PC’s and players.
The worm spreads via removable flash drives often used by friends to share music. The worm affects PC’s running Windows 2000, 95, 98, Me, NT, Server 2003, XP and Vista according virus protection experts Symantec . One solution is tp disable the autorun feature in Windows that automatically launches programs on CDs or USB drives. (more)

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