Unlimited Free Music? Too Good to be True? Vermont Cynic
I was assigned to write about Ruckus.com, which allegedly allows anyone with a .edu e-mail address to download unlimited music, which then plays in the Ruckus Music Player.
/Culture/ The top 40 tech podcasts .net
Are you still travelling the world without an MP3 player? Are you mad? From the practical to the profane, the professional to the puerile, Gary Marshall reveals his top 40 geek-friendly podcasts, guaranteed to improve your in-fl ight entertainment.
It's time to face the music on file sharing The Record
Customers might not like the idea of technology that allows some uses of music (like copying iTunes downloads to their iPods) but forbids others (like copying the same song to another kind of music player). But until recently, it didn't seem to bother the executives behind these anti-piracy systems.
Podcast - Apple Report: News Potpourri The Mac Observer
It's been a slow news week, so Ricky and Jeff take it as an opportunity to catch up on some ongoing stories
Apps: EmailCRX; Meander; AudioLobe MacNN
EmailCRX ($30) is an e-mail filter and spam reporting utility that uses a ratings engine to help sort incoming messages. Users can block items based on various criteria including national origin or the choice of a wrong proper name. Users can also create a Friends list to ensure desired mail comes through. [Download - 9.32MB] Meander 1.5
Apps: Media Rage, Invoices, Checkout MacNN
Media Rage 3.0 ($30) updates the collection of tools for media enthusiasts using Mac OS X. The latest release supports reading as well as writing information in AAC, MP3, FLAC, BWF, AIFF, WAVE, and Ogg Vorbis audio files. Media Rage 3.0 also reads EXIF tags from digital camera image files, supports reading as well as writing Unicode data, and more.
Most recent posts MacOPINION
Last week Apple's Steve Jobs posted an open letter to the music industry . This was a thoughtful, fascinating response to the growing hysteria over Apple's "closed" iTunes system.
Archos player does a lot of things well Canada.com
To many of us the iPod is the ultimate storage device for music, photos, movies, audio books and a myriad of other files. The weakness is the size of the screen and the inability of an iPod to connect to the web or use a Wi-Fi network.
SCENECAST: Episode 67 Nashville Scene
The Scenecast declares that it will get serious about global warming when Steve Jobs invents a solar-powered iPod.
Macworld Podcast: 802.11 & DRM MacCentral Online
Thanks to Apple CEO Steve Jobs, digital rights management has dominated much of the news in the past week. And it's the focus of this edition of the Macworld Podcast.
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