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If God Is A DJ, Cross Mp3 Player Is The Music...

Is God really a DJ? Do monks use Mp3 players to listen to music? If not, they should, because this gizmo is definitely going to make them feel closer to God. In case you're wondering if this is a concept, I assure you this baby is very real and somehow crazy, as it features a cross-like design. But, besides look...

26 September 2007
02:45 GMT

Amazon and the Story Of The Magic 89 Cents

Amazon.com officially released Amazon MP3, a new web-based service which sells music content to the Internet users for prices starting at 89 cents. According to the parent company, the digital store currently has no less than 2 million songs created by approximately 180,000 artists so the collection might also includ...

25 September 2007
17:06 GMT

Copycats Depress Me! Question: Did Mach Speed Clone HTC P3300?

When did this happen? Who is Mach Speed Technologies? Apparently, these guys were known in the electronic industry as an American owned motherboard supplier. I don't know how they did it, but they managed to pop out a cool portable media player, which they named Oasis...such an exotic name.The only issue is that...

25 September 2007
06:21 GMT

Venzero Pops Out New Chic LINQ PMP! This Time in Mini Shape!

Soon after announcing another series of PMP and probably in response to Apple's iPod touch, Venzero is introducing its brand new LINQ Mini portable media player.Regarding the design of the new item, the LINQ Mini features a small screen and more comfortable (and smaller) dimensions than its previous version, the...

24 September 2007
02:43 GMT

Sony's Pink Mood! Unveils Cool NAS-D55HD HDD Audio System...Sweet!

Finally, Sony decided to step up in the mini-stereo concept area. Its latest addition to the company's portfolio are the NAS-D55HD, NAS-M75HD, and NAS-M95HD hard drive-based cool sound machines. Besides looking like thy're ready to compete for "The Best-Looking Electronic Device", the new models offer a num...

20 September 2007
05:36 GMT

Toshiba Introduces Its First Digital Photo Frame, Ever!

It's about time Toshiba entered the digital photo frame wild zone. The company has chosen the same IFA in Berlin to display its latest additions to the portfolio, among which a cool portable DVD player and this digital photo frame.Being manufactured at the high standards the company has got us used to, the digit...

18 September 2007
03:51 GMT

Portable USB Turntable Spins Old Vinyl! Brings Back Memories...

A USB turntable is a phonograph device, used to convert the tracks on vinyl records into a digital and mostly accessible format, such as a CD or MP3. One of the first devices of this kind was released in early 2006, by ion Audio and it was soon dubbed iTTUSB.While designing the device, both digital and analog outputs...

14 September 2007
03:29 GMT

How to Convert a YouTube Clip into a MP3

If you have found a YouTube clip and you want to save it on your computer, then you should know that it's somehow difficult to do this unless you have a powerful application able to enhance this process. That's why the folks working at DVD Video Soft Limited designed YouTube to MP3 converter, an application...

12 September 2007
10:16 GMT

Let's Play! Hercules Mobile DJ Mp3 Gadget Spins It Roughly, Makes Pete Tong Jealous!

Ladies, gentlemen, music addicts, meet my new friend, the mobile DJ mp3 gadget! It enables you to mix the integrated tracks selected from your own personal PC. This thing is 100 % wireless, which means you can both mix and do your daily routine, simultaneously. Apparently, this fellow only requires a simple sync with...

7 September 2007
04:13 GMT

Free MP3s with Safari!

As many of you might have already guessed, when something is being put on the Internet, that's it - it's there, and it will never disappear! How come? Well, that's an easy answer, you upload it, and before you know it, some hackers will come up with a scheme to copy it on their computers! And what'...

27 August 2007
03:19 GMT

Microsoft Dodges $1.5 Billion Payment Over the Use of MP3 Technology

In February 2007, Microsoft lost one stage of its legal battle with Alcatel-Lucent over the usage of MP3 technology patented by the Paris-based telecommunications company. At the time, the jury's verdict ordered Microsoft to pay Alcatel-Lucent no less than $1.52 billion for patent infringement. The ruling at the...

7 August 2007
04:10 GMT

Brand New Sony B100 MP3 Killed ATRAC and SonicStage!?!

It's Sony time again! After seeing this, the crowd went numb. The company's European branch almost secretly unveiled its B100 Network Walkman music player for the summer collection of 2007. The company's latest B100 series seems to deserve the particular notice. According to ATRACLife, the new series o...

24 July 2007
03:17 GMT

iJacket from ZengnaSport Feeds My Electronics!

The ZegnaSport Solar jacket just loves the sun. Why wouldn't it, when it uses the latest solar power system, which is so much recommended these days, especially because of its green quality. The latest trend in the industry involves mixing the green power technology with trendy clothes.And when I say fashion, my...

25 June 2007
05:12 GMT

Tivoli Unveils Brand New Wi-Fi Flavored Radio Stars

Good news for the conservative people who are still fans of the good old radios! Tivoli Radios is well known for its tabletop radios, but the company still focuses on the conservative side when it comes to its main features. So, they changed their design a little and kept the audio capability: AM, FM and CD, plus the...

25 June 2007
02:45 GMT

Urban Phone LG "Fusic II" at Sprint?

Sprint will expand its line of available mobile phones with the launch of LG "Fusic II", modern and appealing device. The device has high chances of becoming popular enough as to reach high sales, but official statements have not been revealed by Sprint yet.LG "Fusic II" looks like the perfect urban phone, with desig...

21 June 2007
09:02 GMT

Meet The Latest Thanko MP4 Metal Watch!

Following the latest trend in the industry to create not simple wrist watches, but amazingly functional ones, Thanko introduces a new Mp4 wrist watch.This time, the company decided to replace the cheap-looking plastic, with a hard high quality - as they say - metal. Apparently, the watch seems much more solid this ti...

21 June 2007
06:01 GMT

How to Repair MP3 Support in Kubuntu

The scope of this guide is to repair or install MP3 support in (K)Ubuntu distributions. Why repair? The answer is very simple: a few days ago, after a recommended update offered via the Adept software, the MP3 support in my Kubuntu operating system suddenly disappeared. Amarok, Juk, Kaffeine and even the Audacious pl...

25 May 2007
10:14 GMT

Play OGG Now! Be Free!

The Free Software Foundation (FSF) has recently launched a campaign to encourage the use of the Ogg Vorbis format, maintained by the Xiph.Org Foundation, instead of MP3. Even though the MP3 format is said to be technically a bit better than the ogg, the former has the disadvantage of being proprietary. This has cons...

18 May 2007
03:57 GMT

Amazon to Revolutionize Online MP3 Distribution: DRM-Free Music Store!

Amazon prepares a major hit for the DRM companies because the firm plans to launch a DRM-free music shop to sell unprotected MP3s. It seems like Amazon wants to release the store in the upcoming months and will allow the download of millions of songs without any limitation. According to Engadget, Amazon will sell mu...

16 May 2007
10:58 GMT

Inax's Washlet Toilet Plays Bach Tunes

Inax's Statis Asteo washlet doesn't offer more than Toto and Brondel have to offer. OK, maybe music is important, but no one is probably going to check the music player specs when getting to choose the "safest" toilet. I'm still going to talk about the specs though. Inax's latest release, the Stat...

26 April 2007
09:23 GMT

The Smallest MP3 Player For Sale! The Pygmies Said It's Invisible!

Beware, this is a sob story! MP3 players were once visible. Now, they're getting so small that people have trouble locating them. Take this strange mini-sized MP3 player for example. What if it gets under your fingernail? What if you drop it into your food accidentally? Worse, you might even drop it in the toile...

6 April 2007
04:32 GMT

Size Does Matter

Every person that uses a computer is familiar with the term of MP3 or Winamp. The reason I relate these two terms is because Winamp was among the first players that could reproduce this kind of compressed audio format. In case you didn't know, MP3 is the "compression" term for MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3. Among the dev...

4 April 2007
12:23 GMT

Audio Tapes Vs. HD Audio?

No, it's not a versus: it's a time-travel! If you're more than 25, then you're in! I mean you're old enough to have been infected with the tape mania back in your teens and thus know what I am speaking about. 30-minute and 60-minute, 90 and even 120-minute tapes resided on our bookshelves and...

2 April 2007
10:19 GMT

True Fair Play from iTunes: Complete My Album Feature

Well, I am quite sure that not once have you downloaded from iTunes a song recommended by friends and truly enjoyed it while really thinking of buying the whole album. Now, you see you're paying more than you should: actually you're throwing away the money you've spent in the first instance on buying t...

30 March 2007
05:47 GMT

How to Set Ringtones on Nokia N70

Yes, you read the title alright, and if you're still wondering what's so hard in setting MP3 (or AAC) ringtones, try it now. I'm not referring to those of you who were perseverant and learned the answer crawling on the Internet. This is a guide for those of you who don't have the time to check som...

27 March 2007
10:31 GMT

iRiver T50

iRiver revealed the T50, its latest ultra-portable flashed-based music player. The T 50 music player comes after the awkwardly designed T 10. It comes in 2 flavors (white and black). The control buttons seem easier to operate than the ones from T 50. It has a sporty design and an extremely tiny but bright color scre...

26 March 2007
06:20 GMT

Satellites Vs. Royalty

XM and Sirius have closed a deal not a long time ago regarding satellite music broadcast. So good - so far, people have already begun to enjoy this new media, as well as the satellite radio producers have all hurried to release more and more "radiosat" gear.Now it's time for the response as it looks like the cop...

23 March 2007
04:47 GMT

Gnormalize Review

People usually use a different program for every task related to their music collection. They use a program for ripping audio CDs, another program for converting the audio files to various formats, another program for normalizing the volume level and another program for editing the tags. If you're one of those p...

19 March 2007
07:28 GMT

Winamp Can Decompress/Convert Audio Files

Have you seen the title? You are probably on the point of laughing at me. Who in the world would want to decompress a 4 Mb mp3 audio file to obtain a wav file that eats about 10 times more disk space? I do! And you would do the same after you will listen to my little story. Yesterday, I was asked by a relative to hel...

12 March 2007
16:06 GMT


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