Music

Photo CD Cover

June 22, 2006

Got photos? Got CDs? How about creating a cool CD cover from your own photos? This fun tool from Flagrant Disregard will create a personalized, printable page that integrates your photo and text into a CD or DVD cover that you simply print, cut, and fold. You can upload a photo from your own computer, [...]

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Mashups

January 31, 2006

What started as music trend, is now a popular Internet genre: a mashup is a mix of two (or more) tools to make a new one. For example, JackTracker is a Google Map that tracks the whereabouts of the television character Jack Bauer from the Fox show 24. To keep up with all the newest [...]

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Copy From iPod to Computer

January 10, 2006

One feature glaringly missing from the iPod is the ability to copy songs from the device to your computer, as iTunes only works in the opposite direction: from computer to iPod. If your computer crashes without a backup of your music files, you will need software such as iPod Access to recover your songs. iPod [...]

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Google Music

December 26, 2005

Google has added a new feature to its popular search engine called Google Music, which can be accessed by entering a musician’s name into any Google search box, or directly at http://www.google.com/musicsearch . If you start at the standard Google search box and enter a musician or band name that Google knows about, you’ll see [...]

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Adding Album Cover Art to iTunes

September 21, 2005

The newest Apple iPods have color screens for displaying album cover art. To add cover art to your existing iTunes library, open iTunes and select an entire album (using the shift or control key to select multiple songs) and then right click to open the “Get Info” dialog box. Next open a browser window with [...]

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BitTorrent

June 7, 2005

BitTorrent is a peer-to-peer (P2P) software tool that distributes download bandwidth among those who are downloading. The problem with offering large files from your website is that a surge in traffic can crash your web server. BitTorrent rewards those that share their bandwidth by using cooperative distribution, also known as swarming downloads. With the rise [...]

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Waterproof MP3 Players

April 5, 2005

With the advent of waterproof MP3 players, diehard music fans can take their tunes into the water. Solutions range from waterproof cases for existing players to players designed especially for underwater use. For even more choices, browse Froogle.

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iTunes Jukebox

February 7, 2005

Even if you do not own an iPod, the free

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Lossey and Lossless

January 25, 2005

Digital audio formats are of two types: lossey and lossless . Lossey means that some of the original data is lost during compression. Resulting files are small, but some sound quality is sacrificed. MP3 is a lossey format. Lossless algorithms, on the other hand, do not lose any data during compression. FLAC is a lossless [...]

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Music Networking Appliances

August 4, 2004

With the introduction of music networking appliances, digital music collections are moving beyond the home computer, onto the home stereo system. Here are just some of the products in this new category: Apple’s Airport Express for iPod owners, a variety of devices that work with RealPlayer’s Rhapsody music service and SoundBlaster’s Wireless Music.

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