If you have an old NES or Sega controller lying around, this could be a fun project to revive it: using it as and you’re looking for a fun project to bring it back to life, consider adding an mp3 player like retro gaming forum System 11 user burgerkingdiamond (BKD) did. More »
Part of us thinks that a waterproof MP3 player for $39.95 from Aldi (on sale from Saturday January 28) could be useful. Part of us wonders just how effective the waterproofing would be. Your call. [ALDI]
Keeping your digital music tagged with artist and title details is essential if you want to find a particular track, and it’s pretty uncontroversial if the song in question is performed by a single artist. But what if it’s one of the innumerable songs ‘featuring’ a guest performance by another artist? More »
Earlier this year, our Australia Day in-depth investigation into which Australian hit albums are actually available on iTunes revealed some very surprising gaps. The impending arrival of Cold Chisel’s back catalogue is one of a few recent changes that have slightly improved that situation, but there’s quite a way to go. More »
There’s plenty of technology to help you get your digital music collection into shape, but most approaches are designed with an artist-centric pop music approach in mind. Lifehacker reader Chris outlines an alternative approach to use if you have a large classical music collection and want to play movements in the correct order. More »
There was something of a fuss kicked up earlier this week when it was revealed an iPod of iconic Australian music given to US president Barack Obama by PM Julia Gillard contained no tracks by Cold Chisel or AC/DC. The explanation is simple — neither act makes its material available on iTunes, and they’re far from the only Aussie icons missing. Here’s a list of 10 classic Australian albums that really should be on the local iTunes store but aren’t. More »
I’m looking for an online music store that is not iTunes. The Ubuntu One store only offers indie stuff to Australia but my taste is quite eclectic and my dietary requirements mean that I need more than it could offer. What are some alternatives that are in/for Australia? Everything that I find is region locked to the US. Any news from our friends/saviours at Google about when they are opening their store? I’m not a Big Pond customer either. Cheers, Need New Notes More »
That headline pretty much says it all: enter a song title into imovi and it will present a list of results which let you directly download that track in MP3 form. More »
