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Six Best MP3 Tagging Tools

2:00AM Jason Fitzpatrick | A well tagged MP3 collection makes everything from organisation to playback easier. Keep reading for a closer look at your fellow readers’ favourite tools for cleaning up their MP3 tags in this week’s Hive Five. Photo by Darin Barry. More »

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iExporter Liberates Your Playlists From iTunes

11:30PM Jason Fitzpatrick | Windows only: iTunes excels at making playlists whether you’re dragging and dropping or using building a smart playlist. iExporter lets you enjoy your awesome choices on other devices besides your computer and iPod. More »

Money

eBay Australia Selling Inconvenient Music Downloads

10:25AM Angus Kidman | A partnership between eBay and Universal Music to sell MP3 tracks offers another DRM-free option for Australian buyers, but the integration is so sloppy as to render the partnership pointless. More »

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Hypetape Blends Muxtape-Style Streaming With Hype Machine Tracks

10:30PM Kevin Purdy | Do you fondly recall the month or two we enjoyed the (original) MP3 mixtape maker Muxtape? Do you dig the Hype Machine blog or newer music in general? If so, you’d better head over to hypetape. More »

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Beat Your MP3 Tags Into Shape With These MediaMonkey Scripts

9:00AM Jason Fitzpatrick | Inconsistently tagged MP3s can be a real pain. Avoid hours spent digging through your music aligning bands and album tags with these hard-working Media Monkey scripts. More »

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ListenToYouTube Rips Audio From YouTube Vidoes To MP3

3:00AM Jason Fitzpatrick | You find a great video on YouTube and you’d love to save the audio or load it on your MP3 player to listen to later. What can you do? You can hop over to ListenToYouTube. More »

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Sockso Streams Your Tunes Anywhere Via The Web

5:00AM Jason Fitzpatrick | Windows/Mac/Linux: Access your music from afar with Sockso, the open-source music server. The simple, no-install-need setup can make your music available for the next trip you take out your door. More »

LMMS Turns Your Desktop Into A Music Sequencing Monster

10:30PM Kevin Purdy | Windows/Linux only: LMMS puts a powerful set of music-making tools into one window, letting those who can’t swing a home studio roll samples, bass grooves, synths, and other effects into high-quality audio files. More »

Money

Top 5 Ways To Save Money On iTunes

3:02PM Angus Kidman | Variable pricing might not have made much difference to what’s on sale in the iTunes store, but there are ways you can get music without endlessly coughing up $1.69 a track. More »

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TuneConnect Controls ITunes Playback From Any Computer In Your Home

2:30AM Adam Pash | Mac OS X only: Free, open-source application TuneConnect controls iTunes playback on any computer in your house from any other computer through an attractive interface focused on album art. More »