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The Death of DRM

If you buy music on iTunes it is what forces you to authorize each computer that plays your music. Personally, DRM-less music what would get me buying music from iTunes— and I am sure that I'm not alone here. Read more [...]

iTunes & Lame

There used to be a really helpful application called iTunes Lame that would let you import songs from a CD into iTunes. Where it once worked smoothly and easily it now works like crap. Read more [...]

TuneDNA update

You may ask why I bother keeping songs with one star, but that isn't the point, the point is one star means it's not a favorite and so shouldn't be considered part of my "music DNA." itunes, music, music software, pandora radio, review, tuneDNA Read more [...]

Initial Notes for tuneDNA

The problem I discovered is that my laptop doesn't have the ratings for most of my music. I recognized almost all of the music, but I recognized it as music I wasn't excited about. itunes, mac software, music, music services, music software, review, social software, tunedna Read more [...]

On Pandora Online Radio

I am also aware of the fact that if I used only Pandora I'd lose the opportunity to be exposed to different music that I might not even be aware of and which Pandora would have no reason to ever play for me. music, online music, online radio, pandora, pandora online radio, radio, website review Read more [...]

Speaking of Social Software…

The site advertises: One click scoring of iTunes or iPod tracks based on PlayCounts and Ratings Save your Scorecard (Musical Dna) and send it to friends Match your Dna with others to discover Music you like Find your Musical Dna soul-mate and contact him And much much more, its time to listen to Music that's really you I suspect you can also find a female musical soul-mate if that is your thing. Read more [...]

The MPAA Might Need a Better Public Image

Looking at the news we can see that just recently movie studios came out saying that they want to impose heavier limits on iTunes store movies (there are already some pretty crappy restrictions), people have a good reason to think they are greedy. Read more [...]