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Software
6:00AM John Herrman | For most people, dropping a CD into their disc drive and clicking “Import” in iTunes is good enough. For music freaks, though, it’s not—and with good reason. Here’s how to digitise your tunes, the right way. More »
How To: Rip Your Music Like A Pro
6:00AM John Herrman | For most people, dropping a CD into their disc drive and clicking “Import” in iTunes is good enough. For music freaks, though, it’s not—and with good reason. Here’s how to digitise your tunes, the right way. More » 
Music
The Geek Squad’s Newest Racket: CD Ripping
9:40AM John Herrman | Building on a proud tradition of charging for things that shouldn’t cost anything, Best Buy’s crack team of dudes will now rip your CDs, for the low low price of $US1 a disc. More »
Music
10:30AM Nick Broughall | It’s the 9th of September, 2009. 09/09/09. Beatles Day. Not only does The Beatles: Rock Band hit shelves today, but so do the remastered back-catalogue of Beatles albums in both Stereo and Mono. More »
QOTD: Did You Pick Up The Beatles Box Sets Today?
10:30AM Nick Broughall | It’s the 9th of September, 2009. 09/09/09. Beatles Day. Not only does The Beatles: Rock Band hit shelves today, but so do the remastered back-catalogue of Beatles albums in both Stereo and Mono. More »
Design
Stunning Shanghai Corporate Pavilion Made From Used CD Cases
6:00AM Sean Fallon | With the Shanghai World Expo 2010 fast approaching, architects are jumping in on the “Better City, Better Life” theme with concepts like this Shanghai Corporate Pavilion. The plans include many green features, including a structure made from recycled CD cases. More »
Music
How To Build Your Own Iconic Muji CD Player
2:20AM Matt Buchanan | Muji’s simple, iconic CD player, designed by Nato Fukasawa, costs $US178. (I heart Muji.) Fortunately, its simplicity means that you can roll your own damn fine iteration way cheaper using a CD player, speakers and some cardboard: [Vvank via BBG]
Music
CD Case Features Built-In Theremin And Artistic Circuitry
6:10AM Dan Nosowitz | San Francisco electro artist Moldover, like Beck before him, figured out a way to make physical music purchases superior to digital: embrace the physical. In Moldover’s case, that meant cramming an actual working theremin into the CD case. More »
Hardware
RipNAS Corners Market On SSD-based CD-Ripping NAS Devices With Statement Line
7:30AM Jack Loftus | With the launch of two new Statement devices, RipNAS now effectively owns the CD-ripping NAS market, due to the fact that there’s relatively little competition in the space. More »
Business
GE Makes Holographic Storage Breakthrough For Cheap(er) 500GB Discs
12:39AM John Mahoney | Sheinhardt Wigs GE engineers have announced a breakthrough in the formerly retardedly-expensive field of holographic storage: by making the holograms smaller, they can squeeze 500GB on standard-sized optical discs. More »
Music
How We Listen: A Timeline of Audio Formats
5:20AM John Herrman | Humans have been writing music for at least as long as we’ve been recording history. It was storing it that took a little more time. Here are all the ways we’ve done it to date: More »
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