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Apple’s Lossless Codec Is Now Open Source

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4:00PM October 28, 2011 | Alex Kidman

Apple’s not known for being particularly open — well, not since the Apple II days when Steve Wozniak had an active say in matters, anyway. It opened up one thing today, however, taking its lossless ALAC codec open source. More »


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How To: Rip Your Music Like A Pro

6:00AM September 20, 2009 | 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 »


Samsung YP-R1 PMP Plays Your Torrented Episodes Of 30 Rock

1:00PM June 14, 2009 | Dan Nosowitz

We’re loving Samsung’s new line of PMPs, and as lifelong haters of forced video conversion, we’re especially glad that Samsung’s been throwing us torrent-using pirates a bone with great codec support and a 2.7-inch touchscreen in its new YP-R1 PMP. More »


How To: Manage An All-Lossless Music Library With iTunes

2:00AM April 12, 2009 | John Mahoney

Do you love music? Have a giant hard drive? Maybe two? I’m guessing that might be the case, and here’s what you should do: give up lossy audio compression for good for pristine lossless files.

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