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Sonos Gets More Affordable With ZonePlayer S5 Wireless Speaker

10:35PM Danny Allen | Sonos’ wireless home audio system is great for convenient, hiss-free streaming, but it’s pretty pricey. The S5 changes that (a little), by incorporating a receiver and speaker into a single unit-compared to the $US350 ZP90 which requires separate powered-speakers. More »
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Rhapsody Music Streaming iPhone App Gets Approved

5:50PM Danny Allen | Though it can’t cache songs like the recently-approved Spotify, Rhapsody’s app is available in the US only, and lets $US15-a-month Rhapsody To Go subscribers stream unlimited tracks over Wi-Fi, 3G or Edge. It’s also free to try for a week. More »
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Kazaa Wakes Up From Lawsuit-Induced Coma, Vows To Go Legit

11:54PM John Herrman | Old-line filesharing services can’t seem to switch sides fast enough: Now Kazaa, leading purveyor of illegal MP3s and maliciously mislabelled pornography for few years in the early 2000s, has been reborn as a legal, paid music download service. $US20 a month gets you unlimited downloads, 2005-style: in WMA format, wrapped in tons of DRM. The history of iPod-incompatible music stores is littered with dead bodies, so, well, best of luck. [SMH via The Inquirer]
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Stream Zune Songs To Your IPhone

12:00PM Jason Chen | Gear Live found a roundabout, but clever, way of streaming Zune tracks onto your iPhone. Why would you do that? Because Zune Pass gets you a basically unlimited amount of songs, and they don’t play natively on the iPhone. More »
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Sonos Audio System Brings Controller App to iPhone, Firmware 2.7 Update With Last.fm and 15,000+ Radio Stations

8:00PM Adrian Covert | The new Sonos Controller app for the iPhone and iPod touch is able to manage the same audio hardware and music libraries as the CR100 unit. Whether it’s controlling your music library, switching/linking zones on the fly, or adjusting the volume, the iPhone app can do everything it’s bigger brother can. If you want to quickly search for an artist on Pandora or listen to your MP3 library in another room, the touchscreen interface of the iPhone really makes the whole process more intuitive and easier to manage. In addition to your music library on your computer, NAS or Time Capsule, Sonos brings Pandora, Sirius, Rhapsody and Napster control right to the iPhone, plus support for 15,000 new radio stations and Last.fm. galleryPost('sonosiphone', 6, ''); More »