Technologize your children... give them a head start

Program preschooler children for early learning (age 3-6) with the Tote & Go Laptop Plus! Tote & Go Laptop Plus toys offer big style for little learners, and it’s just like the laptops mom and dad use! This unique learning laptop comes complete with a colorful keyboard and detachable mouse that’s designed for both left-handed and right-handed users. Plus, the Tote & Go Laptop Plus toys feature 30 engaging activities that teach children language, math, games and music.

Here's one for the ladies. The Audi-Oh audio vibrator buzzes in time to any music you run through its audio jack. Want a quickie? Plug in some polka. Want a long and luxurious barn burner? Try Gregorian chant interspersed with NIN. The possibilities are endless. You can even hit a club or go see the Boston Pops and pipe the live audio into your love flower.

I don't think the world of audio-didonics has been sufficiently explored and this is really a step in the right direction. Soon women will no longer need us. They'll just need a long train going by. It's available for $69.95 at the aptly-named Grand Opening.

The Audi-Oh - Vibrator for your iPod

SMALLEST MP3 PLAYER

Never before has such a big sound come from such a tiny device! And when we say tiny, we really mean tiny. We are not just talking about palm-sized. We are talking about finger-sized. But size is not a sacrifice for quality and performance. You get the same level quality of sound than the top MP3 players on the market that are typically 10x larger and 3x more expensive.

You are not even going to sacrifice storage space either. With a whopping 2GB of storage space, you will become a musical magician as you keep pulling more music from your tiny little box. Your friends will be amazed not just with the clarity and depth of your favorite music but also the fact that the device stored 2GB of music (or about 200 hours of music) in a device not much larger than the tip of their finger.

How can such a big sound come from such a tiny device? It’s almost as if aliens delivered us a breakthrough in technology that allows us to store so much data in such a small space. But there is more to the tiny device than 200 hours of non-stop music. There is a built-in 3.7V lithium battery, which will enable hours of continuous playtime between charges. It also comes with a USB adapter, making it easy to use with your PC or laptop while requiring no drivers or software installation. There is even a built-in FM radio to allow you to listen to your favorite radio station or keep up with the breaking news.

The most impressive feature of this tiny MP3 player is not all the features or even its fingertip size. The most impressive feature is the fact that the World’s Tiniest MP3 Player weighs less than one ounce! The headphones, which are included with your purchase, weigh as much as the 2GB MP3 player as well. You can take it with you to the gym, office, hiking, or any other activity and you’ll forget you are even wearing it save the fact that you’ll have CD quality sound playing in your ears.

Music Formats supported: MP1, MP2, MP3, WMA, WMV, ASF, WAV 7 EQ selections: normal, rock, pop, classic, soft, jazz, bass

Tunes on your bike

A Great Workout
There's no question that music can pump us up. And the more pumped up we are while working out, the better results we are going to get from working out. Whether you are inspired by “Eye of the Tiger” or “Chariots of Fire” the Mobile Theme Music Sound System is the perfect accessory for your iPod ® or MP3 Player. The durable case houses not only a great sound system but a compartment where you can store your favorite player. You'll needed it when you start taking on those trails you've never imagined possible on your brand new mountain bike. Or maybe you'll find yourself strapping the Mobile Theme Music Sound System to your favorite weight machine so you can get yourself fired up. Create a play list of your most inspiring music and elevate your workout to the next level.

Sound, Storage, and Portability
The Mobile Theme Music Sound System is the most portable sound system you can find. It easily secures around any bicycle handlebar, giving you great and inspiring sound as you power your way up the steepest of hills. Unzip the Mobile Theme Music Sound System and you will find a compartment for storing not just your favor media player but also maybe some trail mix or a energy bar. And nothing will beat the portability. Secure it to your handlebars with the strong Velcro straps. Secure it to a barbell at the gym. Secure it to the volleyball post at the beach. Secure it to the cage of your all-terrain Go Kart. Anywhere you can go, the Mobile Theme Music Sound System will follow. Take it with you on long road trips. Take it with you to the gym. Take it with you everywhere because you want everyone to know your theme music

Pandora - The Music Genome Project

This is a great site to sample music. The site has you input a song or artist and it produces a play list of similar music, based on tonal qualities, genre, and overall sound. It allows the listener to give the songs a 'thumbs-up' or a 'thumbs-down'; teaching the software what you do and don't like.... the more music you rate the better tailored your play list will be. It is streaming music so it is best suited for times that you will be able to just let the music play.... work is a good place, if you can listen to music. If you are savvy enough you can record the streams if it is music you want... just need the right software!!!! check the site out: www.pandora.com

'DRM-free' music - Embedded information

DRM technology puts a sort of software lock on digital songs or movies, dictating where and how the content can be played and distributed. With DRM-free content, some songs purchased from iTunes now work directly on portable players other than Apple's iPod, including Microsoft Corp.'s Zune.

Apple Inc.'s recent rollout of songs without copy protection software at its iTunes Store has given consumers new flexibility, but questions have emerged over the company's inclusion of personal data in purchased music tracks.

Are the songs that are being billed as free of so-called digital rights management technology really "DRM-free" or are there still strings attached?

The Electronic Frontier Foundation, a consumer watchdog group, said the embedded user information in the purchased track raises privacy issues.

The Electronic Frontier Foundation, which also analyzed the DRM-free song files on iTunes, said it did not want to jump to any conclusions on Apple's reasons for embedding the personal data.

Users can remove their identifying data from the files simply by burning the tracks to a CD and then ripping the songs back to their computer in the MP3 format, said Fred Von Lohmann, an attorney with the San Francisco-based group.Still, the group takes issue with the fact that the personal information stored in these type of song files is not encrypted. If someone were to lose their iPod or have their laptop stolen, for example, anyone using simple software tools could access the personal data in the songs.

excerpts from 'DRM-free' iTunes songs raise concerns