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iPad Accessories for Music Lovers You love your iPad 2. You love music. Now, if only there was some way to marry the two. Here are some new and exciting iPad accessories out there. All of the accessories listed are compatible with both the iPad and iPad 2.
Mind Your Mobile Manners: Top 10 On-the-Go Blunders If you do anything on this list, you need to stop it right now.
SpokenLayer Aims to Give the Web the Power of Speech Rather than tagging something to read later, you may be able to listen to it later with the help of a conversion tool from this startup.
This Robotic Guitar Can Replace Three Guitarists Watch this robotic guitar play a song that normally requires three musicians with unrelenting precision and gusto.
Supreme Court Lets $675,000 Fine for Music Downloads Stand The Supreme Court on Monday declined to consider the petition of Joel Tenenbaum, a former doctoral student at Boston University who faces a fine of US$675,000 for illegally downloading 30 songs.

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The Past, Present and Future of Co-Op Gaming on Game On Podcast #3 The first PCWorld Game On podcast of 2012 is a rousing roundtable discussion on the advent of co-op games and how modern technology can help us game better together. Listen in as we debate the pros and cons of playing with others!
Justin Bieber Comes to CES to Introduce a New Robot Toy and robotics company Tosy introduced a new singing/dancing robot with the help of Justin Bieber.
900-Pound iNuke iPod Dock Commands Attention Behringer brings the massive iNuke iPod dock to the show floor and explains what 10,000 watts can really do. The dock measures 8 feet by 4 feet by 4 feet.

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TechHive: Which Music Subscription Service Should You Use? I looked at the major subscription services--Mog, Rdio, Rhapsody, Slacker, and Spotify--to see how they shake out and which might be the best fit for you.
Free rtpMIDI Lets You Play Beautiful Music With Your iDevice and PC rtpMIDI lets you control your PC's MIDI software and instruments using your Apple iPhone or iPad.
TechHive: Field Test--Sony XBA-3iP Headphones The audio quality for these headphones is on par with the best headphones in the $180-200 range, but these cost somewhat more.
Competent, Easy-to-Use Magix Digital DJ Magix Digital DJ 2 is extremely competent, but workmanlike in appearance for its ilk.

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Downloads: Freeware, Shareware and Software to Buy

Avira AntiVir Personal - Free Antivirus Avira AntiVir Personal - Free Antivirus is a reliable free antivirus solution, that constantly and rapidly scans your computer for malicious programs such as viruses, Trojans, backdoor programs, hoaxes, worms, dialers etc. Monitoring every action executed by the user or by the operating system and being able to react promptly when a malicious program is detected. Actions include repair, delete, block, rename and quarantine programs or files.
AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition Free program protects against viruses and hackers.
3D Desktop This free Windows 7 theme includes dozens of gorgeous 3D images.

Mind Your Mobile Manners: Top 10 On-the-Go Blunders