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Floola is a cross-platform applications to play music from your iPod on any computer. It is now up to beta 34, which adds podcast support. The only time a platform choice comes into play is when downloading the installer: there are packages for Linux, Windows (98 and up), and Mac OS X (10.2 and above).
The only problem is that DRM’ed tunes cannot be played. For that, we suggest using QT Fair Use.
Thanks to GHacks for the links.
As mentioned earlier, an initiative is going on to get an independent artist on the number 1 spot of the iTunes Music Store.
Today is the day. So go for it!
For the past year or two I’ve been listening to a lot of podcasts, including Adam Curry’s Daily Source Code (and Leo Laporte’s This Week in Tech and Security Now!). I’ve been lagging behind a bit, and just listened to the February 19th episode. In it, Adam mentions a great initiative from Mark Yoshimoto Nemcoff (of Pacific Coast Hellway fame), called Bumrush The Charts.
The idea is to prove that podcasting can make an impact, and deserves more respect from the traditional media. So, on March 22nd, we’ll try to take an indie podsafe music artist (Black Lab) to number one on the iTunes singles charts as a demonstration of the power of podcasting.
Read more at the Bumrush The Charts blog, and make sure your iTunes credit is ready on March 22nd!
This morning I was notified by the Apple updater that a new version of iTunes was available, version 7.1. Quoting from the Apple iTunes website:
Using iTunes 7.1, you can now enjoy your favorite iTunes movies, TV shows, music, and more from the comfort of your living room with Apple TV. iTunes 7.1 also supports a new full screen Cover Flow and improved sorting options to let you decide how iTunes should sort your favorite artists, albums, and songs.
The full-screen Cover Flow looks pretty neat, and is something I wanted to see before, to have iTunes display on a TV screen. If only they could incorporate music videos that I got in there as well…
Update: iLounge has an in-depth article with screenshots of the changes between iTunes 7.0 and 7.1.
Update 2: Nevermind my feature request – it’s already in there! Activate Cover Flow, and watch your videos play full-screen. When the video has ended, it returns to the Cover Flow album view. Way to go, Apple! 
This article was promoted to the Digg front page recently: Using your iPod on Linux. At first I was excited – maybe there is some useful information in this article!
Unfortunately, it turns out to be a simple three step article, showing how to install gtkpod, how to start it, and how to sync your music between gtkpod and your iPod. The comments point out some of the shortcomings, like video files, purchasing from the iTunes Music Store, etc.
I’m staying with Banshee for now!
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