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How do I listen to the music on my PC in another room?

Digital Living Is there a way I can listen to the tunes stored on my computer in the lounge? This is an open-source program, which means that anyone can write a plug-in for it, such as the excellent AlienBBC, which lets you listen to BBC radio stations, as well...

21 February 2007, 16:44

Radio radio: it's a sound sensation

Digital Living Technological advances mean you can now listen to a lot more radio whenever and wherever you want. Prop a laptop on top of your fridge, point your browser to the BBC Web site, and you can play I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue when you want to listen to...

13 March 2006, 14:20

Do I need to pay more than £30 for earphones?

Digital Living If you only listen to highly compressed MP3s or FM radio, don't bother spending more than about 30 quid. I'm a big music fan but have never been unhappy with Apple's little white earbuds. Most music players can produce much higher quality music...

Tags: noise, compressed, speaker, pair

17 October 2007, 14:30

Lost on the Underground with my PVR

Digital Living The problem with these devices is that at the moment they can be a nightmare to put video on: they remind me of the early iRiver MP3 players, which are fine if you're computer-literate and don't mind navigating file structures, but off-putting if...

26 September 2005, 9:38

The new podcasting tools

Digital Living Podcast to yourself Propaganda's primary purpose is to allow for the creation and publication of podcasts, but you can also use it to automatically create a mix of tunes to listen to on your own MP3 player.

Tags: stations, searching, mix, talk

9 May 2005, 14:48

CeBIT 2006: It's all about the stuff

Digital Living We're here to look, to listen and most of all, to fondle the kit. We're expecting to see everything from Microsoft's new Origami device to giant LCD monitors with 8 million pixels, music phones with 8GB hard drives, keyboards that roll up and...

8 March 2006, 15:02

How do I get music off my iPod?

Digital Living I jumped up to celebrate when England scored against Paraguay and knocked my laptop off the table -- now I can't listen to the songs I had on my computer as they're trapped in my iPod.iTunes says the iPod is registered with a different computer...

Tags: enable, enter, press, hard disk

15 June 2006, 12:12

Which MP3 bit rate should I use?

Digital Living If you use the headphones that came with your player and don't listen to that much music, 128kbps will probably suffice for you. I want to use MP3s on a music player but I have no idea which bit rate to use.

16 May 2007, 14:24

Sony PSP: Accessorise This

Digital Living While we doubt many people will listen to music on the go with their PSP, whatever Sony says, this size of stick will allow you breathing space for a few albums. The Sony PSP is an utterly cool gadget by itself, but as any fashionista will tell you...

6 September 2005, 7:45

Are slow dual-core CPUs better than fast single-core CPUs?

Digital Living If you're the type of person that likes to surf the Web while you listen to music, burn a CD and run antivirus software, multi-core really is the way to go. If I have a computer with a 2.66GHz quad-core processor, will it run my software and games...

4 July 2007, 14:35

What's lossless audio and do I need it?

Digital Living If you're still unsure whether lossless audio is for you, the best method is to listen to a song in MP3 and the same song in lossless format. A process is used when music is compressed into MP3 to discard all the sounds a machine thinks the human...

18 July 2007, 11:55

Living with infinite digital choice

Digital Living This has the advantage that you know exactly what to wear, read, buy and listen to, but the disadvantage is that it cuts you off from everyone who isn't in the club. Imagine that you also have advanced technology that enables you to access all...

26 October 2005, 11:48