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Archive for November, 2007

AirTunes returns to casa tunequest

Saturday, November 24, 2007
After more than two years offline, the sweet sounds of AirTunes once again bless the tunequest abode. AirTunes, of course, is the technology that allows wireless music streaming from iTunes to Apple's Airport Express wireless router. A few years ago, shortly after the Airport Express was introduced, I picked one up for my apartment when I first moved to Atlanta. I was fortunate that my DSL ...

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A defacto hiatus and a short RatingQuest update

Monday, November 19, 2007
Seriously, I don't mean to be neglecting this place. And perish the thought about it being abandoned. Things have just been busy around tunequestlandia lately. I've not had much time to read this month, much less write about anything. So, how about a quick RatingQuest update? Of the 16,282 songs in my library, 8,775 have received a star rating. That's 53.9% Only 7,507 to go for the whole ...

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Music Store Showdown: iTunes vs Amazon vs eMusic

Monday, November 5, 2007
So Amazon recently threw its hat into the thunderdome of online digital music sales. The store's big brand name and huge retail operation instantly make it one of the top tier marts for digital music. As Amazon MP3 is seen primarily as a challenger to the iTunes Store's throne, I originally wanted to do a compare and contrast with that gorilla, but later thought that unfair ...

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