Friday, November 6, 2009

IT News HeadLines (Everything USB) 06/11/2009


Everything USB
Beatles Discography on Apple USB Drive in FLAC/MP3 Flavor


You say you want a revolution? There's no question that the Beatles were a revolution, changing the face of music and arguably the world in their wake. That's why it's no surprise to see a one of a kind USB drive loaded with Beatles music arrive. Apple and EMI are cooperatively releasing this Beatles inscribed, apple shaped 16GB flash drive with all 14 released LPs and 13 mini-documentary films. This is one of the very few digital distributions of the Beatles music to the public. The rights owners have been very cautious about release the fab foursome's music in soft formats to date. We hope to see more soon. The music is included in both 24-bit 44.1Khz FLAC and 320 kbps MP3 format, and has been digitally remastered prior to encoding. The drive is also packed with album art and liner notes. It probably should have been a yellow submarine drive but at least it is finally here.

Only 30,000 of these will be manufactured and they should start shipping on December 7th. You can preorder now at their online store. The drive full of yummy Beatle goodness and a tiny apple dose of vitamin-C will run you $330.
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Klipsch Pairs Wireless USB and Audio to Bring Music to Our Ears


Klipsch today evolves a new version of its computer high powered computer system speakers called the Klipsch ProMedia 2.1 Wireless iPod/Computer Speaker. This 2.1 channel sub+satellite system provides more than enough power to complement any HTPC or gaming desktop. The speaker set is fed by a USB sound card which is about the size of a normal flash drive. This dongle then wirelessly transmits sound to the base, just like the Bose SoundLink. The subwoofer distributes signal and power to the dual driver satellite speakers. The USB sound transmitter is of the plug and play variety and should work on PC and Mac systems, without drivers. The satellites have an 3.5mm input for plugging in an iPod or other media player.

The wow factor comes from the 200 watts of power housed in such a compact unit. This system makes for a perfect mate to a laptop that can't sit still or for desks with limited space. Only one cord is needed to bring massive amounts of sound to any system. The power cord runs into the subwoofer and that's it. You'll have to shell out $199 to get this into your hands and start pumping the jams. Available for order now from Klipsch's web store.
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