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The iPod is a beautiful player, but it can also be fragile. Luckily, with a cheap can of metal polishing Brasso, you can get your iPod back into tip-top shape. Basically, you just put a little Brasso on a cloth or cotton ball and using the weight of your hands, and start scrubbing your iPod in small circular motions. Start off gently, keeping in mind that you may need to apply more pressure to get rid of some of the deeper scratches. Be patient, though, as you may have to scrub the iPod for a while before you start to really notice the difference. After anywhere from 5-20 minutes, you should have a hugely restored finish on your iPod. It even removes most of the scratches on the stainless steel back.

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Spanish company Blu-Sens is releasing an MP3 player called G14, which allows its users to share music without limitations, using a Wi-Fi connection or Bluetooth to connect to other gadgets and compatible devices, such as computers and other players. This means you’ll be able to share all the songs in your playlist, unlike the Zune, which allows record labels to dictate which songs can be shared in the first place. At least that's what it promises. The Blu-Sens G14 has a 2" 256K LCD TFT screen, supports DivX natively, as well as MP3, WMA and OGG Vorbis. It comes in 1GB and 2GB formats, and is expected to cost between $230 and $260.

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Sony introduced a new pair of noise-canceling headphones to their line-up. The MDR-NC60 headphones have a built-in mic inside each earpiece which detects outside noise from low-frequency sources and emits an equal and opposite sound wave to cancel out the noise. Tests conducted by Sony claim that they can reduce approximately 16.5dB at the 200Hz level. On the outside of the left earpiece is a switch to turn off the noise cancellation and mute the music so you can listen to external noises such as announcements in a plane. The new MDR-NC60 headphones are priced at $200 and should be available in March.

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Since the introduction of the iPod, this small white device has made a large impact on education, music, and pop culture. You can carry an entire CD collection on an iPod, plus videos, still photographs, audio books, and podcasts, and still have room for more. It's not just the capacity of the iPod that makes it important, Apple has created a new way of thinking about audio and video content. With the listing of podcasts in the iTunes Store, many people realized that they could create an audio file, upload to some server somewhere, create the feed, and post that to iTunes. And anyone in the world could search iTunes, subscribe, and download it for free.

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Corporation IMJ has introduced a direct slip-planting USB connector for 2nd generation iPod shuffle. The Sync connector (IM-SCN001W) comes with a protective somatotype cap that protects the connector when not in use. Similar to the USB cable it allows charging and transfer of data between the iPod Shuffle and your computer. Measuring 18×13×58.2mm (width × depth × height), it is available in Japan from January 26 retailing at approximately $10 USD.

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The former P2P music transmission service provider, Napster has recently launched direct-to-mobile download service with NTT DoCoMo in Japan. Music transfer to your portable player is possible with select handsets from F902iS, SH903i, D903i and F903i series of devices to get in on Napster to Go which require a microSD card for syncing. Napster's microSD storage including a USB cable, a couple of adapters, and Napster logo stickers will cost you about $82 premium for the privilege of advertising services on Hagiwara Sys-Com's 1GB card at $41 for the 512MB model.

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Corporation Buffalo has introduced it's the 2 channel active speakers BSPK-MA10 series for your personal computer. These slanted speakers measure 70×94×170mm (width × depth × height) and weigh approximately 575g. The amplifier output is 0.5W×2ch covering playback frequency range from 270Hz to 20kHz. Available from late January in Japan for price $12 USD in silver and black.

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Sakar International has announced the iView, a new 7-inch portable viewing device for the iPod. The iView, priced at $150, is the ultimate solution for the iPod with video allowing users to enhance the video viewing experience on a 7” LCD screen. The LCD screen offers up a high-resolution quality picture and Hi-Fidelity built-in speakers. iView features a dock connector cradle for playing media and charging the iPod while in use. A built-in rechargeable lithimum battery provides up to five hours of use time.

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Apple could face legal action by the Norwegian government in March if the U.S. company refuses to unlock its iTunes online music store from its iPod media player.The government ombudsman has given iTunes until March 1 to say if it will agree to change its restrictive DRM (digital rights management) policy. If the online music store doesn't show an inclination to change its DRM policy by then, the dispute could go directly to the Marketing Council, the first step in the Norwegian legal process, he said.

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Love is in the air. Creative has announced Valentine edition Zen Neeon 2, available from January 24th to February 14th. Based on the Zen Neeon, the Zen Neeon 2 is the second update to Creative's Neeon line, with flash memory, and a full color screen. You can choose from the 1 GB, 2 GB and 4 GB model for $114, $147, and $180 respectively. The special edition player comes with special engravings, like Telepathy and Flower bird Fugetsu. Charm your sweetheart with one of 6 design patterns to choose from. The player supports MP3, WMA, and WM DRM 9 playback ans as with most Creative DAPs, you're also getting an FM radio, voice recorder, and line-in audio capture.

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Creative has announced its Zen V Plus 8GB, MP3, photo and video player with built-in FM radio, at a reduced price of $205. Retaining its amazingly small and lightweight features, the Creative ZEN V Plus 8GB supports playback of MP3, WMA, WAV and WM DRM 10. The 1.5-inch color OLED screen (128×128 pixels),displays vibrant and stunning digital photos, video and colour menus. It even corresponds to animated picture playback (ZN-VP) and allows JPEG picture indication, in the midst of playback.

As part of an Iowa antitrust case, an interesting email from Windows boss Jim Allchin has been released, and it gives a pretty damning review of Microsoft and its partners' attempts at competing with the iPod. Given the subject line "sucking on media players", the November 2003 email also reveals that Allchin wanted to talk with Steve Jobs and Apple to better build support for the iPod into Windows Media Player after a "really terrible" experience with Windows and a Creative music player. The e-mail was one of a three made public that begin with a message from Allchin to Amir Majidimehr, currently head of Microsoft's consumer media technology group, documenting Allchin's thoughts and experiences using Creative Technology's Nomad Jukebox Zen Xtra.

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BigBadToyStore.com is offering an imported iPod speaker system integrated into a Convoy Transformers toy. Convoy, the Japanese equivalent of Optimus Prime, is a fully functional iPod Docking Bay with Speakers, presented in an entirely white iPod color scheme. This product is fully licensed by Apple. The trailer holds two speakers and all standard size iPods will mount in the center of the trailer to play your favorite tunes [iPod Shuffle will not work with this product].The Convoy iPod Docking Bay weighs 4.20 pounds and is priced at $145 and will ship in July.

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The all new adorable solar powered toy, "Kotoridayori" (Humming Bird) designed by Japan's leading toy company Takaratomy, is a chubby bird that sings in random tunes. The bird will also tweets when it senses vibrations. It has a built-in battery that will charge when it sits on the solar powered system. Takaratomy's Humming Bird is small and fits nicely in the palm and available in 3 different colors, blue, orange and green for $25.00 USD

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Luxpro is a Taiwanese electronics company that is manufacturing a knockoff to the Apple iPod shuffle, called the "Super Shuffle" initially, but they changed the name of the MP3 player to the Tangent to avoid legal action. It didn't work and Apple sued Luxpro in Shihlin District Court of Taiwan for the copyright infringement and won. Luxpro was ordered to desist from manufacturing, advertising, and selling the product. Then Luxpro appealed the ruling and won the appeal. Apple appealed to the Taiwan Supreme Court and they upheld the appeals court ruling in favor of Luxpro. Apple also lost a complaint made with the Taiwan Fair Trade Commission.

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