Choosing a DAB radio

I’m about to reluctantly upgrade from my existing extremely old but dearly loved radio. I’m intending to spend as much as I can afford on a top range, high specification standalone DAB radio. You have in the past published many articles on the subject on the UK DAB radio format and how you consider this [...]

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iPod sales drop to lowest quarterly number since 2006

The slump in sales of Apple’s device are a concern for music industry which looked to the iPod to boost download sales. Photograph Ian West/PA The invitation to Apple’s event on Wednesday at the Yerba Buena centre in San Francisco shows an acoustic guitar, with a soundhole in the shape of the Apple logo. Seasoned [...]

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Is the Gulf Oil Gone? It Depends on How You Define ‘Oil’

AP Photo/Dave Martin Oil that leaked from a broken oil well following an explosion on a drilling rig swirls through the currents in the Gulf of Mexico. The largest ecological disaster in U.S. history has largely been taken care of, the government claims.  Many scientists aren’t so sure, however. In a five-page report, the National [...]

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Ask the indie professor: Why do bassists want the most sex? | Wendy Fonarow

Sexual chemistry … Interpol’s Carlos D. Photograph: Michael Buckner/Getty Images Here’s this week’s answers! Please post your questions for the indie professor in the comments section below or email theindieprofessor@gmail.com Why can’t people think of anything else to say other than “testing, one, two …” at soundchecks? OT Dude This isn’t a matter of creativity. [...]

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New BlackBerry Torch targets rival Apple’s core market

The BlackBerry Torch 9800 goes on sale this month in the US for 9. Photograph: Shannon Stapleton/Reuters The Canadian manufacturer of BlackBerry smartphones today took the wraps off the Torch, which combines touchscreen capability with a slide-out keyboard, in an attempt to snatch back momentum... 

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