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Snowtape for Mac OS X can now record multiple stations at once

Vemedio has updated Snowtape (http://www.snowtape.com) for Mac OS X — which enables users to listen and record live Internet radio with the touch of one button — to version 2.0. You can now record from multiple radio stations in the background at once.

Snowtape 2 also introduces Recording Schedules. You can program the new recording engine to record at a certain time in the future or to record a favorite weekly show. Snowtape even wakes up the Mac, starts itself and records the show. After it has finished the Mac goes to sleep again.

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‘MacNotables’ looks at a variety of iPhone apps

The latest edition of “MacNotables” (http://www.macnotables.com/wordpress/), a podcast that serves as home to Mac personalities who will comment on the latest news and opinions in the Mac community, is available.

Ted Landau looks at plenty of apps on his iPhone and iPad, but there are only so many that make the cut and remain installed and in use. He takes us on a tour of what he uses and why, with apps for productivity, news, file sharing, audio and video streaming, Twitter, and more.

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XPI introduces iPad adapter

XPI Power has released a small, US$4.99 adapter for the iPad: the iXP1-500 (http://www.xmultiple.com/xwebsite-powercircuit-xpower1.htm), which is designed to solve the problems iPad users have charging from their non-Mac desktop and laptop computers.

You can attach the iXP1-500 adapter to your existing Apple charge/sync cable, and your iPad will charge from your computer’s USB port. Plugging an Apple tablet into a computer’s USB port, instead of an AC jack, often results in syncing only.

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UA releases EP-34 Tape Echo plug-in

Universal Audio (http://www.uaudio.com/support/uad/downloads/index.html) has released the EP-34 Tape Echo plug-in for the UAD-2. It gives guitar players and mix engineers the tape delay effects of vintage Echoplex units, now on the UAD-2 powered plug-Ins platform for Mac and PC systems.

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Sonos introduces Sonos Wireless Dock

Sonos (http://www.sonos.com), a developer of wireless multi-room music systems for the home, has introduced the Sonos Wireless Dock, an accessory to the Sonos Multi-Room Music System.  With the Sonos Wireless Dock you can now play all of the music from an iPod or iPhone in every room of the house. It will be available for US$119 beginning by the end of October.
 

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