Windows only In the past I've had people ask me how they can extract the audio from a video they have on their computer. Most of the time it's because they have a video of a live concert performance (one that's professionally recorded) and they want a way to put it on their iPod without needing to throw the whole video on there.

Editing audio files has never really been something I've needed to do, and so I never went looking at what good free audio editors are out there. One of my friends brought up Free Audio Editor 2010, and after checking it out I was rather taken back at how full-featured it was... well, to me it seems full featured.

Sometimes, Apple sneaks in new features into their software without ever making a big deal out of it. When iTunes 9 was released, they made it possible to add files to iTunes without even launching the app. The secret to this trick not as far-fetched as you might think...

If you consider your music tastes a little more adventurous than FM radio, you probably already know that the internet is a gold mine for good yet rather unknown music. It has allowed independent bands to flourish and often, they're more than happy to put out some free MP3's to get the word out about their songs.

Universal Music Australia is currently giving away un-DRM'ed music from some of their artists, including Akon and Colbie Caillat. Although the music that's on offer consists mostly of lesser known artists, this represents a major step in Universal Music's way of thinking about artist promotion.