Social Music

Social music sites allow users to stream or download music on the Internet. Some sites function like radio stations where the user cannot select a specific song to play. Other sites let you search for and listen to artists and songs without restraint.
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Social.FM

From the site:

"Social·fm reflects our vision and the contributions of Social.fm DJs that create all of the music playlists on Social·fm. As the leading social music service for web and mobile users, Social·fm is powered by DJs and music listeners just like you.

Social·fm enables social music discovery and recommendations through connections with your friends, family and Social·fm users with similar musical preferences. We are building innovative products and services that leverage Internet broadcasting, social networks and user-contributed content to enable you to enjoy your favorite media anytime, anywhere.

We use country-specific copyright compliance and distributed network technologies to ensure that music labels and songwriters are compensated for their artistic achievements."

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Newsvine

From the site:

"Newsvine is a giant collection of news from all over the world, contributed and controlled entirely by Newsvine users like yourself. Whether it comes from the Associated Press, The New York Times, or the BBC, you'll see it here. Newsvine employs no editors because you decide what appears here. When you read a story you like, leave a comment on it or click the "vote" button above the headline and your input is automatically calculated into the story's popularity score. What you see on the Newsvine front page every day is a direct reflection of the community's actions on the site."

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Media Player Classic

Media Player Classic is a free open-source media player for Windows. It is a light-weight player based on the look and feel of Windows Media Player 6.4

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Pageflakes

From the site:

"Pageflakes is revolutionizing how we use the Internet. With Pageflakes, you can easily customize the Internet and make it yours using "flakes" - small, movable versions of all of your Web favorites that you can arrange on your personal homepage. Flakes are available for thousands of uses and interests, including news, sports, e-mail, local events, search, photos, music, videos - even interactive tools like a calendar and a to-do list - and just about anything else you do on the Web at school, work and at home. The Pageflakes community of users create and help each other discover more new flakes and share more new Pageflakes pages every day."

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iGoogle

From the site:

"Google offers the ability to create a personalized iGoogle page that gives you at-a-glance access to key information from Google and across the web. On this self-designed page, you can choose and organize content such as:

* Your latest Gmail messages
* Headlines from Google News and other top news sources
* Weather forecasts, stock quotes, and movie showtimes
* Bookmarks for quick access to your favorite sites from any computer
* Your own section with content you find from across the web"

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del.icio.us

From the site:

"del.icio.us is a social bookmarking website -- the primary use of del.icio.us is to store your bookmarks online, which allows you to access the same bookmarks from any computer and add bookmarks from anywhere, too. On del.icio.us, you can use tags to organize and remember your bookmarks, which is a much more flexible system than folders.

You can also use del.icio.us to see the interesting links that your friends and other people bookmark, and share links with them in return. You can even browse and search del.icio.us to discover the cool and useful bookmarks that everyone else has saved -- which is made easy with tags."

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Clam Win Free Antivirus

ClamWin is an open source, free version of anti-virus software (think Norton, McAfee). You should have some virus protection on your computer. ClamWin offers at least some protection, so if you don't have anything it's certainly an option. While ClamWin can scan your computer and individual files for viruses and spyware, one feature it does not currently include an real-time scanner. In other words "you need to manually scan a file in order to detect a virus or spyware."

From the Site:

"ClamWin is a Free Antivirus program for Microsoft Windows 98/Me/2000/XP and 2003. ClamWin Free Antivirus comes with an easy installer and open source code. You may download and use it absolutely free of charge. It features:

* High detection rates for viruses and spyware;
* Scanning Scheduler;
* Automatic downloads of regularly updated Virus Database.
* Standalone virus scanner and right-click menu integration to Microsoft Windows Explorer;
* Addin to Microsoft Outlook to remove virus-infected attachments automatically."

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GarageBand

From the site:

"GarageBand.com is a new type of music company that discovers, promotes,and distributes the bands identified by the will of music lovers like you. So when you review music at GarageBand.com, you help decide the fate of tens of thousands of new bands."

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Epitonic

From the site:

"Epitonic.com works with record labels -- mostly small, independent labels that aren't involved with the RIAA or their lawsuits -- to promote the music we like. The labels send us CDs for review and sign a contract allowing us to post a track or two for you to download or stream (depending on their specification).

When you download music from Epitonic.com, you have the same "fair use" rights as you would with any music you purchase. You can use it for school projects, copy it for your personal use or burn it to CD. However, you do not have the right to use the music commercially or to distribute it yourself. If you want to pass it on to friends, you should tell them to download it themselves from Epitonic.com.

Downloading music is not a crime. Sharing music, however, is illegal, and we don't condone it. Ultimately, all artists deserve to get paid for their music. Our hope here at Epitonic.com is that you?ll you use our site to find new bands, and then you'll support the bands you discover by buying their music and going to their shows."

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