The MP3 Players

Still keeping the old cassette tapes under your bed? Now, with PlusDeck 2, you can take them out and play on your PC.

Plusdeck2 is a full logic mechanism cassette deck for your computer. It is multi-functional and adds a whole new use to your computer.

It not just allows you to listen to audio tape on you PC. It also let you record all output sounds from your PC onto the cassettes. On the other hand, you can also convert the recorded sound on the from tapes into digital files.

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The plug-in, called ml_iPod, allows iPod users to bypass iTunes and manage music collections in Winamp instead. The iPod is supposed to work with iTunes only. A new version of the software was released Monday.

Justin Frankel, creator of Winamp and the open-source peer-to-peer software Gnutella, initially developed ml_iPod, but programming was taken over by Will Fisher, a computer science student in the U.K.

Fisher and other developers programmed a slew of features, including the ability to synch multiple iPods with Winamp, create smart playlists and — the most useful option — the ability to copy songs from an iPod onto a hard drive.

{ via Wired News }