So I finally decided to get my slow copy of Vista off my laptop and replace it with a clean install of XP. Now it’s time to put some applications back on my computer. Read on to find out what apps I can’t live without.

Some people, myself included, are a little OCD about their album art and ID3 tage information.  For the past month, I have been beta-testing the new TuneUp for Mac, which promises to help people like myslef who cannot stand incorrect or missing music info.

Podcasting is a combination of internet radio and RSS feeds.  Podcasts are recorded segments of audio or video that listeners can subscribe to and have delivered to their computer whenever a new episode appears.

iTunes 8 was just released and has some fancy new features. Read on to find what’s good and what’s not.

Here is a live rundown of all the announcements Apple is making today:

HD shows on iTunes for $2.99 each
NBC is coming back to iTunes
iTunes 8 with new Genius function and Grid View, available today
Only one model of iPod classic: 120GB for $249
New iPod nano, looks like the spy shots.  Genius ability built-in to the iPod.  Accelerometer to detect portrait or landscape modes and shake to shuffle.  9 colors (silver, blue, green, orange, pink, purple, red, yellow, black).  8GB for $149 available today and 16GB for $199 available by this weekend.  …

New version of iTunes to be released with new iPods on September 9th. Read to find out rumored new features.

I’ve tried a lot of different media players for my mp3 library over the years, and I always end up using both Winamp and iTunes, while one is significantly better than the other. Both are free and neither is open source, Winamp is Windows only and iTunes is for Mac OSX and Windows. Read on to find out which is better.