Extracting data from an audio CD should be easy. It’s all digital data, right? What you copy onto your hard drive is an exact bit for bit copy of what was on the original CD. Wrong.

This is why sometimes copies sound muffled or distorted. Audio CDs, while digital, are still a very different standard from data CDs and getting an exact copy of the data isn’t quite as simple,technically speaking, as you might think.

For casual use there are any number of tools to extract tracks from audio CDs, but this is the tool for those who want the best.

Check out the website for a full list of features, more info, and the download.

Here is a useful application to make it easy to watch your favorite DVDs on your mobile equipment. CloneDVD Mobile converts your DVD movies easily into a format that your mobile equipment can play without any difficulty. In case you are wondering what kind of mobile equipment this supports, Sony PSP, Apple iPod Video, iAudio X5, Creative Labs ZEN Vision, etc.

The fact that you also get to convert your DVDs to other file formats, such as DivX, XviD, AVI, MP4, and so on, makes it a really useful tool.

A new version has just been released with these changes:

• New: added THM-Thumbnail support for Sony PSP
• Added several new profiles: “BlackBerry Pearl”, “SmartDisk FlashTrax”, “Nokia N93/95”
• Fix: Zoom option could result in incorrect vertical offset (video image shifted downwards)
• Fix: still some DVDs resulted in inverted subtitles
• Several small fixes and improvements
• Updated languages

And lots more.

Ready to watch your movies on the go? CLICK HERE!

Social music site Last.fm has recently updated their OS X client to the new version (1.1.0). Well, it’s not that BIG but still interesting to try out.

As for the new features… Well, official site is short on details, but users already found out what’s it all about. There are some UI changes that include new icons, font changes and button sizes, new version is only compatible with Mac OS 10.4 (Tiger). Also it lacks the ability to play multiple tags at the same time.

Test-drive it on your Mac!

If you are someone who always want to stand out and be unique in everything you do, you are going to love what this software can do for you. AVS Ringtone Maker helps bring individuality to your cell. With this software you can create custom ringtones from any input audio of the following formats: MP3, WAV, AMR and upload it to cell phones & mobile devices via Bluetooth, IrDA or USB.

AVS Ringtone Maker allows you to take your favorite song or soundtrack from your favorite movie. You can even select a small part you like or the whole file and send it to your cell phone. This really cool software allows you to make any sound a ringtone so you don’t have to have the conventional ringtones that others are using. You can record a wind howl, your own voice, your kids laugh, your doorbell, or any sound that comes to mind and make it your ringtone.

AVS Ringtone Maker is a part of AVS4YOU.com package. Which if you register for allows you access to 22 tools from the AVS4YOU.com package.

For more info and download, CLICK HERE!

In need of a great software that can help you to meet your MP4 to MP3 conversion needs with ease? Then you need to check out MP4 to MP3 Converter.

MP4 to MP3 converter enables you to convert MPEG1, MPEG2, MPEG4, WMV, AVI, MP4, 3GPP, 3G2, MOV, RM, RMVB, OGG, DV, H.264 files to the audio files such as MP3, WAV, AC3, WMA, M4A, OGG, AAC etc easily and quickly.

I really love the fact that it works with virtually all MP3 players, portable media or MP4 players quite well. This cool software supports multithreading and batch conversion, so the conversion speed is super fast. The fact that it is easy to handle makes it a must have. You can pause, stop and continue the conversion at any moment.

MP4 to MP3 Converter is a really cool tool that is so powerful and easy-to-use that your desired conversion is achieved with a couple of clicks. Want to try it out?

CLICK HERE To Learn More And Get A Trial Download.

If you are a serious music collector or iPod user, you are going to find this software really useful.

MediaMonkey is an easy-to-use music manager and media jukebox that helps you to catalog your CDs, OGG, WMA, MPC, FLAC, APE, WAV and MP3 audio files. And if there are missing Album Art and track information you need to look up, this it does easily. Media Monkey comes with an intelligent tag editor and an automated file and directory renamer to organize your music library.

One thing I really like about this software is that it comes with a CD ripper, CD Burner, and audio converter for saving music, and manual or automated playlist editors for creating music mixes. It also includes portable audio device synchronization that allows you to quickly sync tracks and playlists with iPods and other portable audio devices.

It really is a cool tool! Want to try it? Click HERE!

Foobar2000 is another music player program. It’s got a pretty basic interface, so its not exactly for someone who who expect tons of skins, or who likes looks rather than sound and functionality, but its still a perfectly simple and efficient player. It supports a lot of audio formats, WAV, AIFF, VOC, AU, SND, Ogg Vorbis, MPC, MP2, MP3, MPEG-4 AAC and more can be added through official add-ons.

Even if it doesn’t support skins, you can customize the way this player displays the main window as much as you want. Fonts, background colors and text formatting can be changed using scripting.It also supports keyboard shortcuts.Media management is another strong point that can be found in foobar. Users with huge playlists will be happy with this.

Finally, advanced audio features! It can prevent clipping, control the preamp level and there are some sound processing modules available. While it looks very basic, it’s actually very customizable, maybe a little too customizable for beginners, so i guess it can be either way, simple or advanced depending on what you want from it.

It’s free and you can check it out here.

WinAMP is one of those must have programs. Some people swear by Windows Media Player but I’ve always found it to be a little bit dull. WinAMP has way better skins and visualizations.

With it you have access to their own Digital Music Store containing over 2,500,000 songs,and a thing called In2TV which is free episodes of classic TV streamed direct to your player. Also you have portable device support for iPod®, PlaysForSure®, and Creative® Devices. The player supports SHOUTcasts and also rips CDs to disc.

WinAMP is the cool audio player of choice. The pro version will cost you $20, but the free version is still available so check it out at http://www.winamp.com/player.

Loop Recorder is an audio application which is deigned for recording radio programs and isolating songs which are played. It loops as it records and allows you to clip the songs from the loop as you go. Once you’ve cut the song you can save it as a useful format, like MP3, OGG or ASF.

You can perform a variety of functions on the file as you record , like normalize, fading in and out etc. All the treatments you could wish for all in real time and all while still recording the loop. Genius.

For more information got to the Loop Recorder web site.

Yes it’s true you can get Skype on a mobile phone. In the UK, on the 3 network, you can run a copy of Skype for mobile on your phone and make free calls to other Skype users. You can’t as yet do SkypeIn or SkypeOut calls, but then what phone network in its right mind would let you do that?

As I say it works through the 3 network in the UK, but while the Skype software and calls are free, the network and the phone are not. You have to be on a pay monthly scheme, and paying probably up to £30 a month. Oh yeah and the only phone it works on at the moment is the Nokia N73. But still, be happy; it’s real Skype on a mobile phone and that has got to be a good thing. More phones, more networks and more Skype facilities are obviously going to be rolling out in 2007 so watch this space. For more details and downloads of the software, see the Skype web site.