NAPSTER ANNOUNCED THIS WEEK ... THAT COME JUNE OR JULY, 'NO MORE FREE RIDE' FOR INTERNET MUSIC LOVERS ... DOES THIS SPELL THE END FOR THE INTERNET MUSIC CRAZE? ON THIS WEEK'S WEBMANIA, STRONG INDICATIONS THE ANSWER IS .. NO. BILL HUTCHISON EXPLAINS. 
SUPER=GINO ORTUSO/ www.3com.ca

http://www.3com.com/news/releases/pr00/sep2100a.html

(BRAZIL RADIO SOUND UP .....)

SHORTWAVE RADIO? NO ... IT'S KERBANGO, THE LATEST GADGET FOR INTERNET MUSIC LOVERS.

"What Kerbango allows you to is to place a radio in another room of your house where normally you wouldn't have a computer and be able to access 1000's of streaming audio stations." ...AND 3COM'S GINO ORTUSO SAYS KERBANGO WILL HELP PUSH THE INTERNET MUSIC REVOLUTION.

"With Kerbango you have choices. Over 5000 streaming stations at any point in time and these are growing every day." 

YOU CAN ALSO OUTPUT YOUR INTERNET RADIO TO YOUR FAVOURITE SOUND SYSTEM. THE KERBANGO WILL BE APPEARING ON STORE SHELVES LATER THIS MONTH.
THE KERBANGO PLAYS ALL THE INTERNET MUSIC YOU'LL EVER WANT ...BUT HOW ABOUT TAKING YOUR INTERNET TUNES WITH YOU ... CREATIVE'S NOMAD JUKEBOX LAUNCHED IN THE FALL .. BUT IT'S STILL THE KING OF STORING MOBILE MP'3S.

OTHER MP3 PLAYERS HOLD A MERE 3 TO 4 HOURS OF MUSIC BUT WITH THE 6 GIGABYTES ... YES THAT'S RIGHT ... 6 GIGS ... WELL THAT'S ENOUGH FOR 150 CDS OR APPROXIMATELY 1000 SONGS IN A MACHINE THE SIZE AND WEIGHT OF A DISCMAN. COPY OVER YOUR OWN MUSIC OR FILL IT UP WITH ONLINE DOWNLOADS... YOU CAN ALSO RECORD HOURS OF CONVERSATION, LECTURES OR INTERVIEWS DIRECTLY INTO STEREO WAV FORMAT. 

 www.hp.com/jornada

OKAY ONE MORE NEW GADGET TO TELL YOU ABOUT ...
 www.thinkoutside.com/

H-P HAS UNVEILED A PORTABLE KEYBOARD FOR ITS JORNADA POCKET P-C ... SORRY TO THE REST OF YOU POCKET P-C FOLKS ... BUT THE 'STOWAWAY' ONLY WORKS FOR THE JORNADA. THE STOWAWAY VERSION FOR THE PALM CAME OUT LAST YEAR. 
http://www.hp.com/jornada/products/540/overview.html

www.weddingidea.com

PLANNING A WEDDING? HERE'S A SITE, LAUNCHED THIS WEEK THAT HELPS YOU PUT ALL YOUR PLANS, PICTURES AND MEMORIES ONLINE TO SHARE WITH FRIENDS AND FAMILY .... THE SITE YOU BUILD IS HOSTED BY WEDDING-IDEA AND THERE'S A ONE TIME PAYMENT OF 300 DOLLARS u-s FOR TWO YEARS ONLINE .. THERE'S ALSO A FREE OPTION THAT LETS YOU TRY THE SITE OUT IN A LIMITED MANNER FOR SIX MONTHS.

A VIEWER WRITES TO RECOMMEND A SITE HE USE ON A DAILY BASIS:
www.oanda.com

NICOLAS SAYS OANDA OFFERS A NUMBER OF CURRENCY EXCHANGE SERVICES THAT ARE ESPECIALLY USEFUL FOR BUSINESS TRAVELERS. HE SAYS THE HISTORICAL DATABASE OF CURRENCY EXCHANGE RATES ON THIS SITE HAS SAVED HIS TAX RETURNS AND HELPED HIM WITH HIS U-S EXPENSES A NUMBER OF TIMES.


AND REMEMBER YOU CAN LINK TO ALL OUR SITES THROUGH OUR WEBSITE .... AND WE'D LIKE TO HEAR YOUR SUGGESTIONS .. EMAIL US AT WEBMANIA AT CTV.CA. I'M BILL HUTCHISON, CTV NEWS.