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From the Chicago Sun-Times: "Wi-Fi cut computer users loose from their desktops... Now new Wi-Fi-based gadgets are freeing us from computers  all together...

"If you're an Internet music or radio fan, consider Com One's Phoenix radio, which will pull down radio and play it anywhere in your house — and can be used as an alarm clock.

"This radio was a cinch to set up. Within minutes, I was listening to Internet radio stations from around the country, including New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco, and from around the world, including Britain, Canada and France.

"I also could choose among stations based on their formats, such as rock, jazz, Latin and world as well as background music and sounds to set a mood. I could also listen to podcasts or audio books.

"The radio can be plugged into the wall or powered from batteries...

"...The $249 radio... will be available in June."

Read the entire article at the Chicago Sun-Times.

From Gizmodo: "As the Web radio business gets shaken up by demands for higher (some say deadly) royalties, some would-be online broadcasters are getting creative.

"Goombah went looking for indie labels who were interested in simply giving them the rights to distribute music, totally for free....

"...[T]he Radio Free Goombah service announced today offers tracks from actual popular artists such as The Decemberists, Arcade Fire and Aesop Rock... There are 1,500 tracks  up now, and Goombah says there will be 20,000 by the end of the month.

"Though this means free MP3s with no DRM issues, there are other issues. For starters, there's no set bit rate...

"Also, you kind of have to listen to Goombah's radio service to get to  the songs you want. You can skip through the tracks until you find one you want to keep, but you still have to pretend that it's Web radio."

Read the entire article at Gizmodo.