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Rock around the block with Windows Media Player (continued)

Simply put, MP3 files are the newest and most popular form of digital music. You can download MP3 files from a wide range of Web sites, one of the most popular being http://www.mp3.com. There are many Web sites with MP3 files you can download. You might try going to your favorite musician's homepage and see if he or she offers any music in the MP3 format.

You can also rip a CD. Ripping a CD is copying songs from a CD to your hard drive. You need special software to do this. I use the excellent, and free, MusicMatch Jukebox (at http://www.musicmatch.com). What it does is translate the songs from your CD into MP3 files. You can then listen to these files on your computer. Of course, now there's an even better alternative, as you can take your music with you on your Pocket PC Windows Media Player.

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For more information on Windows Media Player, visit http://www.microsoft.com/POCKETPC/columns/mediaplayer.asp.

For more information on using Windows Mediea Manager, visit http://www.microsoft.com/POCKETPC/stepbystep/musicfiles.asp.

For more information on downloading skins for Windows Media Player, visit http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/en/software/players/Skins.asp.

For more information on MP3 files, visit http://www.mp3.com.

For more information on MusicMatch Jukebox, visit http://www.musicmatch.com.

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Jason Machtemes is a student at the University of Wisconsin, River Falls.

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