Behold the new iPod shuffle

Apple's most affordable product (arguably ever) is the iPod shuffle, and now it gets a new form factor, a bigger capacity and a voice.

Notice anything different? Well, it's smaller but longer and it actually looks like a really thin USB thumb drive. Yes, it's actually buttonless. The controls are now relegated to the headphones apparently, and it will use the control scheme utilized by Apple's In-Ear Headphones with Mic and Remote. It can now store 4GB worth of songs, and it costs just 79 dollars (4000 pesos).

Unfortunately, there are only two colors: black and white, but it still retains the famous belt clip (which now sports the Apple logo and is really shiny) and it adds a new feature called VoiceOver.

VoiceOver tells you what song will be playing next, and for the first time it will support Playlist syncing as well.

A Guided Tour is now available in the Apple web site if you're interested.

Tech Tips: Karaoke Your Music

Sunday and my father had tasked me to separate Michael Ball's voice from his whole album. I scour the net, I scour Yahoo! Answers, and there it was. A link from a certain person who got best answer, and well, well, well. It was about Audacity, a free music editor, and an effective way to get vocals out of the instruments. And frankly, it was a lifesaver cause I thought I had to buy a pirated version of the Logic Studio software by Apple as was stated on a similar question that won best answer.

So after finding a few additional tools, I practically sped through the process, Mac at lap and well, I think there will also be a time when some friend or family member will request you, a member of the Internet generation, to do the same so I got the sense to actually record the process on video so we will be on more understanding terms.