there are lots of rumors about microsoft launching an "iPod killer" before x-mas. apparently they got tired of waiting for their hardware partners to come up with a better device/brand/user experience, and decided to try and do it on their own. i wish them luck.

engadget reported today that as part of their marketing plan they are going to offer iTunes users to scan their iTunes library and automatically download these songs to the microsoft device/service free of charge, and free of iTunes evil DRM (though including microsoft's DRM…)

i think it's a very good idea. i hate the fact that it is such a pain to try and transfer iTunes music to other computers. not to mention trying to use it on other devices. but instead of exchanging one DRM for another i wish there was a simple utility that will scan my iTunes library and just download all of the songs from bittorrent (or any other file sharing network).

if you know of such an application let me know :)