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Last month, Onkyo added Spotify to its home theater receivers. This month, Onkyo is offering even more home entertainment options by adding support for the AUPEO! personal radio service. The company also announced that even more Onkyo network-capable A/V receivers support Last.fm.

The AUPEO! service offers over 120 free specialized music channels. User-selected stations can be customized with "Loves" and "Bans", and specific artists can be searched for on Artist Radio. In the mood for a sappy love song? Use the unique Mood Selector to match the music style to your mood.

Onkyo is also expanding Last.fm support to all its 2011 network receivers. Last.fm is currently available on receivers starting with the TX-NR709. Last.fm is a music recommendation service that uses a process the company calls Scrobbling. This process analyzes the songs users play most often, which songs they like the most, how much they've played an artist over a certain amount of time, which of their friends have similar tastes. By focusing on the music subscribers already play, Last.fm can help them discover more music.

AUPEO! and Last.fm functionality will be incorporated on all new 2011 Onkyo network receivers. A firmware upgrade for current owners of 2011 Onkyo network receivers is available. For more information, visit www.onkyousa.com.

The rock band, Queen just announced that they are releasing their new album, Absolute Greatest – a compilation of the band's most popular songs – on November 16 in Europe and November 17 in the U.S. Want it before anyone else? You can get it (at a cost) by purchasing the new Logitech Squeezebox Radio Wi-Fi music player. Queen has teamed up with Logitech to offer Absolute Greatest on the player. As of today, Logitech Squeezebox owners can listen to the new Queen album before it hits the stores in November, along with viewing Queen photos and hearing track-by-track audio commentaries recorded by the band. All you need to do is select the Queen application found under the Squeezebox Radio's new Apps menu.

Launched earlier this month, the Logitech Squeezebox Radio Wi-Fi music player lets you listen to Internet radio from around the world, from online subscription services such as Last.fm, Napster and Pandora, as well as your personal music collection. The Squeezebox Radio also features a color screen and access to Facebook and Flickr. The Logitech Squeezebox Radio is available now for $199.99.

Press release:

Queen Makes Music History with Launch of Absolute Greatest Album

Logitech and Queen To Distribute New Album and Exclusive Content on New Logitech Squeezebox Radio Wi-Fi Music Player Read more