www.pandora.com

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Now for those who want a simpler and perhaps slightly more user-friendly experience, this next service is what you need.

American-based Pandora takes a pseudo-scientific approach to music. It has emerged from the music genome project, whose goal is to assign hundreds of different attributes - genes, if you like - to songs to identify what makes them unique.

To see how this works, simply plug in the artist or track that you like and Pandora will create a radio station based on similar attributes to the song or artist you have chosen.

You get a brief taster just by logging on, but to really get stuck in you will need to register with a US zip code - if you have not got a US zip code, there is an international version expected soon.

Your account will store up to 100 stations, with the music streamed at 128 kbps - so here too broadband is a must. Again, the basic service is free, supported by ads.

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