Mmm. Smells New.

Can you smell that iTunes goodness? I can. What's new about it? Well, a little thing called iTunes Plus. What is that you ask? Well...

If you download music off of iTunes, you probably know that when you have a song or two or an album, Apple wants you to stay inside the court yard and play with your nice, fancy foursquare ball. And by court yard I mean iTunes, and by foursquare ball I mean your iPod.
Well, with iTunes Plus, you can set your music free to your... ahem.. tsk tsk... mp3 player or music phone. How boring, but I guess that's YOUR choice...

Anyway, for $0.30 more a song, you can get DRM-free (digital rights management) music. And you can even update your old library to iTunes Plus music... that is, once Apple steps up and actually adds more music with a choice for iTunes Plus. But they are adding more and converting the old stuff, slowly but surely.

But, one thing that people do complain about is the fact that inside of each of these music files is still your iTunes account data. That means that if you're sticking your music all over the web, Apple can still track you down in a back alley and beat the living crap out of you. But, still, if you're responsible and actually want that iTunes-exclusive track on your music phone or mp3 player, you can do so for $0.30 more. And, yes, KT Tunstall is plus-er-ized. I knew you'd be happy.

UPDATE: Ok, I admit it, I like KT Tunstall. :l