iTunes Alternatives and other iPod Stuff…
Apple makes it easy to copy music from your PC onto your computer using iTunes. They’ve never made it easy to move your music OFF of your iPod (in the other direction). Many iPod owners have lost computer hard drives full of music due to hard drive failure. The following links will show how to “reclaim” your music off of your iPod should you ever need to.
The Wired Wiki has a good tutorial on this, as do our friends over at Lifehacker.
Finally, why not use (or at least try) an alternative to iTunes that will make the process of managing your music collection easier?