Numark has introduced the iDEC, a professional rack-mount solution offering playback and recording for iPod. iDEC’s Universal Dock for iPod permits playback of audio and video from any docking iPod through integrated outputs. It can also record incoming audio in real time at CD-quality 44.1 kHz sampling rate, directly to the docked iPod. The Numark […]

Alesis has introduced the ProTrack, a device that turns an iPod into a professional handheld digital stereo recorder. Two high-quality condenser microphones are built-in, fixed in XY stereo configuration. ProTrack also offers users a pair of combination XLR – 1/4-inch inputs for connection for external microphones and line sources. When running on plug-in power using […]

Time‘s Jeremy Caplan writes that the “iPhone’s next frontier” is – OMG! – porn. iPhone porn that threatens today’s youth. Check out the drippingly lurid intro to Caplan’s article: “Apple may be golden because of the iPhone, but the soon-to-be-updated device is also increasingly the source of forbidden fruit. Steve Jobs’ company is keeping a […]

YouTube has announced that it’s going to test out hosting long-form videos and even full-length movies, with its new site feature The YouTube Screening Room. As Internet videos get longer, though, viewing them on your computer starts to look pretty lame. Fortunately, there are a growing number of ways you can get YouTube and other […]

Apple today announced that it had sold over five billion songs from the iTunes Store. The company also announced that iTunes customers are now renting and purchasing over 50,000 movies every day, making iTunes the world’s most popular online movie store. Apple said in a statement that its iTunes Store is now the world’s most […]

YouTube has announced The YouTube Screening Room, a dedicated area on YouTube that will showcase an international selection of films. The YouTube Screening Room will feature four new high-quality short films every two weeks, as well as feature-length films on a case-by-case basis. Filmmakers will have the opportunity to submit their work for consideration through […]

Microsoft has announced that it’s going to keep its MSN Music authorization servers, currently on life support, alive for three more years.

This means that, if you bought music downloads from Microsoft’s service, you should be able to continue to listen to the music and put it on new devices or machines through 2011.

Some people are wondering about the prospects for the iPhone 3G – because 91% of Japanese reportedly will not buy an iPhone! Tech-On reports: “According to a survey by iSHARE, 91.0% of Japanese mobile phone users are not planning to purchase Apple Inc’s “iPhone” mobile phone. This research was conducted in the wake of the […]

Internet TV site Hulu is fighting back at users that use ad-blocking software, warning them that they need to disable the software. “This program is brought to you by Hulu’s advertising partners,” notes the site. “If you see this message repeatedly, you may need to disable your ad blocking software.” The video then resumes playing […]

Internet video service TubeMogul reports that viewing for Internet videos tends to peak early and drop quickly – suggesting that the long tail of Internet video has a short shelf life. They found that most videos get a quarter of their views within 4 days and half their views within just two weeks: In other […]