Apple CEO Steve Jobs today announced Apple’s new lineup of iPods at an event at San Francisco’s Moscone Center. Here are the highlights: The iPod shuffle appears to be on life-support. It got new colors. The iPod nano got a bigger screen, video capabilities and an interface update. Big iPods are now iPod classics, getting […]

Steve Jobs today announced that Apple’s iTunes podcast directory had hit a milestone of 125,000 podcasts. Jobs made the announcement as part of his introduction of the fall iPod line. “This is amazing material,” said Jobs. “It’s free, and over 25k are video podcasts.” The announcement is a sign of the continuing strong growth of […]

Microsoft today released to the Web Silverlight 1.0, a cross-browser, cross-platform plug-in for delivering richer user experiences on the Web. In addition, Microsoft plans to work with Novell to deliver Silverlight support for Linux, called Moonlight, and based on the project started on mono-project.com. According to Microsoft, Silverlight reduces development and deployment costs and provides […]

Microsoft is slashing the price of the Zune: Tomorrow we’re dropping the suggested retail price for Zune to $199. It’s part of the normal product lifecycle, something we’ve had on the books for months. We just got some research back and customer satisfaction with the 30GB device is really high (around 94%) and we expect […]

There’s a lot of speculation about what’s coming tomorrow from Apple. It certain that new iPods on the plate, but beyond that, sites are¬†taking educated guesses (aka, making stuff up). Here are the top 5¬†new iPod predictions we’ve seen: Radio iPods – this is the least interesting of the predictions. The new iPods will be […]

Here’s something we won’t be buying anytime soon – the world’s most expensive iPod. The jewel-encrusted necklace, by Heyerdahl Juvel√®r,¬†is based on the Apple iPod shuffle. ¬†It features 18 karat white and pink gold, 430 diamonds and a US $41,000 price tag. If you’re thinking about getting a couple, note that it’s an exclusive¬†edition of […]

The Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA), an international, nonprofit association of computer, information, and communications technology firms, is asking consumers to complain to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Bureau of Consumer Protection about statements and warnings attached to CDs, DVDs, and broadcast programming that forbid copying and sharing. According to the CCIA: “These warnings […]

PCAudioLabs has introduced the Eclipse server, an AMD-based dual processor monster media server, featuring 14 terabytes of storage housed in a 3U rack using Windows XP x64 software. If you’re always running out of space for your media files, this may be what you need….as long as you’ve got an extra 14k to spare. The […]

A new book, The Business Podcasting Book (Amazon listing), has been published that features a supergroup of podcasting experts, including Michael Geoghegan, Greg Cangialosi, Ryan Irelan, Tim Bourquin & Colette Vogele. The book is intended to offer practical experience that you can apply to your own business podcast. It covers planning, content creation, legal considerations, […]

NBC’s and Apple’s negotiations over terms for digital video download sales has turned into a PR war. Apple announced earlier in the week that it would no longer be carrying NBC shows for download, because of failure to reach an agreement over terms. According to Apple, NBC wanted to double its wholesale pricing for shows. […]