Dell has¬†announced that it has entered into an agreement to buy privately-held ZING Systems, a company that focuses on always-connected audio and entertainment devices. Dell plans to use ZING and its capabilities to continue improving the entertainment experiences it provides its customers. ZING introduced itself in June of 2006, stating its plans to build “an […]

Microsoft has won a reversal of a $1.5 billion jury verdict against it for infringing on a patent for MP3 technology. Judge Rudi Brewster of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California threw out the damages, finding that a jury improperly ruled that Microsoft infringed on one of two pMP3 patents. One […]

NPR has introduced a custom branded podcast player for Facebook, based on technology from SplashCast. The application, called the NPR Podcast Player, displays the latest episodes of a variety of NPR Podcasts. Facebook users can add the application to their profiles to automatically receive new NPR Podcasts episodes to listen to and to share this […]

The New York Times has a decent overview of recent developments in streaming video today: ‚ÄúThere is extreme interest in streaming because it simplifies the process of getting video to the consumer,‚Äù said Ross Rubin, the director of industry analysis for the NPD Group, a market analysis company. Streaming video, unlike downloads, never resides on […]

A survey (pdf)¬†of music fans in the UK suggests that pricing at Apple’s iTunes music store may be keeping people from buying more legal music downloads, and could be driving people to file-sharing sites. Equally surprising, the survey suggests that most music fans don’t know or care about DRM (Digital Rights Management software). iTunes Pricing […]

¬† Audiophile loudspeaker maker Bowers & Wilkins has announced the Zeppelin speaker system, a high-end dirigible-shaped dock & speaker system for the iPod. “The iPod deserves no less than the best audio reproduction possible” says Evert Huizing, B&W Executive VP of Business Development, “and we believe Zeppelin delivers the truest, most life-like sound from it. […]

Antivirus researchers¬†have identified a new Windows virus, W32/Deletemp3.worm, searches your hard drive and deletes all your MP3s. The virus spreads by copying itself onto any drives on your PC, including removable media and flash drives. If you move the drive to a new computer, it gets infected, too. The virus was discovered July 30th, and […]

There are a few undocumented changes to the iPhone’s features hidden in the device’s recent update: In the Favorites list in the Phone module, the iPhone‚Äôs equivalent of a speed-dial list, you can now have 50 entries instead of 20. In the email module, you can now automatically BCC yourself on every message you send, […]

According to ChangeWave’s July 18-20 consumer cell phone survey, Apple’s Internet-media saavy iPhone is changing the game within the telecom industry. Even though it’s been on the market just a month, the Apple iPhone is already registering in ChangeWave’s survey results. Among respondents who say they plan to buy a cell phone in the next […]

Billboard today announced an update to its Hot 100 list,¬†a ranking of the top 100 songs in the US,¬†adding weekly streamed and on-demand music data from AOL Music and Yahoo! Music. The Billboard Hot 100¬†ranks songs by aggregating sales and radio data. Digital delivery began playing an important role in the chart’s composition in February […]