Viacom recently requested that YouTube remove more than 100,000 video clips that they claim infringe on their content. Unfortunately, when you spread that wide of a net, a lot of dolphins get caught with the tuna. Among the 100,000 videos targeted for takedowns was a home movie shot in a BBQ joint, a film trailer […]

The 2007 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition is out. As always, it features shots of some of the most beautiful women of the world photographed in exotic places. This year, though, it also features some interesting product placement, and the magazine’s take on the iPod bikini. Not safe for work…..

Gizmodo has some exclusive images (above) based on leaked information about a rumored product, the iPhone dock. According to their report, this is “what it looks like with the iPhone docked.” “It’s direct from Apple, and as such, we can’t actually show the picture or else our tipster will be in deep doo-doo,” notes Gizmodo. […]

RealTraps has introduced the Portable Vocal Booth, a device that mounts on any microphone stand to create a highly controlled environment for recording vocals and spoken narration in acoustically hostile spaces. The RealTraps Portable Vocal Booth is larger than competive products, comprising a pair of 2 by 2 foot absorbing panels in a fully adjustable […]

Audiofile Engineering has introduced voXover, a new voice-over automation tool and batch recorder for Mac OS X. voXover is a voice-over automation utility and batch-recorder for multimedia projects that require large numbers of individual audio files to be recorded where a typical multi-track recorder is not feasible. Examples range from video game development and broadcast […]

SwimMan has introduced the first waterproofed 2nd Generation iPod Shuffle. “In the second generation shuffle we saw an almost perfect product”, says Judy Valencerina, Director of Marketing for SwimMan. “The only thing lacking was that you couldn’t take it into the water.” SwimMan has been making H20-friendly music possible for over 10 years. Applying their […]

The BBC has an interesting article about attitudes to Digital Rights Management (DRM) systems in Europe music firms. According to the study by Jupiter Research, almost two-thirds of music industry executives think removing digital locks from downloadable music would make more people buy the tracks. Many of those surveyed criticized current DRM systems as “not […]

Blubrry has announced that it now has 1,000 podcasters partcipating in its podcasting community. Blubrry combines standard podcast directory features with community-building and podcasting advertising options. “In creating Blubrry, we all thought about our previous bad experiences with directories and podcast listing sites,” said Blubrry founder Todd Cochrane. “So Blubrry’s monetization options, the lack of […]

Business Week is hyping the advertising potential of podcasts, calling them The Next Big Ad Medium. According to their analysis, podcasts are poised to grab a larger slice of the multibillion-dollar online advertising pie. They highlight research from eMarketer expects that advertisers will spend more than $400 million on podcasting by 2011, up from $80 […]

The cell phone industry must improve the mobile music experience for consumers or it risks losing out to new competitors like Apple, Warner Music Group CEO Edgar Bronfman Jr. warned Wednesday at the 3GSM World Congress. According to Bronfman, although there are already millions of music phones available throughout the world, only about 8.8 percent […]