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Internet TV At A Tipping Point

Jan 13th, 2007 | By | Category: Computer Hardware, Digital Video Downloads, Streaming Video, Video, Video Podcasts

The number of broadband-enabled TVs – those capable of directly or indirectly receiving broadband video content – is expected to exceed 162 million households globally by 2011, according to Broadband Video: Redefining the Television Experience, The Diffusion Group‘s latest report on IP media. “It is fair to say that the democratization of video delivery is […]



Why The iPhone Matters: 9 Out of 10 MP3 Phone Users Don’t Use TelCo Music Services

Jan 13th, 2007 | By | Category: Digital Music, Mobile Podcasting

According to recently published research from Telephia, there are now 23.5 million mobile subscribers in the U.S. who have phones with integrated music players, but only a tiny portion of these users are downloading music over the air. The low adoption rate of over the air (OTA) music services could be an opportunity for Apple. […]



MacGyver MP3 Watch Plays Tunes, Gets Your Podcasts

Jan 12th, 2007 | By | Category: Audio Podcasting, Digital Music, iPods & Portable Media Players, Strange

The Skullcandy MacGyver MP3 Watch not only has possibly the coolest name ever for a watch, it puts up to 1 Gig of memory for podcasts and music on your wrist. The Skullcandy MacGyver MP3 watch features a selectable 5-mode audio equalizer, 3-D stereo sound, music shuffle play feature, a built-in voice recorder and an […]



Radio Goes Open Source With Campcaster

Jan 12th, 2007 | By | Category: Audio Podcasting, Podcasting Software

BBC NEWS has an interesting article about broadcasters joining the world’s airwaves using Campcaster, open-source software which lets people run a radio station from a single computer for free. Campcaster takes a regular PC and turns it into a tool for managing every aspect of a radio station broadcast. The software is the idea of […]



New AirPort Extreme Doubles As Wireless Media Server

Jan 12th, 2007 | By | Category: Computer Hardware, Podcasting Hardware

At Macworld, Apple introduced the new AirPort Extreme wireless networking solution. It’s based on 802.11n, and according to Apple, offers twice the range and five times the performance of their previous AirPorts. In addition to the network performance, the new AirPort Extreme Base Station features connections for networked computers, printers and a USB hard drive, […]



Is YouTube Going Offline?

Jan 12th, 2007 | By | Category: Digital Video Downloads, Streaming Video

YouTube is reported to be considering creating a offline TV channel made up of content culled from the thousands of clips posted on its site, according to YouTube vice president of content Kevin Donahue. Donahue, speaking on the ‚ÄúHollywood and the Digital Consumer‚Äù panel at the Consumer Electronics Show, said YouTube has been toying with […]



Steve Jobs Blows Off Mac Users At MacWorld

Jan 12th, 2007 | By | Category: Commentary, Computer Hardware

No one seems to have noticed this in the rush to cover the iPhone, but Steve Jobs seems to have completely blown off Mac users at MacWorld this year. There were no announcements of new Macintosh computers. There were no updates of Mac OS X. No mention of iLife updates. Apple didn’t even announce any […]



Baby Stroller Is iPod-Ready

Jan 12th, 2007 | By | Category: iPod Accessories

The Pico-iPod from i’Coo is a high-end baby stroller that features a built-in iPod dock, volume controls and speakers so you and your baby can rock out while you run your errands. via TUAW



New App Promises To Fix Your Music’s Meta Information

Jan 11th, 2007 | By | Category: Digital Music, General, iPod Accessories

CES Update: MusicIP is inviting both music fans and music-centric software developers to take advantage of their newly introduced tag-fixing functionality, which cleans up the metadata in digital music collections of any size. Along with building instant playlists and acoustic music searching, music fans can use MusicIP Mixer to fill in missing metadata and correct […]



Ford Intros Voice-Activated iPod Control

Jan 11th, 2007 | By | Category: General, iPod Accessories

CES Update: Ford has announced factory-installed, in-car communications and entertainment systems that offer support for iPods. The technology is based on Microsoft Auto software (Sync), and supports virtually any mobile phone or digital media player. Drivers can operate their iPod (or other device) using voice commands or the vehicle’s steering wheel or radio controls. “Sync […]