The University of California at Berkeley is offering free podcasts of some the same courses that students pay full tuition for. Students who are actually footing the bill for tuition at UC Berkeley need not panic just yet. It doesn’t appear that one can actually receive any college credit from these freely available versions of […]

Wingspan has begun delivering its iLoad, a portable device that copies CDs to an iPod without using a computer or requiring an Internet connection. According to the company, iLoad is fast, easy to use and all music and track information is transferred to the iPod. The entire CD can be copied or individual tracks can […]

Podcast Ready and iriver have partnered to offer Podcast Ready‚Äôs myPodder software preloaded on the iriver U20, B20 and W10 models. The agreement allows iriver device users to easily find, manage, listen and view both audio and video podcasts virtually anywhere.Users can plug a compatible iriver device into any Internet-connected computer and access myPodder to […]

CES Update: Microsoft, the world’s largest software maker, plans to bring video games to its Zune music player within 18 months. Apple introduced iPod video games in September of 2006. Peter Moore, a vice president in the company’s Xbox video- game business, confirmed the plan yesterday, saying the Zune’s large screen will offer a better […]

It looks like reports of iTunes’ death were premature, despite Forrester’s controversial report that suggested that iTunes sales were plummeting. Apple today announced that more than two billion songs, 50 million television episodes and over 1.3 million feature-length films have been purchased and downloaded from the iTunes Store. ‚ÄúiTunes has crossed another major milestone by […]

Macworld Update: Apple today premiered Apple TV, a media router that can wirelessly play iTunes content from a Mac or PC on your widescreen TV, including movies, TV shows, music, photos and podcasts. Users can quickly browse and view their entire collection of digital media from across the room using the simple and intuitive Apple […]

Macworld update: Apple today introduced iPhone, a new device that combines a state-of-the-art mobile phone, a widescreen iPod with touch controls, and an Internet communications device with desktop-class email, web browsing, searching and maps‚Äîinto one small and lightweight handheld device. iPhone introduces an entirely new user interface based on a large multi-touch display and pioneering […]

Computerworld has an interesting take on Microsoft’s decision to abandon PlaysForSure with the Zune. “The release of Zune means Microsoft is turning its back on its PlaysForSure digital rights management software and all those who use music services that use that scheme. I say this for two reasons. First, last night I asked an executive […]

MacWorld Update: Griffin Technology today announced Evolve, a speaker system with a flat charging base that holds your iPod in a Universal Dock. On either side are charging stations for two cube-shaped speakers, each housing its own long-lived Lithium-Ion battery pack. To charge these speakers, all you have to do is place them on the […]

Soundcast Systems has introduced two products ‚Äì SpeakerCast and OutCast ‚Äì designed to offer the highest-quality wireless transmission from digital music players or personal computers to any room in your house or even outdoors. Soundcast‚Äôs SpeakerCast, above, is a high performance stereo speaker system using Soundcast wireless technology to receive music from an iPod when […]