Print Wear Wholesalers, a New Jersey clothing wholesaler, has introduce a new design of T-shirts that lets wearers work out or hang out with a portable media player safely stowed in a pocket and with wires out of the way. “mpTees” are designed to be screen printed or embroidered for retail use or as promotional […]

The Zune launch is starting to look more and more like an unmitigated disaster. PC Magazine’s John Dvorak has joined other analysts saying the Zune Zucks. In his latest article, Dvorak writes that “Microsoft’s music player has no future.” “If anything is doomed to failure, it is the Microsoft Zune,” writes Dvorak. “I have no […]

YouTube has sent TechCrunch, a popular tech blog that covers emerging Web sites, a cease and desist letter over TechCrunch’s YouTube Video Download Tool. YouTube claims ‚Äútortious interference of a business relationship, and in fact, many business relationships,‚Äù of committing an ‚Äúunfair business practice,‚Äù and ‚Äúfalse advertising.‚Äù While there does not appear to be anything […]

DRM Dumpster is a free Mac OS X tool for removing the DRM from tracks purchased from iTunes. The tool can be used for exercising traditional fair use rights, such as using iTunes downloads with a Zune. DRM Dumpster uses a CD-RW and iTunes itself to convert all of your DRM music files to MP3 […]

TiVo has announced a major new initiative to let TiVo subscribers convert and transfer broadband video from their PC to their television sets. The move affirms the growing importance of video podcasts, vlogs and other Internet video to the future of television. Through an expansion of its Desktop PC software later this year, TiVo subscribers […]

The Beatles are moving into the digital age. Their music will be available soon as digital downloads, according to EMI. EMI hasn’t spilled the details yet, but it has dropped the first hint that the group’s catalog of songs will be made available on the internet. David Munns, head of EMI‚Äôs North American division, told […]

Apple today announced it is teaming up with Air France, Continental, Delta, Emirates, KLM and United to deliver the seamless integration between iPod and in-flight entertainment systems, and there’s not a @#$# thing Microsoft can do about it. These six airlines will begin offering their passengers iPod seat connections which power and charge their iPods […]

Early reviews are in on the Microsoft Zune, which debuts today. The consensus is….the Zune zucks. The Zune has benefited from a tremendous amount of buzz. Unfortunately, it appears that Microsoft’s second attempt at an iPod/iTunes killer suffers seriously in comparision to its 5th generation competition. Engadget has a blow-by-blow walkthrough of installing the Zune […]

ESPN has launched the first phase of what it describes as a nationwide local podcasting network. For the first time, local ESPN Radio programs like Pittsburgh’s Mark Madden Show, New York‘s Michael Kay Show, and Los Angeles‘ The Big Show with Mason and Ireland, as well as other select ESPN radio affiliate shows, are now […]

Noisely is a new podcast search site that is described as an “intelligent podcast audio player.” Enter a search term, and Noisely returns matches and will play them directly in your web browser. According to Noisely, the podcasts are selected based on “an algorithm that takes into account different aspects like podcasts that match your […]