One more reason YouTube as you know it is dead: YouTube cut deals with the major music labels shortly before closing their deal with Google, giving the music industry ownership stakes in YouTube in exchange for video and music licensing deals. YouTube quietly cut deals with three of the four major RIAA member companies – […]

Over 40 podcasting seminars are scheduled for the International Podcasting Expo, an online expo being held October 20-22. Anyone with an Internet connection can attend, and participants may download all event recordings. Keynote speakers include Elisabeth Lewin of Podcasting News, Matt Mullenweg of WordPress, Andy Wibbels of BlogWild. Other speakers include Eric Olson of Feedburner, […]

Listening to iPods at unsafe volumes for as little as 5 minutes a day can cause hearing loss. Researchers Brian Fligor and Cory Portnuff estimate that a typical person could safely listen to an iPod for 4.6 hours at 70 percent of full volume using the supplied earphones without greatly increasing the risk of hearing […]

It looks like the “wild west” days of video sharing may be over. YouTube as you know it is dead. The company plans to remove all videos that infringe on music industry copyrights, and is working with music companies to promote ad-supported distribution of music videos. Now the music industry is going after other video […]

McAfee, a maker of computer anti-virus products, today announced it has released a new version of McAfee Stinger that targets two Windows-based threats that are still being identified on video iPod and MP3 devices. McAfee Stinger is a free standalone utility tool that can detect and remove specific viruses, including the W32/RJump.worm, also named RJump.worm […]

Apple issued a warning on Tuesday that some of its iPods are infected with a Windows virus. According to Apple, some video iPods made after Sept. 12 included the RavMonE virus. The virus affects only Windows computers. According to Apple, the iPod nano, iPod shuffle and Mac OS X are not affected, and all Video […]

Legislation aimed at legalizing copying your music to iPods and other portable media players appears to be going nowhere. According to reports, four months of work has resulted in a 29-page draft bill that doesn’t fix the issue. “If the law is enacted in its current form, we will have to call it ‘the Little […]

Podcast Pickle is looking for podcasters to compete in its Pickle Tales: Battle of the Podcast Stars contest. The contest challenges podcasters to write and produce 5-minute stories, skits or essays on an assigned theme. Listeners will be able to vote for their favorites in each round of the contest, and each round will narrow […]

BlogAmp, a service that offers audio hosting and a customizable Flash interface for podcasts and other audio files, is offering a free trial for the next 500 users to try the service through November 10th. The fine print: 50MB Total Storage limit with Unlimited plays/downloads 25 MB limit per uploaded MP3

Added to the podcast directory page: The Aloha Podcast Network, a site that offers a variety of Hawaiian podcasts. Description: Interested in life in Hawaii? Want to find out more about visiting the beautiful “Islands of Aloha”? Now you can sample a wide variety of Hawaii and Hawaiian themed podcast and vodcast via the Aloha […]