Former Rocketboom anchor Amanda Congdon has announced plans to vlog her way across America at a new site, Amanda Across America.

Despite the issues many tech-savvy music fans have with digital rights management and encrypted media files, it looks like the future of digital music will be based on closed, proprietary systems. Apple’s iTunes/iPod combination has rapidly risen to dominance, a fact that has caused both the music industry and other portable media player vendors a […]

RealNetworks and SanDisk have announced plans to release a portable music player system that will compete with Apple’s iTunes/iPod combination and Microsoft’s Zune. The companies plan to release the Sansa Rhapsody, a portable music player based on SanDisk’s e200. The e200 series is priced starting at about $110 for a 2GB player with a color […]

A growing number of pundits are taking a pessimistic view about the prospects for Apple’s iTunes/iPod platform, suggesting that it’s doomed because of increased competition (such as the Zune), that people are shunning the iTunes store or that iPods just aren’t cool anymore. In a article in The Observer, David Smith suggests explains Why the […]

Sonos, a developer of wireless multi-room music systems, has released Sonos System Software 2.0, an update to its digital music system. The update lets you schedule daily updates to your music library, which can be used to get Audible content or podcasts. Sonos 2.0 also lets users connect directly to millions of songs and thousands […]

Law professors at California Western School of Law are taking their expertise from the classroom to the iPod. On Law in 10, California Western’s weekly podcast, professors provide legal analysis on current news topics, all in 10 minutes or less.‚ÄúAlthough a handful of other law schools use podcasts for lectures and speaker events, we believe […]

Some are speculating that Microsoft is abandoning its Plays for Sure partners, because the recently announced Zune media player won’t play protected Windows Media files. Audio and video files purchased or rented from Napster 2.0, Rhapsody, Yahoo! Unlimited, Movielink, Cinemanow and other Microsoft partners are sure to not play on the Zune. “The media that […]

Griffin Technologies introduced several new iPod accessories at the Apple Expo show in Paris last week. Of most interest to podcasters, is the iTalk Pro. The microphone iPod attachment records in stereo at 44.1 kHz CD-quality sampling. The iTalk Pro comes with twin built-in microphones, but also will let you connect an external mic via […]

JBL has introduced JBL On Stage Micro and JBL Radial Micro. Both come equipped with IR remotes for iPod track selection, menu navigation and volume control. Both JBL On Stage Micro and JBL Radial Micro are compatible with all docking iPods, and incorporate the Apple iPod Universal Dock adapter. Featuring OnePoint design, both units connect […]

Harman Kardon’s Digital Media Centers are DVD-Audio/Video media servers that rip CDs, transfer the content to an internal hard disk drive, and transfer the files to USB drives and memory cards for playback in portable devices. The servers also store digital images and plays back compressed music files and digital images stored on portable media […]