Microsoft has just unveiled official details on the Zune player and other products to be released under its Zune brand. The Zune system is made up of a 30GB digital media player, the Zune Marketplace music service and a foundation for an online community that will enable music fans to discover new music. Microsoft plans […]

People used to think of marijuana as the demon weed, and that smoking it could lead to promiscuity, harder drugs, and even madness.Research by University of Leicester psychologist Dr Adrian North may reveal an even harsher truth: that marijuana leads to Mahler. Actually, North’s work reveals a correlation between marijuana use and classical music fans, […]

Some users are reporting problems with bugs in iTunes 7. Actor Wil Wheaton, Wesley Crusher from Star Trek, blogs his woes with the update: “The new features in iTunes 7 are really cool . . . if only they fucking worked,” writes Wheaton. “I connected my iPod to my laptop just now with manual management […]

Persian businesswoman Anousheh Ansari, co-founder and Chairman of Prodea Systems, is set to be the first female commercial space tourist, taking off on a Russian Soyuz spacecraft launching Monday, September 18th. She plans to blog and podcast from space at a site hosted by Los Angeles-based X PRIZE Foundation. “Over the next few days before […]

Skype, makers of free telephony software popular with podcasters for recording phone calls, has released the beta version Skype for Mac 2.0. The new version gives any Mac user with an Internet connection the ability to make free video calls to anyone else on Skype, regardless of whether they use the Windows or Mac platform. […]

It didn’t take long for the latest version of iTunes’ encry option to get hacked again. QTFairUse 2.3, a tool for removing digital rights management encryption in order to allow traditional fair use of audio tracks, has been released. The new version can be used to strip the DRM from files downloaded with iTunes 7. […]

BT today announced it has teamed up with PodShow, a US podcasting network, to launch BT PodShow, a branded version of the PodShow Network produced for the UK market. BT PodShow will provide users with their own personal online media centres where they can post their own content and interact with others locally and across […]

Eleksen Group, a maker of touch-sensitive smart fabrics, is partnering with clothing manufacturer, Bagir, to produce its iPod suit for men. The Bagir suit jacket integrates Eleksen’s ElekTex smart fabric touchpad technology, which transforms a lapel into a 5-button electronic control panel. “We selected Eleksen’s unique touch-sensitive fabric to create an accessible interface between our […]

UK’s City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra has introduced a new podcast, the CBSO Podcast, making it the first major ensemble in the world to launch a regular podcast, according to organizers. The free 30-minute monthly podcast, hosted by music broadcaster Tommy Pearson, includes the latest CBSO news, interviews and discussions with musicians and conductors as […]

eMusic today launched its service in Europe, becoming the first digital music service available throughout the entire European Union. eMusic will offer music lovers in all 25 EU member nations a catalogue of 1.7 million tracks in the universally compatible MP3 format, which works on every digital music hardware and software device including iPods. ‚ÄúThe […]