Earlier in the week, Apple spokeswoman Natalie Kerris was quoted in a Chicago Tribune article on iPod failure rates as saying that Apple designs them to last four years. According to a post at iLounge, Apple spokeswoman Natalie Kerris is now saying that she was misquoted in the Chicago Tribune article. The article quoted her […]

IBM has introduced the ShortCuts podcast series, a podcast that provides technology tips on current trends and issues such as computer security, instant messaging etiquette, and email management. The four-minute audio shows are intended to give listeners short, practical advice that can be applied at work or at home.The latest episode looks at Beating Spyware […]

Love her or hate her, Paris Hilton seems to be everywhere. And now she’s going to be showing up on iPods.E! Entertainment and Apple today announced that programs from E! Entertainment Television are now available for purchase on the iTune Music Store. New episodes of the second season of the series The Girls Next Door, […]

A Chicago Tribune article (subscription) takes a look at failure rates of Apple’s popular iPod music players, and reports that Apple designs them to last four years. Apple spokeswoman Natalie Kerris assured the Tribune that iPods have a failure rate of less than 5 percent, which she called “fairly low” compared with other consumer electronics. […]

BBC News has launched several video podcasts of highlights from their news broadcasts.The BBC video podcasts will include ten ‘best of the week’ packages from Ten O’Clock News – called Ten Weekly – as well as subscribe to Newsnight reports and investigations from the previous seven days. Also available in the first phase of the […]

Facebook, a social directory that allows people to share information, announced today a back-to-school promotion to give away 10 million music samplers to Mac and PC users from the iTunes Music Store. Starting today, Facebook will give away one million, 25-song music samplers from iTunes each week for the next 10 weeks. Each iTunes music […]

PBS today announced the launch of downloadable PBS television shows on Google Video, making it possible for users to download and own a selection of PBS primetime and children‚Äôs programming for the first time ever. Prices range from $1.99 for an episode of Arthur to the relatively steep $7.99 for an episode of Nova. The […]

Sony PlayStation Portables are getting video podcast support with the latest update to the PSP‚Äôs firmware.The update takes the PSP firmware to version 2.8. It allows the PSP to receive video clips through RSS (really simple syndication) feeds from blogs and other websites. Sony added PSP podcast support using streaming in November 2005 and added […]

Marketwatch’s Frank Barnako is bullish on podcasting, saying that “The most popular podcasts could be making their producers more than $1 million a year.” Barnako is highlighting research from Nielsen Analytics, released last week, that focuses on the Economics of Podcasting. In the past, Nielsen’s research has been subject to ridicule by some podcasters because […]

Alexa traffic reports suggest that Rocketboom could be better off without Amanda Congdon, or at least that the controversy over Congdon leaving gave the show a kick in the seat: Alexa charts traffic to Internet sites based on the activity of users of the Alexa toolbar.