At Gnomedex 2006, being held June 29-July 1 in Seattle Washington, conference host Chris Pirillo announced that TechMeme had been hacked. “You won‚Äôt believe it – TechMeme has been hacked. I figured it was just a matter of time before something like this happened, and the Gnomedexers discovered it before anybody else did. If only […]

State of Washington Governor Christine O. Gregoire has declared today, Friday June 30 & Saturday July 1 as RSS Days. At the Gnomedex opening session, RSS creator Dave Winer and podcasting pioneer was on hand to read the governor’s declaration. “Now, therefore I, Christine O. Gregroire, Governor of the state of Washington, do hereby proclaim […]

Gnomedex 2006 Update: Future presidential candidate & podcaster John Edwards is scheduled to lead a discussion later, but Dave Dederer, best known as the guitarist and singer of The Presidents of the United States of America has the stage now. He kicked things off by covering a couple of Velvet Underground tunes, and then discussed […]

At the Gnomedex conference, being held in Seattle Washington, John Edwards led a spirited discussion of politics, citizen media and how the Internet is changing the political dialog. Though the audience was full of hundreds of people actively blogging, podcasting and video podcasting, he wasn’t afraid to be direct or to commit to a position. […]

At Gnomedex 2006, Werner Vogels, CTO of Amazon.com, discussed the importance of net neutrality. First he discussed Powell’s Internet Freedoms: Freedom to Access Content Freedom to Use Application Freedom to Attach Personal Devices Freedom to Obtain Service Plan Information “The phone and cable companies will fundamentally alter the Internet in America unless Congress acts to […]

MTV Networks and Apple have announced that new television programming from Spike TV, Nick at Nite, TV Land, Logo, MTV and The N is now available on the iTunes Music Store.Adding to the MTV content already on iTunes, the new round of programming available for purchase and download crosses virtually every genre and includes Spike […]

Nifty, a leading Japanese Internet provider, announced on June 28 the results of its latest research on podcasting users in Japan. The company surveyed 3,449 people who subscribe to its Japanese podcasting portal, Podcasting Juice. The results show that the majority of users are men in their 30s. Of those, 30% earn 6 million yen […]

Fatman, a tube-based music electronics, has announced plans for the Fatman iTube Valve Dock. The ¬£299 system puts the iPod‚Äôs music collection through its built-in valve amp to create a deeper, richer sound. The system is compatible with all iPods (except the shuffle) and ships with a remote control. The iTube can also connect to […]

Remember when media outlets couldn’t seem to figure out podcasts, so they dismissed them? Now that podcasting is rapidly being adopted by mainstream publishers, the technology critics appear to be moving on to abusing vloggers. The Washington Post describes vlogging as the Amateur Hour On Video. That appears to have been too generous for Valleywag, […]

Podcamp Boston will be held on September 9th and 10th, 2006, in a venue to-be-named in Boston, accessible by public transportation, and readily reachable via the train.Podcamp is a free unconference in the tradition of BarCamp. People register at the website (the secret group password is: nepod), and everyone can participate in some form or […]