Electronic music pioneer Jean Michel Jarre has announced – not a new album of synth music – but a line of JM Jarre Technologies electronics, including the AeroSystem iPod audio system and the AeroFrame digital picture frame: AeroSystem is a great-looking hi-fi system/ iPod speaker base, with a strikingly original all-glass design, and an amazing precise, warm, powerful sound. Since it stands […]

Internet video site Hulu was nearly wiped off the face of the Internet yesterday, leading to widespread speculation about what had happened. Some interesting theories included: DanStasiewski: Hulu appears to be down. Should I get on the roof and wiggle the antenna? JoeAnderson: Maybe bringing down Hulu.com will finally get me into the Evil League […]

John Markoff at the New York Times writes that there’s evidence that Apple is working on a Kindle-killer.  According to Markoff, his contact at a search engine company has “spotted Web visits from an unannounced Apple product with a display somewhere between an iPhone and a MacBook. Is it the iPhone 3.0 or the NetMac 1.0?” […]

While there was lots of good news for Apple fans in today’s Q4 earnings call, but there was also some news that people don’t want to hear: that Apple TV was going to keep on its road to nowhere for the near future.  “I think the whole category is still a hobby right now,” Jobs said, […]

Startup digital advertising and technology firm VoloMedia has launched a new version of podcast advertising tracking plug-in that is compatible with Apple’s iTunes. VoloMedia, formerly PodBridge, has created downloadable software that is designed to measure audience activity, such as how many people listen to a particularly podcast. The program also works as an ad-serving platform, letting […]

Sandor Ferenci, a biker who posted videos of himself on YouTube performing stunts and speeding at up to 210 kph (130 mph), has been jailed after confessing his misdemeanors to the police. Ferenci, 28, was contacted by the police after a motorist saw him speeding on his powerful motorcycle and noted his registration number. When they […]

Boxee has announced an update which adds Hulu support to the open source social media center: our forums, twitter and inbox are filled with messages such as “now if I could only play Hulu on boxee..”, “give me Hulu!”, or my personal favorite “if you somehow figured out how to make Hulu work… I will kiss […]

The Podcast Awards has announced its slate of nominees for the 2008 Podcast Awards.  This is the fourth year of the event, which has the goal of recognizing the best podcasters, nominated and chosen by podcast fans. Voting will open on October 23rd with voting closing November 6th, at 2359.

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and a coalition of public interest groups today called on four television networks to stop stifling political debate on the Internet with overreaching copyright claims and proposed two measures to help YouTube protect online political speech. In an open letter sent to CBS, the Christian Broadcasting Network (CBN), Fox, and […]

A demo from Digg’s Kevin Rose of the Qik iPhone app – an app that promises to bring live streaming video broadcasting to the iPhone.  Before you get too excited, remember that Apple still has to approve this for the App Store.