Apple’s Steve Jobs has been voted the Greatest Person in Information Technology. To mark its 40 anniversary, UK technology magazine Computer Weekly asked its readers to vote for who they consider the greatest people of the past 40 years of IT. Jobs topped the list, Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the Internet, and Linus Torvalds, creator […]

Butterball’s Turkey Talk podcast is an interesting example of a corporate edutainment podcast. The podcast series focuses on holiday traditions, planning and food preperation ideas, which frequently involve Butterball turkeys. The first episode (MP3) covers Preparation 101. It’s hosted by turkey experts Mary Clingman, director of the Butterball Turkey Talk-Line, and Sherleen Clausen, director of […]

Microsoft’s Zune.net site is now live, along with zune-arts.net, a site that Microsoft describes as “a place for creative expression around the idea of sharing from some of today’s most progressive artists, animators and designers”. Though the Zune sites are live, content is still sparse. Microsoft is launching the Zune November 14th, 2006. Windows has […]

Apple today announced a new 8GB model of the iPod nano (PRODUCT) RED Special Edition. The new 8GB iPod nano (PRODUCT) RED Special Edition holds up to 2,000 songs and is available for $249, joining the 4GB model priced at $199. Both models come in a red aluminum enclosure and feature 24 hours of battery […]

YouTube’s acquisition by Google $1.65 billion appears to have made it an appealing target for lawsuits. Universal Tube & Rollform Equipment, whose site is Utube.com, is suing YouTube, according to a news report on WTOL-TV in Toledo, Ohio. The lawsuit alleges that YouTube.com is confusingly similar to Universal Tubes’ UTube.com, which sells tube, pipe and […]

Ron Nasty’s Final Taxi podcast, a show that looks at the lives of the recently deceased, is focusing on the undead this week, featuring stories of ghosts, vampires and haunted houses. “Halloween is about taking the morbid, scary and unknown and then making it something fun and celebratory. ‘Final Taxi’ has a similar goal — […]

Wizzard Software announced today that it has agreed to acquire Libsyn, the world‚Äôs largest podcasting network. Wizzard is on a spending spree; recently it announced several other podcast-related acquisitions. ‚ÄúLibsyn is on a mission to empower the content creator in this new age of independent media by creating unique opportunities to share advertising revenues with […]

Evan Williams has announced that he has created a new startup, Obvious Corp, and purchased the assets of the podcasting community he helped found, Odeo. Odeo has struggled to meet William’s expectations; though it’s a relatively popular podcasting community, the field is dominated by Apple. “I screwed up several things, which hindered that quick success,” […]

Robert Scoble has posted an interview with, Matt Jubelirer, the product manager for Microsoft’s iPod competitor, the Zune.

A large survey of web professionals has found that many are planning to use podcasting, blogs and wikis in the next 12 months to help build communities. Highlights: 38 percent of developers intend to use blogs in their development projects 25 percent aim to use podcasting 20 percent mean to use wikis Syndication will also […]