The guys at Smash Some Stuff, a site devoted to smashing electronics, thought it would be interesting to see how long an iPod Nano could last in a microwave. The result? 10 seconds. via Axehole

NBC Universal today announced that it was laying off hundreds and refocusing its strategy with Internet media in mind. The company‚Äôs new strategy, which they are calling NBCU 2.0, is a wide-ranging strategic initiative to assure future growth, streamline and strengthen operations, and exploit opportunities created by the rapidly evolving digital and global marketplace. ‚ÄúSuccess […]

Marquette University is offering a video tour of its campus formatted for iPods and other portable media players. Anyone can subscribe to the Marquette University Campus Tour Podcast, or view the individual videos on the school’s Web site. If they are on campus and a tour guide is not available, they can also be assigned […]

A recent study by Edison Media Research shows sharp declines in the amount of time teenagers listen to radio, and even sharper declines among people 12-to-24. The company’s research shows sharp declines in Time Spent Listening (TSL), Persons Using Radio (PUR) and attitudes about radio among the 12-to-24-age group, the listeners who represent both terrestrial […]

It looks like Alexaholic, a site that lets you track and compare traffic rankings of various Websites, may be down for the count:

Webwag.com, a personalizable start page service that launched in September, lets users design their own start page as a” universal mash-up”, with news and blogs feeds of their choice, the ability to check several emails accounts, listen to podcasts with an iPod-styled player, show local weather forecast and other services. ‚ÄúWebwag helps users to personalize […]

Michael Robertson, formerly of MP3.com and now of MP3tunes, is predicting that the Microsoft Zune will be the biggest technology flop of 2007, that Microsoft will pump $100 million or more into promoting it, and that it will sell 50,000 units or less. We’ve previously noted Five Reasons the Zune is a Disappointment, that Zune […]

InterLingua Educational Publishing wants to put Shakespeare on your portable media player. The company announced today the availability of NotePods, a collection of $1.99 audio downloads for iPods and MP3 players designed to help students with their exams and term papers. “NotePods are audio summaries of books and plays by Shakespeare, Dickens, Austen and other […]

PodZinger today announced the launch of its advertising platform, with free opt-in for podcasters. PodZinger’s service is designed to solve the problem of connecting consumers with relevant advertising in online audio and video content. With PodZinger, advertisers are able to mine multimedia search data and leverage usage and topic filters to arrive at a better […]

Apple today announced the results of an investigation by its board of directors into the company’s stock options. Apple initiated this investigation after a review discovered irregularities in past stock option grants. Apple found that stock option grants made on 15 dates between 1997 and 2002 appear to have grant dates that precede the approval […]