Dial-up Internet access is disappearing as barrier to the adoption of podcasting, video podcasting and other Internet media. Seventy-two percent of U.S. adults now have access to a broadband connection and more than half of American households now subscribe to broadband, according to the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA). ‚ÄúWith 20 percent of non-broadband subscribers expecting […]

iPhone hackers are buzy trying to free up some of the capabilities of the iPhone. One of the most interesting projects developed so far is srelay, a SOCKS proxy server.¬†¬† srelay running on your iPhone turns it into a gateway that you can use to connect your laptop to the Internet using the iPhone’s EDGE […]

The iPhone has benefited from unprecedented hype, generating more articles and buzz than any other recent gadget introduction. The iPhone has also been a critical success, getting rave reviews from tech sites and mainstream news outlets alike. Yet, analysts are disappointed by iPhone sales. AT&T recently reported 146,000 iPhone activiations in the second quarter. Analysts […]

Hackers at SecurityEvaluators.com are claiming that they’ve found a way to compromise the iPhone and created a proof-of-concept exploit capable of delivering files from the user’s iPhone to a remote attacker. The exploit is delivered via a malicious web page opened in the Safari browser on the iPhone. There are several ways an attacker can […]

From the department of bad ideas that won’t die comes word that Canada may be levying a fee on iPods & other portable media players, along with digital media, to meet demands of an organization that represents the interests of the music and movie industries. Legal blogger Dr. Micheal Geist has an excellent rundown on […]

If you’ve got an extreme fetish for iPod gadgets, you may want to check out Shanling’s $995 iPod dock/CD Player/Tuner & tube power amp. Apparently nothing brings out the warmth of compressed digital audio like vacuum tubes…… Here are the details: The Shanling MC-30 Music Center is a brushed aluminum CD player and tuner with […]

The Participatory Culture Foundation has announced a new version of their free and open source Internet media application, Miro, which was formerly known as Democracy. Here are the details: We have a new name (Miro) and a new logo designed by Jon Hicks (who did the Firefox logo). Our new website has been updated throughout […]

The¬†iPhone¬†may drive a new wave of growth¬†growth in mobile video usage, according to research conducted by new media research firm Interpret. Research Highlights: Despite owning their new iPhones for a short period of time, 63% of iPhone owners have already used the widescreen-enabled device to watch video (compared to only 28% of regular cell phone […]

Blender¬†magazine has compiled a list of the players that are reshaping the music industry, the¬†Powergeek 25, and¬†Apple’s Steve Jobs¬†tops the list. ¬† In the last few years, Jobs and Apple have innovated their way to the head of the digital media world, with the company’s iPods, iPhones, iTunes and iTunes Store. “Music fans spend much […]

Yamaha has announced a new MP3 player, the BodiBeat, that promises to DJ your workout, selecting tunes based on your heart rate.¬† According to Yamaha, it’s “the world’s first music player/heart rate monitor that selects and plays songs to match the pace of the user’s workout.” The player goes beyond Apple’s Nike + iPod combination, […]