Apple today introduced iLife ‚’08, featuring a major new version of iPhoto and a “completely reinvented” iMovie. iPhoto 08 automatically organizes photo libraries into Events that let users more easily manage their growing photo collections, and iMovie ‚08 introduces a new way for users to quickly make movies and share them online. Both iPhoto and […]

Apple today introduced new versions of its all-in-one iMac computers and an update to its iLife suite. With the updates, Apple did not offer any big surprises, but instead enhanced its already comprehensive lineup of hardware and software for media publishing. Updated iMacs Apple CEO Steve Jobs first showcased the updated iMacs, which now come […]

Publishers interested in making money with Internet media have advertising trends on their side. According to Veronis Suhler Stevenson (VSS), a private equity firm dedicated to the media,¬†Internet advertising, including pure-play websites and digital extensions of traditional media, will replace newspapers as the largest ad medium in 2011. ¬† VSS believes that people are¬†shifting their […]

Dell has¬†announced that it has entered into an agreement to buy privately-held ZING Systems, a company that focuses on always-connected audio and entertainment devices. Dell plans to use ZING and its capabilities to continue improving the entertainment experiences it provides its customers. ZING introduced itself in June of 2006, stating its plans to build “an […]

A survey (pdf)¬†of music fans in the UK suggests that pricing at Apple’s iTunes music store may be keeping people from buying more legal music downloads, and could be driving people to file-sharing sites. Equally surprising, the survey suggests that most music fans don’t know or care about DRM (Digital Rights Management software). iTunes Pricing […]

MXL Microphones has introduced a new USB mic, the MXL 990 USB Stereo Condenser Microphone. The MXL 990 features two gold diaphragm capsules in an X/Y stereo configuration and promises rich sound with excellent spatial imaging. The MXL 990 USB is a Universal Serial Bus instrument that connects directly to a computer without the need […]

Feedburner is positioning its Headline Animator service as a new type of banner advertising for sites that use news feeds. Here’s how Feedburner explains it: By connecting the simple-to-use Headline Animator service to our world-class feed advertising network we can give content publishers the ability to create their very own dynamic, feed-powered ad units and […]

Information Week’s Alexander Wolfe today offered his DRM Scorecard, summarizing it Hackers Batting 1000, Industry Zero. “Every single significant attempt at consumer-music DRM has been cracked,” writes Wolfe. He supports this by noting that CSS (older DVD encryption), Fairplay (Apple’s encryption technology), AACS (new DVD encryption technology) and Windows Media DRM have all been cracked. […]

A congressional panel voted yesterday, against the Bush administration’s wishes, to shield journalists, including advertising-supported bloggers, vloggers and podcasters, from having to reveal their confidential sources in many situations. The vote is the latest in an ongoing battle over the status of bloggers and other Internet media pioneers, and whether they should be given the […]

YouTube has announced a new music video competition, YouTube OntheRise Rap Edition. The video contest hopes to find the best upcoming rap and hip-hop artists in the US. Interested artists can submit original videos from Friday, August 10 through Friday, August 17. 50 Cent, Common and Polow da Don will help judge the contest and […]