YouTube has sent TechCrunch, a popular tech blog that covers emerging Web sites, a cease and desist letter over TechCrunch’s YouTube Video Download Tool. YouTube claims ‚Äútortious interference of a business relationship, and in fact, many business relationships,‚Äù of committing an ‚Äúunfair business practice,‚Äù and ‚Äúfalse advertising.‚Äù While there does not appear to be anything […]

TiVo has announced a major new initiative to let TiVo subscribers convert and transfer broadband video from their PC to their television sets. The move affirms the growing importance of video podcasts, vlogs and other Internet video to the future of television. Through an expansion of its Desktop PC software later this year, TiVo subscribers […]

Early reviews are in on the Microsoft Zune, which debuts today. The consensus is….the Zune zucks. The Zune has benefited from a tremendous amount of buzz. Unfortunately, it appears that Microsoft’s second attempt at an iPod/iTunes killer suffers seriously in comparision to its 5th generation competition. Engadget has a blow-by-blow walkthrough of installing the Zune […]

Educational podcasting, while largely pioneered at the university level, is increasingly being adopted as a tool in K-12 public school systems. The Hopkinton, MA School District has updated their Web site, adding podcasting as a part of their new web presence. School Technology Director Greg Martineau said that the first priority will be offering educational […]

Rocketboom creator Andrew Baron is distancing himself from Microsoft and a Zune cross-promotion, despite the potential for massively increased traffic. According to Baron, the promotion came with restrictions that were causing him to lose sleep. “Just by having the Zune logo on our page would mean we would not be able to make disparaging comments […]

Added to podcast client list: HubDog is a free application for Pocket PCs and Smartphones that combines an RSS reader, a podcast player, a media search engine, and channels that can be shared among community members. The free app lets you download news, radio, music and video podcasts, blogs and any RSS feed to your […]

Amanda Congdon, co-founder and former host of Rocketboom, is developing a comedy program for HBO. ‚ÄúHBO is exactly the place where I want to be,‚Äù Congdon said. ‚ÄúI‚Äôm most interested in playing in that new dimension with two parallel levels of programming, online and on TV.‚Äù According to Congdon, she‚Äôs aiming for a multiplatform property […]

Microsoft appears to be ignoring the exploding world of podcasting, leaving users of its hardware and software products to either manually manage podcasts or to look for third-party solutions. The most recent version of Windows Media Player 11, just released, still doesn’t have podcast support. There’s no indication that podcast support is planned for future […]

The Indiana University Jacobs School of Music today announced a new music podcast.The audio and video project, found within the school’s new IUMusicLive Web site, includes performances by violinist Joshua Bell, conductor Michael Stern and the Beaux Arts Trio, and showcases three recent IU Opera Theater productions. According to Music Dean Gwyn Richards, the project […]

While Microsoft’s soon-to-be-released Zune portable media player has generated a lot more hype, it looks like the Xbox 360 may prove to be an even bigger threat to Apple’s iPod/iTunes juggernaut. The move promises to put digital video downloads where people want them most – on their TV’s. Microsoft today announced agreements with CBS, MTV […]