Lala.com has introduced a new web-based service that lets you store your iTunes music library online for free. The service lets you play your music from anywhere, share it with anyone and purchase music for your iPod using a Web-based interface.
“As avid iPod fans we wanted to create a service that blends the convenience of the Web with the portability and functionality of a truly universal platform,” said Bill Nguyen, a founder of Lala. “Lala unleashes the Web’s power for playing music and safely sharing songs without the threat of PC viruses, spyware and other risks that are present on illegal P2P sites.”

The service streams music to users, and hopes to pay for this service through sales of tracks via the site.

A beta version of Lala is available immediately for hosting, playing or discovering music. The company has already reached an agreement with Warner Music Group (WMG) to make WMG’s content available on the site.

LA DJ Steve Boyett, aka DJ Steveboy, sends word that his Podrunner workout-music podcast has crossed the five-million mark, less than 15 months after its debut. Podrunner is a free weekly music mix for runners, power walkers, spinners, or anyone who needs a tempo-based workout.

Boyett originally made the running mixes for his wife, a former aerobics instructor and marathon trainer, and created Podrunner almost on a whim, little expecting the global response the podcast would receive.

Melodeo today announced nuTsie, a new mobile music service that lets you get your entire iTunes library on your mobile phone.

nuTsie lets users access their iTunes music on a wide variety of popular phones. nuTsie is built on Melodeo’s mobile streaming technology, which means users don’t have to sync their phone to a computer, download music or deal with limited storage capacity on their phone. The nuTsie client, now in public beta, lets anyone shuffle through their iTunes music and playlists, in hi-fi quality, on their mobile phone or on the Web.

“nuTsie is part of the next generation of music services that will make listening to the stuff you like fun and easy while also taking care of the artists, labels and music publishers,” said Dave Dederer, VP of Music Content at Melodeo and a founding member of the The Presidents of the United States of America. “First and foremost, I‚Äôm a music lover, and nuTsie lets me take my music anywhere. But I‚Äôm also a songwriter, recording artist and record label owner, and nuTsie represents the first mobile music service where everybody wins.”

nuTsie Features

• You can use your current phone
• You can share your music and playlists with friends
• nuTsie works with iTunes, the most popular digital music service in history
• You avoid the hassle of downloading or side-loading music
• Your computer does not have to be running to use nuTsie

Here’s the details…

Six Apart has announced Movable Type 4, now in beta. The new version of the popular blogging platform addresses some of the issues that have led to many MT users switching to the open-source WordPress platform.

The company is also releasing an open-source version of Movable Type to help compete with WordPress. WordPress use has exploded in the last two years, along with the number of plug-ins available on the platform. By releasing an open-source Movable Type, the platform is more likely to stay on a par with WordPress.

Apple today updated its MacBook Pro line of notebooks with the latest Intel Core 2 Duo processors, memory up to 4GB, and high-speed graphics. The new MacBook Pro is available in 15-inch models with a new mercury-free, power-efficient LED-backlit display and a 17-inch model with an optional high-resolution display.

“With Intel Core 2 Duo performance, more memory and state-of-the-art graphics, this MacBook Pro is a portable powerhouse for creative and professional users,” said Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing. “Apple’s notebooks have always led the industry in innovation with features like built-in 802.11 and the MagSafe Power Adapter, and now the industry’s first 15-inch LED-backlit display is another step toward completely eliminating mercury from our displays.”

FeedBurner has introduced Headline Animator, an application that displays the latest headlines from Feedburner users’ blogs, podcasts and RSS feeds for Facebook users worldwide.

Facebook is a social utility that offers a way for people to stay connected with their friends and the people around them. Facebook is the sixth-most trafficked website in the United States.

Headline Animator is a dynamically generated graphic that displays the five most recent items in a blog, podcast or RSS feed. The graphic can be customized to reflect the publisher’s brand and it can be placed in a variety of locations including the bottom of an email, online bulletin boards or blog headers.

“FeedBurner’s customizable Headline Animator provides a simple way for our 422,000 online publishers to promote fresh content in a wrapper that reflects their unique personality, ” said Don Loeb, FeedBurner’s Vice President of Partner Services. “Now, Facebook users can easily share the latest headlines from their FeedBurner-powered blog, podcast or RSS feed on their Facebook profile page.”

Details are available at Feedburner’s Headline Animator page.

Security technology firm McAfee today published an update its State of Search Engine Safety report. McAfee estimates that United States web survers make approximately 276 million monthly searches that lead to Web sites that could compromise their online safety. Surprisingly, digital music sites are twice as likely as adult sites to pose security risks to your computer.

McAfee studied the five major United States search engines — Google, Yahoo!, MSN, AOL, Ask — which account for 93 percent of all search engine use. McAfee analyzed the first 50 search results returned by each search engine for 2,300 popular keywords. The keywords were selected from lists like Google Zeitgeist and Yahoo! Buzz, among other industry sources.

Among the study’s key findings:

• 4.0 percent of all search results link to risky Web sites ‚Äî AOL returns the safest results with 2.9 percent rated red or yellow, down from 5.3 percent in May 2006. Yahoo returned the most red or yellow results, 5.4 percent.
• Sponsored results contain 2.4 times as many risky sites as organic sites; in fact, 6.9 percent of all sponsored results are rated red or yellow.
• Categories related to music and technology continue to be among the most dangerous search terms. “Digital music” returns the highest percentage of risky sites at 19.1 percent, followed by “tech toys” and popular keywords like “chat” and “wallpaper.”
• File sharing programs were also prominent among top risky keywords. Dangerous file sharing searches include “Bearshare” (45.9 percent risky results), “limewire” (37.1 percent), “kazaa” (34.9 percent) and “winmix” (32 percent).
• Scam sites remain prevalent, representing 3.2 percent of all sponsored listings. Typical scams include download sites selling free software, ringtone sites with misleading billing practices, and work-at-home sites with deceptive terms.
• Among adult keyword search results, risky sites increased by 17.5 percent since December 2006, and risky sites now number 9.4 percent of overall adult search results.

Pioneering video podcast Rocketboom has introduced a new sponsorship system, with YouTube as the first sponsor.

The show plans to charge $3,000 per episode for sponsorships, which will include:

• Post Roll Sponsorship Gratitude. White text on black background. Company logo and byline. 7 seconds. Travels with all videos to all platforms (incl. web, phone, tv, portables). Quicktime videos online are clickable to open company website in a new browser window.
• Company Name & Link. Travels as metadata to most platforms (inc. RSS feeds). Increases company link value across the web.
• Sponsor Blog Entry. Click here for details.
• Quicktime Chapter Marker. Easy access to sponsor message from chapter drop-down box.

Rocketboom has struggled to find a successful business model, despite its popularity. While it has successfully experimented with sponsor auctions, its internal struggles have interfered with its ability to develop a stable income.

Apple has confirmed June 29th for the debut date for the iPhone. The iPhone is a cutting edge phone that combines the capabilities of an advanced mobile phone, mobile Internet & portable media player.

The company is now running advertisements for the iPhone with this date:

Rain Recording have released the Nimbus Pro audio workstation line. The two versions, Q1 and Q2, utilize quad-core processor technology and new acoustical engineering to give the user power with near silent performance.

Description:

Nimbus Pro is built around Intel’s powerful Core2 Quad processor. Add to that up to 8GB of RAM, a Terabyte of recording space in a RAID-0 configuration, and the passively cooled GeForce 7300GT graphics processor by NVIDIA, and you have the makings of a professional audio workstation without equal.

The design of Nimbus Pro emerged as part of a research project initiated by President and CTO of Rain UK, Robin Vincent. The team pulled together a deadly quiet combination of acoustic lining, anti-vibration hard drive enclosures, and an extra-large, heat pipe CPU cooler.

Aiding in the cooling process is a beautifully designed chassis whose all aluminum constructions lets heat dissipate naturally. However, upon meeting Nimbus, the first thing you’ll notice is it’s unique, scissor doors that slide open to reveal the DVD¬±RW drive and room for front mounted ports.