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CES Preview: $50,000 iPod Bed Better Than Sex

Jan 5th, 2008 | By | Category: General

CES: Mattress manufacturer Leggett & Platt has created either the ultimate bed of the future or an expensive piece of iCrap. Their Starry Night Bed is a high-end sleeping system (costing up to $50,000) that offers some insanely high-tech features, including: Anti-snore technology Dual programmable temperature control from 68 to 117 degrees Fahrenheit Sleep Diagnostic […]



Podfather Adam Curry Backing Ron Paul

Dec 28th, 2007 | By | Category: General

Adam Curry, who along with Dave Winer helped pioneer podcasting, is backing Ron Paul for president and is using new media to do it:



Online Television Just Got Sexy

Dec 25th, 2007 | By | Category: General

Online television just got sexy for advertisers. According to a new report by Experian Research Services, consumers are 44 percent more engaged in advertisements inserted into online television programs than they are with the ads in programs they view on traditional TV. Viewers are paying more attention to what they are watching online and this […]



The Bomb That Is Quarterlife

Dec 24th, 2007 | By | Category: General

Quarterlife, the heavily-hyped serialized drama from the creators of thirtysomething and My So-Called Life, is a bomb. Views for the show have plummeted, going from nearly 800,000 YouTube views for the first episode to just a few thousand for some recent episodes. That’s fewer than sleeping kitties, graffiti videos and even a video of Sims […]



iPhone Snow Globe

Dec 23rd, 2007 | By | Category: General

You may want to check out Pop Art’s iPhone snow globe. It offers seconds of mindless fun.



24-Hour Podcast Marathon In Full Swing

Dec 21st, 2007 | By | Category: Audio Podcasting, General, Podcasting Events, Streaming Video

Just a reminder that Todd Cochrane, the man behind Geek News Central, Blubrry, and Raw Voice, is conducting an all-day Podcast Marathon now through 10 am (Central US time) Saturday, Dec. 22. The marathon is a fundraiser for the One Laptop Per Child initiative. The Marathon is being streamed by Ustream.tv and TalkShoe, and listeners/viewers […]



Advertising In Second Life Is Dead

Dec 20th, 2007 | By | Category: General, Strange

New media advertising in virtual worlds like Second Life appears to be dead in the water. Virtual world technology firm The Electric Sheep Company let go nearly a third of its employees yesterday. The company laid off 22 employees, is scaling back its events staff and cancelling several projects, including the creation of an ad […]



Apple Updates Podcasting Software

Dec 19th, 2007 | By | Category: General, Podcasting Software

Apple has quietly released updates to several of its podcasting-related applications: GarageBand 4 has been updated to 4.1.1. The update incorporates changes in the September 4.1 update, includes exporting to the iPhone, as well as overall stability fixes. QuickTime and QuickTime Broadcaster have also been updated. The latest version of QuickTime, 7.3.1, is a minor […]



Neuros Pushes “Unlocked” DRM-Free Media Branding

Dec 19th, 2007 | By | Category: General, iPods & Portable Media Players

Portable media player manufactuer Neuros Technology has created the Unlocked Media brand to create a consumer friendly trademark out of the abstract idea of ‚ÄúDRM Free‚Äù media. The concept behind the Unlocked Media trademark is that it be made available for free to any entity that uses media using open standard technology which is available […]



Phone Samples For Podcasts

Dec 18th, 2007 | By | Category: General

The Phone Company Recording Archive is an great collection of old-school phone company messages. The samples include recordings from Bell, US West, AT&T and other sources. You can preview “Please hang up…” below.