If you’re looking for signs that hell may soon freeze over, PC Magazine just served one up. PC Mag’s anti-Mac linkbaiter John Dvorak reports that he actually tried using a Mac recently, liked it and is now recommending Macs over PCs: I can see why the Mac is gaining market share, because the rationale for […]

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has filed suit against Universal Music Publishing Group (UMPG), asking a federal court to protect the fair use and free speech rights of a mother who posted a short video of her toddler son dancing to a Prince song on the Internet. Stephanie Lenz’s 29-second recording shows her son bouncing […]

The British government has rejected a plea to extend copyright laws for sound recordings to beyond 50 years, prompting the music industry to accuse it of not supporting musicians and artists. The government would have had to push the European Commission for a change in the law but said such a move did not seem […]

Microsoft has confirmed plans to release second-generation Zunes for the holiday buying season, and will be delivering users a big present by adding podcast support to the device. Here’s the text of Microsoft’s statement (via WhizByte): “We have seen the rumors floating around, but we haven‚Äôt announced specific dates or details for the next generation […]

The New York Times today has some interesting coverage of the recent announcement of the Association for Downloadable Media, an organization that hopes to set standards for audience measurement and advertising for downloadable media. The article takes a look at some of the reasons that some commercial podcasters see a need for the organization: Susan […]

If you’ve been wondering about the future of wireless devices like the iPhone in the US, Google just dropped a big hint. Google announced today that, should the Federal Communications Commission adopt a framework requiring greater competition and consumer choice, the company intends to commit a minimum of $4.6 billion to bidding in the upcoming […]

NewTeeVee reports that PodTech, a tech podcasting startup, has let go Geek Entertainment TV (GETV) host Irina Slutsky, citing a shift in the company’s focus. PodTech founder John Furrier noted that his company had spent over $500,000 on GETV, and it had failed to meet his goals. “I had a vision that [GETV] could be […]

Sony has not only introduced a new clock radio (model ICF-C1iP) and boombox (model ZS-S2iP) with iPod support, but it’s now calling the iPod a format on a par with the compact disc: “Consumers are treating the iPod as a format, like the compact disc, which is why Sony is now delivering audio products to […]

Podcasts are available for presentations at iPhoneDevCamp, a BarCamp-style event focusing on iPhone development held this weekend in San Francisco. You can subscribe to the podcast using this feed URL: http://kh7wg.podomatic.com/rss2.xml The event featured¬†a iPhone hackathon, and the resulting applications are available to try out. Apps include an iPhone Jabber client, games, iPhone-friendly websites and […]

Sweden’s The Local, an English-language news source, reports that Sigbritt L√∂thberg, a 75-year old woman from Karlstad in central Sweden, now has the fastest home Internet connection in the world. L√∂thberg’s home has been supplied with a 40 Gigabits per second connection, thousands of times faster than the average residential link. According to the report, […]