There’s a fun post on the 10 Weirdest iPod Accessories over at PC Mag. Our favorite is probably the Dreamgear i.sound Plasma, above. It’s a psychedelic plasma globe that has four integrated speakers, giving you a “custom-designed electro-magnetic lightshow dance to the beat of your music.” Of course, if you really want to see weird […]

TalkShoe has introduced an iPhone application that lets you participate or conduct community calls from your phone and even lets you use the service to create podcasts. Features: iPhone users can join live calls and view upcoming calls they may want to participate in. The iPhone application provides a one click link to auto dial-in […]

Via a comment on our coverage of the iPod touch app upgrade, Jackson let us know about two ways that people are protesting Apple’s $20 charge for the update that adds several apps left off the initial release. Jackson’s reaction to the $20 update reflects a lot of early buyers’ attitudes: I am outraged that […]

What do you do with a dead iPod? Rhett and Link have some ideas for you. via iJustine

An Apple patent reveals that the company is working on a podcast aggregator that would dynamically collect the news that you are interested in and deliver a personalized news podcast, according to a report at AppleInsider. In other words – Apple wants to be your news and information station. The system would allow you to: […]

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has issued guidelines (pdf) regarding blogging and other user generated media at the 2008 Beijing Olympiad. And while the Olympics may be a celebration of athleticism and global togetherness, they aren’t going to be a celebration of personal expression. The IOC’s guidelines address rules for blogging and other user-generated media […]

The BBC is warning about the rampant new problem of techno addiction – when gadgets get so damn sexy that people become addicted to them. According to the venerable BBC: Techno addiction can become so bad that people wake up several times a night to check their e-mails and text messages; Techno addiction can interfere […]

Good news for Apple: half of all music sold in the US will be digital in 2011. Sales of digitally downloaded music will surpass physical CD sales in 2012, according to a new report by Forrester Research. Digital music sales will grow at a compound annual growth rate of 23 percent over the next five […]

A new version of HandBrake – the free, open-source DVD to MPEG converter – is now available. HandBrake 0.9.2 incorporates many changes, including full support for the AppleTV Take 2 and the latest iPhone/iPod Touch firmware. Download it now. Features for Apple fans: Dolby Digital 5.1 (AC3) sound in MP4 files, for a true DVD […]

Apple today announced that it has slashed prices on the iPod shuffle, now priced at $49, and that it is introducing a new 2GB model of the iPod shuffle for $69. ‚ÄúAt just $49, the iPod shuffle is the most affordable iPod ever,‚Äù said Greg Joswiak, Apple‚Äôs vice president of Worldwide iPod Product Marketing. ‚ÄúThe […]