Apple’s had to deal with a lot of stupid lawsuits over the years, but this one takes the prize. An antitrust lawsuit filed against Apple on Dec. 31 charges the company with maintaining an illegal monopoly on the digital music market – because iPods don’t support Microsoft’s WMA format. “Apple’s iPod is alone among mass-market […]

If you’re planning on buying an iPod, Zune or other portable media player for your kids, you may want to think twice before buying it at Wal-Mart. According to several reports, the company has been selling used media players as new ones. Some parents have even found that the players that they bought for their […]

There’s a lot of misinformation going around the Internet as a result of a report in the Washington Post that suggests that the RIAA is suing people for ripping music for personal use: In legal documents in its federal case against Jeffrey Howell, a Scottsdale, Ariz., man who kept a collection of about 2,000 music […]

Here’s a use for podcasts that we haven’t heard of before – the Pasadena Tournament of Roses is offering an audio tour (iTunes link) of the floats featured in the 119th Rose Parade today. The audio files were created to enhance the viewing experiences of visitors at Post Parade: A Showcase of Floats. The free […]

Gear Live has a first look at Apple’s upcoming iPhone 1.1.3 release, and it looks like it will have some interesting new features, including: The ability to send an SMS message to multiple people is now there Google Maps application can now pinpoint your location using cell tower triangulation Google Maps can now display the […]

The Mpillow is a bizarre new age MP3 player pillow designed to use light and sound to help you relax: MPillow can connect to a computer wirelessly and music can be downloaded to it by way of MP3‚Äôs or by using the sounds available on MPillow servers. The enterior of the pillow is filled with […]

With the latest update, the Microsoft Zune now offers the ability to subscribe and unsubscribe to podcasts directly on the Zune itself. This is a useful new feature, especially combined with the Zune’s ability to wirelessly sync. via Zune-Online

Thanks to bloggers everywhere for making Podcasting News the #1 site for iCrap. We’ll figure out how to monetize that real soon….. In the meantime, here’s something that’s even more useless than an dog jacket that transforms your pooch into a doggie boombox – an iPod gramophone. Through passive amplification alone, the Phonofone II “transform […]

There are tons of digital photo picture frames on the market and none have them have really wowed me. Mustek has come up with something original, though, with the PF-i700, a 7-inch color digital photo frame with an integrated Apple iPod docking station. In addition to doing the usual digital picture frame duties, it can […]

So-called iPod killers are not just failing to compete with Apple’s popular media players, they’re failing to hold onto what market share thy have. Sales of portable music players, besides the iPod, declined during the first three weeks of the holiday shopping season, according to the NPD Group.¬† Manufacturers face a market in which there […]