Microsoft appears to be ignoring the exploding world of podcasting, leaving users of its hardware and software products to either manually manage podcasts or to look for third-party solutions. The most recent version of Windows Media Player 11, just released, still doesn’t have podcast support. There’s no indication that podcast support is planned for future […]

Intel Corporation announced at the Web 2.0 Conference today that it is collaborating with several software companies on the launch of SuiteTwo, a set of business software applications. The integrated suite is being billed as “a family of interconnected services combined to improve productivity and enable high-engagement marketing,” comprised of applications from software companies including […]

Behringer has announced Podcastudio FireWire, described as a complete podcast studio with FireWire interface. The podcasting kit comes with a studio-grade FireWire audio interface which includes the Behringer Edition of Ableton Live Lite 4 music production software for PC and Mac computers. The package also includes an 8-input mixer, high-quality headphones and a studio microphone […]

Horizon Wimba, a provider of collaboration tools and software applications to the online education market, has released Wimba Voice Tools version 5.1, which includes two new voice tools ‚Äì the Wimba Podcaster and the Wimba Voice Presentation Tool. Wimba Podcaster is designed to make it easy for teachers to add audio files to their online […]

Podcast Solutions, by Michael Geoghegan and Dan Klass, is a comprehensive introduction to podcasting. The book is bylined “The Complete Guide to Podcasting,” and does a good job of delivering on this promise. A powerhouse of podcasting talent is behind the book. The authors, Geoghegan and Klass, are podcasters that pioneered the production of podcasts […]

GigaVox Media has introduced a new free tool for enhancing podcast audio files prior to posting them online. The Levelator is a Java application that automatically adjusts the audio levels within your podcast, compressing and normalizing the file to provide more even sound levels. The tool is designed to take audio files and even out […]

At the Podcast & Portable Media Expo, held Sept 29-30 in Ontario, California, Expo organizers announced the winners of their ‚ÄúBest of Show‚Äù awards for the 2006 event. Winners included Podcast Station, for Best “All-Inclusive” Podcasting Software; Adobe Audition, for Best PC Podcast Audio Editing Software; and Bias Peak Pro 5 for best Mac Podcast […]

Apple has played a major role in the acceptance of portable media players and the adoption of podcasting. They’ve delivered a software/hardware combination with iTunes and iPods that works easily and seemlessly, and iPods have been wildly successful as a result. Nevertheless, the state of portable media could benefit from more competition. It’s with this […]

Dalet Digital Media Systems, a provider of media management tools, today announced enhanced support for HD Radio and simplified Podcast distribution.DaletPlus Radio Suite users can now ‚Äúclick and cast‚Äù any audio asset from their digital audio library. Format conversion and associated metadata insertion are automated and the resulting MP3 file is pushed to a predefined […]

Podcast Ready,has announced that the latest release of its controversial myPodder podcast client now has support for Apple iPod models, as well as all other universal mass storage-compliant MP3 players. The application lets iPod users manage their podcasts without iTunes. The myPodder application has been the source of some controversy as Apple has requested that […]