¬† Microsoft has officially announced tomorrow as the release date for its updated line of Zune portable media players. The new Zunes promise higher capacities, useful wireless capabilities and support for podcasts. Updated Zune software will also be available, bringing new capabilities to the first-generation Zune players. Microsoft is also offering customization options for the […]

Dayton, Ohio-based Wright State University is among the first schools to make available rooms dedicated to podcasting. “We wanted to bring what’s up-to-date, fun and common for today’s students to the library here at Wright State,” says Sue Polanka, who is the head of references and instruction for the Dunbar Library. “Myself along with a […]

Apple releases the latest version of its operating system, OS X, tomorrow. While the update offers more than 300 new features, most of them are incremental improvements. There are also quite a few head-scratchers in the update. Do we really need birthday templates for email? We’d rather see Apple fix email, which is currently crippled […]

Microsoft has announced updates to its line of Zune portable media players. While there is a lot of good news in Microsoft’s announcement, including improved wireless features and podcasting support, the Zune platform still lags way behind Apple’s iTunes/iPod platform. Here are five reasons iPods still beat Zunes: Zunes are still boring. With the exception […]

Microsoft has updated its line of Zune portable media players. While they are still no iPod-killers, they offer enough new features that it’s time to reconsider the Zune platform. Here are five reasons to take a second look at the Zune: The Zune’s WiFi features are starting to get useful. Zune devices can now automatically […]

Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates and Corporate Vice President J Allard, above, yesterday unveiled the next generation of Zune portable media players, software and online store. Gates and Allard also introduced Zune Social, a beta online community Web site. The new Zunes feature a squarish button, better wireless features and even limited podcast support. To top […]

At the risk of sounding like we’ve become the Podango blog* this week (“all Podango, all the time“), they’ve made Podcasting News again today. The online video/audio network company today announced that MommyCast, a popular parenting and family life podcast series, has launched the MommyCast and Friends Family Channel at Podango as part of an […]

It looks like Apple’s controversial iPhone price cuts have turned the phone and portable media player into a hit: iPhone carrier AT&T said sales of the iPhone have increased since Apple announced the price cuts. “The price cuts are going to help us,” said AT&T’s Ralph de la Vega. “We see a very significant uptake […]

There’s a lot of news in the area of Internet video today. Here are the highlights: The UK government has responded to the controversy over the BBC’s recently introduced iPlayer digital video application, which only runs on Windows XP. We called it a closed on-demand video system when it was introduced. The government is now […]

Apple today introduced the new iPod classic, featuring 80GB or 160GB of storage that holds up to 40,000 songs or 200 hours of video. Now in its sixth generation, the new iPod classic features an enhanced user interface featuring Cover Flow and a new all-metal enclosure. iPod classic is priced at $249 for the 80GB […]