As noted here, Apple is planning on adding podcasting support to iTunes 4.9. This is something I suggested months ago, and I’m glad that they are finally doing it. It just makes sense.
The scary part is the position it puts Apple in. Pretty much everyone already uses iTunes for storing their podcasts. They may use […]

Kevin finally got out of his contract with G4 and will be focusing all of his time and energy on what he calls a “network of technology television programming.” Starting with Systm tonight, Kevin will be attempting to create an entire television network based online. It will be Creative Commons licensed.
Systm will launch tonight and […]

Azureus, the bittorrent client, gives you the option of exporting its statistics to user definable XML file. Its off by default, but entering the options it allows you to choose where the file is saved and what its filename is. It even lets you pick the frequency of updates.
I’ve created a simple PHP script […]

Phillip Torrone at Make: got a great audio interview with Cory Doctorow from the EFF about what it means that the Broadcast Flag was defeated.
This is a great listen, and if you aren’t familiar with what the Broadcast Flag was prepared to do to consumers, tinkerers and lovers of open formats, I encourage you to […]

YESSSSSSSSSS! Can you feel it. Can you feel the checks and balances working? Its a great feeling. Today the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia shot down the FCC’s broadcast flag. This will essentially stop big broadcast from determining how and when consumers record and time shift their programs. This is a […]