Friday, March 25, 2005

Podcast Earth ))) Become a Podcaster. BBC Technology -- NASA is doing it, 14-year-old boys in bedrooms are doing it, couples are doing it, gadget lovers - male and female - are definitely doing it. It is podcasting - DIY radio in the form of downloadable MP3 audio files. They can done by anyone who has a microphone, simple software, the net, and something to say. Some liken them to talking "audioblogs" because many complement text-based weblogs - diary-like sites where people share their thoughts. They are essentially amateur radio shows on the net, on demand, and the movement is at very early stages. "It's about real people saying real things and communicating," says Adam Curry, former MTV VJ and the Pied Piper of podcasting. He was one of a community of people who created iPodder, a small computer program, known as an "aggregator".   It collects and automatically sends MP3 files to any digital music-playing device that can play WMP formats. Those with digital music players can select which podcasts they like, and subscribe - for free - to that show's "feed". When a new podcast is available, it is automatically sent to the device when connected to a computer. "It is totally going to kill the business model of radio," thinks Curry. "I just did a tour of Madison Avenue where all the big brands and advertising agencies of the world are," he says. "And they are scared to death of the next generation - like my daughter who is 14 - who don't listen to radio. They are on MSN, they've got their iPod, their MP3 player, they've got their Xbox - they are not listening to radio. So how are they going to reach these audiences? It is the distribution that is changing and the barriers are being brought down so everyone can be part of it."  (03/25/05) [Synergic Earth News] 1:02:05 PM

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Frank Moldstad Reviews Podcast Subscription Software Corporate Media News: Podcasting Comes of Age. [Scripting News] 10:29:04 AM

Firefox 1.0.2 FireFox 1.0.2 released. The FoxProWiki notes that FireFox 1.0.2 is released Tools | Options | Software Update | Check Now should start the download. (It doesn't appear that the Mac version is ready yet, but use FireFox | Preferences instead of Tools | Options ). If you don't already have it installed, start at http://www.mozilla.org to check out all the cool products: FireFox, Thunderbird, the Mozilla Suite, Camino and more. Note that you will need to restart FireFox to complete the re-install. This patch addresses a GIF buffer-overflow security problem, not yet exploited in the wild, supposedly. [Ted's Radio Weblog] 9:35:32 AM