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[Valley of the Ignorant] How-To: Podcasting, Podcatching, and Making New Feeds: The term podcasting plays upon the terms broadcasting and webcasting and is derived from the name of the iPod portable music player, the playback device of choice of many early Podcast listeners (though podcasting is not directly associated with Apple's iPod device or iTunes jukebox software.) Podcasting is similar to digital video recorders (DVRs) such as TiVo, which let you record and store TV programs for later viewing. Podcasting differs from DVRs in that it is mainly used for audio content (though it can be used to pull any kind of file, including software updates, pictures, and videos.) - Wikipedia entry

[Cynthia L. Webb] A Supreme File-Sharing Case: Picking up on the tech innovation threat theme, Art Brodsky of Internet civil liberties group Public Knowledge - a supporter of Grokster and StreamCast -- told The Boston Globe a fallout from a ruling in Hollywood's favor could be: "If I build the next digital gadget, like an iPod, am I going to get sued?" More on this note, from an intellectual property and computer professor, James Gibson of the University of Richmond: "It's a collision of two of our biggest and fastest-growing industries in this country," Gibson told Bloomberg. "If the Supreme Court gets it wrong, innovation in one or the other industry is unduly hindered."

[DVR Info Spot] Corker Capital Group's Entertainment Stocks for Feb 25, 2005: Apple Computer (NasdaqNM:AAPL) Shares of digital video recorder technology pioneer TiVo were up for a second straight session Thursday amid speculation that Apple Computer may be mulling a takeover of the company, but pulled back from their intraday high. The Cupertino, Calif., company dropped the price on the iPod mini, which comes with four gigabytes of storage capable of holding 1,500 songs, to $199 from $249.

[Engadget.com] Five new DVD recorders from Toshiba, including two with TiVo ...: You're reading these text links and so are millions of other Gadget Heads every month. Grab this prime Engadget real estate for $1,950 for 4 weeks.

 [Leoville.com] The Laporte Report: Intel, the Consumer Electronic Association, Electronic Frontier Foundation, and numerous computer science and law professors, are on the other side, claiming that a decision overturning the court’s 1984 Sony Betamax decision will eliminate the VCR, DVD recorder, iPod, Tivo, the PC, and on and on. Needless to say, this is a very important case for all of us who love technology.

 [News.com.com] CES 2005: Digitizing entertainment | CNET News.com: As the battle heats up, Forrester says to look for an onslaught of alliances along these lines: Apple-TiVo, HP-Kodak and Google-TV Guide.

 [I4u.com] I4U News - DVD Recorders For Your Home Theater - Now under $500: DVD burners in home theater decks are gaining in popularity. The number of home DVD recorder units sold in the first half of 2003 reached 58,000, up 316 percent from the first half of 2002, said NPD.

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