Archive for March 6th, 2009

Grace GDI-IR1000 (CNET)

The Grace GDI-IR1000 Wi-Fi radio does a great job streaming Internet radio, Pandora, Sirius, and podcasts at a bargain price, but it doesn't sound as good as its predecessor.

Review: Public radio apps for iPhone (Macworld)

Public Radio Tuner and MPR Radio provide a similar experience, though each offer their own spin. Public Radio Tuner is a study in breadth, streaming hundreds of stations. MPR is focused on all the streams from one station.

Destiny Announces International Play MPE® System Redesigned to Support Global Usage (T-Net British Columbia)

Vancouver, BC, March 6, 2009--(T-Net)--Destiny Media Technologies, a global leader in the secure distribution of pre-release music to radio and other trusted recipients (http://www.plaympe.com ) and provider of instant play streaming media announced the launch of Play MPE® Encoder v.4 and corresponding server enhancements.

As Witnesses Sing, Journo’s Twitter Tweets (CBS News)

In a victory for news technology in federal courts, a judge is allowing a reporter to use the microblogging service Twitter to provide constant updates from a racketeering gang trial this week.

Listening to books (Sidney Herald)

Move over print books, you’ve become something of a past time. The Sidney-Richland County Library has taken to downloadable audio books.

Twitter boosts public access to federal courtrooms (AP via Yahoo! News)

Order in the court, please, including you tweeter!

dLAN Audio World streams audio over HomePlug (Engadget)

We've never been huge fans of HomePlug -- 5GHz WiFi is our preferred obscure networking tech -- but the new dLAN Audio system from Arkados and devolo AG might have us reconsidering. The various dLAN components all simply plug into power outlets and connect to each other, instantly creating a whole-house audio streaming system. Arkados and devolo are hyping iPod compatibility, but we don't ...

Live coverage boosts access to federal courtrooms (AP via Yahoo! News)

Order in the court, please, including you tweeter.

Live coverage boosts access to federal courtrooms (AP via Yahoo! News)

Order in the court, please, including you tweeter.

Twitter boosts public access to federal courtrooms (The Charlotte Observer)

(By ROXANA HEGEMAN, Associated Press Writer) Order in the court, please, including you tweeter! In a victory for news technology in federal courts, a judge is allowing a reporter to use the microblogging service Twitter to provide constant updates from a racketeering gang trial this week. It's not the first time online streaming has been allowed in courtrooms, but the practice is still rare in ...