Ipods

Headphones Can Interfere With Heart Devices, Study Shows

AP | MARILYNN MARCHIONE | Posted 11.10.2008 | Home


NEW ORLEANS — Have a pacemaker or an implanted defibrillator? Don't keep your iPod earbuds in your shirt pocket or draped around your neck _ eve...

Writers Workbench: iPod Accessories

Robert J. Elisberg | Posted 10.02.2008 | Entertainment


Robert J. Elisberg

Though many have a non-iPod media player, the reality is that those who do are growing like weeds. Here's an opening offering of just a very few of those accessories now available.

Apple Said to Weigh Unlimited Music Deal

AP | JORDAN ROBERTSON | Posted 03.19.2008 | Business


SAN FRANCISCO — Apple Inc. is mulling a plan to upend its iTunes business by giving people unlimited free access to the music library if they're...

Some Viruses Come Pre-Installed

AP | JORDAN ROBERTSON | Posted 03.14.2008 | Business


From iPods to navigation systems, some of today's hottest gadgets are landing on store shelves with some unwanted extras from the factory _ pre-instal...

Apple Sued Over ITunes Technology

AP | Posted 03.13.2008 | Business


SAN FRANCISCO — Apple Inc. was sued Wednesday over allegations its iTunes online music store and iPod music players are illegally using a patent...

Apple Slashes Shuffle Price

New York Post | Brian Garrity | Posted 02.20.2008 | Business


The cost of low-end iPods just got cheaper. Apple Inc. yesterday cut the cost of its entry-level portable music player, the Shuffle, by 38 percent to...

Retail Chill: Consumers Give Stores The Cold Shoulder

Los Angeles Times | Leslie Earnest, | Posted 02.08.2008 | Business


Consumer spending slowed to a crawl in January, with retail sales at major chains rising just 0.5% in what was by one measure the month's worst perfor...

Making Greener Gadgets a Reality

Starre Vartan | Posted 01.30.2008 | Living


Starre Vartan

Hey, you, on your Crackberry! You know those fun gadgets that we all love sooooo much? Well, they're not so good for the planet.

Apple Announces 35%-Off Sale!

Silicon Alley Insider | Henry Blodget | Posted 01.29.2008 | Business


Steve "Sex-In-A-Box" Jobs is pleased to announce that one of Apple's best-loved products--its stock--is now 35% off. If you liked it at $200, you shou...

UPDATED: Music Label Says No Deal With New Free Music Service Qtrax

Silicon Alley Insider | Peter Kafka | Posted 01.27.2008 | Business


UPDATE: QTrax, the free P2P music service, made a big splash today by announcing that it was launching with the support of all four big music labels....

Why Does The Music Biz Hate This Gadget?

Silicon Alley Insider | Peter Kafka | Posted 01.17.2008 | Business


Praise continues to roll in for MiShare, a $100 gizmo that lets you dock two iPods and swap songs, or anything else, back and forth. It takes about 10...

Apple's "Podfather" Shakes Things Up At Palm

Wall Street Journal | PUI-WING TAM | Posted 12.13.2007 | Business


In mid-July, as Palm Inc. was putting the finishing touches on its new $99 Centro smart phone, the gadget's development team received a stark message:...

Apple Boosted By "Cyber Monday" Sales

AP | Posted 11.27.2007 | Business


Shares of Apple Inc. rose Tuesday morning after an analyst noted online demand for iPods outstripped supply during the "Cyber Monday" shopping spree. ...

When Does Your iPod Become iTrash?

cnn.com | Posted 10.10.2007 | Living


Here, preventives and cures for common electronic ailments, plus strategies for making a save-it-or-scrap-it analysis...

Why Buy Stephen Colbert's Book Once When You Can Buy It Three Times?

Michael Giltz | Posted 10.05.2007 | Media


Michael Giltz

Here's what the book industry needs to do: bing back the mass market paperback for all titles and keep the price low.

Whatever Happened To The Super Audio CD?

Tony Sachs | Posted 09.12.2007 | Entertainment


Tony Sachs

If you can even find an SACD section in a record store today it'll be a row or two of obscure titles on audiophile labels that the average consumer could care less about. What happened?