BusinessWeek has an interesting analysis of the introduction of the iPod nano and the resultant cancelation of the iPod Mini. A harsh law of the high-tech jungle says only those companies willing to kill off their most successful products to make room for even better ones can hope to remain on top. Few chief executives ...

Last week Steve Jobs called the record labels greedy for wanting to raise the cost of songs, particularly new songs on the iTunes Music store. . The war of words escalated this week as MacDailyNews reports: “Michael Nash, Warner’s digital strategy chief, suggested labels might have no choice other than cut Apple’s digital music sales ...

I can almost constantly found wearing my iPod shuffle and listening to my favorite podcasts. That did not make this story on Podcasting News good news. According to researchers at Sydney’s National Acoustic Laboratories, one out of four iPod users is damaging their ears by blasting audio at unsafe levels. The researchers found that about ...

Ever wondered what the best filk songs are? No? You don’t know what filk songs are? You think that is a typo? Ah, then have I got a site for you. According to Wikipedia flik is: a form of music created from within fandom, and performed generally late at night at science fiction conventions. It ...

This may not be a stupid criminal trick but it is at least a very unlucky one. From engadget : File this one in the “doh!” category: a UK iPod thief was caught red-handed when he brought the device to a local Apple retailer looking for cables for it – unfortunately for the thief, the ...

If you thought the Beatles invasion was really something check out this story from Tidbits.com : Some unsavory characters are using the iPod to move around the world. The bad guys in this case were Singapore ants – Monomorium destructor. They infiltrated a packaged iPod sold in an airport duty-free shop, and an individual returning ...

CNet has an interesting article on the 5 ways that MP3 has changed the status quo: Making music vanish into thin air Bringing the major labels online Speeding up the Internet, enriching the Web Giving bands a platform Shifting power from Sony to Apple

WebZen pointed out this R rated canonical list of weird band names . Why you have to wonder would a band decide to call itself something like: A Box of Fish with Tartar Sauce Body Falling Down Stairs Drive-In Funeral My Dog Has Hitler’s Brain The Yams from Outer Space

Here is a new group that I heard this week. I don’t recall where I heard about them, but I like what I have heard so far of this soon to be released CD.

Recent information seems to say that the Super Shuffle “released” by Luxpro that looked like a blantant rip-off of the iPod shuffle may have just been a (successful) publicity stunt for Luxpro about what kind of product they could build. “The Super Shuffle is not in production by LuxPro … There is no intent by ...