• The new Nike+ iPod Sport Kit provides a wireless link between your running shoes and your music player. Researchers demonstrate how stalkers and unscrupulous marketers could tap into your sneakers from afar. By Annalee Newitz.

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  • Narramissic writes, “Looks like Apple’s iPod has nothing to fear from Zune this holiday season. In a research note published Tuesday, PiperJaffray senior research analyst Gene Munster writes that ‘during its launch week on Nov. 16, Zune held the seventh spot on online retailer Amazon.com’s top 10 best-selling MP3 players list, and it fell from that spot to 13 on the list only five days after

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  • Last year, iPods were the hot ticket gift. This year, the iPod accessories are topping the lists to Santa. Online venues and store aisles are brimming with these electronic extras, and knowing which items to box up is essential to ensure a happy iHoliday.

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  • Vought writes “According to a Reuters report, Universal is now taking the precendent set by Microsoft’s Zune and moving to force Apple to include a royalty payment with each iPod. In the words of Universal Music’s Doug Morris, ‘These devices are just repositories for stolen music, and they all know it. So it’s time to get paid for it.’ Does Microsoft’s precedent mean the start of a slippery slope

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  • Microsoft Corp. may have a chance to take market share from the iPod as a Reuters survey showed 35 percent of those interested in its Zune device would be replacing an existing digital music player.

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  • As ArsTechnica noted, there’s a bit a new Nike+iPod goodness headed our way, it would seem. Men’s Health seems to have outted an as-yet unannounced Nike+iPod accessory known as the Nike Amp+ in… Comments Off
  • NEW YORK, NY Wednesday Nov.29.2006 /netmusiccountdown.com/ — Universal Music Group may sign a deal with Apple to get piece of the iPod pie, just as they recently did with Microsoft’s Zune.

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  • (CMJ) Tired of rationing your iPod battery on those extra-long flights? Worry no more. Apple has just announced its plans to install personal iPod docking stations in the cabins of new planes for six major airlines.

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  • Financial analysts watching the consumer electronics space report that early sales of Microsoft’s Zune player should give little reason for iPod loyalists and Apple Computer to fear this holiday season.

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  • Nov. 28 (Bloomberg) — Shares of Apple Computer Inc. rose to a record after analysts said faster Macintosh computers and low-priced iPod players will spur holiday sales, and that a new music phone may buoy revenue next year.

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  • Slow starting Zune appears to be no threat to iPod this holiday season, analysts said.

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  • How large could the iPod capacity get? How many videos could one possess in a decade or so? What would be the social consequences? A Google V.P. makes a prediction

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