Here’s a roundup of portable media news for Saturday, Sept. 15th:
TorrentFreak has an expos?© on Media Defender, publishing internal emails that appear to show how the company created a website and leaked copyrighted content to entrap people into infringement. According to TorrentFreak, “The sole purpose of the site is to trap people into uploading copyrighted [...]

StreetIQ.com has announced the launch of a Facebook application (registration required) that provides quick access to more than 400 business and financial podcast channels and integrates them into the social networking experience on Facebook.
Using the recently launched software platform at Facebook, StreetIQ.com lets Facebook members access their favorite business and financial podcasts and to share them [...]

Podcasting community site Podcast Pickle has updated its site, introducing a new look and several new features.
Updates for podcasters include:

A newly-designed podcast player designed to fit within the margins of blogs.
A¬†virtual “tip jar” to allow listeners to leave tips for their favorite podcasters.
A direct link to your Amazon or Ebay store.
RSS for any blog you [...]

Blubrry has announced that it now has 1,000 podcasters partcipating in its podcasting community. Blubrry combines standard podcast directory features with community-building and podcasting advertising options.
“In creating Blubrry, we all thought about our previous bad experiences with directories and podcast listing sites,” said Blubrry founder Todd Cochrane. “So Blubrry’s monetization options, the lack of contract, [...]

Podcast Ready and iriver have partnered to offer Podcast Ready’s myPodder software preloaded on the iriver U20, B20 and W10 models. The agreement allows iriver device users to easily find, manage, listen and [...]

Added to the podcast directory list:

Podcast Blaster -  large podcast directory that features alphabetical browing, category browsing and search.
VideoPodcast.tv - lets you find video podcasts by best rated, popular today, recent, using tags, by category and using search.

Added to the podcast directory list: iBizRadio is a new directory that focuses on business podcasts.
Podcasts covering new products and services, industry news, a company’s key message, and other business topics can be included in this directory..

SearchforMedia Network, developer of video and audio search engine technologies, announced Tuesday the first phase of its international video podcast directory, www.searchforvideo.com. The video search engine offers users a means to find podcast content from a variety of countries and in a number of languages.
“Searchforvideo currently offers a video podcast directory for English-language video podcasts. [...]

Singapore-based radio network MediaCorp Radio has launched a new site to showcase its podcast content, and to feature user-submitted podcasts, Podcast.sg.
Current podcasts include offerings from MediaCorp stations 987 FM, Malay “infotainment” station Warna 92.4 FM, RSI Chinese-language movie reviews (I had fun trying to make sense of the review of the new “Casino Royale” movie), [...]

Pluggd, a startup that focuses on using speech-recognition to enhance audio and video search, today disclosed the investors who have backed the company since its inception, and the addition of Intel Capital as an investor.
The company is reported to have raised $1.65 million to build out its technology. A demo of the company’s HearHere search [...]