Ludicrous has released a new WordPress plugin, the snappily named MagpieRSS Hotfix for Enclosure Support and Character Encoding Issues, that enhances the WordPress RSS parser, adding support for RSS enclosures.
This free plugin adds support for RSS enclosures to MagpieRSS, the RSS parser behind the fetch_rss() function in WordPress. It also forces MagpieRSS to use UTF-8 character [...]

Griffin has released a free iPhone application, iTalk Recorder (App Store Link), that lets you record audio with your phone.

You can use the software to record on your iPhone or 2nd generation iPod touch.

Blubrry has released another update to the Powerpress plugin for Wordpress, version 0.3.0.
The latest version incorporates a number of new features and enhancements:

Added list of important feeds in feed settings
Logic to prevent stats redirect duplication
Added podcast only feed

The new podcast only feed is useful if you wish to provide your audience a feed that only [...]

The Blubrry PowerPress plugin for WordPress version 0.2.1 is now available. The latest version incorporates a number of bug fixes and enhancements.
Here’s what’s new:

Fixed itunes:subtitle displaying ‘…’
Display itunes:summary in items option
Add trailing slash to media url if not present
Enhance ability to copy Podpress settings

Details are available at the Blubrry site.

MTR Podcast Recorder is a free WordPress plugin that lets you record real-time podcasts and save them on the server where your WordPress blog is installed.
Recordings are saved into the MP3 format. The plugin also lets you manage your playlists and recordings from the WordPress administration, and it lets you add a Podcast Player widget to [...]

Blubrry’s Angelo Mandato has introduced a new option for publishing podcasts with WordPress, the Blubrry Powerpress Podcast Plugin. WordPress podcast publishers frustrated by the current state of the PodPress plugin may want to give Powerpress a try.
The Blubrry Powerpress interface lets you add/modify/remove podcast episodes from blog posts and includes a basic media player for [...]