CES Update: MusicIP introduced MyDJ, technology which is designed to make it easier to create music playlists. With one button, users can scan their music collections, select a song that fits their mood, and create dynamic playlists directly on a device. The company is hoping to licensing the technology to portable media player manufacturers.
“Increased storage [...]

The Skullcandy MacGyver MP3 Watch not only has possibly the coolest name ever for a watch, it puts up to 1 Gig of memory for podcasts and music on your wrist.
The Skullcandy MacGyver MP3 watch features a selectable 5-mode audio equalizer, 3-D stereo sound, music shuffle play feature, a built-in voice recorder and an integrated [...]

All right. We’re bracing ourselves for your catty comments, but we just can’t help ourselves. We’ve been sitting on our hands all day, knowing that we’ll be mocked mercilessly for mentioning this momentous event…. but it *is*, after all, five years since Apple’s Steve Jobs unveiled the first iPod.
And even though it pains us that [...]

Logitech has introduced the Logitech FreePulse Wireless headphones, its second-generation cordless headphones for iPod and MP3 players.
According to the company, the new version delivers twice the performance as well as enhanced bass. The headphones use Bluetooth 2.0 Enhanced Data Rate (EDR) wireless technology to deliver music from an adapter, which connects to MP3 players, [...]

Sonos, a developer of wireless multi-room music systems, has released Sonos System Software 2.0, an update to its digital music system.
The update lets you schedule daily updates to your music library, which can be used to get Audible content or podcasts.
Sonos 2.0 also lets users connect directly to millions of songs and thousands of radio [...]

Some are speculating that Microsoft is abandoning its Plays for Sure partners, because the recently announced Zune media player won’t play protected Windows Media files. Audio and video files purchased or rented from Napster 2.0, Rhapsody, Yahoo! Unlimited, Movielink, Cinemanow and other Microsoft partners are sure to not play on the Zune.
“The media that Microsoft [...]

Harman Kardon’s Digital Media Centers are DVD-Audio/Video media servers that rip CDs, transfer the content to an internal hard disk drive, and transfer the files to USB drives and memory cards for playback in portable devices.
The servers also store digital images and plays back compressed music files and digital images stored on portable media and [...]

Seagate Technology has announced the results of a magnetic recording demonstration, setting a world record of 421 Gbits per square inch (421 Gbit/in2). Seagate expects the capacity ranges to result in solutions ranging in 40GB to 275GB for 1-and 1.8-inch consumer electronics drives, 500GB for 2.5-inch notebook drives, and nearly 2.5TB for 3.5-inch desktop and [...]

Wingspan has just announced iLoad +, an add-on for the company’s iLoad product, that transfers audio and video content from your cable or satellite box directly to an iPod. It’s also great with puppies and appears to have aphrodisial properties.
Wingspan’s iLoad device copies CDs to an iPod at high speed without using a computer [...]

Microsoft Corporate Vice President J Allard trash-talks the iPod as part of his press tour to officially announce the Zune.
“Ipod is the Pong of digital music,” said Allard. “Let’s take it to the next level. And connected is what its all about.”
Microsoft is positioning the Zune as the first step towards creating a platform [...]