Hacking iPod + iTunes

Time for "iPod killers"

Somebody at Time magazine must have decided the iPod coverage was getting a little too fawning. So we have this stretch-the-facts article about iPod rivals.

HP to ship new iPods

Hewlett-Packard is going to include an iPod dock holder on one of its new Media Center PCs, and the company says it will update its line of iPods to match what Apple has been shipping for awhile.

PodBoy

PodBoy is just the cutest iPod shuffle holder you've ever seen.

Chris Breen's mom

Read about how popular and pervasive the iPod has become: Chris Breen's mom is now iPod-savvy.

iTunes Custom Cards

Apple has introduced iTunes Custom Cards, which promote a song and include a code for downloading the song from the iTunes Music Store. The cards made their first appearance at the SXSW festival in Austin.

Tattoo your shuffle

Take a look at shuffletatus for a cool way to customize the look of your shuffle.

Interview with Napster CEO

Check out this interview with Chris Gorog, CEO of Napster. He has some fun things to say about iTunes and the iPod.

756 free songs

The South By Southwest Music Festival in Austin (better known as SXSW) has posted a BitTorrent of 756 songs available for download. Songs in the Torrent were contributed by bands appearing at this year's festival.

Laptop as UI device

The new Apple PowerBooks come with a tri-axis accelerometer inside. Apple uses it to lock the hard drive head when the software thinks the computer is falling. But clever geeks have even better ideas. This great hack lets you skip to the next song in iTunes by tilting your PowerBook a bit.

Library iPods

A public library in Long Island lets patrons check out iPod shuffles with audiobooks loaded onto them. Cool!