iTunes 4.9 With Podcasting Support

eakthecat writes "Hot on the heels of the 4.8 release, Apple has released the next version of its popular iTunes jukebox software. Version 4.9 incorporates several new features, most notable of which is podcasting. The front page and iTunes webpages have not been updated yet, but you can get your greedy little hands on it or through the new podcasting link in the music store! !"

iTunes release once again breaks fairkeys

[jambarama]

Sadly this release once again breaks fairkeys and DeDRMS [nanocrew.net] by Jon Lech Johanson. And with him employed by Apple now, he can't re-break them because it would be divulging a trade secret.

It is legal to reverse engineer for compatibility if you don't have inside information. It is not ok if you do. It is sad, but a good move for Apple.

RIP DRM Free iTunes, Viva allofmp3 . [allofmp3.com]

I just installed 4.9 on my mac

[pHatidic]

It feels way snappier than the last release.

Re:iTunes release once again breaks fairkeys

[jambarama]

News of his employment here [slashdot.org]

Re:Apple Getting Dumped By IBM

[repetty]

>> Apple getting dumped by IBM is going to put a quick end to the iPod fad.

Put the drugs down and back away slowly....

Re:What IS podcasting?

[pizen]

We need line-item modding.

Re:What IS podcasting?

[kalel666]

A "podcast" is a downloadable audio file of some whiny kid who thinks he's an authority on something and has a delusional idea that people care what he has to say--in audio form.

So its like Slashdot, but in stereo?

Re:What IS podcasting?

[tepples]

Inciteful [answers.com].

Re:Apple Getting Dumped By IBM

[beeshman]

This [eweek.com] time [mikesejournal.com] for [macobserver.com] sure... [jupiterresearch.com] Presto! [jerrykindall.com] (About 16,600 English pages for apple's demise death with Safesearch on via Google.)

Here we go again...

Re:Annoying installer

[caino59]

*cough*

apt-get ;o)

obGrampa

[djdavetrouble]

I don't read blogs, and I don't intend to listen to any 'podcasts' either. Books are for reading, and iPod's are for music. As far as I can tell, the main disadvantage of these digital soapboxes is that you can't hurl tomatoes at the orator. These newfangled ideas are nothing but chicanery perpetrated by charlatans. In fact, the iPod is nothing more than a cassette player crossed with a cue ball.

Metric system and SI units

[Rockin' Az]

You need to get it right. Assload is an imperial unit - you can't have a metric assload of podcasts. The metric equivalent is ARSEload. I'm not sure what the conversion rate is, but I think one arseload is the equivalent of 0.03 imperial Libraries of Congress.

You need to be careful. NASA once lost a satellite because of metric/imperial conversion. You might really irritate someone if you say "I'm sending you an assload of podcasts" when you meant "an arseload of podcasts". It could end in a disaster.

Re:Annoying installer

[systemic chaos]

The PC - another gaming console?

In that case it shouldn't be long before somebody gets Linux running on it.

Re:iPod updates: no hardware support for podcastin

[Slashcrap]

Looks as if we will continue to need to use 3G iPod-Linux for recording audio at anything higher than 8kHz

Look, if Apple don't provide a feature it's because you don't fucking need it OK?

You cannot improve on perfection.

People who install Linux on their iPods should be rounded up and shot in the face.

It is an act of sacrilege equivalent to shitting on the face of Saint Jobs.

Apple Uber Alles! Apple Uber Alles! Apple Uber Alles!

Re:"Mac-dotted"

[mrqcho]

The iPod shuffle went COLOR too, you just can't see it yet.

Re:Apple Getting Dumped By IBM

[TimTheFoolMan]

Oh well... another casualty of the lack of a +1 Sarcasm moderation option.