From ZDNet.com: "I have been in love with the Bose Wave
Radio for many years...I have occasionally even
plugged a computer into my Wave Radio. Given the right speakers,
computers can actually deliver decent sound. And since I already
had the Wave Radio, it saved me from buying an expensive set of
speakers just for the computer.
"Someone at Bose must have done the same thing, because
the company recently released a Wave Radio designed especially
for use with computers. Called the
Wave/PC
Interactive Audio System, the device consists of a standard
Wave Radio with a few extra buttons, a serial cable/audio cable
combination to connect the radio to the computer, and some desktop
software to bring it all together...
"While it's not a stand-alone Web radio..., the Wave/PC
tuner makes it easy to find Internet broadcasts, add your own
discoveries, and associate Web stations to preset buttons on the
radio. And the audio, of course, sounds great. Most people don't
think Web radio can sound this good. My cable modem certainly
helps, but the Bose does a lot of the work. One downside: The
software only supports Real formats and not Microsoft-based stations.
In practice, since most everyone broadcasts in a Real Networks
format, this isn't much of a problem."
Read the entire article
here.
IM Networks announces deal
with Ericsson
From the press release: "
IM
Networks, Inc. announced that Ericsson's Home Communications
Business
Unit has licensed its IM Tuning Service infrastructure and content
for the
Ericsson
Internet Radio."(The site is in German, so you may
want to run it through a translator program, such as
Babel
Fish.)
"Consumers who purchase the Internet Radio will be
able to tune into the 'Best of Planet' content in the IM Band,
use the Z-Band to customize their favorite stations and access
their local MP3 files using IM Jukebox...
"With an IM-enabled device, listeners just power on,
turn the knob or push a button and tune-in Internet radio as easily
as they would listen to any radio station over the airwaves...iM-enabled
devices, like the Ericsson Internet Radio, have access to 'Best
of Planet' Internet radio stations from around the world - hand-selected,
high-quality broadband-optimized programming that spans a full-range
of genres, regions and languages."
Read the entire release
here.
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Fortune calls
IM Networks-enabled Philips stereo "cool supplies"
From Fortune: "
Philips
FW-i1000: Now that Napster is toast, streaming audio over
the Internet may be the
next-best thing. This $499 mini-stereo system plugs into a high-speed
Internet connection -- the kind offered in many dorm rooms and
in houses with cable or DSL modems -- and delivers more than 1,000
Internet radio stations from around the world...
"As a stereo, it pumps out an impressive 220 watts
of power. When you want to listen to your own tunes, the three-disk
changer handles store-bought audio CDs or homemade CD-R and CD-RW
disks. This system rocks, in any language."
Read this piece
here.
Kerbango resting peacefully
Finally,
3Com has put up a rather interesting page at the
www.kerbango.com
URL, home of the now defunct Kerbango Internet radio product and
system.
Accompanying a serene and comforting landscape photograph
is a message which informs the visitor that "3Com has closed
its Internet Radio Division and all related services, including
the Kerbango Internet Radio," and thanks 3Com customers for
their continued support.
That was a nice touch.
BY RALPH SLEDGE
Christian Pirate Radio isn't going to trick anybody into thinking
that they're a large, sleek operation -- but then,
that's not really the point of the site, at all. Like many smaller
'Net-only webcasters,
Christian
Pirate Radio started in order to fill what they saw as
a need -- in this case, a need for a good, 24-hour Christian music
station in any of the major markets, according to their "about"
page ("CPR" is owned by Salem Communications, the largest
Christian broadcaster in the United States.). They've been webcasting
since 1997 (making them relative pioneers), and they seem to have
grown steadily. They now stream in various qualities in both RealAudio
and Windows Media.
The site has a bit of a "unslick" tint about
it, but it is clean and well maintained. In addition to the
typical useful bits such as playlists and show schedules, the
site contains music news, movie reviews, concert information,
and various other pages which all serve the overall Christian
philosophy of the site. They also maintain some fairly active
message boards that cover a broad range of topics.
CPR has been around for a while,
and it seems like, despite the wave of webcasters that have
come crashing down around them, they're going to be around for
a little while longer.
