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iTunes 4.9 With Podcasting Support

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the waste-of-bandwidth-and-time dept.

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! !"

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  1. iTunes release once again breaks fairkeys by jambarama · · Score: 2, Funny
    Sadly this release once again breaks fairkeys and DeDRMS 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 .

    1. Re:iTunes release once again breaks fairkeys by jambarama · · Score: 4, Funny

      News of his employment here

  2. I just installed 4.9 on my mac by pHatidic · · Score: 4, Funny

    It feels way snappier than the last release.

  3. Re:Apple Getting Dumped By IBM by repetty · · Score: 4, Funny

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

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

  4. Re:What IS podcasting? by pizen · · Score: 4, Funny

    We need line-item modding.

  5. Re:What IS podcasting? by kalel666 · · Score: 4, Funny

    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?

    --
    I HAVE CUBIC WISDOM THAT TRANSCENDS AND CONTRADICTS ONE DAY GODS
  6. Re:What IS podcasting? by tepples · · Score: 2, Funny

    Inciteful.

  7. Re:Apple Getting Dumped By IBM by beeshman · · Score: 2, Funny

    This time for sure... Presto! (About 16,600 English pages for apple's demise death with Safesearch on via Google.)

    Here we go again...

  8. Re:Annoying installer by caino59 · · Score: 2, Funny

    *cough*

    apt-get ;o)

  9. obGrampa by djdavetrouble · · Score: 4, Funny

    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.

    --
    music lover since 1969
  10. Re:Annoying installer by systemic+chaos · · Score: 2, Funny

    The PC - another gaming console?

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

  11. Re:"Mac-dotted" by mrqcho · · Score: 3, Funny

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

  12. Re:Apple Getting Dumped By IBM by TimTheFoolMan · · Score: 2, Funny

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