After years of cranking out hit iPod models, has Apple Computer hit a wall? The company hasn't had a significant update to its product line this year, with the only change being the addition of a smaller-capacity 1GB iPod Nano in February.

Apple UK has launched a new deal for students, offering a significant rebate on the cost of a new iPod when purchased at the same time as a new Mac.

Devices that play music held on iPods over FM radios are set to become legal in the UK, as a law that bans such devices is about to be overturned. Communications regulator Ofcom has announced that it wishes to lift Britain's ban on the use of such devices.

TVEyes' podcast search engine Podscope.com has been launched as a service on AOL Search in beta.

Microsoft will start selling a digital music and video player to compete with Apple Computer's iPod by the holiday shopping season, sources close to the matter said Wednesday.

Ipsos Insight has issued new research which shows that 20 per cent of US residents over 12 now own an MP3 player, underlining what a mass market device it has become.

Lloyds TSB is offering new students a free iPod shuffle when they open an account with the bank.

A survey of undergraduate college students at 100 U.S. College's showed that iPods are more popular than beer amongst college students.

Two companies have released iPod guides to help those traveling to Germany for the tournament. MyCityMate has created a free 12-city guide that contains roughly 750 venues—from restaurants to bars and clubs to points of interest—for the host cities in Germany. Coolgorilla, who recently released an iPod World Cup guide with schedule and player information, has announced a new German translation guide for the iPod.

Apple have released an upgraded U2 iPod with 10 additional gigabytes of space (making it 30GB), which holds about 7,500 songs. It will also display video and photos. Super-fans might froth a bit more over the unit, especially since it comes with a coupon for 30 minutes of exclusive U2 video that can only be found at on iTunes.

Apple Computer is out with a summer promotion that offers free iPods for college students, educators and PTA/PTO members in the US who buy a new MacBook, MacBook Pro, iMac or Power Mac G5.

Macworld Online asked readers where the majority of the music on their iPod came from. A decisive 75 per cent (2,078) of the 2,786 readers who voted in the poll confirmed the music came from their very own music collections.

The Guardian has some tips on what to do about getting your iPod replaced if it stops working once the initial 12 month warranty period is up.

According to a report in Forbes Credit Suisse "believe Apple is still in the early stages of its product expansion and that the company can grow its iPod units at least 20% for the foreseeable future."

Are iPod sales going to be down this year?

A study from ON World predicts that the killer app for the iPod would be to become a converged entertainment device by adding Wi-Fi and VoIP functionality to it's music player.

AuctionBytes as an interesting article on the cost of a broken iPod on eBay. If you have the facilities to be able to fix iPods then you can really pick up a bargain.

Analysts expect Apple to launch an iPod phone and a video iPod around Christmas time.

Creative are taking Apple to court for infringing their patent granted in August of last year which describes a way of automatically organizing digital music collections into categories. Creative claims that Apple's Ipod, Ipod Nano and Ipod Mini infringe on the firm's intellectual property.

Dr. Jonathan Spanier from Drexel University and his research colleagues and the University of Pennsylvania are predicting that nanotechnology will allow computer memory so dense that a cubic centimeter contains 12.8 million gigabytes (GB) of information meaning you iPod could hold 100 millenia's worth of music

Real Networks, Rob Glaser has claimed the iPod owners are guilty of illegally downloading music from file sharing networks.

BluNA and is the world's first Bluetooth adapter for the iPod. The BluNa adapter will work with Bluetooth enabled car decks, speaker sets, headphones and computers.

Apple is working on developing a simple, integrated media-playing cellphone and a home-media hub.

JBL have come up with one of the most interesting looking iPod speaker systems with the Radial. It's kind of like a musical doughnut.

The Mapod is a pretty nifty looking iPod clone with GPS system/MP3 player/photo viewer and touch screen technology. The Mapod only has 512MB of built in memory, but this number is easily increased since there is an SD card slot.

the quick brows fox jumped over the lazy dogs.