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May 21, 2007
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Downloading Podcast News

With the rise of podcasting, many individuals and organizations are finding that podcasting is a great way to distribute information, from music and comedy shows to talk shows, even podcast news. CNET is oneof the groups that is distributing a news podcast. CNET, being an online technology site, naturally found a niche distributing a tech news related podcast. CNET’s recent podcasts covered such topics as viruses that attack cell phones, problems with Google’s software, China’s web restrictions and the “Great Firewall of China”, and the FTC’s attack on spyware. These news items were distributed in a sound file called an mp3 file that is downloadable to a listener’s computer for … Continue reading →

May 21, 2007
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Downloading a Free Podcast

Its easy to find and download a free podcast. The best way to find free podcasts is probably to check a podcast directory. A podcast directory is a listing of many,sometimes thousands of different podcasts. The podcast directory will usually organize the podcasts by topic andgenre, making it easy to find the type of podcast that issought. In addition, podcast directories often allow the visitors to comment on the podcasts listed, and provide a list of the favorite podcasts on the site, making it easy for users to find the best podcasts available. These podcast directories can be used to browse through, introducing users to many different podcasts they otherwise … Continue reading →

May 21, 2007
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How to Make a Podcast

A podcast is an easy way of distributing media files over the internet, and this article will tell how to make apodcast. The first thing necessary is a domain, and ahost on which to store the media files for the podcast. Getting a domain is simple and easy, there are many domain registrars that can register a domain for someone for a small fee. Some of these domain registrars are GoDaddy.com, Dotster, or NetworkSolutions are some that provide domains. The domain registrar will, for a small fee, enter the chosen domain, provided it is not being used, into the computers that form the backbone of the internet. These computers will … Continue reading →

May 21, 2007
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Podcast Downloads

Podcast downloads are a wonderful new online way to share files. A podcast is a way to send files from adistributor’s online site directly to the subscribers computer, where they can view them whenever they wish. A podcast works by having a small file called anRSS file placed somewhere on the podcaster’s web page. This RSS file is updated regularily, usually automatically with text and links to new media files available for downloading. The RSS file is then accessed by the podcast client of the subscriber’s computer. A podcast client is a small program that goesonline to look for the RSS files that the feed subscribers wish to view. There … Continue reading →

May 21, 2007
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The Podcast for This American Life

The podcast for This American Life allows listeners to download the the shows and listen to them at their discretion. The This American Life team contracts witha site called audible.com to distribute the shows to listeners who want to hear them. Despite calling their offering a podcast, however, it is not, at least in the normal sense of the word. A podcast refers to an online setup with an RSS feed that is regularily updated, can be subscribed to, and provides links to sound or video files that can be downloaded and watched by the subscriber. Audible.com and This American Life do not offer that. Instead, the show’s team allows … Continue reading →

May 21, 2007
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Podcast RSS Feeds

A Podcast RSS feed is what allows the entire system tofunction. To begin at the beginning, a podcast is aregular distribution of audio or visual files, called episodes, to a users podcast client. The people who usea podcast are called subscribers, and the podcast clientis what allows them to subscribe to a feed. The podcast client is a program that connects to the internet, looking for a specific file the user has subscribed to, or told it tolook for. That file is an RSS feed, a machine readable piece of coding that sends information back to thepodcast client. RSS feeds can be used to distribute many kinds of information, and … Continue reading →

May 21, 2007
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The History of the iPod Podcast

What is now called a podcast traces its orgins to thefirst ipod podcasts, the creation of distributed mp3 filesthat could be downloaded and played on Apple’s musicplayer, the iPod. When the iPod came out, and usersdiscovered what a wonderful thing it was for holdingmusic, some people had the idea of loading things thatweren’t necessarily songs. Some of the people that gottheir hands on the iPod took the route of reverseengineering the iPod and loading on different firmware,or operating system, but others had the idea of sharingsmall sound files that could be played on the iPod. Thetechnology for distributing the files already existed,with RSS feeds. RSS feeds were a means of … Continue reading →

May 21, 2007
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Podcast Software

There are many podcast software programs available touse. Many of them are even free. Because of the decentralized, geek adopted nature of podcasting, awide variety of programs are available, from large programs with a big footprint that do many different jobs to tiny little software packages that do the bareminimum. A package is available for podcastsubscribers of almost any type, and more are beingcreated everyday.

May 21, 2007
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Using a Directory of Podcast Videos

While some video feeds can be found by visiting thesite that hosts them, many more are easier found byvisiting a directory of podcast videos. These podcastvideo directories maintain listings of podcasts that havebeen submitted to them. They may sort the listaccording to region, category, and popularity, helpingvisitors find exactly the type of feed they are lookingfor. Tech video podcasts can be found, with regularepisodes about technology news. Some video feeds areexperimental podcasts, created by designers interestedin showcasing their work and trying out new forms ofediting and storytelling. There are some feeds thatrecreate talk and comedy shows, with interviews everyepisode.

May 21, 2007
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Why There Are Free Podcasts

Podcasting, unlike other media forms, almost never hascharges for services, and the vast majority of feedproducers distribute free podcasts. This puts at oddswith, say, online radio stations, news sites that offermedia to subscribers, or the online music industrygeneral. Even though podcasting has very directcorrelations with industries like news and music thathave strong business models, podcasting differs. Podcasting does not really have a business model, andhardly anyone is podcasting in order to profit from it. There are some businesses and news sites that podcast,but they do it as a way to supplement their companiesand to gain technological geek credibility, not to makemoney. This is an odd thing, but explainable in light … Continue reading →