New and Noteworthy: Computer, microphone, iPod make broadcasting personal; Think Secret retains pro bono lawyer

Computer, microphone, iPod make broadcasting personal A Boston Globe article profiles one avid member of the podcasting community. "(Richie) Carey, a 38-year-old website developer and marketing consultant from Sandwich, is among an early wave of fans for a new broadcast medium dubbed 'podcasting' -- audio content that listeners download from websites to iPods or similar digital music player devices. [...] Carey is not just a daily consumer of podcasted talk shows about technology and politics but a fledgling podcaster himself. He has a regular audience of about 50 people who download his ''definitely not polished" spoken musings about life, personal electronics, and even the importance of getting your brakes checked -- a ''podcast" he made and instantly posted from his cellphone while sitting outside the Sears repair shop one day recently." More.

Think Secret retains pro bono lawyer The Associated Press reports that a lawyer specializing in freedom of speech and the Internet said Wednesday he will defend free of charge Nicholas Ciarelli, publisher of the site Think Secret and a Harvard University student. "Terry Gross, of the San Francisco-based firm Gross and Belsky, said in an interview that Ciarelli and his Web site used proper newsgathering techniques and deserve First Amendment protection. He said he plans to file a motion asking a judge to dismiss the lawsuit." More.

Previously on MacFixIt

• iBoom (#3): Lack of volume control; hissing/popping noises
• iTunes 4.7.1 (#4): More on crashes when iPod is connected while iTunes is running; AirPort Express drop-outs; more
• Odds and Ends: Saving files with a period (".") at filename beginning; Griffin radioSHARK and unusable audio files

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