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Podcast advertising will skyrocket over the next five years, climbing 400 percent to $400 million by 2011, according to a report released this week by eMarketer, an aggregator of e-business research. Podcasting's allure to advertisers can be attributed to the growing number of podcasts -- 90,000 and climbing -- and the medium's ability to target an audience.

Podcast Advertising: A $400M Business by 2011

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Apple has delayed until March the launch of its gadget for streaming video and other content from computers to TVs, but the company would not explain why. The company had said in January the $299 Apple TV set-top box would be available this month. Wrapping up Apple TV is taking a few weeks longer than we projected, and we now expect to begin shipments mid-March, Apple spokesperson Lynn Fox said Monday.

Apple TV Launch Stalled Till March

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Apple, Samsung and Sandisk are all targets of an MP3 patent infringement lawsuit. Texas MP3 Technologies is claiming the companies are infringing on an MP3-related patent it purchased from Sigma Tel in 2006. The patent in question describes an MPEG portable sound reproducing system and a method for reproducing sound data compressed using the MPEG method.

Apple, Samsung, Sandisk Named in MP3 Patent Suit