XBMC is an amazing media center application that offers more power and customization options than any commercial media center. As awesome as it is, you can further enhance XBMC by using the right remote software for your laptop, iPod, or other gear.
XBMC, thanks to being open source and having a broad community of developers and [...]

Windows only: Despite the many great media players out there, MusicBee earns itself a spot high on the list with super tagging, managing, browsing, ripping, syncing, and converting powers, all on top of an intuitive interface familiar to any iTunes user.
MusicBee positions itself as the media player for those that want more than what iTunes [...]

Why has podcasting become so popular? Five things: faster broadband Internet, the iPod and other mp3 players, easy to use open source publishing tools like Podcast Generator*, people need something to do while they are waiting in lines to pick their unemployment checks, and businesses need a new way to deliver commercial content [...]