Since the birth of the iPod in 2001, Apple has released generation after generation of new iPods packed with exciting feature updates. The problem is that your not-so-old iPod probably feels like it's ...

Rockbox, the custom firmware for iPods and MP3 players from Archos, Samsung, Creative, and other companies, just released a new major version. Rockbox 4.0 is packed with new features and usability ...

Wouldn't it be great if you could customize an iPod and run third-party software on it? Wouldn't it be great if you could download games and applications along with the songs and videos you already ...

Robert Frosts's classic poem, The Road Not Taken, concludes with the line "Two roads diverged in a wood, and I – I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference." If you're a ...

Having learnt his writing techniques reading e-Books of Sherlock Holmes, Brian now spends his time /kicking, lurking, SSHing and encoding. The popular, open-source media player firmware Rockbox has ...

When you buy a Windows computer there’s a good chance that if you’d prefer to run a different operating system you can install a GNU/Linux distribution. Likewise you can replace the operating system ...

It’s traditional to launch new software on April Fool’s Day, which is when we heard that Rockbox 4.0 has been released. But, in this case, the venerable MP3 firmware actually did update after a long ...

If you’re one of the types who loves the Zune’s hardware (great screen, simple controls, and that WiFi) but bemoan the software or interface (or both), then you might want to take a look at the ...

I've been a contributing editor for PCMag since 2011. Before that, I was PCMag's lead audio analyst from 2006 to 2011. Even though I'm a freelancer now, PCMag has been my home for well over a decade, ...

Leslie and Michael Jones of RockBox Fitness' new Summerville outpost are calling all men and women who are ready to revolutionize their workout routines and earn results like they never have before.