Source: Wired News
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Podcaster Adam Kempenaar's first clue that something was afoot came when his internet host alerted him that he was at 80 percent of his bandwidth capacity.
Next came the note from a co-worker congratulating him for landing his movie-reviews show on the front page of the iTunes podcast directory. Then came the server crash, followed by a half-day of phone calls and negotiations to get it back up and running -- and the e-mails, hundreds of them, from new listeners.
That was a year ago Wednesday, when Apple Computer launched iTunes 4.9, a version of its iPod jukebox software that simplified downloading, subscribing and listening to podcasts and, many say, began the medium's mainstream ascent.
