Sam Williams of UpsideToday writes . . .

“With wireless radio technology more than a century old, the concept of picking up an audio broadcast via an Internet-connected device seems about as cutting edge as, well, the steam turbine.”

“Nevertheless, in an age when your typical commercial radio advertising break lasts about as long as a Los Angeles car chase, you have to admit there's something slightly rebellious about listening to your favorite Swedish hip-hop station while sitting in Silicon Valley traffic.”

“Maybe that's why it shouldn't be too surprising that Linux, the operating system that lives to give CFOs heartburn, is suddenly popping up as a key building block in the emerging Internet radio market.”

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