Radio station operator Infinity Broadcasting has announced it plans to launch a podcasting station in San Francisco. The company, a division of Viacom, said Wednesday that content created by listeners will be available at 1550 KYCY in the AM radio band and online for streaming at KYOURadio.com, starting May 16. Podcasts can already be uploaded to the site for free. Selections, based on listener interest and feedback, will be evaluated daily.

Verizon Communications is turning off the free wireless Internet access it beams from New York City telephone booths for DSL subscribers who use laptops away from home or the office. The company revealed the decision on Wednesday as its Verizon Wireless unit announced plans to accelerate the deployment of a fee-based cellular Internet service in the New York area. The free service, which will be phased out over the next two months, was provided by installing short-range Wi-Fi transmitters in hundreds of telephone booths starting in May 2003.

Sony’s PlayStation Portable is an impressive little gadget, but it won’t give the company any advantage in the battle for the living room, Microsoft’s top Xbox executive said Wednesday. Speaking at a Churchill Club event, Robbie Bach, senior vice president and chief Xbox officer for Microsoft, gave Sony credit for designing a slick handheld game player. But he said whatever success the PSP achieves is unlikely to boost sales for the next version of Sony’s PlayStation living room game console.

Nokia a trio of new phones, including one that can store up to 3,000 songs. The N91 has an integrated 4GB hard disk and supports digital music formats including MP3, M4A, AAC and WMA, Nokia said. Additionally, the handset comes with a stereo headset with remote control. The N91, expected to ship by the end of the year, will also feature a 2-megapixel camera, email support, a Web browser and video-sharing capabilities, the device maker said.

The Hip-e all-in-one computer may have made it into Microsoft’s exhibit of cool hardware, but that doesn’t mean it’s made it back into the company’s good graces. The Hip-e’s maker–Digital Lifestyles Group–got a note last week from Microsoft saying Digital’s license to ship Windows had been terminated because of overdue royalty payments.

Wireless email provider Visto announced on Wednesday that it has signed up Canadian cellular company Rogers Communications as a customer. The deal means that Rogers’ 5.5 million subscribers will have access to email, calendar and contacts applications on their wireless devices via its MyMail service.

Electronic Arts announced that it plans to co-sponsor a scholarship for a female student at a summer program for video game designers at the University of Southern California. The company said Wednesday that any female junior or senior student in high school can apply for a scholarship to attend the four-week Interactive Entertainment summer camp organized by USC’s Viterbi School of Engineering. The scholarship covers admission to the camp, room and board at USC, and three college credits for successfully completing the program.