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EPIX Movies Delivered in HD via Akamai

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:30:00 EST

Akamai Technologies today announced that EPIX, the next generation premium entertainment service from Viacom, Paramount Pictures, Lionsgate and MGM, has chosen Akamai as the company’s launch provider to deliver and manage its full length High Definition (HD) movies. EPIX is the leading next-generation, multi-platform entertainment service, delivering the latest movie blockbusters, new releases, library classics and original content across its premium, HD television channel, video-on-demand service and EpixHD.com Web site. Viewers with an EPIX subscription have access to everything – great entertainment anytime, anywhere, on every platform.

The Evolution of Web-based Enterprise Video

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 03:00:00 EST

It took only a few years for the Web to evolve from its first crude text-only efforts to a full graphical experience. Yet it has taken more than a decade to get videos inside the browser page. And while there are dozens of video streaming service providers, including Brightcove, Wistia, Fliqz and Kaltura, that offer ways of delivering videos, none of them are as easy to use as they could be, and almost none of them offer one-stop solutions for publishers.

The Top Ten Internet Video Hosting Sites

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:00:00 EST

All about Internet Video - How To Post Your Videos to Online Video Hosting Services, The Top Ten Internet Video Hosting Sites, Top Sites to Make Money with Internet Video and How To Post Your Videos to Online Video Hosting Services

iPhone Tips, Tricks & Apps for Business Executives

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:00:00 EST

In iPhone Tips, Tricks & Apps for Business Executives, the analyst shares quick and easy ways to truly capitalize on all that an iPhone has to offer for an executive. Take the 91 minutes to view this webinar (on your computer, mobile phone, iPod or printed out) to update your knowledge on how other executives are getting the most out of their iPhones, as many features, settings and new applications are not used by executives that can significantly improve it's value to you as a resource, as long as you know how to use them.

LookStat Announces Free Trial of its Back Office Services for Stock Photographers

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:00:00 EDT

LookStat Announces Free Trial of its Back Office Services for Stock Photographers Microstock keywording, retouching, uploading and analytics web platform provider to offer a free 25-image trial of microstock keywording, uploading and submission services. LookStat will keyword and upload 25 images for free for stock photographers who fill out a request form at: https://www.lookstat.com/backoffice/mystockphoto.html Seattle, Washington, October 26, [...]

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Moyea HD Button Plugin V1.0 - Welcome to the HD Flash Video World

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:00:00 EDT

Moyea HD Plugin is one of the useful plugins that used to extend the capabilities of Moyea Web Player- a handy Web FLV Player creator. It enables users to add an HD Button onto web FLV player which customized with Moyea Web Player, so that player users can start or close HD (High Definition) video playing by clicking it at anytime.

Fotolia Launches Operation Level Ground to Attract Artists

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:45:00 EDT

Fotolia launches a strong operation to attract “big” contributors. With the slogan “Gain instantaneous recognition with Fotolia!”, Operation Level Ground gives artists the freedom to upload their existing portfolios to Fotolia and receive equivalent download ranking. Artists have the chance for their achievements to be recognized by increasing earnings while enhancing their global profile. For those who have sold microstock in the past, Fotolia will recognize their download sales from other services. For those who have sold “macrostock” and traditional stock photography, Fotolia will recognize their lifetime sales as equivalent to download sales.

Optimized Plugin Applications Make the Newly-Released Moyea Web Player Versatile

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 02:05:00 EDT

So far, there are up to 10 useful plugins available for Moyea Web Player to extend its capabilities and to meet various demands of its customers. The new V2.1.1.5 Moyea Web Player comes out exactly with optimized plugin applications to serve the goal better.

The Origin of Stupidity

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 09:30:00 EDT

So apparently Kirk Cameron and a buddy of his are continuing their campaign of lies and outright stupidity because things like common sense, science, and cold hard fact threaten their fragile hold on sanity. Ordinarily I might on on a huge rant about this but everything I could say, the woman in this video says much more eloquently than I could. This is a must-watch.

Cisco Hops on AR bandwagon with Retail Demo

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 07:24:00 EDT

A Cisco online video is drifting around sites like Wired and Digital Signage Today that shows how augmented reality, blended with digital signage, could change shopping experiences. It shows a young woman going all Tom Cruise-y, like in that Spielberg movie I refuse to mention, flapping her arms and waving her hand to move things around a a screen/change-room mirror as she tries on clothes and even changes their colors virtually. It is pretty cool, but some of the sites that are posting this video are referencing this as being in the here and now. It's not, unless Cisco is months or years ahead of anybody else applying AR technology right now. That very slick, high production value Cisco video with the sound effects and acting talent is where it all might go, but the will be nowhere near as seamless as is shown. At least not yet.

Joost Files Motion Against Michelangelo Volpi and Index Ventures Management,

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 10:52:00 EDT

The Motion for Preliminary Injunction asks the Court to enjoin Index and Volpi from using any of Joost's and Joltid's confidential information regarding (among other things) the Global Index Software, the technology developed and owned by Joltid that provides the peer-to-peer capability embedded in the Skype program. The Motion also asks the Court to enjoin the defendants from: (i) using the confidential information in connection with the operation or strategic planning of Skype; (ii) communicating such information to other parties in the "Buyout Group" that has made a bid to acquire Skype from eBay Inc.; (iii) soliciting employees of Joost and Joltid with offers to join Skype; (iv) having communications with current or former employees of Joost or Joltid regarding the companies' confidential information; and (v) further participating in the Skype acquisition or assuming any position with Skype until a final adjudication of the merits of the case.

New Software Advances Photo Collaboration

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 11:00:00 EDT

Version 3.8 includes a newly engineered image processing engine with the ability to upload 2,000 files in under 10 minutes. Other performance enhancements include a streamlined Job Upload Wizard, Drag-and-Drop Library Manager, batch high-resolution file delivery support, and a rebuilt image editor. Photo editors often review thousands of images each day for composition, color, and focus. With new and enhanced features including the first of its kind Image Zoom, Bookmark Tool, and Grid View, photo editors can power through the production workflow faster and with greater accuracy and security

Google Sites Exceed 10 Billion Video Views in August

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 18:30:00 EDT

comScore released August 2009 data from the comScore Video Metrix service, showing that 161 million U.S. Internet users watched online video during the month, the largest audience ever recorded. Online video reached another all-time high in August with more than 25 billion videos viewed during the month, with Google Sites accounting for more than 10 billion.

Turn Your Podcast Into an Interactive Live Streaming Experience

Sat, 26 Sep 2009 09:00:00 EDT

The folks here on the DevCentral team have been producing a weekly podcast for a while now. Trying to keep our budget low, we opted to copy what some other podcasters were doing by making use of Skype for our audio communication and found a great little Skype add-on called Pamela which creates high-quality WAV files from Skype conversations.

We created a dedicated Skype account on an old machine here in the office that will auto-record whenever that account is added to a conversation. We would occasionally have differences in audio levels between the callers so we incorporated the awesome The Levelator (from the Conversations Network) into the post production and we were set.

A few weeks ago we broke through our one hundredth podcast and along with that milestone we decided to expand things a bit by making the podcast more interactive. I spent a few weeks investigating how to best accomplish this and I ultimately decided on a setup. I figured that I'd go ahead and share it with you all so you can see how we do it on our end. Here's the high-level diagram:

I experimented with a mixing board but ended up with a software only solution that anyone can implement. Everything besides the top left three items in the image were added to enable us to record our Skype podcast as well as stream it to UStream and allow callers with TalkShoe.

The Components

Here's a list of the following components and how we used them.

Skype - http://www.skype.com - $0

Skype, for those that don't know, is a software program that allows you to make video and voice calls across the internet. Calls are free to other skype users and you can purchase the ability to call out to land line numbers or to get your own number so you can accept phone calls.

We have a dedicated server with Skype and Pamela running to do the recording and each person on the podcast is connected through the main Skype instance on our publishing system.

Pamela Skype Recorder - http://www.pamela.biz/en/ - $24

Pamela is an add-on program for Skype that will allow you to record your Skype conversations. It features Skype call, video, and chat recording, answering machine, video mail, and skype based publishing. We use it primarily for the ability to automatically record skype calls to either our skype account or our Skype dial-in number. .WAV files are created and we are emailed when a recording is completed.

Windows Media Player - $0

Windows Media Player is the default music/video player on the Windows platforms. We use it to play background music into our skype and UStream sessions. You could just as easily use another audio player as long as it supports the ability to customize which output audio device it uses.

Virtual Audio Cable - http://software.muzychenko.net/eng/vac.html - $30

This little gem really saved the day with our setup. There are various Mac programs that allow you to map audio streams from one program to another one but this is the best one I could find for Windows. Virtual Audio Cable allows you to transfer audio (wave) streams between applications and/or devices. In our setup, it allows us to map windows media player back into Skype and our multiple audio streams back into our live video processing through VidBlaster.

VidBlaster - http://vidblaster.com/ - $0

VidBlaster is a powerful, economic way to record, stream, and produce high quality videos. VidBlaster comes in three versions: Home, Pro, and Studio with the only difference being the number of "modules" you can use at one time. What's best about this product is that you can use it for free if you can live with a "VidBlaster" add in the top right corner of your video stream. We'll likely put the couple hundred bucks down for the Pro version but as of now it hasn't costed us a cent.

Adobe Flash Media Encoder - http://www.adobe.com/products/flashmediaserver/flashmediaencoder/ - $0

The Adobe Flash Media Encoder allows you to capture live audio and video while streaming it in real time to a flash media server. While we could stream directly from VidBlaster to UStream, the quality is not as good as moving some of the processing down to the client.

UStream - http://www.ustream.tv - $0

UStream is the live interactive video broadcast platform that enables anyone with a camera (or VidBlaster!) and an internet connection to quickly and easily broadcast to a global audience of unlimited size. Best of all, it's free!

TalkShoe - http://www.talkshoe.com - $0

We struggled for a while trying to figure out the best way to include a "live" audience in our recording. TalkShoe is a service that enables anyone to easily create, join, or listen to live interactive discussions, conversations, podcasts, and audioblogs. It fit the bill of just what we needed and since we already had our Skype conversation going, bolting on TalkShoe was as simple as adding the conference number to our group Skype conversation. TalkShoe also has some pretty nifty user controls allowing the moderator to control muting of each of the participants. Another great free service!

Production Setup Walkthrough

Here's the steps I go through in preparation for our weekly podcast.

Create 3 Virtual Audio Cables with the Virtual Audio Cable Control Panel (VAC #1, VAC #2, VAC #3)
Start up 2 instances of the Virtual Audio Cable Audio Repeater. Set the first one (R1) from VAC #3 to VAC #1 and the second from VAC #3 to VAC #2.
Start and login to Skype. Go into the Audio settings and change the audio input to VAC #1 and the output to VAC #2.
Start Windows Media Player and change the speaker device settings to output to VAC #3.
Start VidBlaster and setup various screen captures, set the video resolution to 640x480 and the frame rate to 15fps (much higher than that drives the CPU way up). Finally click "Start" on the Streamer module.
Start the Adobe Flash Media Encoder. Load the stream configuration that you can download from your UStream show's advanced settings and then Select VidBlaster for the Video Device and "Line 2 (Virtual Audio Cable)" (ie. VAC #2) for the Audio device. Click "Start" to begin streaming.
Login to our UStream.tv account and click "Broadcast Now" for your show. Another browser window will come up detecting the media stream. Click "Start Broadcast" to start the stream and click "Start Record" to being recording your stream on the server.
Bring up the Skype window and create a conference with the podcast members including our account that auto-records the conversations. Then finally, call the TalkShoe conference bridge and initiate the meeting on their side.
Login to the TalkShoe account on their website and click the option to join the meeting. When the admin console is loaded, you can optionally select "Record" from the top left to have TalkShoe make an alternate recording.

At this point we are recording our Skype session in audio, UStream is recording the video stream and TalkShoe is recording a secondary audio recording. At this point, I cue up the intro music in Windows Media Player and start into the podcast.

When we are finished, I reverse the process above by stopping and saving the various recordings. I take our Pamela based recording, run it through The Levelator, convert it to a mp3 with Audacity, edit the ID3 tags, and publish it to our media server. At this point, the blog post is created and we are done for the week.

Reflections

There are a few things that are still causing some issues. The main issue is that of horsepower on my media system. The desktop I'm using for all of this was not meant to run these types of CPU intensive applications. While it works, my dual-core CPU system is hovering at 99-100% CPU usage during the podcast which is a bit worrisome. Depending on the success of the podcast, we may invest in a new desktop to run this on. But, seeing how we've spent well under $100 for the entire software suite, I don't think we'll have much trouble justifying it!

Hopefully this helps some of you out there with some ideas and I'd love to hear feedback on how I could do things better!

-Joe

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Six Secrets to Making Online Video Work for Small Business

Fri, 25 Sep 2009 07:57:00 EDT

Kathy Saenz of Neighborhood America Shares What It Takes to Make Video an Effective Content Marketing Tool Even a micro business can use video effectively to communicate with its customers online. But, as we amateur carpenters know, you can wind up with a mess instead of a masterpiece unless you understand how to use a [...]

TransGaming Collaborates with Intel to Bring GameTree.tv Home

Thu, 24 Sep 2009 13:00:00 EDT

TransGaming, Inc. (TSX VENTURE: TNG) today announced a strategic collaboration with Intel Corporation to support TransGaming's on-demand gaming service, GameTree.tv. The GameTree.tv Service will deliver a comprehensive on-demand gaming solution optimized for HD TV through the next generation of consumer electronics (CE) devices based on Intel® CE Media Processors. TransGaming today also announced that Intel Capital, Intel's global investment organization, has made an investment in TransGaming. Intel Capital's investment will be used to accelerate TransGaming's development of the GameTree.tv Service, which is expected to be commercially available in Q2 2010.

How I Dated Three Amazing Cookies

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 14:45:00 EDT

You're an amazing cookie. Really, you are. Major props to the Byrd Cookie Company for introducing an awesome cupcake flavor into the cookie world. Plus, you look hot in pink and I like how your cream cheese-flavored sugar topping is cool on the tongue. The flavor comes close to the real thing. But why are you so tiny?? I would love to see a bigger, freshly-baked version of you one day that's soft and chewy--then maybe I won't feel bad for shelling out $7/box.

Apple Approves First Official Porn Star App for iPhone

Tue, 22 Sep 2009 06:01:00 EDT

Adult super star Sunny Leone's first app, the free "lite version" that offers exclusive pictures, a blog and video clips, is now available. Version 2.0, a premium version with more features, photo sets and videos is currently awaiting approval. Version 2.0 is packed with all new interactive features, games, blogs and ways to contact Sunny right from your phone, plus tons of additional high quality exclusive content. When asked about her new App, Sunny Leone commented: "I'm so excited about the future of my iPhone® App. This provides an entire new way for me to communicate with my fans and give them a new and unique content experience!"

Leading Online TV Provider Expands Presence with Telx

Tue, 15 Sep 2009 10:26:00 EDT

Online video provider Justin.TV has expanded its San Francisco presence within Telx's facility at 200 Paul Street. The expansion facilitates uninterrupted, enhanced quality, live video feeds from a greater community base than Justin.tv has enjoyed previously.

ProcessPlays

Sat, 05 Sep 2009 12:30:00 EDT

My aim here is to propose a different approach to writing process narratives by applying the principles of screenwriting and indeed using screenwriting software to write a process narrative I term a processplay. A spin-off benefit of this approach is that the process narrative could eventually be filmed as a movie to provide another highly accessible way of understanding a process from end to end.

Technology Face-Off: Augmented Reality vs Mobile Image

Thu, 03 Sep 2009 12:30:00 EDT

Mobile marketing has recently been blessed with 3 new technologies to leverage: Augmented Reality (AR), Mobile Image Recognition (MIR) and Mobile Tagging (MT). What are they used for? Can they co-exist? This introductory article aims to position the three technologies to help businesses considering using one, some or all to enhance their mobile marketing strategy.

The Role of Landscape in Film

Thu, 03 Sep 2009 12:00:00 EDT

For me, one of the attractions of going to the cinema to see a feature film is to experience visually, on the big screen, new places or worlds that one may never actually experience oneself. In many movies, these “places” are not always physical. They can include emotional or psychological places – say when a story concerns itself with themes such as unrequited love or mental breakdown for example. But here I am interested in the physical spaces that can be defined as the “landscapes” represented by the settings or locations portrayed in a film and how the use of landscape can be leveraged by screenwriters to add additional depth to a story or the situation that characters find themselves in.

EMC Offers Free Data Storage

Fri, 28 Aug 2009 16:45:00 EDT

Celebrating three decades of helping individuals and organizations of all sizes transform how they compete, save money, reduce risk, and create value from their information, EMC Corporation announced the formation of the EMC Information Honors program. The new program is designed to reward the highest-performing information storage and management students from the more than 300 colleges and universities within the EMC Academic Alliance. Qualifying* students who achieve the highest grade point averages for the 2009/2010 academic year will be rewarded.

The Story Behind Arctic Stock Images

Fri, 21 Aug 2009 05:59:00 EDT

One of the possible way to enter now in the microstock photo market is to find a niche, with a specialized category of photos or with a geographical oriented site. This second case is perfectly represented by Arctic Stock Images, specialized in images from the Arctic circle and Antarctica. iSyndica has published an interesting blog post [...] Related posts:

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The Imaging Source Announces Ethernet Industrial Cameras

Wed, 12 Aug 2009 09:45:00 EDT

The Imaging Source - a multinational manufacturer of industrial cameras - has just brought to market a new series of Gigabit Ethernet cameras, available in 27 models.

Disruptions in the U.S. Wireless Landscape

Wed, 12 Aug 2009 03:45:00 EDT

Hello Everyone,

First - thanks to Cisco for allowing me to join this esteemed company of experts. I am looking forward to attending Cisco Live for the 1st time tomorrow.

I'm very happy to see the discussions here pertaining to WiMAX, as that is a technology that I have studied closely for the last several years. My MBA thesis in 2006 was titled "21st Century Television Broadcasting Strategies", in which I explored how traditional TV broadcasters could exploit the migration of video content to the internet, and then to mobile wireless devices.

I recently re-visited the emerging 4G landscape in my role as a market analyst for DIGDIA, and I find the level of activity in this arena to be very exciting.

I'd like to kick off my blog activity here with a few observations, predictions and opinions, based on extensive research conducted for my recent report on the 4G Landscape.

Mobile WiMAX and LTE will co-exist as 4G air interfaces in the U.S. until at least 2015, and quite possibly beyond. There has been so much bickering over which technology will "win", that I think it misses the point and detracts from our ability to understand the impact of the changes that are underway.

The fixed WiMAX market is the "niche" that many LTE partisans tend to put all IEEE802.16 technology into, because that application has more of a market in developing economies than in the U.S. (Although I have to say that I would switch from my sub-1Mbps DSL in a heartbeat if I could get fixed WiMAX at my home in San Jose).

But, the fact is that Mobile WiMAX (802.16e) is already rolled out in several U.S. cities, while LTE is not going to see its 1st U.S. test markets until at least the end of this year.

The years of ecosystem development and field deployment for fixed WiMAX have given it a boost that LTE does not yet possess. And yes, I expect that the 3GPP folks will point out that LTE is a "Long Term Evolution", but it is more different than similar. Mobile WiMAX is more of an evolution of fixed WiMAX than LTE is of HSPA. It is significant to note that the leader of the U.S. LTE rollout is Verizon, who is migrating to LTE from 3G CDMA/EVDO, not exactly the 3GPP roadmap for GSM. It's a new ball game.

In 2010 we will begin to see commercial co-existence of both LTE and Mobile WiMAX technologies, ramping up in 2011and beyond. LTE is 2-3 years behind Mobile WiMAX in terms of ecosystem development, but the landscape in 3 - 5 years will be characterized by both - just as for 3G EVDO and HSPA today.

The "disruption" is driven by exploding consumer demand for mobile access to digital media, especially video. It will not take too long for video content to congest 3G networks; for example - mobile video uploads to YouTube have increased 1700% in the last 6 months alone!

We have reached the "tipping point" in consumer interest in mobile broadband, at the same time that next-generation technologies are emerging to meet their needs. Market forces will drive consumers to Mobile WiMAX, which will have a bigger footprint than LTE until at least 2012.

Who wins? We all do: consumers, service providers, chip & device maufacturers, application developers. Lots of new opportunites are developing.

It's an exciting time.

-Mike Demler

p.s. my report "The Emerging 4G Wireless Landscape in the U.S.: Operators, Chip Sets, and Consumer Electronics" is available at http://www.digdia.com/reports.htm. You can download the introductory excerpt for free.

Google Buys Video Compression House

Wed, 05 Aug 2009 11:36:00 EDT

Google is buying On2 Technologies, an upstate New York video compression developer, for $106.5 million worth of common stock. On2 is going out at roughly 60 cents a share, a 57% premium over the 38 cents it was trading at before the announcement Wednesday. On2 creates advanced video compression technologies that power the video in desktop and mobile applications and devices. Its customers include Adobe, Skype, Nokia, Infineon, Sun, Mediatek, Sony, Brightcove and Move Networks.

Internet Video is a Smart Content Contributor to Quickly Educate Buyers

Tue, 04 Aug 2009 14:15:00 EDT

My Comment - Providers Should Use Video

Providers need to be asking themselves, "do I have good video?" Video helps you explain things in such an economical manner compared to many other forms of content. It can be viral, but even if it isn't, it will improve the ability of the provider to articulate their messages. You can see the complete Pew Report…

Cutting-Edge Video Search Capabilities

Mon, 03 Aug 2009 09:15:00 EDT

blinkx, the world's largest video search engine, today announced a technology partnership with Votan Research Corporation, a research and development organization that develops technologies for visual interactive telecommunication and information sciences. Votan creates advanced technology solutions for a wide range of customers, from enterprise to transportation clients, delivering real-time information and video whenever and wherever needed. Under the terms of the agreement, Votan will utilize blinkx's video search technology to enhance its custom broadcast monitoring platform.

SpinVox API in Italian and Portuguese

Mon, 03 Aug 2009 06:15:00 EDT

SpinVox, the global leader in voice to content messaging, is releasing two new language versions of its open API (Applications Programme Interface). SpinVox API in Italian and Portuguese are being launched in response to an increasing demand from technology developers particularly in Italy, Portugal and Brazil, who recognise that a speech interface enables the most natural form of communication. They want to build Speech 3.0 applications and are looking for best-in-class open products for their target markets. SpinVox API is already available in English, Spanish, German and French and works on any mobile platform enabling any developer with Web access to quickly build commercial speech applications. Applications are currently under development on Apple iPhone, Nokia Series 60, Google Android and Microsoft Windows Mobile platforms.

It’s Sheer Joy To Watch This Video

Mon, 03 Aug 2009 05:30:00 EDT

Now, there are lots of reasons we could suggest — however, I feel pretty strongly about one: The video is sheer joy. If you can watch this — set to Chris Brown’s song, “Forever” — and not smile profusely...and maybe even get a little tear in your eye from the beauty of this...then we have little in common. I think this is just fabulous! If we could make the people who work with us...and do business with us...feel a fraction of the joy that these young people created for their family and friends...we could be the most successful business leaders ever.

Delve Networks and Akamai to Enable Cloud-Based Video

Sat, 01 Aug 2009 09:45:00 EDT

Customers will have everything they need to publish video online, including video content ingestion, encoding, content management, syndication, analytics, monetization, content delivery, easy to customize video players, APIs, multiple device support, and search. The Delve platform is as simple to use as it is powerful, providing a simple point-and-click user interface that makes publishing video online accessible to anyone and any organization. In fewer than 5 minutes, a customer can go from having no video on their website to delivering high quality video with a player customized to match the website's branding.

Make Youtube Video Auto-Play in MySpace Profile

Tue, 28 Jul 2009 05:21:00 EDT

Do you have a MySpace account? Do you want your MySpace profile to be more attractive and to be browsed by as many people as possible? The last question: do you like youtube by the way? This article is made by those whose answer is “YES” to the above questions. The tutorial below contains two parts.

A Dumb $119 Device that MAY Be All You Need

Fri, 24 Jul 2009 13:49:00 EDT

I do NOT advocate building out DS networks with dumb devices that have no connectivity and therefore can`t be monitored and remedied remotely, particularly in situations in which the content needs to get regularly updated. However. there have been times during my technology sales life (now past) in which I was pitching, but thinking, my pots and pans bordered on overkill for the client, given the requirements. We`re seeing boxes come on the market, like Western Digital`s and this new one from MediaGate that really are all some businesses may ever need for digital signage. They`re tiny, probably quite reliable, capable of smooth 1080P HD, support lotsa formats and cost not a lot more than $100. They get updated by USB or flash memory cards.

Understanding The Lingo of Online Movie Downloads

Tue, 21 Jul 2009 14:45:00 EDT

Understanding The Lingo of Online Movie Downloads

Quite a tough topic to repeat, let alone understand what exactly it is. Online movies simply put are more than they seem. First, just because you've downloaded a movie, doesn't mean you can watch it. Next, so you've downloaded a movie, how about taking it with you, maybe on your ipod? And finally, what about making a copy of it to DVD?

Gorilla Logic Announces FlexMonkey for Adobe Flex

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:00:00 EDT

Gorilla Logic, firm known industry-wide for providing “gorilla” consultants that deliver a 10X productivity improvement over other options, today announced the release of FlexMonkey 1.0. FlexMonkey, an open source testing tool for optimizing automated and unit testing of Adobe Flex RIAs, is another example of Gorilla Logic’s commitment to assisting clients and the market in developing the highest-quality applications possible.

ITV Builds Efficient, High-Performance Online Broadcasting Site

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 10:30:00 EDT

Nexsan, a leading provider of energy-efficient, long-term disk storage, today announced that ITV, the biggest commercial television network in the UK, has increased the storage capacity and performance for its online broadcasting site, ITV.com, by 20 percent with the high-density SATABeast Xi. Using Nexsan's evolutionary AutoMAID (Automatic Massive Array of Idle Disks) energy saving technology, ITV.com has also dramatically reduced overall datacenter power consumption and cooling costs without compromising online editing productivity.

Google Voice

Mon, 13 Jul 2009 19:47:00 EDT

Quick note from my iPhone — my friend (and my wife’s high school classmate) Kevin Mullet told me over the weekend that he had just been approved for Google Voice. I was SO jealous! If you haven’t explored what it will do — you need to take a look, and apply, right away! (Check it [...]

Software AG Named "Gold Sponsor" of SOA World Conference & Expo 2009 East

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 22:00:00 EDT

Software AG is the world's largest independent provider of Business Infrastructure Software. The company's 4,000 global enterprise customers achieve business results faster by modernizing, integrating and automating their IT systems and processes. As a result, they rapidly build measurable business value and meet changing business demands. Based on Software AG solutions, organizations are able to liberate and govern their data, systems, applications, processes and services - achieving new levels of business flexibility.

Mayor of Bodrum Mehmet Kocadon Should Just Hang Himself

Tue, 16 Jun 2009 12:00:00 EDT

Mayor of Bodrum Mehmet Kocadon Needs to Get His Act Together. Every year gulet (wooden yachts) owners and Bodrum's "blue voyage" tourism industry bring tens of thousands of tourists to Aquarium and other local spots by boat. And every year tourists enjoy the same garbage and litter mountains which were left behind by animals (I can't call them human beings) on the shore.

Review: Flip Video Rolls Out Two New Compact Mini Camcorders

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 12:15:00 EDT

Flip Video Ultra Now Offers a New High Definition Camcorder Model with Double the Memory and a Larger Screen The Flip Ultra mini camcorder from Pure Digital Technologies, Inc. is now available in both high-definition and standard-resolution models. The new Flip Ultra and Flip UltraHD features a more convenient and flexible way to charge and change batteries, two hours of recording time - up from just one hour, and a large high-resolution two-inch screen.

Did Bill O'Reilly and Fox News Contribute to Dr. Tiller's Murder?

Sun, 31 May 2009 21:15:00 EDT

While trying to understand what happened to the murdered doctor in Kansas today I found this Bill O'Reilly report about Dr. Tiller. I wonder this and similar media coverage such as this one contributed to the murder of the doctor.

New Franchise for the iPhone

Thu, 14 May 2009 05:07:00 EDT

iDroids is a high quality, fun to play side scrolling game in which players are introduced to the fantasy world of little robots living in iDroidOpia and HAXX, an iDroid and rural robot farmer from iDroidAbama. The iDroids' adventure begins when HAXX's entire family is abducted and he has to follow the trail of his kidnapped wife and children while fighting, swinging, and fueling through Socket City, where peril is behind every turn!

Mark Shapiro Launches Internet Video Magazine on Ulitzer

Fri, 01 May 2009 14:30:00 EDT

Mark Shapiro launched today Internet Video Magazine on Ulitzer. Ulitzer content is grouped in 25 distinct subjects from "Aerospace and Defense" to "Travel and Hospitality." Each subject group offers an unlimited number of topics, and each topic may contain thousands of peer-reviewed feature stories, bylined articles, blog posts, news, reviews, commentary, and unique editorial content authored by top experts in their fields. Ulitzer is designed to replace Wikipedia with Its three-dimensional live content offerings and dynamic topic structure.

Can Adobe Bring Its Flash Platform to the Living Room?

Mon, 20 Apr 2009 12:30:00 EDT

“Consumers are looking to access their favorite Flash technology-based videos, applications, services and other rich Web content across screens," said David Wadhwani, General Manager and VP of the Platform Business Unit at Adobe, as the company behind Flash Video today announced the extension of the Adobe Flash Platform to connected digital home devices with an optimized implementation of Flash technology that delivers high definition (HD) video and rich applications to Internet-connected televisions, set-top boxes, Blu-ray players and other devices in the digital living room.

TODAYshow.com and Zumobi Launch New iPhone Application

Mon, 20 Apr 2009 09:45:00 EDT

This application is a first-of-its-kind for the morning news program category and represents a compelling new way for TODAY viewers to enjoy content from America's number-one morning program for 13 years running. The free application, available now in the iTunes App store, delivers videos, top stories and photos from popular TODAY topics, including interviews with newsmakers and features on health, food and wine, entertainment, relationships and fashion.

Dell Trades Up to Nehalem

Sun, 12 Apr 2009 07:00:00 EDT

Dell, which is running to catch up with HP and IBM in servers, has started pushing out its next-generation Nehalem-based servers and workstations, an upgrade that will soon be universal once Intel formally launches the new Xeon chips on Monday. Then everybody can argue about who’s got the best data center implementation.

Sony Trademarks the Term ‘PS Cloud’

Wed, 08 Apr 2009 18:45:00 EDT

Sony apparently has cloud intentions. Sony Computer Entertainment has asked the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for a trademark on the term “PS Cloud.” It’s also reportedly registered the domain name “playstationcloud.com.” The broad trademark application, filed March 24 and annoyingly written in all caps, doesn’t say exactly what Sony’s got in mind for the brand but covers a wide range of cloud possibilities from “providing online video games that users may access through the Internet” to streaming music over the net, producing Internet radio programs, displaying online media such as electronic magazines, books and educational materials – and Sony does have that Kindle-like Sony Reader e-book – as well as video on-demand and e-mail. And it mentions phones a lot.

Adobe Adds Internet Video Streaming to Scene7 Hosted Media Platform

Fri, 30 Jan 2009 07:30:00 EST

Adobe Systems has introduced the Adobe Scene7 eVideo Streaming Solution, a new addition to the Scene7 hosted rich media publishing platform. The new offering leverages Adobe Flash Platform technologies, enabling users to upload, transcode, edit, manage and stream content on the Web. Designed for eCommerce and multi-channel marketing companies, the new Adobe Scene7 eVideo Streaming Solution is ideal for producing online product demonstrations, advertising, training and more. It will be available as part of Scene7 Enterprise Unlimited Edition or as an add-on module to the standard Scene7 Enterprise Edition.

Hitachi Chooses Canesta's 3D Sensor Chip to Power New Gesture Controlled TV

Wed, 14 Jan 2009 06:58:00 EST

Canesta announced its collaboration with Hitachi to create a television that can be controlled by open-air hand gestures, rather than by the familiar hand-held remote control. The prototype, which uses a tiny Canesta 3D sensor for gesture recognition and a Hitachi TV can be controlled at distances up to 3 meters (9.8 feet) by simple hand gestures. For example, a rapid wave will power up the set, and a circular motion will change either the video source or the channel.