Steve Rosenbaum: Happy Birthday! Google Video Is One Year Old! 
The 12 months that changed media. In January of 2006, I was at conference in Las Vegas called NATPE. There, Google had set up a booth and was beginning to talk about digitizing video for a new product called Google Video. You could feel the excitement around the idea of moving video to the web. It was early days, but it was happening. Larry Page had announced Google video at CES just a few …

Wall Street Breakfast 
What you need to know before the open today.

TMPG Set to Release TMPGEnc DVD Author 3 with DivX Authoring the First Dual-Authoring (DVD/DivX) Capable Program 
DMN Newswire–2007-1-22–TMPG, Inc. (www.tmpg-inc.com ), the company that makes digital video easy, is set to add TMPGEnc DVD Author 3 with DivX Authoring software to its growing TMPGEnc line.

Software helps create LMS compliant quizzes. 
WildPresenter Pro v3 employs wizard-based interface to guide users through process of creating Learning Management System (LMS) compliant customized Flash quizzes, tests, assessments, and surveys. Quizzes can be combined with video, audio, images, PowerPoint files, screen recordings, animations, and simulations. Multimedia presentation software combines multiple question types in same quiz, …

Arris To Acquire Norwegian Interactive TV Firm in $1.2B Deal 
SUWANEE, Ga. Arris and Tandberg Television are merging in a deal worth $1.2 billion, the companies disclosed Monday. Arris (NASDAQ: ARRS), which is based in Suwanee, is paying cash and stock valued at $14.93 per share for Tandberg, which is based in Norway.

January 2007 Buyer’s Guide: Midrange Menagerie 
The price of progress is outdated systems. We’ve got updated recommendations for midrange computers that look to put progress back in its place.