December 2008
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General31 Dec 2008 05:30 am
Video - Intel increases share in Imagination, counters Apple move - TG Daily
Intel increases share in Imagination, counters Apple move - TG Daily
Chicago (IL) The world’s largest chip maker has increased its share in graphics chipset design company Imagination to 3.04%. The announcement comes just 48 hours after it was confirmed that Apple has acquired a 3.6% stake in Imagination to secure
Shuttle X27D Barebones review - Techradar.com
The public are ckle beasts. Admittedly, the single-core Atom 230 looks a little lost as a desktop. Its lack of upgrades (given that the chip is surface mounted) and the intentional hobbling (the lack of PCI Express slots, for example), rule it
Broadcast International Secures Patent for Video Compression - TradingMarkets.com
The new patent is for multi-codec video compression in multimedia distribution and storage applications involving non-volatile memory devices such USB memory sticks, Flash drives or SD cards. This is the fourth base patent granted to Broadcast
CUDA, PhysX coming to notebooks - PC Authority
Notebook users will appreciate some good news coming out of the Nvidia camp. The company has announced it will be releasing unified drivers for the Geforce and Quadro notebook market. The new drivers will enable CUDA and Physx right out of the box
Critique My Build Please! - Toms Hardware
Introduction to overclocking, moderate gaming, (occasional FPS w/mostly RAM-intensive grand strategy), eventual use as a personal DVR (so moderate video encoding). Planned re-use of some parts (case, graphics, hard drive, power supply) for a re-build
Level 3 Bolsters Vyvx Services Platform in Europe - TradingMarkets.com
According to the company, the expansion enables more efficient distribution of North American broadcast programming to Europe and provides European customers access to broadcast video delivery over the Level 3 network. “As one of the largest and most
Archive for: December, 2008 - ZDNet Blogs
Before I sink into an eggnog and sherry induced haze I d like to take the opportunity to offer Holiday best wishes to all my readers and also wish you a very Happy New Year. Over the past 12 months we ve had extensive conversations on this blog
General30 Dec 2008 09:30 am
Video - The 2008 viral video hits - Newsday
The 2008 viral video hits - Newsday
Thanks to YouTube, viral videos have become as much of part of our culture, as the snapshots of video it documents. This year, the presidential election, dumbfounded New Yorkers, and a puppy cam top the most viewed web video sensations. 1. Tina Fey
Web Video Hurdle: Good Recommendations - Tvweek.com
Online video sites want to get to know you better. The Sony-owned Webvideo destination Crackle is developing tools to offer personalized video recommendations to site visitors based on their past viewing history. NBC-Fox venture Hulu introduced a
Head of Production / Senior Digital Producer - web, video, interactive - New Media Age
Junction K is looking for a versatile individual to head up its Manchester team and lead delivery on a range of projects and productions. Junction K is a communications agency with a specialism in video and interactive media delivered across multiple
Hulu CEO: Overseas Access Coming, Someday - Alleyinsider.com
In a lengthy Q&A with MediaPost , Hulu CEO Jason Kilar doesn’t spill the beans on any new products or deals, but reiterates a few things we’ve known for a while: The Web video company wants to launch overseas versions — ” predicated on finding the
Top 10 Pretty Obvious Video Favorites For 2008 - CNN Money
( gigaom.com ) — As we look forward to 2009, it s important to acknowledge what worked, creatively and otherwise, over the last 12 months. So here s a list encapsulating what I thought were the obvious successes, the stuff that defined the
TheStar.com | Entertainment | Top 10 viral video time wasters - Toronto Star
Web videos? Do you really care? I mean, aren’t you too busy Twittering and updating your Facebook pages from your iPhones or BlackBerry Storms to watch this silliness? Actually, while the bloom may be off the web-video rose, those vids are still the
GalleyCat’s 2008 Year in Literary Web Video - Mediabistro.com
Receive mediabistro.com’s Daily GalleyCat Feed via email Click here to receive mediabistro.com’s Daily Media Newsfeed via email. non-fiction book for St. Martin’s Press is looking for a Research Assistant . See the next featured job . Scholastic is
Hot Web video ‘Prop 8: The Musical’ produced by an ex-Ann Arborite - MLive.com
The latest, big-thing online video is www.funnyordie.com’s “Prop 8: The Musical” - what composer Marc Shaiman (”Hairspray”) calls a “viral picket sign” that responds to California’s recent vote to disallow gay marriage, after the state’s Supreme
General28 Dec 2008 01:30 pm
Video - The 2008 viral video hits - Newsday
The 2008 viral video hits - Newsday
Thanks to YouTube, viral videos have become as much of part of our culture, as the snapshots of video it documents. This year, the presidential election, dumbfounded New Yorkers, and a puppy cam top the most viewed web video sensations. 1. Tina Fey
Apple iPhone and iPod Touch Get Joost Wi-Fi Web Videos - Newsoxy.com
Joost has completed its Web video application for the Apple iPhone and iPod Touch. The free app enables the mobile devices to view videos over a Wi-Fi connection. Joost has deployed a new application for the Apple Inc iPhone 3G and iPod Touch to
TheStar.com | Entertainment | Top 10 viral video time wasters - Toronto Star
Web videos? Do you really care? I mean, aren’t you too busy Twittering and updating your Facebook pages from your iPhones or BlackBerry Storms to watch this silliness? Actually, while the bloom may be off the web-video rose, those vids are still the
Top 10 time wasters - Toronto Star
Web videos? Do you really care? I mean, aren’t you too busy Twittering and updating your Facebook pages from your iPhones or BlackBerry Storms to watch this silliness? Actually, while the bloom may be off the web-video rose, those vids are still the
Fey as Palin top Web video of the year - Eagle-Tribune
Nearly four years after the launch of YouTube, it’s startling just how much viral videos have come to resemble a highlight reel (or a gag reel) of recent history. In 2008, the election was constantly reflected on video-sharing sites and sometimes
Top 10 Pretty Obvious Video Favorites For 2008 - CNN Money
( gigaom.com ) — As we look forward to 2009, it s important to acknowledge what worked, creatively and otherwise, over the last 12 months. So here s a list encapsulating what I thought were the obvious successes, the stuff that defined the
Head of Production / Senior Digital Producer - web, video, interactive - New Media Age
Junction K is looking for a versatile individual to head up its Manchester team and lead delivery on a range of projects and productions. Junction K is a communications agency with a specialism in video and interactive media delivered across multiple
Streaming video: YouTube on TV - Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel
Bringing Web-based video content to the living room has been a dream of desk jockeys everywhere. Watching Hulu.com or YouTube on a laptop is fine, but sitting on the couch watching a dog on a skateboard has appeal. The Neuros Link is a device that
Hot Web video ‘Prop 8: The Musical’ produced by an ex-Ann Arborite - MLive.com
The latest, big-thing online video is www.funnyordie.com’s “Prop 8: The Musical” - what composer Marc Shaiman (”Hairspray”) calls a “viral picket sign” that responds to California’s recent vote to disallow gay marriage, after the state’s Supreme
General25 Dec 2008 01:30 pm
Video - Yahoo idles Jumpcut, steers video users to Flickr - Zd Net Asia.com
Yahoo idles Jumpcut, steers video users to Flickr - Zd Net Asia.com
Yahoo’s belt-tightening has led the company to shut down new uploads to its Jumpcut service for sharing and combining videos, steering people instead to its Flickr service. “We’re sorry to announce that we are no longer accepting uploads to Jumpcut
All-in-one DVD/WMV/MKV/HD video Converter on Mac - Itwire.com
Aimersoft Total Media Converter for Mac is the perfect solution for Mac users to convert the video clips (WMV, MKV, HD video, FLV, MP4, AVI, etc) and collected DVD to their mobile device in an easier way. Key features of Aimersoft Total Media
Mac Software-Best iPod/iPhone Converter, MP4/AVI/HD Video Converter - IT World
Best Mac Video Converter to convert video on Mac OS X (Leopard supported) for iPod, iPhone, PSP, Zune.. Also an All-in-one Mac MP4 Video Converter,the best Mac iPod Video Converter, Mac iPhone Video Converter, Mac PSP Video Converter and Mac Zune
WMA WMV iTunes DRM Removal - Daniusoft launches Media Converter Pro - HULIQ.com
Daniusoft launches Media Converter Pro 2.3.2.2 Xmas Edition - An ideal Product with beautiful interface in Christmas style; more stable performance and of higher quality than ever before. Daniusoft Media Converter Pro is a powerful DRM Removal&Video
How to enjoy your DVD movies and videos on your iPod/PSP/Zun - Xbitlabs.com
Posted: Thu Dec 25, 2008 1:18 am Post subject: How to enjoy your DVD movies and videos on your iPod/PSP/Zun As a portable-device fan I usually enjoy my DVD movies and videos on my iPod/PSP/Zune/Zen . In fact all these devices can only accept
OJOsoft MP4 Converter 2.6.0.1220 - CNET Asia
OJOsoft MP4 Converter is a powerful and easy to use MP4 video conversion tool. It can convert into MPEG-4 video from popular video formats including AVI, MPEG, WMV, MP4, MPG, DivX, 3GP, 3G2, MOV, QT, FLV, DVD(VOB), Xvid, MKV, TS, M4V, ASF, DAT, DVR
User reviews - Download.com
Reply to this review 4 stars Version: Pazera Free FLV to AVI Converter 1.2 “Easy to use and gets the job done.” by bronxboy1088 on December 20, 2008 Pros: I was very impressed with the speed of large batch conversions. Cons: Initially this
OJOsoft Audio Converter 2.6.0.1220 - CNET Asia
OJOsoft Audio Converter is a powerful and professional tool for video and audio file conversion . With lots of codec built in, it can convert audio files between almost any formats, including MP3, WMA, M4A, AAC, AC3, MP2, WAV, OGG etc. Also, It
Free Apple iPhone, iPod Christmas themed wallpaper from Aimersoft - MacWorld UK
Aimersoft is currently offering a Xmas Season Shopping sale with up to 50 per cent of some software along with a free YouTube download tool and free FLV Player for Mac. Macworld January on sale now! Hot tech tips for 2009 and FREE ultimate Mac
How to Edit and Rip DVD to AVI, MP4, MPEG, 3GP, FLV, MOV, et - Xbitlabs.com
What you need is iskysoft DVD Studio Pack For Mac Download it and install iskysoft DVD Studio Pack For Mac ( Intel Version or Power PC Version ) Part 1. How to convert DVD to iPhone/iPod/Apple TV/PSP/Mobile Phone for Mac Step 1. Insert your DVD disc
General24 Dec 2008 02:30 pm
Video - The Download Blog - Download.com
The Download Blog - Download.com
You must have treated somebody well this year, because you’ve got a new computer to start 2009 off right. In this edition of the Download.com Windows Starter Kit, we’ve expanded our collection to include both the recommended free programs you’ve come
Receive mediabistro.com’s Daily MobileAppsToday Feed via email - Mediabistro.com
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Hot this Week - Express Computer India
Features : Transcend JetFlash T5 is constructed with non-breakable plastic and is rugged to resist bending, stress, vibration, shock and even full water submersion. With its attachment loop, the ultra-light T5 can be used as a mobile phone dongle or
Aunsoft Studio Releases New Version of Aunsoft SWF Converter - Newswiretoday.com
NewswireToday - /newswire/ - Shanghai, China, 12/24/2008 - Aunsoft Studio releases new version of Aunsoft SWF Converter, and integrate powerful features, e.g. convert SWF to AVI alpha, AVI Divx, and MPEG for VCD, SVCD and DVD, WMV, convert SWF to HD
Nvidia to Provide Notebook Driver Updates Itself - PC Magazine
Nvidia said Thursday that it will begin providing driver updates for its notebook graphics chips directly on its Web site, bypassing the need to visit the sites owned by the notebook vendors themselves. The first release will add Nvidia’s CUDA
Joost abandons P2P client for Flash - Techradar.com
Joost has announced that it is to abandon its current P2P client, in favour of pushing its web-based Flash video service. This means that anyone who uses the service will have to revert to its internet counterpart. Joost originally launched as a
Digital Media - CNET News
The big entertainment companies refuse to give up on USB drives for media delivery. Sony announced on Monday that it was loading movies and albums on flash drives. Michael Jackson fans can obtain the 25th Anniversary edition of the album Thriller for
Register for FREE - Wall Street Journal
Please register to gain free access to WSJ tools. An account already exists for the email address entered. TVs, the Internet, YouTube, TiVo, Hulu who can tell the difference between any of it at this point? Today there s news that one video
The top mobile phones of 2008 - Philippine Star Online
It s been another fast and furious year in the mobile phone scene. But while music players and cameras have always been mainstays in the feature set of our favorite gadgets, a new capability seems to have taken over this year: the touch-screen
Adobe s Other Battle: The Economy - Wall Street Journal
Adobe is battling Microsoft over the future of Internet software. But its more pressing battle might be against the economy. Adobe is fighting on two fronts The San Jose, Calif., software maker on Tuesday reported that the economic downturn has hurt
General13 Dec 2008 02:30 pm
Video - Ascent Media Group Selects Harmonis Rhoze Transcoding Technology for - Consumer Electronics Net
Ascent Media Group Selects Harmonis Rhoze Transcoding Technology for - Consumer Electronics Net
Harmonic Inc. (NASDAQ:HLIT) today announced that its Rhoze universal transcoding technology has been selected by Ascent Media Group (AMG) for its Vii media services platform. AMs Viia services platform with Rhozet transcoding technology enables media
Send holiday greetings to the troops - Poughkeepsie Journal
If you ve got a family member serving in the military who won t be home for the holidays, the Journal will videotape your greeting and display it on the Journal s Web site. Each year, the Department of Defense, through its Digital Video
Maximizing digital bonus from a DVD - International Herald Tribune
Some movie studios, including Disney, 20th Century Fox and Lionsgate, have started to provide a high-quality digital-video file of a film in the same package as the traditional DVD. This extra version, often on a separate disc, is meant to be copied
BendBroadband nears all-digital date - Bend Bulletin
The FCC, spurred by Congress, has long advocated that the nation s telecommunications providers switch from analog to digital as a way to improve services and spawn innovation, FCC spokesman Clyde Ensslin said. The root for the push lies in The
Creative destruction in digital media age - Business24-7
Creative destruction often ensues in the wake of technological advances, futurists claim. In today’s age of the digital media, this phenomenon, says one such forecaster of the future, will see the slow death of CDs, DVDs, watches and print media such
General10 Dec 2008 04:30 pm
Video - Netflix fixes streaming-video glitch - CNET News
Netflix fixes streaming-video glitch - CNET News
Netflix, the Web’s top video rental store, has corrected a glitch that has plagued some customers of the company’s streaming-video service for several weeks, the company said Friday. Owners of Roku’s Netflix Player and Microsoft’s Xbox 360 began
MySpace Offers Streaming Video For Mobile Phone Users - Newsoxy.com
MySpace plans to deliver video clips from member pages to mobile phones. The social networking site will also deliver professionally produced video content to mobile devices. The free service will be supported by advertisements. News Corp’s MySpace
QuickPlay Media Announces Significant Growth in Consumer Consumption - Businesswire.com
TORONTO–( BUSINESS WIRE )–QuickPlay Media, the premier provider of mobile TV and video solutions , today unveiled the findings of its first quarterly consumer consumption analysis. The results aggregate usage statistics from 15 representative
MySpace Offers Streaming Video on Cell Phones - PC Magazine
Need more videos on-the-go? MySpace announced Wednesday that it now testing a streaming video service for mobile phones. The video beta for MySpace Mobile is now being rolled out globally, with support for streaming-enabled phones like the BlackBerry
MySpace to offer mobile streaming video - CNET News
MySpace is going mobile with streaming video. News Corp.’s social-networking site is expected to offer video clips from members’ pages, as well as professionally produced video, to video-enabled mobile devices starting Wednesday, according to a
MySpace Launches Streaming Video for Mobiles - BusinessWeek
Streaming Web video just might be one of those services that will come into its own during this economic downturn. Only a week ago, Google s YouTube launched YouTube Live, which streams video channels via the Internet. Today, social network MySpace
MySpace Bringing On Mobile Streaming Video - Eflux Media
MySpace, the social networking site owned by News Corp. is set to start offering video clips from members pages, as well as professionally produced video to mobile devices that can support video starting on Wednesday, according to a press report
MySpace to offer mobile video streaming - Techradar.com
MySpace is making streaming video available for mobiles from its members’ pages. The News Corp. owned social network is making video viewable over a host of nobile devices including the BlackBerry Bold, Palm Centro Motorola Q9 and Nokia’s popular N95
MySpace Mobile Launches Streaming Video in Beta Globally - MSN MoneyCentral
MySpace , the world s premier social network, and RipCode , an innovator of Internet and mobile video infrastructure solutions, announced today that MySpace Mobile users across the globe will now be able to enjoy MySpace video content from their
General05 Dec 2008 07:30 am
Video - Fish tank light bulb causes $70,000 blaze - Daily Post
Fish tank light bulb causes $70,000 blaze - Daily Post
LINDSAY - A light bulb is being blamed for a $70,000 blaze that damaged a Glenelg Street apartment building early Thursday morning, forcing 15 tenants from their homes for the night. Firefighters called at 1:51 a.m. from fire halls in Lindsay, Ops
Classical Musicians Get Shot At Fame On YouTube - Post Chronicle
The video-sharing website YouTube will take classical music out of pricey concert halls and bring it to the masses by holding an online competition where the public chooses musicians to play at Carnegie Hall. The competition invites classical
Internet Video Magazine Holiday Issue Goes Live Flip MinoHD Review - PR Inside
Are you thinking of buying a new camcorder this season? In addition to our new and improved ‘how to buy a camcorder guides’, we have also updated our camcorder guide with dozens of new camcorder options as well as new video accessories and software
YouTube Contest Aims Classics at Carnegie Hall - PC Magazine
NEW YORK, Dec 1 (Reuters) - The video-sharing Web site YouTube will take classical music out of pricey concert halls and bring it to the masses by holding an online competition where the public chooses musicians to play at Carnegie Hall. The
Coming to post: Video library for wounded soldiers - Killeen Daily Herald
Fort Hood soon will be the site of an exclusive facility aimed at honoring wounded soldiers with much-needed R&R. Cause, an organization out of Washington, D.C., was founded in 2003 to provide recreational and entertainment programs for members of
Read all ‘”Restaurant reviews”‘ posts in Webware - CNET News
Despite being a fan of Zagat ’s restaurant surveys, I’ve never been overly impressed with the mobile applications for Windows Mobile Smartphone and PocketPC , BlackBerry , and Palm . Regrettably, Zagat To Go ‘09 for the iPhone and iPod Touch ($9.99
Web Winners: - Philadelphia Inquirer
Selling your services as a freelancer or contractor in this dicey economy can be daunting and lonely work. These sites provide some moral support in addition to markets for your expertise. Freelance market. Elance.com lists 130,000 “experts” - people
General02 Dec 2008 05:30 pm
Video - Nokia Launches Touchscreen Smartphone - Twice
Nokia Launches Touchscreen Smartphone - Twice
New York Nokia announced a first-half 2009 overseas launch of what it called its most powerful 3G cellphone to date, the N97 multimedia computer with touchscreen, hard QWERTY keyboard and 32GB of embedded memory. North American shipments of a U.S
CatholicTV moves forward - Catholic Online
WATERTOWN, MA (NOVEMBER 28, 2008) - CatholicTV launched a new website today, appropriately dubbed Your Catholic Broadband Network. The site is an amazing collection of the video archives of the station along with a live Flash video stream
Reigncom’s iRiver Wave Phone Released in Korea - Softpedia
The iRiver is the kind of device that doesn’t really get people too excited, but its capabilities are still worth mentioning nonetheless. Since word of it first got out a while back, it became clear it was nothing we hadn t heard of before. Also
Sharing Thanksgiving DV Stories on Your Blog - pressbox.co.uk
The Thanksgiving 2008 is coming, users can use Sothink Video Encoder for Adobe Flash, a tool for converting videos to Flash files (*.flv & *.swf), to share the Thanksgiving DV stories with families and friends on the personal blog. I am very
Nokia unveils touchscreen, Qwerty N71 - ZDNet UK
The Nokia N97 is slightly larger and heavier than Apple’s iPhone one of its main rivals. Its 3.5-inch screen is the same size as that of the iPhone, but at 640x360 pixels, its resolution outstrips that of the 480x320-pixel iPhone screen. The N97
Nokia intros touchscreen N97 flagship - MacNN
Nokia today used its own Nokia World expo to establish a touchscreen phone as its new leading device and its best chance against the iPhone. The N97 has a full 3.5-inch touch LCD that shares the same Symbian S60 5th Edition platform as the 5800
Review: Flash CS4 Professional - Mac Central
Adobe Flash CS4 has been radically redesigned and restructured. With CS4, Flash has finally turned the corner from a code-based authoring tool with an interactive animation element, to a designer-friendly space for illustrators to intuitively draw