April 2009


General30 Apr 2009 09:30 am

Monroe County Legislature videos now online - Democrat and Chronicle
Can’t make it downtown to the County Office Building on Tuesday evenings to watch the hours-long Monroe County Legislature meetings? The county Web site now offers the proceedings online. You’ll feel like you’re there, witnessing all three hours and

Army launches official blog portal - Fort Leavenworth Lamp
WASHINGTON, D.C. - This week the Army not only launched an official blog portal, but also an Army fan page on Facebook. The “Army Live” blog ( http://armylive.dodlive.mil ) officially went live April 13, after a “soft launch” the week before, said

Brands see value in keeping tabs on social web - The Australian
A RECENT YouTube video showing two Domino’s employees sabotaging food at the US pizza chain has thrown into sharp relief the need for companies to keep tabs on their brands in the social media sphere. The need to monitor the conversations taking

General29 Apr 2009 12:31 pm

Time Warner Cable 1st-qtr profit falls on restructuring, spin-off - Minneapolis Star Tribune
NEW YORK - Time Warner Cable Inc. said Wednesday its first-quarter earnings fell 32 percent on restructuring and other costs related to its spin-off from former parent Time Warner, despite a boost in sales. The company said it earned $164 million, or

Genius Puts High Definition Video in the Palm of the Hand with Their - Consumer Electronics Net
Genius ( www.geniusnetusa.com ), a brand division of KYE Systems Corp., has announced a new compact, pocket-size high-definition digital video camera that excels at capturing both high-resolution stills (at 11-megapixels) and high-definition video

DOXTV Selects End-to-end NDS Technology Suite to Bring Digital Video - WebWire
* World-class suite of NDS technologies enables Chinese pay-TV providers to securely offer advanced digital video recorder (DVR) capabilities, including push video on demand (VOD), to Chinese viewers for the first time * DOXTV has selected VideoGuard

Time Warner Cable 1Q earnings fall on charges - Forbes
Time Warner Cable Inc. said Wednesday its first-quarter earnings fell 32 percent on restructuring and other costs related to its spin-off from former parent Time Warner , despite a boost in sales. The company said it earned $164 million, or 48 cents

Time Warner Cable Reports 2009 First-Quarter Results - MSN MoneyCentral
Time Warner Cable Chief Executive Officer Glenn Britt said: Time Warner Cable performed well in the first quarter, growing revenues, adjusted OIBDA and free cash flow from last year. We added very healthy numbers of new subscribers to our video

Hilton Dubai Jumeirah Chooses iBAHN to Provide High Definition - Newswiretoday.com
NewswireToday - /newswire/ - Dubai, UAE, United Arab Emirates, 04/29/2009 - iBAHN, the worldwide leader in digital entertainment and Internet solutions for the hospitality and meeting industries, today announces the installation of its HD (High

Amino and Minerva to Showcase Whole-Home Digital Video Recorder - WebWire
Las Vegas, NV.- Amino Communications, the world leading IPTV entertainment solutions provider, and Minerva Networks, the leading provider of open IPTV services management platforms, today unveiled a complete whole-home digital video recorder (WHDVR

Time Warner Cable profit drops on rising costs - CNN Money
* Q1 EPS 48 cents vs 74 cents year ago * Q1 revenue up 5 percent to $4.4 billion * Adds 36,000 basic video subscribers * Adds 225,000 Internet subs; 161,000 phone customers NEW YORK (Reuters) - Time Warner Cable Inc posted a drop in first quarter

All Things Digital - All Things Digital
Skip to main content . Pure Digital, the maker of the popular Flip digital video cameras, has sold itself to Cisco (CSCO) for $590 million in stock. The deal, which had been rumored last week by TechCrunch, was announced this morning by Cisco . The

Two projects designed for big change - GoDanRiver.com
The Danville Science Center has unveiled plans for its new digital dome theater, a 180-seat entertainment experience that will feature high-definition digital video and surround sound. For special films, we ll have a 3-D projector on a section

General20 Apr 2009 06:30 am

Can Adobe’s Flash Take TV To The Next Level? - CNN Money
Adobe’s Flash video and animation platform fueled the Web video boom. Can it finally bridge the TV-Internet divide in your living room? Today, Adobe (ADBE) is launching a new push into the television industry: It’s making a version of Flash — the

HD Cloud Launches Next-Generation Video Transcoding Service - Consumer Electronics Net
DMN Newswire–2009-4-14–HD Cloud, a video technology service provider, today formally launched its next-generation video transcoding service, which enables video content owners to automatically encode and distribute video, up to high-definition

VCs Stay Bullish on Web Video Startups - Tvweek.com
In the midst of a deep recession, venture capitalists are still opening their wallets for Internet television startups. More than $80 million in venture money poured into the online video sector in the first quarter of 2009, about the same amount as

Olympics a test case for Web video? - Sports Business Journal
NBC and many of the largest cable and satellite operators are planning to roll out a sophisticated authentication system for the Vancouver Olympic Games next February that would limit all live streams and some archived video to consumers who also

Local Players Like the Outlook for Web Video - Washington Post
Online video has come a long way since kids with cameras started uploading homemade clips to YouTube about four years ago. More households now have access to high-speed Internet. That growth has coincided with an increasing number of broadcast

Brightcove Basks In Light of Adobe s New Strobe - Xconomy
Cambridge, MA-based video hosting provider Brightcove has long had all of its eggs in Adobe Systems basket: the company s entire platform is built around Adobe s Flash streaming media format. But now the two companies relationship is

Adobe in Push to Spread Web Video to TV Sets - New York Times
The denizens of Hollywood and Silicon Valley have, by and large, vastly different value systems, role models, even tastes in cars, food and clothing. But they increasingly agree on one thing: a standard for online video called Adobe Flash. Flash was

General19 Apr 2009 07:30 am

Macvide Updates FlashVideo Converter for Mac OS X - Softpedia
Macvide has announced FlashVideo Converter 2.5, an update to its powerful Flash-to-video conversion utility for Mac OS X, which adds Auto Start and Auto Stop options. The new version can be downloaded by existing users for free right here on our

Social Collaboration Along With Growing Demand for Employee Generated - Consumer Electronics Net
SAN BRUNO, CA — (Marketwire) — 04/14/09 — Qumu, Inc., a proven innovator in rich media streaming video solutions for the enterprise , today announced the release of Qumu Kodiak , a powerful suite of cost-effective, industry-leading video capture

Macvide announces FlashVideo Converter 2.0 for Mac OS X - pressbox.co.uk
Macvide is proud to announce FlashVideo Converter 2.0, their Flash to video conversion utility for Mac OS X. With a focus on ease-of-use, FlashVideo Converter allows conversion of Adobe (Macromedia) Flash SWF and FLV files to video. It fully

Sidekick LX brings more speed, stuff, social networking - San Francisco Gate
T-Mobile’s Sidekick has built up a faithful following of younger text-happy, social networking users, who have tolerated some of the hardware shortcomings of the device because it did everything else well. Now, with the latest iteration, the Sidekick

New T-Mobile Sidekick LX touts 3G, GPS, Flash video, oh my! - CNET News
During the past couple of weeks, we’ve seen pieces of the puzzle falling into place: Leaked images and internal memos, FCC approval , a scheduled New York launch event; However, Thursday night, T-Mobile put all the speculation to rest and added the

Tanbee Flash Video Pro 3.6.26 - ZDNet Australia
Tanbee Flash Video Pro is an outstanding yet easy-to-use application to convert video to Flash SWF and Flash FLV with high quality. This Video to Flash Converter allows you to convert AVI to Flash, WMV to Flash, RM to Flash, 3GP to Flash, MOV to

FLV to AVI MPEG WMV 3GP MP4 iPod Converter 4.3 - ZDNet Australia
FLV to AVI MPEG WMV 3GP MP4 iPod Converter is a professional FLV converter software which can convert Flash Video FLV to AVI, FLV to MPEG, FLV to WMV, FLV to MP4 format. It also supports conversion of FLV file to popular video formats including AVI

LG rolls out KM335, GM200 cell phones in India - Freshnews
LG has announced to roll out KM335 and GM200 cell phone in the Indian market. The KM335 is available at a price tag of Rs.9,250. The phone comes with a blend of music, style and exclusive features. The KM335 comes with an AM / FM radio and dual

Senior Digital Producer - Boutique Creative Agency - New Media Age
Main client is a well recognised entertainment and soft drink company. Working within a multinational highly strategic and creative team, which is growing fast. You would be working across both large and small projects, delivering innovative

General16 Apr 2009 01:30 pm

Efron stars in web video sketch - Skynews.com
In a new comedic web video, Zac Efron hosts a star-studded pool party that dissolves quickly when his rude uncle arrives. The High School Musical heart-throb did the video for FunnyOrDie.com, the comedy video website co-founded by comedy star Will

Ashton Kutcher to CNN: Tweet this! - Kansas City Star
The race for 1 million followers on Twitter is on: In one corner is CNN; in the other, Ashton Kutcher. Just a few weeks ago, no one was close to reaching that benchmark. Now, as users have flocked to the increasingly popular microblogging site, the

Universally Accessible Online Video Player Takes President Obama’s - Market Wire
NEW YORK, NY–(Marketwire - April 16, 2009) - With debates on national healthcare reform now underway, the Obama Administration is once again harnessing the power of online video to reach out to all Americans on this critically important issue, while

General12 Apr 2009 09:30 pm

Internet Download Manager 5.16 build 3 - ZDNet Australia
Internet Download Manager is a tool for increasing download speeds by up to 5 times, and for resuming, scheduling, and organizing downloads. The program will resume unfinished downloads due to network problems, or unexpected power outages. The

Lenovo gets into PMP game with touchscreen MRT800 - Crunchgear.com
PMPs are perhaps more popular on the other side of the Pacific, but they re picking up here among people who perhaps don t want to take up their phone or mp3 player s memory with a bunch of movies. Lenovo you probably associate with Thinkpads

Free FLV Converter 6.23 - CNET Asia
Get your favorite online videos easier than ever with this free software. You will be able to search videos without opening your browser and watch them using the built-in video player. This freeware can convert FLV files to AVI, iPod (MPEG4 or H.264

Convert M2TS, M2T, MTS HD/AVCHD Video Files To To Many Other Video And - 24-7PressRelease.com
4U Computing has released 4U M2TS Converter Version 1.6.8, a HD/AVCHD video converter for converting M2TS, MTS, M2T HD/AVCHD files to many other video and audio formats including AVI, MPEG, WMV, iPod/iPhone, PSP, 3GP, MP4, DivX, XviD and MP3

FIlling Every Bowl - Turkish Weekly
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Physicists discover important step for making light crystals (w/Videos - PhysOrg
Ohio State University researchers have developed a new strategy to overcome one of the major obstacles to a grand challenge in physics. What they’ve discovered could eventually aid high-temperature superconductivity, as well as the development of new

a spyware / virus free SWF FLV player exist? - Xbitlabs.com
I used to use SWF FLV player from Eltima software but apparently it’s got a powered keylogger built into it so it’s off the system. does anyone know of some safe alternatives that won’t try to steal data, passwords, so on and so forth. fricking BS

For cancer cells, genetics alone is poor indicator for drug response - PhysOrg
In certain respects, cells are less like machines and more like people. True, they have lots of components, but they also have lots of personality. For example, when specific groups of people are studied in aggregate (conservatives, liberals

Stories about: Intel - Australian PC World
The Toshiba Portege M800 (PPM81A-08S01S) is a fast and portable 13.3in laptop. It also has a bright pink chassis. While we aren’t fans of the notebook’s colour, people looking for a design that stands out may enjoy it. Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise

Wildform Releases Flair 5 - PR Newswire
LOS ANGELES, April 6 /PRNewswire/ — Wildform, Inc. today announced the release of Flair 5, a major upgrade to its award-winning multimedia presentation and rapid e-learning software. Key elements of the Flair 5 upgrade include: Easily bypass Flash’s

General08 Apr 2009 12:30 am

Internet Download Manager 5.16 build 3 - ZDNet Australia
Internet Download Manager is a tool for increasing download speeds by up to 5 times, and for resuming, scheduling, and organizing downloads. The program will resume unfinished downloads due to network problems, or unexpected power outages. The

Gutsy germs succumb to baby broccoli (w/Videos) - PhysOrg
It s baby broccoli sprouts - not these mature heads which Jed Fahey holds - that researchers found effective in fighting a bacteria that causes gastritis, ulcers, and stomach cancer. (PhysOrg.com) — A small, pilot study in 50 people in Japan

General06 Apr 2009 03:30 am

Will Google or Microsoft buy OnLive? - Techradar.com
OnLive’s cloud gaming technology was the talk of this years Games Developers Conference, with many games industry pundits finding it hard to believe such a server-based gaming system could work - technically or financially - in delivering high def

OnLive games service ‘will work’ - BBC Technology
The founder of online streaming games firm OnLive has defended the technology underpinning the service after accusations it was unworkable. Steve Perlman said criticisms had come from “people who have not even used the system”. OnLive turns games

When is my computer going to be outdated? - Toms Hardware
I bought this rig in early 2008, and I need to think about the future, when should I buy a new computer. This is my specs of my rig. Q6600, 3GB RAM, 500GB HDD, 8800GT, Blu-ray burner, 22′’ monitor, Creative Xtrememusic sound card, Z-5500 I’m mainly

Is OnLive too good to be true? Back-end hardware, encoding, latency - Ann Arbor News Blog
OnLive The OnLive Micro-console, which allows direct to TV gaming without a PC, and accompanying controller. Entrepreneur Steve Perlman dropped jaws last week in San Francisco, unveiling OnLive , a streaming game service that promises to do for video

Broadcast International Joins HP Developer and Solutions Partner - MSN MoneyCentral
Broadcast International BCST ( BI ) announced today that it has become a part of the HP Developer and Solution Partner Program (DSPP), the HP Communications, Media and Entertainment (CME) Partner Program and the HP BladeSystem Solution Builder

Cable Show 2009: C-SPAN To Start All-Digital Move - Multichannel Online
C-SPAN Networks this summer will start migrating to all-digital video distribution, using Motorola’s Digicipher-II video-encoding systems and satellite receivers. In June, C-SPAN will begin deploying Motorola’s modular uplink system and commercial

Motorola Takes C-SPAN All-Digital - Broadcasting Cable
Motorola will announce a major deal Tuesday to convert program distribution for public-affairs programmer C-SPAN from analog to digital, using a range of Motorola s Digicipher-II video encoding systems. The installation of the digital compression

General02 Apr 2009 11:30 am

Web Video Commercials Worth $734M in 08 - Newteevee.com
Digital video commercials accounted for 3 percent of U.S. Internet advertising revenue in 2008, according to a report released today by the IAB. The category brought in $734 million, up from $234 million in 2007. But that s just counting TV-like

PoconoRecord.com Introduces New Web Video Series With ‘Action Zone’ - PR Newswire
STROUDSBURG, Pa., March 31 /PRNewswire/ — The Pocono Record has launched ” Action Zone ,” a new online video segment on PoconoRecord.com that showcases an edgy, action sports story each Monday. “We created Action Zone to give coverage to alternative

TiVo’s Super Powers Revealed in Web Video - Advertising Age
What if a remote control with super powers fell from the sky? What if it fell into your hands? What if you pointed it at an annoying mime and froze him in a bid to preserve your sanity and the artistic sensibilities of all those around you? In this

New Research by Interactive Media Strategies Finds Use of Web Video - Market Wire
SAN FRANCISCO, CA–(Marketwire - April 1, 2009) - Web video is emerging as a key tool that helps businesses streamline communications and enhance productivity, according to a new report published by Interactive Media Strategies. Titled “Enhancing

Gawkk aims to be web video s Twitter - Venturebeat.com
Twitter became famous by posing the question, What are you doing? Gawkk , a short-form video sharing site, mimics that meme with a similar query: What are you watching? The New York-based site has announced its official launch as part of

New Research by Interactive Media Strategies Finds Use of Web Video - PR Inside
SAN FRANCISCO, CA — (Marketwire) — 04/01/09 — www.feedroom.com/page/online_video is emerging as a key tool that helps businesses streamline communications and enhance productivity, according to a new report published by Interactive Media

TubeMogul Gets $3M for Video Distribution - Newteevee.com
Web video distribution and measurement startup TubeMogul just emailed to say it raised $3 million in Series A funding from Trinity Ventures. The Emeryville, Calif.-based company has now raised a total of $5.2 million, including an earlier seed round

Video: Differentiating Web and TV - Tvweek.com
Is the bathroom verboten when it comes to watching online video? How do you actually pronounce user-generated content without sounding silly? And what s the secret sauce that makes Web video a different beast than TV? Daisy Whitney sent Lori

Gawkk aims to be Twitter for web video - Industry Standard
Twitter became famous by posing the question, What are you doing? Gawkk , a short-form video sharing site, mimics that meme with a similar query: What are you watching? The New York-based site has announced its launch as part of this