New slideshow option for home users
Christmas is coming and that means tons of digital photos will be taken. NewSoft is hoping to capitalize on the...
September 30, 2004
Geography test
Can you identify the Lower 48 states? Give it a try. [Via MetaFilter]...
September 29, 2004
Going all IP
Following up on last week's article looking at the state of IP-based videoconferencing, Mike Pihlman wrote in with some statistics...
September 28, 2004
Intranets.com adds Webconferencing features
Intranets.com today unveiled a number of enhancements to the Webconferencing piece of its collaboration offerings. The new updates include SSL...
September 28, 2004
Watch the XPrize space launch live
Want to watch SpaceShipOne's first private space flight for the $10 million ANSARI X PRIZE tomorrow (9/29) morning? You can...
September 28, 2004
Shirt folding how-to
I am bad at folding clothes, to the point where I throw them in the dryer for a few minutes...
September 28, 2004
Hockey "games" will be played
Don't fear hockey fans, all 1,230 NHL "games" will be played this season - virtually. G4techTV will play and show...
September 24, 2004
Is IP video here?
A bit delayed on this one, but I've got a story in this week's (9/20) issue of Network World looking...
September 24, 2004
New Fusion Radio program
We've posted a new edition of Network World Fusion Radio. This week's program looks at the results from Symantec's Internet...
September 24, 2004
Netflix, Warner Bros team up
Netflix and Warner Bros are in talks to pilot a movie-on-demand system that would allow customers to download movies and...
September 24, 2004
Baseball offers 99-cent best-of clips
Want to see a compilations of the best plays from the previous days' slate of Major League Baseball games? MLB.com...
September 24, 2004
Best use of Flash (this week)
A video of classic 80's games set to Jump. [Via our Cool Tools friend.]...
September 24, 2004
Another way to stream radio
Last year, I wrote about our experiment to get AM radio coverage in our building. Here's another take at the...
September 22, 2004
Flash Player 7 for Solaris
Macromedia has finally put out a version of Flash Player 7 for Solaris. It's been over a year since Flash...
September 21, 2004
Macromedia news: Breeze and Speedera hosting
Macromedia made a couple of announcements this week, one regarding Breeze pricing, the other a new hosting deal for Flash...
September 10, 2004
Macromedia warns of Breeze app sharing issue
Macromedia yesterday published a TechNote warning of a potential bug in the application sharing feature of Breeze. The bug can...
September 09, 2004
Wireless Firewire
The group that oversees the 1394 Firewire standard has given the nod of approval to WiMedia Alliance's (WMA) technology that...
September 09, 2004
Looking for Flash work?
Are you Flash developer looking for work? Head on over to the ActionScript.org employment section and register yourself. [Via Quasimodo]...
September 09, 2004
Windows Media Player 10 reviewed
Windows Media Player 10 is out. It's only available for XP. My primary machine runs Win2000, so I haven't gotten...
September 09, 2004
Real ends half-off promotion
RealNetworks has ended its 49-cent download promotion after 3 weeks and 3 million downloads. Real jumped into the number 2...
September 09, 2004
Slashdot Q&A with Rob Glaser
Slashdot is doing a sort of group interview with RealNetworks CEO Rob Glaser. A number if issues have been brought...
September 07, 2004
Getting satisfaction
This week's Network World Fusion Radio program looks at the results from The American Customer Satisfaction Index survey for the...
September 03, 2004
Netspoke adds video, recording tools
Web conferencing service provider Netspoke this week released two new features for its offering: one-way video streaming and the ability...
September 01, 2004
Sonexis adds managed service, hosting options
Sonexis, which until this week has sold customer premise gear for PSTN and VoIP Web conferencing, is getting into the...
September 01, 2004
Audioblog rant
In audio, naturally. I particularly enjoyed the speaker's spelling out of URLs. [Via MetaFilter]...
September 01, 2004
Cool paint
My wife and I are looking to repaint our dining and living rooms, maybe I can convice her to use...
September 01, 2004
What a deal!
Florida State is offering students a deal: They can get Apple iTunes for FREE and download songs for 99 cents!...
September 01, 2004
Good for the eye-hand coordination
Yikes, this one is hard. Ok, it's an ad for Pepsi, but still fun. [Via MetaFilter]...
August 31, 2004
Radio: Microsoft on Sender ID
We've got a new Network World Fusion Radio program posted. This week's show looks at Microsoft's take on Sender ID,...
August 26, 2004
Squeeze 4 shipping
Sorenson announced today that is has begun shipping the latest version of Squeeze, a media compression suite that supports all...
August 25, 2004
FVC delisted, signs deal with Big Blue
Good news and bad coming out of First Virtual Communications in recent days. On the bad news front, the company's...
August 25, 2004
BitTorrent how-to
I've written about the BitTorrent file sharing system in the past, but never a how-to on how it works from...
August 25, 2004
Make your own "film"
Pick your scene, characters, actions and names with this D.Films tool. [Via MetaFilter]...
August 24, 2004
RealNetworks touts discount download numbers
RealNetworks claims it has sold some 1 million songs in the first week of its 49-cent download promotion on Rhapsody....
August 24, 2004
TV Graphics
Ever wonder how they get those country icons in the swimming and running lanes during NBC's coverage of the Olympics?...
August 24, 2004
Flash video toolkit
Macromedia is making it easier for Dreamweaver users to implement Flash video in their projects with a new video toolkit....
August 19, 2004
Olympic playlists
RealNetworks' Rhapsody music service is running a free trial offer during the Olympics to get people to try the on-demand...
August 18, 2004
1/2 off songs at Real
In a publicity stunt designed to promote Harmony, the new software that allows non-iTunes downloaded music to be played on...
August 17, 2004
Voters have sense of humor
The presidential candidates may be trying to woo the undecided voter and directing potential supporters to their Web sites for...
August 17, 2004
Director MX 2004 video tutorials
Macromedia has posted a handful of video tutorials from lynda.com that cover some of the newer features in Director MX...
August 12, 2004
Radio: Windows Service Pack 2
This week's Network World Fusion Radio program looks at the impact that the newly releases Windows Service Pack 2 could...
August 12, 2004
Microsoft adds pricing options for Live Meeting
Microsoft is increasing the options customers have for purchasing its Live Meeting Web conferencing service. In addition to its current...
August 11, 2004
Raindance enhances security
Raindance Communication today rolled out a new version of its Raindance Meeting Edition featuring increased security options, new installation methods...
August 11, 2004
From the sky
Very cool aerial photography, complete with musical accompaniment. [Via kottke.org remainders]...
August 10, 2004
WiredRed releases an SDK
Webconferencing software provider WiredRed has released an XML-based SDK for its e/pop offering, allowing third-parties to rebrand and/or customize the...
August 06, 2004
Avistar adds IP to portfolio
Avistar, which makes a proprietary videoconferencing system designed more for intra-corporate use, is adding an IP desktop endpoint to its...
August 06, 2004
Radio: Wireless WAN access and the enterprise
We've posted a new Network World Fusion Radio program. This week's show deals with Wireless WAN access and features Becky...
August 06, 2004
Macromedia 'emerging' issues
Macromedia has published a few Tech Notes regarding "emerging issues" surrounding some updates for Director MX 2004, Fireworks MX 2004...
August 03, 2004
RealPlayer on Linux
Separate from the spat with Apple, Real did put out some genuine good news this week, announcing the Gold version...
August 03, 2004
Director books available
Macromedia has published a list reference books for those looking to delve more into Director MX 2004. Check the list...
August 03, 2004
Avaya buys Spectel
Avaya must be looking to expand its conferencing options. Today it announced it will scoop up Spectel, maker of audio...
August 03, 2004
Apple, Real tit-for-tat continues
The go 'round between Apple and Real over that latter's Harmony software for getting non-iTunes music (read: Music sold by...
August 03, 2004
Flash MX update available
There's a new update available for Flash MX 2004 and Flash MX Professional 2004. Version 7.2 is said to make...
July 29, 2004
DivX 5.2 out
There's a new version of the popular DivX compression tool available. Version 5.2 features better performance and increased language support....
July 29, 2004
Kasenna adds secure delivery
Kasenna this week launched a new Secure Video Delivery Network that allows content to be encrypted at the source and...
July 29, 2004
RealNetworks, Apple continue to spar
Apple is reacting to RealNetworks' new Harmony software which allows non-iTunes purchases songs to play on an iPod. Real is...
July 29, 2004
Be your own TV journalist
PlaNetwork Journal has a how-to on becoming your own broadcast (via the Internet) video journalist. According to them, all you...
July 29, 2004
Creator of BitTorrent on Radio
The subject of this week's Network World Fusion Radio program is BitTorrent and who better to talk about it than...
July 29, 2004
Bowling time
Gutterball 3D. There goes the last chance to get any work done today....
July 27, 2004
Very cool site
The American Museum of the Moving Image's new online "The Living Room Candidate: Presidential Campaign Commercials" is a very cool...
July 22, 2004
Polycom numbers up
We don't cover a lot of quarterly announcements in this space, but Polycom's numbers just came in and if they're...
July 22, 2004
New Radio program up
This week's Network World Fusion Radio program looks at telecommuting and how next week's Democratic National Convention in Boston is...
July 22, 2004
Thursday productivity killer
Office hoops. Catch the paper ball, then throw it into the trash can. Takes a while to load, but worth...
July 22, 2004
V-Span offers managed service
Wrote the story on Monday, but just haven't had time to blog here since I've been covering Layer 8 this...
July 21, 2004
Middle-of-the-week fun
The Peanut Game. [Note: the only way I found to "play again" is to refresh the browser window.]...
July 21, 2004
Software endpoint from Polycom?
During lunch today here at the Wainhouse show, the guy sitting next to me asked about Polycom's software-only endpoint. Oooohhh,...
July 15, 2004
Where's the love?
"I remember the first call I made on an IP phone, I called my wife. She wasn't all that impressed,...
July 15, 2004
I just want my e-mail
Rick McConnell, vice president and general manager of Cisco's Rich Media Communication division, had the anecdote of the day. He...
July 15, 2004
Stat of the day
IBM spends some $100 million per year on one-day business trips by employees. Part of the company's proposed IP videoconferencing...
July 15, 2004
A conferencing 'bloodbath'
What will conferencing look like in 10 months to a year? According to Andrew Davis, if you look at a...
July 15, 2004
iView Media Pro 2
Yesterday at MacWorld, I stopped by the iView Multimedia booth to take a look at its iView MediaPro 2 product,...
July 14, 2004
GarageBand class
Berkleemusic.com, the online extension of the prestigious Berklee School of Music, will begin offering an online course in GarageBand, Apple's...
July 14, 2004
Another battle: Polycom and Tandberg
The McDonald's/Burger King-like battle between Polycom and Tandberg continues with dueling big releases just a few days apart (actually, one...
July 12, 2004
BT chooses Live Meeting
BT, Britain's largest telecom provider, is partnering with Microsoft and it's Live Meeting division to offer Web conferencing services in...
July 12, 2004
VitalStream serves up live Flash
VitalStream can now serve up live Flash-based content. Now customers can choose Flash when delivering live events across the 'Net....
July 12, 2004
Getting Linux friendly
Real has signed RealPlayer distribution deals with Red Hat and Novell, which will see the Helix open-source version of the...
July 12, 2004
Video from beyond
Now this is a bit disturbing: Video screens for your tombstone. If people jump on board the concept and these...
July 12, 2004
Encrypting iChats
Apple's got a tool out called ChatBarrier X3 that encrypts two-way iChat conversations using a virtually unbreakable 512-bit key. Both...
July 12, 2004
Macromedia RSS feeds
Macromedia's got a slew of RSS feeds covering just about their entire product line. Good way of finding out about...
July 12, 2004
MP3s for all of Fusion Radio
All of our Network World Fusion Radio programs now have MP3s that can be downloaded and played on portable devices...
July 09, 2004
IM video relay service for the deaf
Now this is pretty cool: A company called Hands On Video Relay Service is offering free service for the deaf...
July 08, 2004
What's WiMAX?
Find out in this week's edition of Network World Fusion Radio....
July 08, 2004
Things you don't see every day
These two videos came across my desk today, both involving automobiles, both amazing for very different reasons. First, this Volvo...
July 06, 2004
Video at 35,000 feet
Nice publicity stunt by Apple: Pulling off an Internet-based videochat with one participant sitting in a Lufthansa jet traveling 500mph...
July 06, 2004
Insuring against e-business loss
While I am away on vacation this week (hence the lack of posting), the magic of content management allowed me...
June 29, 2004
It's Radio time
It's Thursday and that means another edition of Network World Fusion Radio is online. This week's guest is security expert...
June 24, 2004
Wash your audio
Background noise from air conditioners, lighting or tape hiss can be a nightmare for those creating audio presentations (or video...
June 22, 2004
Marketing at its best
NetSpoke is trying to make something good out of a potentially bad situation. Unless you believe the talking heads at...
June 22, 2004
Make 'muvees' on your mobile
The same company brought autoProducer is introducing similar technology to mobile phone users. muvee Technologies new muveeStyles application allows users...
June 22, 2004
Blade technology at Supercomm
Over in our Data Center Research Center (lot of centers there) blade server technology is a hot topic. A couple...
June 22, 2004
Now that's support
With all the tech support horror stories out there, I thought I'd pass along a good story for a change....
June 18, 2004
Who's winning?
Like scoreboard watching in sports, the big three streaming media companies (Apple, Microsoft and RealNetworks) like to keep track of...
June 18, 2004
New 'Radio' program available
Another edition of Network World Fusion Radio is available. This week my colleague Denise Dubie reports in from the HP...
June 17, 2004
Must of been the phase of the moon
This is exactly what I was thinking this weekend after puttering around with the now-free Home Media Option for my...
June 16, 2004
RealNetworks, Starz team
Another group is dipping its toes into the movie download business: RealNetworks and Starz have teamed up to deliver a...
June 16, 2004
Bug in RealPlayer
A flaw in most versions of RealPlayer (and RealOne player) could be exploited by an attacker to run malicious applications...
June 16, 2004
Squeeze 4 on the way
Sorenson Media this week began previewing the upcoming Squeeze 4 release, due out later this summer. The new release features...
June 11, 2004
SnagIt 7.1 available
A new update to the popular SnagIt screen capture utility with a number of new goodies is now available. Version...
June 11, 2004
Windows Media 9 reach grows
While Apple touts QuickTime's Growth (see yesterday's "250 million and counting" entry), Microsoft's Windows Media continues to grow as well....
June 11, 2004
Tandberg beefs up MCU offering
Holy MCU, Batman! Tandberg definitely has its sights on Polycom with the news coming out of InfoComm this week. First...
June 10, 2004
AOL IM voice/Web conferencing
AOL is making Instant Messenger more useful for business folks with new voice and Web conferencing options. Its new AIM...
June 10, 2004
PentaWare adds PDF capabilities
PentaWare is adding PDF conversion capabilities to its Swiss-Army-Knife-on-steroids file managment system, PentaSuite 7.1. This thing can read just about...
June 10, 2004
250 million and counting
No, not hamburgers sold at McDonald's - QuickTime 6 downloads, according to Apple. The number includes all QT 6 releases,...
June 10, 2004
Question of the day
Why can't they use this technology to help power a laptop? Battery life issues could become a thing of the...
June 10, 2004
Radvision and Sony team
Radvision and Sony have entered into an agreement that will have the latter reselling the Radvision's gateways, gatekeepers and MCUs...
June 10, 2004
IP conferencing discussed
This week's Network World Fusion Radio program features Frost & Sullivan analyst Jim Regan discussing IP conferencing trends. One interesting...
June 10, 2004
Macromedia and Speedera team
Macromedia and Speedera announced today that they've entered a partnership that will allow Speedera to host and serve Flash video...
June 08, 2004
News from InfoComm
Forgot to point to this yesterday, but I've got a story in this week's issue about news being made at...
June 08, 2004
Digital movie how-to
If you're a beginner wanting to learn how to capture and edit movies on your PC, this tutorial is for...
June 08, 2004
XP SP2 and Flash
Flash developers beware: The impending Windows XP Service Pack 2 release could have an impact on any existing Flash application...
June 07, 2004
Is H.323 dead?
While some may think the venerable H.323 conferencing standard is on its way out, User View columnist Chuck Yoke thinks...
June 07, 2004
Zap!
Here's an end-of-the-week challenge that's sure to frustrate! [Via MetaFilter]...
June 04, 2004
More Network World Fusion Radio
This week we talk with Illuminata analyst Tom Deane about which vendor - Dell, HP, IBM or Sun - offers...
June 03, 2004
SightSpeed 2.5 ships
SightSpeed has released another update for its flagship video chat product. SightSpeed Video Messenger 2.5 features improved video quality and...
June 01, 2004
WebEx enhances Training Center
In any line of work, training is one of the keys to employee happiness. WebEx is trying to help deliver...
June 01, 2004
VCON updates SecureConnect
Version 2.0 of VCON's SecureConnect firewall/NAT traversal was unveiled today. The new version features support for HD DualStream, which allows...
June 01, 2004
A look at H.323
SecurityFocus has published a paper that provides an overview of H.323 as it relates to voice over IP. The paper...
June 01, 2004
CitiGroup rolling out streaming media
Our sister publication ComputerWorld has a piece on CitiGroups rollout of streaming media to all its corporate desktops. The company...
May 28, 2004
Another NW Fusion Radio program
We've got another edition of Network World Fusion Radio online. This week's edition features Cathy Callagee, a vice president of...
May 27, 2004
Did you know?
Did you know that Juniper (via it's NetScreen/Neoteris acquisition) offers an appliance for Web conferencing and application sharing? They do....
May 26, 2004
VCON adds H.264 to desktop
Desktop videoconferencing users will soon be able to take advantage of the H.264 video compression specification (same quality, half the...
May 26, 2004
Titanic sequel
No, not the lame movie, but the expedition. Dr. Robert Ballard is making another trek out to explore the Titanic...
May 26, 2004
Streaming resources for educators
The University of Wisconsin has a great streaming media resource site for those interested in using the technology for teaching....
May 26, 2004
Looking up
Things are looking up for the videoconferencing industry if Wainhouse Research's latest numbers are any indication. Unit shipments for group...
May 24, 2004
All about testing
Literally. We've got two new presentations online that look at the ins and outs of testing various technologies. Joel Snyder...
May 21, 2004
Joel Snyder talks about SIP
We've got another edition of Network World Fusion Radio online feature Lab Alliance member Joel Snyder. He sat down with...
May 20, 2004
Tandberg acquires Ridgeway
Tandberg made a nice pickup today, acquiring Ridgeway Systems for $16 million plus other considerations. Ridgeway makes equipment to help...
May 19, 2004
Record streamed music
Like the old days of using a cassette recorder to tape songs off the radio, Applian Technologies' Replay Music can...
May 19, 2004
Wildform updated Flix Pro
For those doing a lot of Flash video encoding, Wildform's new Flix Pro 4 may be worth a gander. In...
May 19, 2004
Web conferencing numbers
Wainhouse Research's first WebMetrics reports shows a shift coming in the way Web conferencing is administered and maintained in the...
May 18, 2004
Wish I had one of these
Last week at Networld+Interop, I shot two 45-minute video segments will be combined with slide presentations and posted online. The...
May 18, 2004
VCON adds WebEx to audio product
The upcoming version 6.5 release of VCON's IGC 2000 audio conferencing bridge will feature integration with WebEx's Meeting Center service...
May 18, 2004
Wired Red adds remote control feature
My first impression when I saw the subject line of Wired Red's announcement was a new TV remote device for...
May 18, 2004
Deep sea exploration
Those interested in the ocean can watch a parts of a 17-day expedition to explore the New England Seamount Chain...
May 18, 2004
Mavix tackles surveillance with MPEG4
Mavix is using MPEG4 technology to help move surveillance applications into the 21st century. The company's MediaRacer 100 is a...
May 17, 2004
Easy green screen
Jason Zada raves about a green screen technology called "Chromatte"....
May 17, 2004
DIY Home Theater
The New York Times has a piece about building a home theater on a budget (in this case, $3,000). One...
May 17, 2004
IVT adds SSL support
Interactive Video Technologies (IVT) announced it will add support for SSL encryption in version 3.1 of its MediaPlatform service for...
May 12, 2004
Polycom in the news
Polycom generated some news this week. First the company released its new V500 set-top appliance targeted at the SMB market....
May 12, 2004
Microsoft and MCI team, again
You may have seen the news coming out of Networld+Interop that Microsoft and MCI have signed an agreement making Office...
May 12, 2004
Another mini-showdown
We've got today's mini-showdown on "The New Data Center" from Networld+Interop up and running. Representatives from NetScaler and Redlines slug...
May 12, 2004
Streaming news quality up
Keynote Systems is reporting that the level of reliability and quality for the major streaming media news services (ABCNEWS, BBC...
May 12, 2004
It's back!
Apple nemesis PlayFair, the software that helps create DRM-free versions of song files downloaded from iTunes, is back on a...
May 12, 2004
Security Mini-Showdown
Blogging has been light as of late because I am in Las Vegas helping cover Networld+Interop, the annual networking confab....
May 12, 2004
Not a fan of Real
Compendium has an item about a guy who's keeping the new RealPlayer 10 on his "no" list because of its...
May 07, 2004
Flash movie Friday
Hey Hey 16K: A musical look back at the old-days of computing. [Via Gizmodo]...
May 07, 2004
New feature
We've got a new feature on our site: Network World Fusion Radio, hosted by yours truly. Our goal is to...
May 06, 2004
Ulead VideoStudio 8 available
Ulead is now shipping VideoStudio 8, featuring new visual and audio effects, filters and more. Ulead has also improved its...
May 06, 2004
muvee adds new stylePack
muvee Technologies is offering add-a new Pro Classic stylePack, a set of 24 professional video styles that can be used...
May 06, 2004
IPIX adds Shockwave support
Another item that fell through the cracks but is still worth mentioning: IPIX InfoMedia, the company that brings you 360-degree...
May 06, 2004
Anystream adds AOL format
This item sort of slipped through the crack that is my e-mail inbox: Anystream has added support for the AOL...
May 06, 2004
Real's revenue up
Catching up from my vacation last week, I see that Real had some good news/bad news financial results. First with...
May 04, 2004
Interesting search results
I was using Google to get a list of Glowpoint competitors and came across these interesting search results (see "QUESTIONS...
May 04, 2004
iTunes Pepsi giveaway fizzles
Looks like Apple's plans to give away 100 million free iTunes music downloads in specially-marked cans of Pepsi came in...
May 04, 2004
Die Clippy!
Are you fed up with the Microsoft Office "Clippy" feature? This video is for you. (Contains profanity... you've been warned.)...
May 04, 2004
Apple patches QuickTime player
Version 6.5.1of the Apple QuickTime player is now available for download. The new release fixes a flaw that could be...
May 03, 2004
Flaw in Helix Universal Server
Security consultants at iDefense are warning of a denial-of-service vulnerability in the RealNetworks Helix Universal Server. The server does not...
April 26, 2004
ESPN, the NFL draft, Glowpoint and Polycom
ESPN will again use videoconferencing technology for its coverage of this weekend's NFL Draft. The network has teamed with Glowpoint...
April 23, 2004
Home theater PCs
GamePC has a do-it-yourself guide to building a home theater PC. Looks pretty straightforward if you've got some time and...
April 23, 2004
The Doogie Houser of technology
Stumbled on this article profiling Alan Lippman, one of the brains behind the early RealNetworks technology, and was amazed to...
April 22, 2004
Skateboarding dog
Dogs don't learn this in Doggy School. (Link is a Windows Media file) [Via Dave Barry's Weblog]...
April 22, 2004
More productivity drain
The same editor that sent over the link to the Peeps game has just sent over this: The Kill Bill...
April 22, 2004
RSS and video
Phil Torrone's got a video-enabled RSS feed with some interesting projects he's done. Maybe if I had his "Geek Gym"...
April 21, 2004
Adobe Encode DVD book
For those that want to get the most out of Adobe Encore DVD, there's a new book available from Elsevier:...
April 21, 2004
Tax invaders
I don't want to get into a political debate, but this is funny. [Via Dave Barry's Weblog]...
April 21, 2004
Polycom adds to VSX line
Polycom's got a new, but expensive, desktop gizmo targeted at the executive-level desktop. The new VSX3000 (view image) includes a...
April 20, 2004
RealNetworks news
RealNetworks made three announcements at NAB today, the most significant being the final release of RealProducer Plus 10 and an...
April 20, 2004
Savvis launches CDN services
Savvis announced this week at NAB that it is launching expanded CDN services such as content delivery, streaming media production...
April 20, 2004
New software decoder available
Media Excel is marketing a new software decoder capable of recieving MPEG-2, MPEG-4, and H.264 encoded content. The company's SoftStream...
April 20, 2004
Megisto targers mobile operators
Megisto has launched its Mobile Services Delivery System (MSDS) for mobile operators looking to capitalize on streaming media to mobile...
April 20, 2004
Cameraphones and surf
Maui anytime of year is nice. Here's a business excuse for going: the C-Summit, dedicated to Cameraphone technology and uses,...
April 20, 2004
China shows big growth
Wainhouse Research says China is one of the fastest growing countries when it comes to revenue from IP videoconferencing, jumping...
April 20, 2004
Jobs to Glaser: No deal
Looks like RealNetworks' Rob Glaser's attempts to have lunch and discuss opening up the iPod platform with Apple's Steve Jobs...
April 16, 2004
World Wide Panorama shoot
To celebrate the spring Equinox, 170 photographers spread across 39 countries to virtual reality photos of various subjects as part...
April 16, 2004
Windows' sound spectacular
Who knew the standard Windows sound files could be so fun? [Via GMSV]...
April 16, 2004
Windows Media on Linux debate continues
There's some debate on which versions of Windows Media mPlayer for Linux supports. Looks like to get the latest codecs,...
April 16, 2004
Friday fun
Peeps in outer space! An Easter twist on Asteroids and Space Invaders. Play here....
April 16, 2004
Apple and Real?
The New York Times is reporting that RealNetworks has made overtures to Apple to get the latter to open up...
April 15, 2004
Windows Media on non-Windows
My entry yesterday about Starbak's Windows Media-compatible client for Linux and Solaris brought a response from Ryan Skadberg over at...
April 15, 2004
Capture TV video to your hard drive
The NY Times' J.D. Biersdorfer takes a look at the new AVerMedia UltraTV USB 300 External TV Tuner, which allows...
April 15, 2004
SealedMedia 3.2 DRM system available
Digital rights management software provider SealedMedia has released version 3.2 of its namesake product. While targeted more at enterprise document...
April 15, 2004
Rear seat entertainment
No, not that kind of entertainment.... audio and video. XM Radio is investing in Digital Fountain's file delivery technology with...
April 15, 2004
Windows Media on Linux and Unix?
Was that a pig flying over the reservoir across the street from Network World HQ? Maybe so. Starbak says it...
April 14, 2004
RealNetworks road show
Got a post card in the office mailbox today touting RealNetworks' Worldwide Seminar Series: Real invites you and your colleagues...
April 14, 2004
An interview with a legend
Scientific America recently sat down with Leonardo Chiariglione, the founder of the Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG) and a key...
April 14, 2004
ContentGuard DRM SDK available
ContentGuard is delivering a software development kit for ISVs that want to add MPEG Rights Expression Language (REL) to their...
April 14, 2004
Sand Video acquired
Chipmaker Broadcom recently scooped up Sand Video, which makes video compression chips, for $77.5 million - a nice return on...
April 14, 2004
Is MPEG-4 dead?
eMediaLive's Jan Ozer thinks MPEG-4's days are numbered: I've been down on MPEG-4 for a while now, despite my respect...
April 12, 2004
Video blogging getting recognition
Time magazine this week has a piece on videobloggers that are taking personal journals to the next level. [Via Boston...
April 12, 2004
Security flaw in Winamp
NGSSoftware is reporting a flaw in the way the popular Nullsoft Winamp loads certain metafiles could be exploited by an...
April 11, 2004
Player flaw patched
RealNetworks has released an update for RealPlayer 8, RealOne Player, RealOne Player v2 for Windows that fixes a buffer overflow...
April 09, 2004
PlayFair code relocated to India
The PlayFair DRM-cracking code for iTunes has been removed from SourceForge but is available on a server in India. Sounds...
April 09, 2004
The $14 Steadycam
This is pretty cool: A how-to for building your own Steadycam and cheap too. [Via MetaFilter]...
April 09, 2004
Software-based H.323 conferencing
My recent article "Video collaboration still slow to take off" resulted in a company contacting me with a solution to...
April 08, 2004
Real getting friendlier?
RealNetworks seems to be getting a lot of press recently, none of it too great even as it rolls out...
April 08, 2004
Does the EU ruling help Real?
RealNetworks CEO Rob Glaser says the recent European Union anti-trust ruling against Microsoft will help his company win its private...
April 07, 2004
DST TVS video wall server
DST Media unveiled its TVS video wall server for displaying up to 8 different videoconference participants on separate video screens....
April 07, 2004
Microsoft videophones
EnGadget's got the scoop on Microsoft's videophones that were on display a last week's VON conference in Santa Clara, Calif....
April 07, 2004
Digital media in 2010
The IBM Institute for Business Value predicts that the way consumers will view and interact with digital media - especially...
April 07, 2004
iTunes DRM cracked
A group has cracked the digital rights management scheme that's used to protect files downloaded from Apple's iTunes music service....
April 06, 2004
Real: Ouch, my foot
Techdirt looks at the reasons why RealNetworks may have shot itself in the foot when it comes to its battles...
April 06, 2004
Big pipes needed
MSNBC's got a story on how the movie download business is improving, but still far from perfect. First, you need...
April 06, 2004
Microsoft launches Channel 9
Five guys at Microsoft have launched Channel 9, a new forum/community/Weblog that uses video to dig into the inner workings...
April 06, 2004
IVT, Akamai partner
Interactive Video Technologies (IVT) today launched a new component to its MediaPlatform 3.0 that allows for presenters to use the...
April 06, 2004
Share it for $30 per year
Encounter Collaborative recently launched ShareItNow, a new Web conferencing service that charges only $30 per year for unlimited one-to-one conferences...
April 06, 2004
Look ma, no wires
Lucent is going after the 3G multimedia world with its Accelerate IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS), which combines gear from partners...
April 06, 2004
Kasenna adds vForge and vFusion
Kasenna this week added two new products designed to tie their MPEG hardware together with other applications: vForge and vFusion....
April 05, 2004
Web conferencing users needed
How is Web Conferencing being used? What are the most important features? Which are the most popular brands? Take a...
March 31, 2004
DV to MPEG "instantly"
CyberLink unveiled a new technology that coverts DV directly into the MPEG, saving the step of having to go from...
March 31, 2004
Companies get behind MPEG REL
Twenty-four companies from the world of entertainment, consumer electronics and technology today pledged support for the new MPEG Rights Expression...
March 31, 2004
Onfolio rocks
Okay, this doesn't quite fall into "multimedia", but we all use the Web for research and I had to share...
March 30, 2004
Video and the remote worker
Tooting my own horn, I've got a story in this week's Net.Worker section of Network World that looks at the...
March 30, 2004
Catching up with Polycom
Polycom's made some news the past couple weeks in the audio and service provider space. Reaping the rewards of its...
March 30, 2004
Sonexis adds wideband audio
Sonexis is adding support for wideband phones to its ConferenceManager audio/web conferencing system. The new version, ConferenceManager WB, will be...
March 30, 2004
No translation
The porn industry has been credited with bringing along many advances in Web technology - from e-commerce to streaming. Somehow,...
March 30, 2004
Apple aims QuickTime at mobile users
Apple is looking to push QuickTime and MPEG-4 (based on the former) encoded content out to mobile users via its...
March 25, 2004
Cisco and IVT partner
Cisco is taking advantage of its in-house streaming experts and years its put in to building its own internal streaming...
March 25, 2004
VCON upgrades available
VCON this week released software updates for its Media Xchange ManagerTM (MXM), VCB 2000, and Conference Moderator products. MXM 4.1...
March 25, 2004
RSS and BitTorrent collide
Interesting concept being floated around the blogosphere: Combining the power of RSS aggregation with the BitTorrent download system to more...
March 25, 2004
MP3 surround sound?
Ars Technica reports the Fraunhofer Institute is going to add surround sound capability to the venerable MP3 format to better...
March 25, 2004
The writing was on the wall
After Real said it was suing a division of Major League Baseball over who has the rights to stream baseball...
March 25, 2004
Can RealNetworks survive?
The New York Times looks at the question in today's edition. The subscription model seems to be paying, but will...
March 22, 2004
H.350 update
Over the past couple months, videoconferencing vendors have been slowly rolling out support for the H.350 LDAP schema for storing...
March 22, 2004
American Idol's scourge on networks
WebSense, the company that builds employee Internet management systems (i.e. stop looking at your NCAA brackets and get back to...
March 22, 2004
Sunday comics
Excellent Fox Trot comic yesterday in the Sunday papers. Check it out here....
March 22, 2004
That's a lot of photos
Rob Gailbrath Digital Photography Insights has a great inside look at the photo intake process at Sports Illustrated from the...
March 19, 2004
No DRM download service
For those into independent music, there's a new download service that sells songs for 99 cents and places no digtial...
March 19, 2004
Using video in Flash
If you're looking to integrate video into your Flash application, this whitepaper from Macromedia is a good place to start....
March 17, 2004
Flash matures
If you happen to peruse this week's edition of Network World you'll see a story by yours truly entitled "Flash:...
March 16, 2004
Live NCAA basketball
Corporate T-1 lines are going to be saturated Thursday and Friday. The NCAA is offering live video feeds of the...
March 16, 2004
Web turning into TV
According to an article on the BBC's Web site, TV-style Internet ads are on the rise as marketers are buoyed...
March 15, 2004
Piano lessons over video
While videoconferencing technology is not close enough to real-time to play a duet, it is being used for remote Piano...
March 15, 2004
A multi-codec codec?
This one slipped through the cracks most of the week: I did a story in this week's print edition on...
March 12, 2004
Radvision updates gatekeeper
Radvision this week announced version 3.5 of its Enhanced Communications Server (ECS) gateway. Among the highlights of the new release...
March 12, 2004
Miscellaneous Fusion content
Couple of audio/video bits available around Fusion that have gone up in the past couple weeks: My colleague Sandra Gittlen...
March 12, 2004
H.350 workshop
The Video Development Initiative (ViDe) is putting on a one day workshop on the H.350 LDAP directory schema. H.350 allows...
March 12, 2004
Microsoft teams to provide mobile video
Looking to extend its format reach to all ends of the Earth, Microsoft is working with TWI Interactive to provide...
March 11, 2004
Scooby-Doo
Big fan of Scooby-Doo? Now you can get a Scooby-Doo skin for your Windows Media Player, part of a promotion...
March 11, 2004
Real goes to bat in court
RealNetworks is heading to court again. This time it's suing a division of Major League Baseball for what it claim...
March 11, 2004
Every town should have this guy
Madison, Wisconsin resident Jim Zellmer has a real interest in his local politics, especially the upcoming school board elections. He's...
March 10, 2004
Cool use of Flash
Kartoo is a search engine that graphically illustrates results and their relationship using Flash. Not sure of the history of...
March 10, 2004
NetMeeting out of this world
Microsoft may be putting NetMeeting out to pasture, but NASA is putting it in outer space to help International Space...
March 10, 2004
Live concert recordings
My wife and I attended the Barenaked Ladies show last week in nearby Manchester, NH and while waiting for them...
March 10, 2004
Virgin to open online music store
The music download business continues to get crowded. Virgin says it will join the fray this summer with a new...
March 10, 2004
Not a Real fan
Tomas Jogin is not a fan of the RealNetworks player (be it RealPlayer 10 or RealOne): The one application that...
March 09, 2004
Catching up with the 405
One of the best short films ever made is 405. The product of two guys and some computer-generated graphics (on...
March 09, 2004
Flash development on Linux?
Macromedia's Kevin Lynch told the crowd at FlashWorld that his company is developing a Linux version of the Flash MX...
March 08, 2004
Rob Glaser Q&A
The San Jose Mercury News' Dawn Chmielewski interviewed RealNetworks Chairman and CEO Rob Glaser last week. Her Q&A published today...
March 08, 2004
Apocalypse Now - the short version
Never saw Apocalypse Now? Watch the 30-second version, re-enacted by bunnies. [Via GMSV]...
March 08, 2004
Scripting headaches
After posting the Basic Wireless LAN Security audio primer last Sunday night, I realized during testing that the scripting method...
March 05, 2004
'Scrubs' edited with FinalCut Pro
One of my favorite television shows, NBC's Scrubs, is edited entirely with Apple's FinalCut Pro software, the first network series...
March 05, 2004
Secure streaming spec released
The Internet Streaming Media Alliance (ISMA) this week released its first Encryption and Authentication Specification, a framework for delivering streaming...
March 05, 2004
Friday diversion
It's the end of the week, so test your skills with this subtly entertaining game....
March 05, 2004
A look at MobiTV
There's been a lot of hype around MobiTV, a new service/application that delivers live television to certain models of Sprint...
March 04, 2004
DRM in the news
There's a couple pieces of digital rights management news this week as HP announced its working on DRM scheme for...
March 04, 2004
ViewCentral enhances WebEx integration
ViewCentral, a service for managing meetings both on and offline, has strengthened its relationship with WebEx by adding integration for...
March 04, 2004
Free Webconferencing
Starting yesterday, the first 500 customers that sign up for the Macromedia Breeze service will get to use it for...
March 02, 2004
Re-mastering songs on iTunes
Octiv last week announced Volume Logic for Windows, a "digital re-mastering plug-in available for the Apple iTunes player". What's it...
March 02, 2004
RoboHelp now supports Word 2003
For those that use Macromedia RoboHelp X5 and have Word 2003 installed there's good news: The two products are now...
March 02, 2004
Wireless LAN security
A new audio primer is now available for your listening pleasure: Basic Wireless LAN Security. In it we cover the...
March 01, 2004
All in the family
I was checking out ABC.com to see what time the Oscar broadcast started this evening when I noticed they offer...
February 29, 2004
Airlines paranoid?
A United Airlines ad running in Time magazine proclaims "You can't participate in life via conference call." Think the airlines...
February 27, 2004
FVC, NetScaler partner
First Virtual Communications and NetScaler announced a partnership with week at the RSA Conference that will eventually allow FVC Click...
February 26, 2004
Intranets.com adds conferencing
Intranets.com customers can count audio and Web conferencing among the tools at their disposal. For about $100 a month, customers...
February 26, 2004
Disney licenses with Acacia
This is not a good sign for those that believe Acacia is late to the party on its streaming media...
February 26, 2004
Wednesday distraction
Fly swatter. Make sure your sound is turned on....
February 25, 2004
Elluminate unveils Live! version 5
Elluminate is hoping to remove the telephone from the Web conferencing equation with the release of Elluminate Live version 5,...
February 24, 2004
VCON integrates WebEx
VCON and WebEx announced a partnership today that will allow users of VCON's IGC 2000 audio conferencing bridge to launch...
February 24, 2004
Radvision and 3G
At the 3GSM World Congress, Radvision announced it is expanding its reach in the 3G cellular market with its new...
February 24, 2004
All about MPEG-7
The folks at MetaFilter (one of my favorite community blogs) recently discussed the impending MPEG-7 standard. They focused more on...
February 24, 2004
Polycom WebOffice upgrade
This one slipped through the proverbial crack last week: Polycom introduced version 6.0 of its WebOffice personal conferencing portal. The...
February 24, 2004
Intel wants global DRM
Intel chief Craig Barrett has called for a global DRM system that allows consumers to flexibly use content to suit...
February 24, 2004
The salvos continue
The Microsoft-RealNetworks battle is back in the news after Microsoft filed a legal brief saying denying it used its desktop...
February 24, 2004
Annoying yet intriguing
The latest Quiznos' commercial is both annoying and intriguing at the same time. Watch it here. You may have to...
February 24, 2004
The trend continues
Not surprising, streaming media usage continues to grow at rapid pace in 2003, according to new research report from AccuStream...
February 19, 2004
Funniest home videos
USB Webcams can be handy little things to have. Yesterday I managed to capture my dog Henry (a Pug-Boston Terrier...
February 19, 2004
Gearhead looks at Flash
Over the past couple weeks Network World's Gearhead took a look at Flash and how it can be used in...
February 19, 2004
Is a videophone in your future?
The New York Times' David Pogue tests out the Viseon VisiFone: But here's Strike Two, otherwise known as the First...
February 19, 2004
Video telephony from Cisco and Tandberg
Cisco released a major update to its CallManager (IP PBX) product that will allow end users to make a video...
February 18, 2004
AIM and video
The good news is the latest version of AOL Instant Messenger (version 5.5) has video capability. The bad news is...
February 18, 2004
New MCU to debut next week
Codian, a U.K.-based start-up, is unveiling its new MCU next week at the Video Conference Summit in New York. The...
February 17, 2004
ViewCentral adds replay
At Demo 2004, ViewCentral demonstrated its new Replay Service for managing and tracking usage of recorded Web conferences and other...
February 17, 2004
iPod mini ships this week
The much hyped debut of the iPod mini is fast approaching. Apple says the 3.6 ounce, 4GB player will be...
February 17, 2004
VCON back in the game
VCON is getting back in the group videoconferencing game with a splash, introducing two new endpoints this week that are...
February 13, 2004
Director MX 2004 available
Macromedia is now shipping Director MX 2004 featuring the ability to use JavaScript to code events and interactions between components....
February 13, 2004
Stream your wedding
The folks at WeddingDVD.com are now offering to put your video online so everyone can share in the fun. The...
February 13, 2004
Pepsi Gladiator ad
There was a lot of hype about Pepsi's Gladiator ad featuring Britney Spears, Beyonce and Pink, but it never appeared...
February 12, 2004
Wednesday diversion
Throw rocks at boys. [Via Dave Barry's Weblog]...
February 11, 2004
Making presentations a Breeze
Macromedia has released its first major enhancement of Breeze since it acquired the technology when it scooped up Presedia just...
February 10, 2004
Microsoft, Disney ink DRM deal
Disney may have been spurned by Pixar, but this week it announced a "long-term" deabl with Microsoft to work on...
February 09, 2004
Cablevision users get RealArcade
Subscribers to Cablevision's Optimum Online broadband service now have free access to RealNetworks RealArcade service, which has over 180 downloadable...
February 09, 2004
A fool is born everyday
If you want to blow 99 cents on nothing, there's nine tunes available on iTunes that offer pure silence. [Via...
February 08, 2004
Flaw in RealOne Player
NGSSoftware is warning of a flaw in RealOne Player could be exploited to run arbitrary code on the affected user's...
February 06, 2004
Pepsi-iTunes parody
The file traders fight back: "We're not going to take it!"...
February 06, 2004
Camera phones and TV news
According a Forbes article, the BBC is arming its reporters and producers with video-enabled cell phones for capturing breaking news:...
February 06, 2004
How search engines are related
The Search Engine Relationship Chart uses a Flash application to show how each of the major search engines receives information...
February 04, 2004
Virtual knee surgery
Don't have the stomach to be a real orthopedic surgeon? Give this handy Flash application a try. (Beware, the surgery...
February 04, 2004
Apple GarageBand reviewed
Ars Technica reviews Apple's GarageBand, a music creation application that's part of the iLife suite: GarageBand has many endearing qualities....
February 04, 2004
The adventure begins
One of my resolutions for 2004 is to learn to build Flash applications - nothing as a fancy as database-driven...
February 03, 2004
Making a switch
Click and Clack, the voices of the popular CarTalk radio program, are making a switch. No, not from Windows to...
February 03, 2004
New DRM standard for mobile devices
The Open Mobile Alliance (OMA) this week announced a new standard dubbed DRM 2.0 Enabler Release for protecting digital music,...
February 03, 2004
CIO roundtable
Our own John Gallant hosted a CIO roundtable at the recent ComNet show with Amtrak's Bob Galey and George Washington...
February 02, 2004
Live Communications Server reviewed
This week in Network World, Travis Berkley reviews Microsoft's Live Communications Server 2003: We recently tested LCS and found it...
February 02, 2004
Super Bowl ads
As a Patriots fans (as in the World Champion New England Patriots) I was a little too involved in the...
February 02, 2004
Sony debuts new endpoint
Sony, number three in the group video endpoint market behind Polycom and Tandberg, today announced the PCS-11, a videoconferencing endpoint...
January 29, 2004
VCON to add H.264
VCON announced todday it will be adding H.264 support in its vPoint software-only video endpoint sometime in the second quarter...
January 29, 2004
Wes Clark video blog
While doing some research on video blogs, I stumbled across the "New Hampshire Video Blog" on Wesley Clark's campaign Web...
January 28, 2004
Mid-week fun
A Network World colleague sent this simple-yet-addictive Flash game around this afternoon. My longest hit was 1200....
January 28, 2004
Polycom, Tandberg make enhancements
Yesterday brought news from fierce competitors Tandberg and Polycom regarding new updates, features and options for their respective line of...
January 27, 2004
Keynote adds QuickTime support
Keynote Systems says it can now measure the performance of QuickTime audio/video streams with its Streaming Perspective monitoring service. The...
January 27, 2004
Bad move, RIAA
BusinessWeek Online's Alex Salkever says the recent filing of 532 lawsuits by the RIAA against alleged file swappers could do...
January 27, 2004
RealNetworks acquires GameHouse
RealNetworks is expanding its reach into the downloadable games market by scooping up GameHouse for $35.6 million in cash and...
January 26, 2004
Making lemonade out of lemons
As part of its kick off to offer 100 million free iTunes downloads to its customers, Pepsi will use 20...
January 26, 2004
Wainhouse white papers
My friends at Wainhouse Research have recently published two new white papers dealing with various aspects of a videoconference deployment....
January 22, 2004
Live concert recordings online
Today's New York Times has a great story on how some bands are making money from posting their live shows...
January 22, 2004
SightSpeed 2.0
SightSpeed this week released version 2.0 of its Internet video chat application and it is slick. Chief among the highlights...
January 21, 2004
It was only a matter of time
Coming to popular Web site near you: Video ads. Geek.com is reporting that a company called Unicast is working with...
January 21, 2004
RoboHelp X5 debuts
Macromedia is reaping the benefits of its December acquisition of eHelp with yesterday's release of RoboHelp X5 and RoboInfo 5.0....
January 21, 2004
Optibase MoveMaker 400 available
When I wrote about Optibase's new MPEG-4 encoder hardware back in the fall I was under the impression that is...
January 21, 2004
Shop for music somewhere else
Microsoft is changing the default "Shop for Music Online" feature in Windows XP so that it pops up the default...
January 16, 2004
Microsoft adds independent films
As part of its splash at the Sundance Film Festival, Microsoft announced a new area in its WindowsMedia.com site dedicated...
January 16, 2004
SnapStream PVR
BetaNews takes a look at the new SnapStream personal video recorder for the PC. It brings TiVo/ReplayTV functionality to the...
January 16, 2004
H.323 vulnerability
CERT issued an alert today warning of multiple vulnerabilities in various implementations of the H.323 protocol, the basis for IP...
January 14, 2004
OTC Wireless does do video
Looks like there was some confusion in my mention of the OTC Wireless WiJet wireless connector last week. I said...
January 14, 2004
Snowboard in style
A new snowboarding jacket from O'Neill will feature a built-in MP3 player and Bluetooth module for connecting to a mobile...
January 14, 2004
iPods and WMA: Not so fast
Looks like my entry from yesterday about the Windows Media on iPod rumor may be a bit premature, according to...
January 14, 2004
QuickTime 6.5 out
Missed this announcement over the holiday break, but a promotional e-mail reminder from Apple late last week reminded users that...
January 13, 2004
Rich media ads grow
A good thing if you're a marketer and bad if you hate those video ads in AOL Instant Messenger recent...
January 13, 2004
iPod and Windows Media?
Yesterday's GMSV newsletter reported a rumor that the HP/Apple deal to sell OEMed iPods under the HP brand could also...
January 13, 2004
More media players coming
News out of CES is that HP and Apple have formed an alliance to offer iTunes to HP's PC and...
January 08, 2004
Wireless Media Center Extender
Bill Gates' CES keynote may have been short on innovations, but Microsoft's Windows Media Center Extender sounds pretty cool. It...
January 08, 2004
Pinnacle Studio 9
Pinnacle Systems took the wraps off Pinnacle Studio 9 yesterday, beefing up an already strong product. Among the highlights of...
January 08, 2004
Wireless projector
Set yourself free when giving a presentation that involves a projector with OTC Wireless' WiJET, an 802.11b adapter that plugs...
January 08, 2004
Real hits 10
RealNetworks is celebrating its 10th anniversary with a bang. Today the company announced a new music store (as expected), a...
January 07, 2004
Got to get an 'iLife'
Most of the buzz out of MacWorld yesterday centered around the new iPod mini (a 4 gigabyte player that comes...
January 07, 2004
GlowPoint offers "All you can see"
GlowPoint (formerly WireOne) is now offering unlimited videoconferencing calling plans starting at $499 per month. The flat fee applies to...
January 07, 2004
Dear MPAA
Wired Editor-in-Chief Chris Anderson pens a "letter" to the next head of the Motion Picture Association pleading them to embrace...
January 07, 2004
Etch-a-Sketch fun
No need for shaking to clear this Etch-a-Sketch, just hit the space bar. [Via MetaFilter]...
January 07, 2004
Real to launch pay-per-download service
Published reports say RealNetworks will announce this week at CES that it is joining the music download fray with its...
January 06, 2004
Group pushing DRM at CES
A group of technology companies this week will start unveiling a new system for protecting digital content, including music and...
January 06, 2004
Red Sox humor
A little Flash animation for you Red Sox fans out there counting the days 'til Spring Training....
January 06, 2004
Macromedia unveils Director MX 2004
Macromedia today announced the newest version of its multimedia authoring tool, Director MX 2004. The new release, due out in...
January 05, 2004
Where did all the song traders go?
According to recent Pew Internet Project survey, the number illegal song downloaders has plummeted since the RIAA began filing lawsuits...
January 05, 2004
Discreet releases combustion 3 for Mac
Discreet is using this week's MacWorld show to unveil its combustion 3 visual effects and 3D compositing software for the...
January 05, 2004
Who dictates the format?
In RealNetworks' suit of Microsoft, Real is claiming Microsoft is using its monopoly operating system position to force its media...
December 29, 2003
Holy zip codes
This Java app narrows down the location of a zip code as each number is typed in. [Via MetaFilter]...
December 29, 2003
Happy Holidays
Network World is closing down for the week of Christmas, so you won't see us posting again until 12/29. Have...
December 19, 2003
Using Pinnacle Studio 8
I just finished (at 4 this morning) my first major project using Pinnacle Systems Studio 8 editing tool and I...
December 19, 2003
Real suing Microsoft
The digital media war is getting ugly. Real is suing Microsoft, accusing the software giant of having a monopoly over...
December 19, 2003
New AtomFilms "High Def"
AtomFilms has a new high-definition viewing service that downloads near DVD-quality videos to your desktop and allows you to play...
December 19, 2003
WiredRed's new e/pop Web Conferencing
Another project has had me waist-deep in video all week and I forgot to post this tidbit about WiredRed's new...
December 19, 2003
