December 2007
49 posts
Wal-Mart Kills Video Download Service « NewTeeVee →
So are paid download services the problem, or something else? I’m inclined to say it’s the crappy incompatibilities, limited libraries, and crippled portability to the living room or handheld devices that prevent even interested customers from a seamless paid video experience. NBC Direct is a good comparison since it has the same compatibility issues but is ad supported. And I suspect Liz’s...
Rant: P2P Is More than Cheap Bandwidth « NewTeeVee →
Good points though I’m not sure “building community” generically around P2P/CDNs generically is the answer.Just because something uses P2P technology doesn’t mean it won’t suck. [ … ] P2P is about more than just saving a few bucks.
Adobe - Developer Center : Introducing Flash... →
Flash 9 with H.264 support has arrived.
An exception to the Google rule? | LinuxWorld... →
Trying stuff is cheaper than deciding whether to try it.
ITSAWONDERFULINTERNET.COM →
Nice agency “holiday greeting” — an interactive Flash popup christmas storybook.
Microsoft patent could force downloaders to view... →
The technology is designed to prohibit fast-forwarding, editing, or otherwise circumventing the advertisements, though it is unclear exactly where the ads would be placed. Internet users have repeatedly announced their distaste for pre-roll ads in streaming content and video games, but users of NBC’s Hulu service reportedly don’t mind its TV-like interstitial ads.
Exclusive: Retail chain scalping Wii allotment on... →
Retailers are jacking up the price on Wii’s MSRP by almost double; annoying Nintendo.
Intel Takes Stake In Amazon S3 Competitor Nirvanix →
Nirvanix’s selling points are a claim that its service is easier to integrate than S3 and they offer a service level agreement that guarantees 99.9% uptime
Google Set To Get DoubleClick Approval As... →
European approval still unclear.
Viacom MTV's Salmi: Acquisitions, Hulu Deal Ahead... →
Going forward, the strategy may also include a deal with the NBC U-News Corp. joint-venture Hulu.com “once it comes out of beta.” Despite losing out to News Corp on MySpace two years ago, Salmi also says MTV won’t rule out a major acquisition “if the right company comes up.”
Who's Making Your Web Video? Rich Teenage Boys. -... →
Messy Times at Roo Group « NewTeeVee →
Very messy. Executive/board shakeups and criminal charges against their p2p acquisition Wurld Media:Bank in February, Roo bought peer-to-peer software maker Wurld Media, another company that’s mired in controversy. Executives from Wurld are facing larceny and money laundering charges as well as a class-action lawsuit brought by former employees demanding backpay.
IEBlog : Developing Safer ActiveX Controls Using... →
Restrict ActiveX controls to run only in a limited set of domains and/or IE security zones.
Erlang: A New Way to Program That’s 20 Years Old -... →
Nice overview of Erlang.
John Resig - Sexy Firefox 3 →
How to run Firefox 3b2 on OS X without blowing away FF2.
Developing apps for Google Android: it's a mixed... →
South Koreans Download a Movie Per Week «... →
Vuze Raises $20M More in Series C, Brings Aboard... →
Vuze (Azureus) Raises $20 Million « NewTeeVee →
Linus: "Sun is doomed." →
And don’t EVER make the mistake that you can design something better than what you get from ruthless massively parallel trial-and-error with a feedback cycle. That’s giving your intelligence _much_ too much credit. Quite frankly, Sun is doomed. And it has nothing to do with their engineering practices or their coding style. Linus
Western Digital network drives crippled -- no... →
Just wondering — who needs a 1 Terabyte network-connected hard drive that is prohibited from serving most media files? Perhaps somebody with 220 million pages of .txt files they need to share?
Google Chart API →
Web services API for drawing charts, provided by Google, limited to 50,000/day.
More People Watching Full TV Shows Online «... →
25 percent had watched full episodes of TV programs online in the past three months.
Hulu: Working With CBS, Viacom After All - Silicon... →
VisionMobile Forum :: The significance of Google’s... →
Good overview of Android’s position on the mobile platform playing field.
Where there's muck, there's brass - Joel on... →
“People pay for solutions to their problems.”
Flot Pure Javascript Plotting Library for jQuery... →
Nice javascript + canvas graphing tool
Flot Pure Javascript Plotting Library for jQuery... →
Nice graphing library using the canvas element and jQuery
NBC pumps up for 'Gladiators' redo - Entertainment... →
NBC is bringing back American Gladiators in prime time. Can’t wait to see what they come up with next, if the writers’ strike goes on. via kottke
Gmail: Gmail Adds AIM Support to Chat →
Halo 3 Cheat Codes, as Explained by Neglected... →
Verizon Says It Will Support Google’s Android →
Judge refuses to entertain Lime Wire conspiracy... →
Hulu Adds HD « NewTeeVee →
Using the new Flash Player 9
What’s Next for Firefox? Online Services, Of... →
Mozilla is contemplating offering syncing services, which would allow profile data to be synced between various computers; third parties eventually will be given some kind of access to this information as well.
The Business Of Online Video: Adobe's New Flash... →
Adobe cut the cost of the Flash Media Streaming Server which is now priced at $995 for an unlimited connection license. And the newly announced Flash Media Interactive Server, which is geared towards customizable streaming solutions, multi-way social applications, content protection and allows for more server side customization is priced at $4,500. Which should bring the cost for Flash licensing...
Google’s Infrastructure is its Strategic Advantage... →
Because their infrastructure makes search responses fast and cost-per-search cheap — even if the results aren’t the best.
John Battelle's Searchblog: Ask Says: We Got the... →
#3 says it all
Silicon Alley Insider: 93. Robert Levitan →
The Business Of Online Video: VeriSign Expected To... →
Astronauts test sex in space - but did the earth... →
Only four positions were found possible without “mechanical assistance”. The other six needed a special elastic belt and inflatable tunnel, like an open-ended sleeping bag. Also, missionary position “isn’t possible.”
Wal-Mart to record labels: Ditch DRM! - Boing... →
In a bid for more of the digital download space, the brick-and-mortar retailer heavyweight has reportedly given an ultimatum to some of the largest record labels, including Warner Music Group and Sony BMG Music Entertainment, to provide more of their respective music catalogs in MP3 format (that is, without DRM) next year.
Slashdot | MTV Takes on P2P by Making South Park... →
Every South Park episode free online.
Slashdot | Coming Soon, Mobile Torrents →
John Resig - Why Firefox 2.0.0.11 Happened So Fast →
Or, why there were two Firefox releases in one week (spoiler: canvas got broke bad)