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New Site WeGame Like Seesmic For Machinima

Jan 15th, 2008 | By | Category: Internet TV, Podcasting Software, Video

WeGame is a new site that’s a bit like Seesmic for machinima. (Machinima are animated movies made using video games.) The site lets you download a client (Windows only) that lets you record video from a variety of games, including: Battlefield 2 Battlefield 2142 C&C 3 Call of Duty 2 Call of Duty 4 CoH […]



Twitter Feeds From Steve Jobs’ MacWorld Keynote

Jan 15th, 2008 | By | Category: General

Several people are using Twitter to offer live, on-the-scene commentary on Steve Job’s 2008 Macworld Keynote: Tech evangelist Len Edgerly is twittering from the MacWorld keynote, offering an immediate take on the announcements. The Macworld twitter feed. Ars Electronica’s twitter coverage. If anybody else on site is Twittering, let us know in the comments. Thanks, […]



BBC iPlayer Demonstrates Demand For On-Demand Video

Jan 15th, 2008 | By | Category: Internet TV, Streaming Video, Video

The BBC has announced that their controversial iPlayer on-demand video application has been downloaded over a million times, and that users have viewed over 3.5 million programs. BBC research reveals that an average of a quarter of a million programs have been downloaded or streamed each day since 25 December. Users, on average, watch each […]



New iPod Dock Charges Four iPods

Jan 15th, 2008 | By | Category: iPod Accessories, iPods & Portable Media Players

It seems that all the announcements from CES were gadgets with iPod docks stuck on them. The PowerDock for iPod from Griffin dispenses with the gadgets and just sticks extra iPod docks on your iPod dock. Yes – everybody will know that you’ve got 4 iPods, but at least they’ll be charged when you need […]



Music Industry Using DRM-Free MP3s To Monopolize Your Ears

Jan 14th, 2008 | By | Category: Digital Music, iPods & Portable Media Players

For a long time, people have thought that getting the music industry to switch to DRM-free MP3s for music downloads would open the doors to a consumer-friendly world of digital music competition. Now it’s starting to look like the music industry wil use DRM-free MP3s to enforce their traditional monopoly on what you hear, what […]



Steve Jobs MacWorld Keynote Leaked?

Jan 14th, 2008 | By | Category: Computer Hardware, iPhone, iPods & Portable Media Players, Strange

The outline of Steve Job’s 2008 MacWorld Keynote, one of the most hotly anticipated speeches of the year, has reportedly been leaked to the Internet via Wikipedia. We can’t vouch for the accuracy of this, and it’s most likely completely bogus – but it’s fun to speculate. If the leak proves to be real, it […]



VideoEgg Extends Video Ad Network To imeem, Metacafe & Buzznet

Jan 14th, 2008 | By | Category: General

VideoEgg, a video advertising network for online communities, today announced three new partnerships to expand its distribution of invitation-based video advertising. VideoEgg‚Äôs partnership with imeem, Metacafe, and Buzznet increases the ad network’s reach by more than 50 million unique users.‚ÄúThese sites are the new MTV‚Äôs,‚Äù said Matt Sanchez, CEO of VideoEgg. ‚ÄúBrands need to find […]



Wallstrip Gets New Host

Jan 14th, 2008 | By | Category: Internet TV, Video, Video Podcasts

Wallstrip creator Howard Lindzon has announced that the show is getting a new host, Julie Alexandria: Don‚Äôt shoot the messenger. We all love Lindsay. She rocks. She is Wallstrip. Blah blah blah 🙂 . Now it‚Äôs Julie‚Äôs turn so just deal with it. Wallstrip is about stocks near or at all-time highs (for the most […]



Save Windows XP & Win Lousy Prizes!

Jan 14th, 2008 | By | Category: General, Video

Ever since Windows Vista came out and was pretty universally panned, Windows users have been worrying about upgrading. Infoworld is doing what it can to help, though, by sponsoring a Save Windows XP video contest: InfoWorld encourages you to contribute your own videos on why XP should be saved. (Although our plea is serious, why […]



Livebook Zephyr Brings Familiar Look To Windows Audio Laptops

Jan 13th, 2008 | By | Category: Computer Hardware

Rain Recording, a company that sells Windows-based computer systems for audio production, has introduced a new mobile audio workstation – the LiveBook Zephyr. Look a little familiar? While Apple MacBooks have become the first choice of many audio producers, the LiveBook Zephyr looks like a great alternative for those that prefer Windows or have to […]