RealNetwork, MTV and Verizon Wireless today announced they are teaming to create a “digital music experience” that consumers can access via their PC, portable music device or mobile phone. According to the three companies, the service promises to unite the best of RealNetworks’ Rhapsody service and MTV’s URGE music service. Verizon Wireless’ V CAST Music […]

iLive has announced the formation of its Studio Series business line, designed to fill the growing need for high-end iPod accessories and peripherals. The Studio Series includes the iHT8817DT DVD Home Theater System with 5.1 surround sound, an on-board slot-loading HDMI DVD player and a motorized iPod docking drawer. This fully self-contained home theater system […]

Viacom’s MTV Networks is expected to announce today plans to merge its online digital music offerings into a joint venture with RealNetworks. MTV and RealNetworks, which runs subscription digital-music service Rhapsody, plan to join forces in a bid to compete with Apple Inc’s iTunes online music store. Verizon Wireless is expected to supply mobile distribution […]

Adobe Systems Incorporated today announced the latest update for Adobe Flash Player 9 software, code-named Moviestar, which adds H.264 standard video support, the same standard deployed in Blu-Ray and HD-DVD high definition video players, and High Efficiency AAC (HE-AAC) audio support, as well as hardware accelerated, multi-core enhanced full screen video playback. These advancements enable […]

Organizers have announced the BlogWorld & New Media Expo, a new blogging tradeshow, to be held at the Las Vegas Convention Center Thursday – Friday, Nov. 8 – 9, 2007. The Expo will feature more than 60 seminars, panel discussions and keynotes. The Expo promises sessions on blogging basics, podcasting, video blogging, monetization strategies, increasing […]

If there’s any doubt that video podcasting is going mainstream, the Wall Street Journal’s new video podcast should end it. The WSJ today announced the launch of a new video podcast, Andy Jordan’s Tech Diary.¬†The show¬†chronicles the often odd stories that can be found when people and technology come together. According to the WSJ, Jordan […]

Web hosting provider Go Daddy has introduced a new service, Quick Blogcast, that rolls its blogging and podcasting applications into one tool. ¬† “Quick Blogcast allows people to tell their own stories with audio, video, photos and text over the Internet,” said Warren Adelman, President and CEO of Go Daddy. “It‚Äôs a great way to […]

A new version of HandBrake, the popular open-source DVD-ripper & video format converter, has been released. Here are the highlights of the new release: User experience is improved through a re-envisioned Mac interface and a Windows interface that‚Äôs been rebuilt from the ground up. Picture quality is improved through better image scaling, better deinterlacing, new […]

Wizzard Software, a leading podcast hosting network, has announced that it recorded record revenues of $1,428,097 during the second quarter ended June 30, 2007, an 83% increase from the second quarter of 2006 and a 97% increase over revenues in the first quarter of 2007 ($725,926). For the six month period ended June 30 2007, […]

When you look at the steady stream of companies that are hyped at sites like TechCrunch – companies like Cluztr, Validas, Wablet and Weebly – it doesn’t seem like a stretch to think that there’s something to the idea that there’s a “Web 2.0” bubble, an unwarranted rush of interest and investment in new Internet […]