blinkx, a leading video search engine, today unveiled an updated site featuring “video walls”, a new interface for Internet video that combines the ‘sit back and watch’ element of traditional television with the interactive experience of searching and watching video online. Users will also be able to embed topical video walls in to Web pages […]

After a 6 month trial, the BBC are shelving the Ouch! podcast, a show that takes an irreverent look at disabilities. Fans of the show can sign a petition to help save the show. According to presenter Liz Carr, “The podcast has been a resounding success. It filled a gaping hole in disability entertainment… This […]

Former Rocketboom host Amanda Congdon got her start in video podcasting via an ad at Craigslist. These recent help wanted listings might not be similar opportunities, but stranger things have happened. Bikini Model Model for an outdoor viral video ad to be shown on YouTube and Podcast. Blogger a plus. Spaloo is looking for a […]

Belkin has introduced SportCommand for iPod, a wireless fabric remote that lets you control your music or podcasts while keeping your iPod protected. The SportCommand is designed to be used for outdoor activities, such as snowboarding, mountain biking, and hiking. It has controls for play/pause, next/previous track and volume. The band retails for $79.99, and […]

The University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW) is using iTunes U, Apple’s educational podcast service, to provide new content by McGraw-Hill Higher Education as part of a pilot program. The University is testing using McGraw-Hill’s rich-media educational content to engage students in new ways. This initiative also is giving students the opportunity to directly participate in the […]

The United Nations has hooked up with fake jailbait vlogger lonelygirl15 (actress Jessica Lee Rose) and the producers of the discredited YouTube flog for an ad campaign promoting a UN antipoverty event planned for Sunday. Rose, the actress who plays ‚ÄúBree‚Äù in the Lonelygirl15 videos posted on video-sharing Web site YouTube, will reprise the role […]

More evidence that YouTube as you know it is dead: YouTube and Universal Music Group (UMG) have announced an agreement that promises to remove videos from the site that use Universal music without authorization, and replace them with ad-supported content. Under the agreement, UMG will let YouTube users incorporate music from UMG‚Äôs recorded music catalog […]

Warner Music and Google have announced plans give Google users the ability to stream Warner’s extensive music video collection for free, through an ad-supported revenue sharing agreement, or to purchase videos online for download. The companies also plan to let bloggers and other site developers embed music videos into their sites and share in the […]

Domain registrar and Web hosting provider Private Domain Depot has introduced a Quick Podcast service for home, hobby or business podcasters. The company is offering three plans to choose from, starting at $5.99/month for 1GB of disk space and 100 GB bandwidth, which they say is equivalent to about 3,600 downloads of a 1-hour talk […]

It looks like Alexaholic, a site that lets you track and compare traffic rankings of various Websites, may be down for the count: