This video captures a KRON news report about The San Francisco Examiner and Chronicle’s forays into online news – in 1981. It’s an amazing look back at the technology that was high-tech in 1981, but it also foreshadows the current state of online newspapers when the Examiner’s David Cole explains, “We’re not in it to make […]

Veronica Belmont takes a look at the awesome Spykee robot – a mobile, self-recharging, Skype compatible robot that allows you to spy on your home from anywhere in the world using the Internet and Skype’s free video service. Manufactured by Meccano and sold under the Erector brand, the robot is combination remote spy, home security […]

The New York Times reports that YouTube is working with Hollywood talent agency William Morris on a deal that would place the company’s clients into made-for-the-Web productions: The deal would underscore the ways that distribution models are evolving on the Internet. Already, some actors and other celebrities are creating their own content for the Web, […]

TechMeme has announced that it is officially incorporating Twitter into its process for gathering and publishing news. According to TechMeme’s Gabe Rivera: Often there are Techmeme readers aware of great stories that have fallen through the cracks, or are taking too long to appear on Techmeme. So I’ve long wanted to enable news tips, but […]

FluidTunes is a freeware application for Mac OS X that lets you control iTunes through a camera with gestures, using your hands, head or feet: Swipe your hand from left to right or right to left over the screen center to scrub. Wave quickly at buttons to activate them. Without using a keyboard or mouse, […]

Marc Cuban has published a provocative post at his Blog Maverick site, The Great Internet Video Lie. In it, Cuban argues that new media producers that think that the Internet is democratizing video are suckers that have bought into a big lie: The Great Internet Video Lie is that the internet opens distribution to compete […]

Earlier in the year, we reported on Apple’s banning of the Podcaster iPhone app from the App Store. At the time, Apple explained its decision like this: Since Podcaster assists in the distribution of podcasts, it duplicates the functionality of the Podcast section of iTunes. We called this a bad decision on Apple’s part, because […]

YouTube announced today that it had updated the site to allow you to edit your own video comments: We’re happy to announce the launch of a feature many of you have been asking for. Now you have the ability to delete comments you’ve made on videos. We’ve all been there. Whether you misspelled “pwned”, back […]

At the Winter NAMM Show, Primacoustic announced the Machine Room computer silencer; a $699 fan-cooled enclosure designed to quiet down computers in recording studios, broadcast facilities and post production suites. The Machine Room features three chambers that work together to handle the task. At the bottom rear, cool air is sucked into the Machine Room […]

Primacoustic has announced the FlexiBooth, a  $399 cupboard shaped acoustical device designed to turn any room into a functional voice-over booth by simply opening the doors. “With most studio production moving out of large commercial spaces into smaller and more affordable self-contained rooms, incorporating a traditional vocal booth within a room is becoming increasingly difficult […]