Remember when media outlets couldn’t seem to figure out podcasts, so they dismissed them? Now that podcasting is rapidly being adopted by mainstream publishers, the technology critics appear to be moving on to abusing vloggers. The Washington Post describes vlogging as the Amateur Hour On Video. That appears to have been too generous for Valleywag, […]

Vloggercon has published the Video Archive of events at the recent video blogging conference.

Once a year, 1000 people are invited to the acclaimed TED Conference in Monterey, California, to share ideas.Now the TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) Conference has introduced TED audio podcast and a TED video podcast series of the best talks delivered at the conference. The talks, which feature Al Gore, Bono, and more than 30 other […]

Nielsen Media Research has announced ambitious plans to support electronic measurement of media use across all platforms, including MP3 players, cellphones, online video and out-of-home TV viewing. The “Anytime Anywhere Media Measurement” (A2/M2) initiative will be based on tracking via portable electronic measurement tools and its Nielsen/NetRatings software. Nielsen plans to start this summer installing […]

The CL Sound Machine, from Cucumber Lab, is a unique and unusual iPod accessory. If you’re looking for an iPod dock slash CD player slash turntable cum wine rack, styled as a post-modern Victrola, Cucumber Labs has you covered. The Sound Machine also features a 200-watt amplifier, built in speakers and even an 8-inch subwoofer.And […]

Doghouse Electronics has introduced RoverTv, a portable media recorder and player that records directly from TV without a computer.”RoverTv establishes a new category of handheld TV recorders and players,” said RoverTv designer Jim Howard. “We built RoverTv hard-drive-free to streamline it and make it durable. Hard drives are chunky and fragile – they were never […]

TiVo has released a new version of its TiVo Desktop application for Windows, which lets users transfer recorded television programs from the set-top box to their computers and portable devices.TiVo also released a premium version of the software, called TiVo Desktop Plus, which lets user stransfer content to Apple’s iPod, Sony’s PSP, Treo and Nokia […]

CNN has expanded its podcast offerings into video podcasts, launching six free CNN video podcasts that can be viewed online or downloaded to portable media players.The podcasts join several audio podcasts that CNN offers, including an hourly News Update and a twice-daily Business Update. The new video podcasts include: Now in the News – Commuter […]

Apple today released Shake 4.1, the first Universal version of its compositing software and cut its price from $2,999 to $499.Final Cut Studio editors can now take advantage of Shake for 3D compositing, keying, image tracking and stabilization for the price of a plug-in. Shake continues to be the tool of choice for major motion-picture […]

It’s looking more and more like podcasting will play a big part in the next US presidential election. Politicians are treating bloggers seriously, politicians are podcasting and political sites are adding podcasts to their offerings.An example of this trend is the announcement that Senator John Edwards has signed on to be the keynote speaker at […]