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Richard MacManus / Read/WriteWeb:
Adobe Launches "Moviestar" Version of Flash Player - HD Television Quality for Web Video — Adobe today announced the latest version of its near ubiquitous Web video software, Adobe Flash Player 9. It's codenamed Moviestar, because it includes H.264 standard video support …
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Tinic Uro / kaourantin.net:
What just happened to video on the web? — That's a question you should ask with the announcement we made tonight. I think a lot will change. This is probably one of my longest and information packed posts ever, but I think it is important we put down all cards on the table.
Ryan Stewart / The Universal Desktop:
Flash Player supports H.264 video — Note: The actual download is coming later today, just hold tight. Also, here is my no fluff response. — We're announcing a new update to the Flash Player today code named "Moviestar" and it includes support for the widely used industry standard H.264 codec …
Business Wire:
Adobe Extends Web Video Leadership With H.264 Support — HDTV Quality Web Video Reaches the Masses With Industry Standard Video Codec in Flash Player — SAN JOSE, Calif.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced the latest update for Adobe® Flash® …
Martin LaMonica / CNET News.com:Adobe brings high definition to Flash videos
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Eric Eldon / VentureBeat:
Vlingo: tell your phone what to do — Mobile phone interfaces are notoriously difficult to use — hence, the hype around Apple's iPhone and its unique two-fingered method of navigating its mobile web browser. — Vlingo has a different answer to clumsy mobile interfaces …
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Bindu Reddy / Official Google Blog:
An update on Google Video feedback — When your friends and well-intentioned acquaintances tell you that you've made a mistake, it's good to listen. So we'd like to say thank you to everyone who wrote to let us know that we had made a mistake in the case of Google Video's Download to Own/Rent Refund Policy vs. Common Sense.
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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
CollectiveX Launches Groupsites — Maryland based CollectiveX launched in February 2006 as a way for groups to create a quick and well designed social space online. Users could share calendars, files and contacts, and message each other on a forum. — We covered CollectiveX in our roundup of …
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Richard MacManus / Read/WriteWeb:Groupware 2.0 - CollectiveX Launches Groupsites
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Wall Street Journal:
MTV, RealNetworks to Form Online Music Venture — In a bid to create a stronger competitor to Apple Inc.'s marketing-dominating iTunes Store, Viacom Inc.'s MTV Networks is set to announce Tuesday that it is merging its online digital music offerings into a joint venture with RealNetworks Inc. …
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Thomas Ricker / Engadget:
Toshiba's 320GB 2.5-inch hard drive: a world's best for laptops — Step aside Fujitsu, there's a new 2.5-inch hard disk champ on the block by way of Toshiba. A world's first 320GB 2.5-inch drive, in fact. The MK3252GSX drive spins a pair of 160GB platters at 5,400rpm with an 8MB buffer …
Luke Shepard / Facebook Blog:
Facebook Messaging just got better... If you're like most people, you may have a few stubborn friends who haven't joined Facebook...yet. This can make reaching friends complicated—there are some friends you can send a Facebook message, and others you have to email. Not anymore.
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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:Facebook Opens Email Up A Little; I Want More
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Kevin Barenblat / VentureBeat:
Facebook debunked — [Editor's note: This is an Op-Ed piece by Kevin Barenblat, co-creator of SpotDJ] — Facebook and its developer platform f8 are the hot topic of conversation among many in Silicon Valley since its launch May 24. The site is quickly growing up, as folks 35 and older …
Nick Gonzalez / TechCrunch:
Helium Marketplace: Make Money Writing Online — Helium is a directory of user generated articles. Anyone can submit an article to any of 24 different categories (arts, autos, politics, etc.). Articles can be submitted directly to channels, entered into contests, or as part of a debate.
Brandon Badger / Google LatLong:
Google Book Search in Google Earth — Did you ever wonder what Lewis and Clark said about your hometown as they passed through? What about if any other historical figures wrote about your part of the world? Earlier this year, we announced a first step toward geomapping the world's literary information …
Robert McMillan / InfoWorld:
Gunplay blamed for Internet slowdown — (InfoWorld) - Internet service providers in the U.S. experienced a service slowdown Monday after fiber-optic cables near Cleveland were apparently sabotaged by gunfire. — TeliaSonera AB, which lost the northern leg of its U.S. network to the cut …
Brooks Barnes / New York Times:
Two Studios to Support HD DVD Over Rival — Hollywood's squabble over which of two technologies will replace standard DVDs reignited Monday with two studios throwing their weight behind one format and several rivals ramping up support for the other. — Paramount, part of Viacom …
Villu Arak / Heartbeat:
The Microsoft connection clarified — Yesterday, we posted an explanation of what happened to Skype on August 16. Some reactions to the explanation, however, have reminded us of one of the basic tenets of communication: It's not what you say. It's what they hear.
