Top Items:
Adobe:
Adobe Extends Web Video Leadership with H.264 Support — For immediate release — HDTV Quality Web Video Reaches the Masses with Industry Standard Video Codec in Flash Player — Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced the latest update for Adobe® Flash® Player 9 software …
RELATED:
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.
Discussion:
Macworld, AppScout, MacUser, Geek Speaker, Podcasting News, TechBizMedia, aralbalkan.com, JD on EP, Slashdot and Lost Remote
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 …
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.
Discussion:
Rough Type, dslreports.com, PC World, Skype Journal, IT Project Failures, Skype Numerology, GigaOM, PR 2.0, Computerworld, InfoWorld, Techdirt, Today @ PC World and PC Pro
RELATED:
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.
RELATED:
Reuters:
Wal-Mart selling DRM-free digital music — Wal-Mart Stores said on Tuesday that it was now selling digital music downloads on its Web site without the customary copy-protection technology that limits where consumers can play the songs. — Wal-Mart, the world's largest retailer …
Discussion:
paidContent.org
RELATED:
Jeremy Kirk / InfoWorld:
MTV, RealNetworks said to merge digital music stores — San Francisco (IDGNS) - MTV Networks and RealNetworks will merge their online digital music stores in the latest attempt to reduce Apple's hold on the music download market, the Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday morning.
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Zoho Goes Offline (in a good way) — Online office suite Zoho will launch offline functionality for Zoho Writer this morning, and other applications in their suite will follow shortly. — The offline functionality was built on Google Gears, an open source project launched by Google in May 2007.
Discussion:
CNET News.com, Insider Chatter, mathewingram.com/work, Ajaxian, CyberNet Technology News, Zoli's Blog and Mashable!
RELATED:
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 …
Discussion:
CNET News.com, Epicenter, Wall Street Journal, Game | Life, CinemaTech, BloggingStocks and Gizmodo
RELATED:
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. …
Discussion:
Download Squad, Silicon Alley Insider, Epicenter, A VC, John Cook's Venture Blog, Future Now's GrokDotCom, p2pnet, Gizmodo, Contentinople, The Boy Genius Report, BloggingStocks, Microsoft News Tracker, GigaOM, Digital Media Update, iLounge, paidContent.org, David Card, Mashable! and Lost Remote
RELATED:
Henry Blodget / Silicon Alley Insider:Fred Wilson: What MTV Should Do With Rhapsody
Discussion:
Digital Media Wire
Business Wire:
Metacafe Raises $30 Million in Series C Financing — Highland Capital Partners and DAG Ventures Invest in Popular Video Entertainment Site — PALO ALTO, Calif.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Metacafe, whose more than 25 million unique viewers each month make it one of the world's largest video sites …
RELATED:
Jess Lee / Google LatLong:
YouTube-style Embeddable Maps — Today we're excited to announce a new feature on Google Maps that allows you to add maps to your blog or website just by copying and pasting a snippet of HTML. And once you embed the map, it has all the same functionality of the Google Maps you know and love; it's clickable, draggable, and zoomable.
Mark Tsui / Google LatLong:
Real time Traffic in Google Earth — Today we launched a new feature in Google Earth that provides that same real time traffic information that people have come to rely on in Google Maps. By enabling the "Traffic" layer in Google Earth, you can see a real time picture of traffic conditions …
RELATED:
Nokia:
The new Nokia 6555 features a smooth-back fold design and original analog timepiece — Espoo, Finland - Nokia today announced a new 3G mobile phone that pairs original design and quality workmanship with outstanding features. The Nokia 6555 meets the desire for aesthetic appeal …
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 …
RELATED:
Richard MacManus / Read/WriteWeb:Groupware 2.0 - CollectiveX Launches Groupsites
Discussion:
Webware.com
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 …
Yahoo! Search Blog:
Be Dynamic, Be Confident — Yahoo! Search Supports You — Please excuse the dramatic start to this post. Between the anticipation of rolling this out and my incessant Harry Potter reading, I couldn't resist. — Once upon a time, on the World Wide Web, all URLs were fixed strings — static in form.
