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Composer Steve Horowitz has written soundtracks
for movies, dance, video games, TV, live orchestra, and even computerized piano. Now comes the
world premiere of his multimedia extravaganza Invasion from the Chicken Planet, and New
York City may never be the same.
Apple's constant iPhone shortages have finally eased after six weeks of supply problems, according
to Lehman Brothers analyst Ben Reitzes. First reported by Apple Insider, Reitzes reveals that Apple
has 16GB iPhone 3G (black and white) models available in all US retail Apple stores, a first since
the launch on July 11. And 8GB models have reached 99 percent availability as well. Supply is
finally ...
Apple's constant iPhone shortages have finally eased after six weeks of supply problems, according
to Lehman Brothers analyst Ben Reitzes. First reported by Apple Insider, Reitzes reveals that Apple
has 16GB iPhone 3G (black and white) models available in all US retail Apple stores, a first since
the launch on July 11. And 8GB models have reached 99 percent availability as well. Supply is
finally ...
Die Bilder von Barack Obamas pompöser Krönungsfeier als Präsidentschaftskandidat der
US-Demokraten flimmerten noch in den Fernsehnachrichten, da eroberte sein republikanischer Rivale
die Schlagzeilen schon zurück. Mit Sarah Palin als Vizepräsidentschaftskandidatin
überraschte McCain selbst Insider - und befriedigt damit die religiöse Rechte.
You knew it was coming and
here it is. Beginning on October 1, Comcast will change its Acceptable Use Policy to include a
monthly threshold (or cap) of 250GB a month for broadband.
The latest news about the 250GB cap will affect any prolific broadband user. Silicon
Alley Insider has a good post that lays out some typical usage patterns for media
consumption, and let’s face it, this is all about media consumption on the Internet in the
future. Unless Comcast plays fast and loose with the metering, you’d have to really be
pounding the net to bump up against 250GB in typical usage, although I can imagine scenarios
where this will occur.
I happen to agree with Om
Malik that if Comcast is going to ‘meter’ a user’s access, then Comcast (or
any provider) should provide the user with some from of metering their own usage.
$175,000 per day, says Forbes in
July, with an additional $50,000 that need to be spent on Google/ YouTube ads. (New ad formats
may come up too,
Silicon Alley Insider reports.)
[Via GoogleWatchBlog.]
Mike
Arrington's TechCrunch is a useful site, but sometimes
reading it can take some time. Enter Matthew Glueckert and Jason Wilk. Their tinyCrunch rips off -- sorry, repurposes --
TechCrunch posts and those from other blogs, and shrinks them into 2 to 4 bullet points apiece.
Then they sell ads against it. Neat trick!
LiveCrunch, which has been around since
December, is basically doing the same thing, albeit with a broader palate of sources, and claims
1.5 million page views since December. TechCrunch is logging 2.1 million unique visitors a month,
per Quantcast.
Wilk and Glueckert tell us they tried to contact Arrington before launching the site, but got no
response. They did, however, speak to TechCrunch UK editor Mike Butcher, who contacted them to
get a broken link to their site fixed and said it "looked like a cool site. " They think that
means they've got tacit approval. We've asked Arrington what he thought about the site earlier
this month; no response.
We'll take a guess about what we thinks: He probably doesn't care. Condensing and excerpting
other people's work is SOP for blogs, from Huffington Post to Gawker to, em, Silicon Alley
Insider. And of course, TechCrunch. So aside from the obvious enfringement on Arrington's brand,
how upset can he be? Most important: TinyCrunch links back, and links are valuable
political capital.
Wilk and Glueckert say the "tinyCrunch" name was a way to build traffic (duh). Now they say
they'll change it, and launch more verticals in a bid to create a "newswire for blogs," under
what they're calling the "tinyComb Network." But best to walk before you run: Shortly after we
talked to them yesterday, their site went down for 7+ hours.
Ceux qui naviguent régulièrement sur YouTube auront remarqué que les
publicités sont assez peu nombreuses et inexistantes durant une vidéo. La raison?
Google craint les répercussions légales en monétisant du contenu
généré par les utilisateurs pas toujours forcement légal.
Mais la page d’accueil est différente puisque n’apparaissent que des vignettes.
Le site généré déjà $175 000 de revenus grace au
clip video publicitaire en haut à droite (et un engagement à acheter encore pour
$500 000 de publicité sur Google ou YouTube)
Selon le Silicon Alley Insider, YouTube veut
augmenter davantage les profits de sa page d’accueil en y plaçant de
publicités recouvrantes imposantes. (Une expérience avait été realisée
avec un encart publicitaire pour le film PineappleExpress)Le prix
pour les annonceurs devrait être de $200 000 par jour.
YouTube tente toujours de fournir des revenus plus significatifs à Google.
YouTube ne devrait représenter “que” $200 millions de profits pour Google en
2008 (1% de ses ventes).
En attendant, YouTube va permettre à ses utilisateurs de rajouter des sous-titres (et
titres) sur les vidéos. Cela non seulement séduira les utilisateurs non-anglophones
mais cela constituera également une vraie source de données pour les recherches
et pour les publicités ciblées. Plus sur le blog de
YouTube.
“…Il est désormais possible de rajouter des sous-titres en utilisant le
fichier Captions and Subtitles” sue le menu de la page d’édition. Si vous
souhaitez rajouter des sous-titres dans des langues diverses il suffit de charger des fichiers
séparés. Une fois installés les sous titres peuvent activés en bas à
droite du lecteur…”
Voici une animation japonaise avec des sous-titres en anglais ( attention aux âmes
sensibles). Ils peuvent être enlevés ou rajoutés avec le bouton CC en bas à
droite. Plus de détails ici.
Huge & Massive ! C'est énorme ce qui se prépare avec Rock Band 2 . Selon
Hollywood Insider, d'ici la fin de l'année - aux USA, forcément - la "suite" du jeu
musical signé EA et Harmonix va s'offrir six albums à télécharger dans
leur intégralité, dont les
C'est énorme ce qui se prépare avec Rock Band 2 . Selon Hollywood Insider, d'ici la
fin de l'année - aux USA, forcément - la "suite" du jeu musical signé EA et
Harmonix va s'offrir six albums à télécharger dans leur
intégralité, dont les cultissimes "Blood Sugar Sex Magik" des R...
Still not satisfied by any of the Blu-ray home theater in a box systems out there? Then perhaps
Sony's just announced Bravia BDV-IT1000 unit will be more to your liking. This one boasts 700W of
total power, and includes some wireless rear speakers for added convenience, and slim speakers all
around that Sony says are made possible thanks to its brand new finger-sized full-range speaker
drive units. The Blu-ray player / receiver at the heart of the unit also looks to be capable
enough, with it sporting BD-Live readiness, a pair of HDMI inputs, optical digital and analog
stereo audio inputs, Dolby Digital Plus, Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD support, and Sony's trademark
Digital Media Port to accommodate a range of add-on
devices. No word on a price or release just yet, but we're guessing there's at least a decent
chance that'll slip out before Sony packs up and leaves the IFA stage.
Citing a July 20 Israel Insider
article which claimed that Sen. Barack Obama's birth certificate is a "crudely forged fake,"
G. Gordon Liddy falsely asserted on the August 26 edition of his nationally syndicated radio
show: "[W]e still don't have a birth certificate for Obama. There are claims that he was actually
born in Kenya." Liddy also claimed, "If it's so important an issue that the campaign, if they had
a real birth certificate from Hawaii, the campaign would put it out, not rely on a phony thing
Photoshopped by Daily Kos," and stated, "And as Wes Pruden, in today's edition of The
Washington Times, he's the editor emeritus, puts it, you know, this is a story that could
have long legs." Indeed, in his August 26 column,
Pruden wrote that a "summer-long controversy continues about when and where the senator was
actually born, and whether the circumstances of his birth could cloud his eligibility to serve"
and falsely asserted that "[t]he Obama campaign has been reluctant to produce a birth
certificate." In fact, contrary to Liddy and Pruden's false assertions, the Obama campaign, in
addition to posting a copy of the birth certificate on the campaign website, reportedly provided
the original to FactCheck.org, whose staff said in an August 21
article that they "have now seen, touched, examined and photographed the original birth
certificate," and concluded that the document does, in fact, exist, and that it "meets all of the
requirements from the State Department for proving U.S. citizenship."
As Media Mattersdocumented,
even the right-wing website WorldNetDaily, which had cited the Israel Insider's report that
analysts determined that Obama's birth certificate is fake, has since reported in an August 23
article that "FactChecker.org [sic] says it obtained Obama's actual birth certificate and
that the document was indeed real," and added, "A separate WND investigation into Obama's birth
certificate utilizing forgery experts also found the document to be authentic."
From the August 26 edition of Radio America's The G. Gordon Liddy Show:
LIDDY: All right, ladies and gentlemen. There's a story in a publication called Israel Insider,
and it addresses the birthplace, if you will, of Barack Obama. Now, what you have probably seen,
on the Internet and places like that, is a certificate of "live birth," quote-unquote, issued by
the state of Hawaii, giving, you know, the birth date of Barack Hussein Obama Jr. And Senior is
listed as the father, and Ann Dunham as the mother, et cetera.
But the first thing you have to remember is this was released by the Daily Kos, which is a
radical left blog. And the second thing is that it is not a birth certificate. A birth
certificate, such as you and I and just about everybody else, has, is a certificate at the
hospital where you're born, and it's issued, and it says, you know, who the father is and the
mother is and so on. This is a document that is issued later by the state, claiming that an
individual was born at such-and-such a place at such-and-such a time. And this has been -- the
one that was released by Daily Kos shows clear signs of tampering, such as a mismatch in the RGB
and error levels, visible indications of the previous location of the erased security border,
easily detectable patterns of repeating flaws around the new security border, EXIF data that says
the image was last saved with Photoshop CS3 for Macintosh, and finally a technician from Hawaii
who confirms it just looks wrong. So, we still don't have a birth certificate for Obama.
There are claims that he was actually born in Kenya. I have no way of proving that or disproving
that, but it would seem to me that it being so important -- I mean, because if he was born in
Kenya and not in Hawaii, then he's not eligible to become president. If it's so important an
issue that the campaign, if they had a real birth certificate from Hawaii, the campaign would put
it out, not rely on a phony thing Photoshopped by Daily Kos, you know. Why? You have to ask
yourself that question: why? And as Wes Pruden, in today's edition of The Washington
Times, he's the editor emeritus, puts it, you know, this is a story that could have long
legs. It's dynamite if it's true. And I don't know how many people are or are not working on the
story, but as I said, it is dynamite.
From Pruden's August 26 Washington Times column:
The Democrats here are more than a little concerned about their man's slide in the polls; Gallup
on Monday said the race is tied at 45-all. Even John McCain's faulty memory about his various
houses and condos, so rich for the late-night comics, has not blunted what one senior Democrat
calls "McCain's run of 12 unanswered points over the past fortnight."
The news may get worse. There's the story now afloat that an Obama half brother is living in grim
poverty in Kenya, scratching out a bare living on a dollar a month while the senator lives in
luxury on $5 million a year. Far worse, a summerlong controversy continues about when and where
the senator was actually born, and whether the circumstances of his birth could cloud his
eligibility to serve.
The Obama campaign has been reluctant to produce a birth certificate. This could be a story with
legs, swift long legs to rival those of a Kenyan sprinter. The Clintons are surely trying to help
sort this out.
Projectors can be tricky. You read their stats and everything looks good.
But the better things look, the more likely the price is ridiculously high, or at least too much
to justify for the average WASP home theater. The Sony Bravia VPL-HW10, however, actually looks
pretty fantastic if Sony Insider is right about their projected $3,000 pricetag. Just check out
these specs:
•1080P
•30,000:1 Contrast Ratio
•2.5ms Response Time
•8-Stage Image Processing
•22db Operating Noise
•x.v.Color (Twice the gamut of sRGB)
The Bravia's only number that seems reasonable is its 1000 lumens of brightness. It's definitely
good to see that projectors are staying every bit as tempting as modern TVs, if not more.
[Sony
Insider]
The same Best Buy insider has today tipped us off that the 160GB PS3 will not be backwasrds
compatible with PS2 games, so you'd better snap up the metal gear systems as its likely they will
be the last version to play PS2 games. Again, this should treated as a rumor until more proof
surfaces or it is confirmed.
In 2004, the major political conventions gave a few dozen bloggers press credentials, a historic
moment for the new media outsiders. And this year, the political conventions have tried to be
even more open to bloggers, video reporters, podcasters and new media. The Democratic convention
credentialed 120 bloggers, and the GOP has credentialed 200 bloggers, according
to Forbes.
And the Democratic convention taking place in Denver this week also includes the Big Tent, a hangout for new media types outside the
convention sponsored by Google and Digg. There have been panel discussions, appearances by
political dignitaries and free beer, smoothies and massages there. (Simon Owens looked at
the Big Tent
in-depth for MediaShift last week.)
But perhaps the more interesting trend at the conventions this year is that it’s more
difficult to tell the independent bloggers from the mainstream media bloggers. As traditional
media embraces a multi-platform approach, including their audience in citizen media reports, the
distinction between who deserves a media credential and who doesn’t has blurred like never
before.
One example: Social-news site Digg and CNN’s citizen media-generated iReport are
co-producing Digg Dialogg, where
Digg’ers and other concerned citizens can ask questions to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. The
questions are then rated “thumbs up” or “thumbs down,” with the most
popular being asked to Pelosi in a special Q&A with Digg CEO Jay Adelson. (No. 1 question so
far: “Please describe what Net Neutrality is and your position on the issue.”)
Insiders or Outsiders?
Perhaps the more interesting question is whether indie bloggers and new media folks are now
becoming a part of the mainstream at the same time the mainstream is reaching out and using the
tactics of the independents. When the staid C-SPAN network is
lauded by TechCrunch for using live-streaming Qik cams at the political conventions, you can
feel change in the air for the media.
For example, independent bloggers in the Big Tent have already succeeded in getting big names to
participate in panels and interviews — from Arianna Huffington to Dan Rather and Sen. Dick
Durbin (D-Ill.). At what point does blog coverage become indistinguishable from coverage by
mainstream media?
“It does make you wonder. This blog culture that grew up outside of the traditional media,
are we starting to step up to the stage and be with them as equals?” Daily Kos blogger
Georgia Logothetis told
the National Journal.
Actually, some of the hardest-hitting work so far at the Democratic convention has come from
bloggers outside the traditional media. Sunlight Foundation set up a special Party Time blog to track which corporate sponsors were
holding pricey shindigs for which lobbyists and politicians. In a similar vein, Salon’s
Glenn Greenwald reported on a lavish
AT&T party for Blue Dog Democrats that barred members of the press, including bloggers.
While citizen-generated media has an increased presence at the conventions these days, that
populist ethos has yet to alter the fundamental nature of the conventions itself. Even with a few
hundred independent bloggers in the mix, there are 15,000 total press in attendance at the
conventions from around the world.
The political parties themselves could do a lot more to include their audiences outside the
convention hall. TechPresident blogger Micah Sifry, who decided to stay home to watch the event
on TV and online this year, said
the conventions could do better:
This week, something like 20 million people will tune in each night to watch the conventions, but
I’d be surprised if either the Democrats or the Republicans try to create any kind of
interactive community out of that audience. Yes, they did a YouTube contest to find a
representative “average person” to give them a free pass to attend, and yes,
they’re using tools like blogs and Flickr to keep us informed on how the conventions are
taking shape. But in terms of making the actual events more engaging, they’re probably
spending more time worrying about the timing of the balloon drop.
Following the Conventions Online
So where do you start when looking for convention coverage online? With so many news outlets,
bloggers, live video streams and Twitterers, what’s standing out? The following is a guide
to some of the better sites covering the conventions. With so many voices in the mix, the best
way to start is with aggregators that can give you a snapshot of what’s happening in
various online platforms and communities.
Aggregators
> Perspctv
Nice startup site compares polls, with live feeds from blogs, Twitter and news sites
> Denver Post’s Map of DNC Events
Annotated map includes filters for editor’s picks, official and unofficial events
> Rocky Mountain News’ Unconventional
Wisdom
Special report with advice to Obama from 10 people, including Ralph Nader and Jerry Brown
> Wall Street Journal’s The
Parties’ Parties
Breaks down which corporations are giving how much to sponsor conventions
> New York Times’ View of
the Convention
A 360-degree panoramic photo shot that rotates while you hear audio of Hillary’s intro;
with “full screen” mode you are there
> USA Today’s Electoral Vote
Tracker
Lets you play out various state-by-state scenarios and see historical election results
Which sites have you used to follow the conventions online? Which ones have done innovative work?
Share your favorites in the comments below and I’ll update the list, with credit to you.
Photos of Google smoothie and Big Tent action by Ashley Dinges via Flickr.
Apple Insider révèle avoir découvert un brevet de 52 pages
déposé par Apple le 15 avril 2008, document décrivant les
fonctionnalités et l’interface d’une Tablette Multi-Touch. Tournant bien
évidement sous Mac OS-X, on découvre que l’interface Multi-Touch de ce
périphérique permet par exemple certaines interactions similaires à celle
exploitées sur l’iPhone comme le défilement vertical des listes et
l’affichage d’un clavier virtuel ou encore celui d’une molette virtuelle
(identique à celle de la gamme iPod hors iPod Touch).
)
and reject those that you are not interested in
(
)
Projectors can be tricky. You read their stats and everything looks good.
But the better things look, the more likely the price is ridiculously high, or at least too much
to justify for the average WASP home theater. The Sony Bravia VPL-HW10, however, actually looks
pretty fantastic if Sony Insider is right about their projected $3,000 pricetag. Just check out
these specs:
