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Joost is killing off its
desktop client and moving lock, stock, and barrel over to a Web-based system of content delivery.
But will this actually help Joost gain viewers?
Joost has been out of the headlines for the last few months. In fact, we haven’t even
spoken about the Web TV application
since May. But now it’s back with a big announcement.
From Desktop To Web-Based Client
Calling it an announcement is actually a bit on the presumptuous side as the news that Joost is
abandoning its desktop client to move to a purely Web browser-based system is still just
filtering through.
GigaOM broke the news of
the switch in strategy, before NewTeeVee gained access
to the new Joost site and gave its first thoughts on the new and improved app.
Varied Past
Joost was cited as
a brilliant Web TV start-up when it originally launched, but the peer-to-peer system of delivery
started being blamed for its low take up rate and viewer numbers shortly afterwards.
Joost went from being the darling of the Internet to being
talked up for an early death. During the beta launch, many people were
eager to try Joost out, but those same people abandoned the service after a lack of content
and technical issues made it not worth persevering.
Long Awaited Development
In March we reported on rumours that a Web-based version of Joost
was being developed, and now, six months later, this has become a reality.
Joost will now be available via a small plug-in (thought to be under 20MB) that then embeds
itself in the browser and allows users to grab the peer-to-peer files.
Joost Vs Hulu
The problem Joost has is that while this is something analysts and fans have been calling for, it
could now be too little, too late due to
the success of Hulu, Amazon’s new video streaming service, and the continuing dominance
of YouTube.
Hulu is clearly the biggest
threat Joost still faces, and it will be interesting to see the two go head to head with each
other on a truly level playing field.
Doomed To Failure
This move has got Joost some much needed headlines likely to have reminded people of its
existence. And the new browser plug-in could persuade a few more people to give the service a go.
But are a few people really going to make any difference?
Hulu has the advantage of showing
premium content for free while Joost still only has very few niche shows likely to draw in the
viewers. Until that issue is sorted, I really can’t see it being able to gain any more
traction than it already has.
What we thought might have been an AIR app in the making,
may be something entirely different. With social video sharing sites such as Youtube and Vimeo it can be hard to keep
the recommendations flowing. Hundreds of videos are added to these sites daily, but only a select
few are really worth our time. With no easy way to sort through these uploads, Vimeo is asking
the community for help in finding a solution. Today the site has announced the launch of Vimeo
Toys. These toys aims to give users an interactive and visually appealing way to find more
video content. Here's a look at what's available.
VimeoLand & Pulse
The VimeoLand toy gives a look at recent
happenings on Vimeo. VimeoLand displays an interactive landscape of characters that represent the
latest actions from Vimeo users. Hovering your mouse over a character will display a pop-up
containing one of the following recent actions:
A comment
A like
Recent signup
Recent upload
Each action includes a link to the profile of the user who completed the action and a link to the
video that the action took place on. What's a little random and unique about VimeoLand is an
airplane that flies back and forth above the landscape. Clicking the plane will cause a random
video to be dropped from the plane's cargo. It's pretty nifty. Vimeo fans will find this
particular toy to be very useful and entertaining.
If you're looking for something less flashy with the same notifications we recommend the only
other Vimeo Toy available at the moment: Pulse.
Making Your Own Vimeo Toy
We're interested in seeing what other unique visuals developers will create with Vimeo Toys. To
help developers get started, Vimeo has listed a sample XML file with over 50 activity items to
choose from. Vimeo's team of workers will decide whether or not your toy is worth being featured
on Vimeo. We'd rather see the community take a vote on what stays and what goes.
What we think would really be interesting is to see Vimeo and developers take things to the next
level and allow for a visual graph of what our friends, or a select group of users, are up to on
Vimeo. Nevertheless, we're happy with what we see so far and look forward to see what else is
next.
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rallonge: elle vous montre comment, un jour, des robots géants imprimeront votre nouvelle
maison à partir de modèles conçus en CAO. Les recherches sur l'imprimante
à jet de béton ont été menées par l'université de
Californie du Sud, et leur technologie permet déjà de fabriquer des structures ...
This is based on a xanga entry I wrote three years ago... --- BTW, if you want to be a part of a
collaboration channel check out www.youtube.com/user/coast2coastfive we are looking for a new
member. :D -- ...i mumble a lot in this one...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TyOgDlUWfFE Regardez cette vidéo à rallonge: elle vous
montre comment, un jour, des robots géants imprimeront votre nouvelle maison à partir
de modèles conçus en CAO. Les recherches sur l’imprimante à jet de
béton ont été menées par l’université de Californie du
Sud, et leur technologie permet déjà de fabriquer des structures complexes en
béton en utilisant [...]
I was a HUGE fan of Apple Works, it is so sad not to see it on their new computers.
But now I am quite a fan of iMovie '08. Took a lot of getting used to after using HD, but the
slimmed down, easy iMovie helps make quick YouTube videos.
Plex XBMC Fork Updates with New Skin (Mac) "XBMC for Mac—the open source media center software that offers
a more flexible alternative to Front Row—has been renamed Plex,
rebranded, and redesigned. "
GimmeSomeTune Supercharges Your iTunes Library (Mac) "Free iTunes add-on GimmeSomeTune automatically fetches missing album artwork, lyrics, and
automatically embeds them in your music library."
Plex XBMC Fork
Updates with New Skin (Mac) "XBMC for Mac—the open source media center software that offers a more
flexible alternative to Front Row—has been renamed Plex, rebranded, and
redesigned. "
GimmeSomeTune
Supercharges Your iTunes Library (Mac) "Free iTunes add-on GimmeSomeTune automatically fetches missing album artwork, lyrics, and
automatically embeds them in your music library."
Michael Moore’s latest documentary film, Slacker Uprising, is set to be available
for free on the Internet. Does this signal a change in the movie industry or just Moore’s
desire to see Obama in the White House?
When Radiohead released their latest album, In Rainbows, for free over the Internet last
year, it was seen as a forward-thinking step which could revolutionise the way music is
distributed.
Changing The Status Quo?
The album did well, but most people still ended up downloading it via less legal means. And the
experiment didn’t really do anything to end the monopoly that the big record companies
enjoy.
Could film-maker Michael Moore do any better in persuading the movie industry that there is an
alternative to releasing movies in to cinemas?
Available For Free Online
Michael Moore, known for his hard-hitting documentaries attacking the status quo, is releasing
Slacker Uprising for free on the Internet
before it gets released on DVD.
The 97-minute-long film will be available to watch on BlipTV
for three weeks starting from September 23rd. It will then be released on DVD on October 7th
through Amazon and Netflix.
Slacker Uprising Trailer
Get Bush Out!
Slacker Uprising is a film following Michael Moore’s 62-city tour around the US
swing states in the build-up to the 2004 US Presidential Election. Moore wanted Bush out and
democrat John Kerry in.
While Moore’s hope wasn’t fulfilled, the documentary is now being released for free
over the Internet in order to reach as many people as possible before this year’s US
Presidential Election between
Barack Obama and John McCain.
Moore Speaks
Moore released a statement explaining the move:
“This is being done entirely as a gift to my fans. The only return any of us are hoping
for is the largest turnout of young voters ever at the polls in November. I think Slacker Uprising
will inspire (millions) to get off the couch and give voting a chance.”
The film cost an estimated $2 million to make, and Moore thinks that this method of release will
end up costing him $1 million. But neither Moore or the distributor, Brave New Films, plan to
profit from the release.
Conclusions
This is an intriguing development, especially as Moore could have guaranteed a pay day by
releasing this film in cinemas. He has instead decided to give his fans a present in the hope of
inspiring more people to vote.
This comes just a week after No End In Sight was announced as being the first
widely-released feature film to be
screened in its entirety on YouTube.
Will this revolutionise the movie industry? Not a chance. But it does at least show the Web is
becoming a more accepted form of distribution for long-form content.
Click the link for high quality of the song http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rk3oTmspxLE&fmt=18
Everything tastes so much better when you are with me. Lick my peanut butter face. Be the cool
person and download/add the song http://www.myspace.com/makemebad35 LYRICS Chorus (x3) Do you,
want to, lick my peanut face? Do you, want to, lick my gorgeous face?! That brown chunky peanut
butter tastes really good Forget the bread, forget the jam, all of that is nothing damn sham Do
you, want to, lick my peanut face? Do you, want to, lick my gorgeous face?! All the ladies love
my peanuts and all my peanuts love the ladies There's no resist, I insist to persist, cuz I the
tastiest face to exist Verse ---Welcome to the land, of mother fucking peanut butter Everything
is better all for you Check yo life because it's what you're missin' Peanut Butter love, so damn
true! Yummy, yummy, in the tummy Yummy, yummy, don't be a dummy Come with me you silly hoe, then
you'll know what I have to show ---Why settle for ordinary skin, when you can start your mornings
with my grin The smell of peanuts will tickle your nose, Then I'll rub my face on your clothes
It's a mark of me, always to see, something regular skin can't be So hold me tight and hold me
close, butter butter me, butter butter dose --- Why would you want to kiss a mans face with
nothing on it That is whack, that is shit, just quit and come with me Okay, I'll start off slow,
lets go on a date and watch a show Take you to dinner, take you to a movie, then back in my car
so you can suck my dick Verse 2 ---I always need the butter everywhere I go, on the toilet I go
crazy Putting on more, Wanting more, Putting on more I'm such a whore For peanut butter! Hell
yeah! Don't you doubt, cuz I can't live without You'll see, you'll beg, you will want all of me
---Omg, did you just kiss a peanut butter boy and like it? Did his lips taste like peanut butter
chap stick? YOU SLUT! Just kidding, I'm the best you can have, none will compare, You'll never
share It's plain simple fact, once you go peanut butter, you'll never go back ---So stop, drop,
quit what you're doing, I'm all here, you're the volunteer Lick the chunky, lick it clean, I'm
the mother fucking peanut butter king Yummy, yummy, in the tummy Yummy, yummy, don't be a dummy
Come with me you silly hoe, then you'll know what I have to show
neredeyse birkaç gün içinde çoÄŸumuzun favori
tarayıcı listesine giren google chrome'da son saatlerde
tartışılan en önemli konu güvenlik
açıkları.
google chrome henüz beta
aÅŸamasında ve sürüm 0.2'de olmasına
karşın güvenlik konusunda da oldukça yeterli olarak
karşımıza çıktı. google chrome'un seçeneklerine göz
atarsanız phishing ve malware koruması ve çerez kontrolü
ile ilgili seçeneklerin olduÄŸunu görürsünüz.
There is no longer a chance that "Evolution of Dance" will beat Avril Lavigne's "Girlfriend" as the
first video to reach 100million (except for one video in the past that cheated). It will happen by
tomorrow.
Pocket Lint writes: "Microsoft's latest advert featuring Bill Gates and US comic Jerry Seinfeld has
been met with an overall negative response.
The 90-second commercial, made by Crispin Porter + Bogusky, that sees Seinfeld bumping into Gates
whilst the ex-Microsoft boss is shopping in a discount shoe store, has been panned by the industry
and public alike.
Comments on YouTube, where the ad has been posted several times, and watched hundreds of thousands
of times already, are primarily negative, with examples like: "That is just stupid", and "I don't
get it..." repeated a fair few times."
Ok, Ive been messing around with my Windows Movie Maker trying to see what I can do with it. Ive
been told that im a very good editor with it, so I thought that I would be even better with Sony
Vegas, but I find it very hard to use for some reason. No idea why. I guess it just takes time to
"stick" on me. About this video. Ive been looking for the right "formula" to use for my intros. I
think I just about found it, only with one problem. I think its a bit too long. I'll try and fix
that eventually. This was a quickie that I put together in like 2 hours or so, and the song used
is the "Encore Numb Remix - by Linkin Park" (and a couple of other musical artists mixed into the
song. All the names of the artists in the song are on the video at the bottom of this
description). Ah, and you can find the video with the download link and everything here. -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYWqeEML3Ec Enjoy! :D
I can't quite put into words why these two YouTube videos of a high-drama moment with Tyra Banks
are so fun to watch over and over and over again. Maybe you can figure it out. Top: slow-mo
rage-out. Bottom: Chipmunk version of same. Serving suggestion: watch them both at the same time
and flip out. (via clayton cubitt)...
With
all the
newsaboutChrome,
it's been pretty easy to forget about one of Firefox's recent releases: Ubiquity. We gave Ubiquity a rave review
for giving Firefox a whole new UI. The standard commands, or "verbs", that come with Ubiquity are
great. Yet we couldn't help but want more. Developers have been working around the clock to
produce some fantastic custom verbs for Ubiquity. Here is ReadWriteWeb's list of the top picks of
custom Ubiquity verbs!
Media
Ubiquity already comes with built in search commands for Youtube, Amazon, and Flickr. Here are
our top picks for searching media sites using custom Ubiquity verbs:
Last.FM - Allows users to search the Last.FM
music network for artists pages.
So far Ubiquity only allows you to interact with one social network: Twitter. With these custom
verbs you'll be able interact with more popular social networks.
Outside of Digg, there are no other ways to share news and links with friends. So for those of
you on Reddit, Delicious, and other related sites, we have just the verbs for you!
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