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 …
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 w...
MTV NETWORKS, REALNETWORKS AND VERIZON WIRELESS JOIN FORCES TO OFFER A NEW INTEGRATED DIGITAL MUSIC EXPERIENCE
Pictured left to right, Rob Glaser, chairman and CEO of RealNetworks, John Stratton, SVP of Verizon Communications and Van Toffler, president, MTV Networks' Music/Logo/Films Group.
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 fo...
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 ...
YouTube Premiering InVideo Ad Format
Showing 3 billion minutes of videos every month, Google-owned YouTube is the top video destination on the Internet today. And starting tomorrow, marketers will have another reason to turn to YouTube—...
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 ans...
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...
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...
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 mi...
Microsoft launches Tafiti - Search and Silverlight experiment
Tafiti, an experimental demonstration site that combines Live Search with Silverlight has just been launched. Its described as follows: … Search results are presented in the central column, with the ...
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 o...
World's largest music retailer ditches DRM, not censorship
Like a frog slowly turning into a princess, Wal-Mart's music download store has grown far more attractive now that it offers 256kbps unrestricted MP3 tracks from both EMI and Universal. It won't win ...
MTV bails on Microsoft, partners with RealNetworks for "Rhapsody America"
15 months after partnering with Microsoft on URGE, MTV has decided to cut its ties with Microsoft and cast its lot with with RealNetworks and Verizon. At a news conference this morning, MTV and RealN...
Apple secures Europe iPhone revenue deals
By Astrid Maier in Hamburg and Volker Müller in Munich — Apple has succeeded in committing European mobile phone operators that want exclusively to sell its new iPhone to share parts of their revenu...
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 oth...
Would you like video with that?
One of our goals at Google News is to offer as many different perspectives on the news as possible. That means bringing content from multiple sources together in a way we hope you find to be organize...
Apple Releases iPhone 1.0.2 Update
Apple has posted iPhone Update 1.0.2. Available via iTunes. — The update only lists "bug fixes" as its description and weighs in at 3.7MB. According to early reports, no new features have been not...
US launches 'MySpace for spies'
Spies and teenagers normally have little in common but that is about to change as America's intelligence agencies prepare to launch "A-Space", an internal communications tool modelled on the popular s...
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 5,400r...
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 Ge...
Offline Support & Comments in Zoho Writer
We just rolled out an important update to Zoho Writer. This update includes two important features. Offline support & Comments. — Offline Support: — We are taking our first steps towards offerin...
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 o...
Yahoo! buys Actionality
Yahoo! has bought the ad-funded gaming specialist Actionality, ME understands. — The search giant moved for the Munich-based mobile company earlier this month, but did not announce the deal to the p...
Dear Palm: It's time for an intervention
Man, what a crazy year, right? We know things haven't really been going your way lately, but we want you to know that we haven't given up on you, even though it might seem like the only smartphone an...
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,...
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 announc...
Woz qualifies for Prius Racing Team
Just yesterday we pointed to an old video of Steve Wozniak pitching a Datsun 280Z, and now we learn that time has done nothing to slow down Apple's co-founder, no matter what he's driving. Woz confir...
iPhone 1.0.2 Update available through iTunes
Only three weeks after Apple's first software update for the iPhone, update 1.0.2 has hit the streets through iTunes. So far, any meaningful description of the update has not shown up on Apple's webs...
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, entere...
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 lau...
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 …
Be Dynamic, Be Confident — Yahoo! Search Supports You
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 tim...
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 ...
Searching Twitter
We've just added Profile Search to Twitter! Now you can search across profile information like name, location, bio, and url. That means you can find more people to follow. The search box is over on...
The new adventures of Dennis the Menace, direct to your mobile
The comic book, a staple of British childhood for 90 years, is to receive a 21st-century makeover as the adventures of characters such as Dennis the Menace and Desperate Dan are sent frame-by-frame to...
Google Reverses Position On Video Refunds; Good For Them
We criticized Google last week when they shut down their video marketplace and told users they would receive refunds only through a Google Checkout credit. We called it a "mistake" and suggested that...
US web hosting provider Go Daddy suspends 10 Chinese human rights sites without warning
Reporters Without Borders today called on US web hosting provider Go Daddy to explain why it suddenly withdrew hosting for several Chinese sites specialising in human rights in China.
Apple Rolls Out Refurbished iPhones For $100 Less
Apple's refurbished iPhones retail for $499 and $399 — Apple's iPhone has only been on the market for about two months, but the company is already selling refurbished phones to customers with a one-...
gBox: Give The Gift Of DRM-Free Music
gBox is a new take on selling digital content. Instead of emphasizing sales directly to consumers, gBox is encourages you to create wish lists and buy gifts for your friends and family. To kick-star...
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...
BEBO'S NEW INSTANT MESSAGING IS MICROSOFT-FLAVORED
Social networking site Bebo, with a 36-million-strong member base centered primarily in the U.K., announced Tuesday that it has partnered with Microsoft on a new instant messaging initiative. The Win...