The New Jersey Turnpike Authority's video cameras captured a fatal crash earlier this month in which a 52 year-old New Jersey resident crashed into the roadway's Great Egg Harbor Toll Plaza.Not long therafter, video of the crash wound up on YouTube as well as on two other video sharing sites.Now,...
Effective today, the U.S. Department of Defense has started blocking access over its Internet networks to You Tube, MySpace, BlackPlanet and Hi5; music sites Pandora, MTV, 1.fm and live365; and the photo-sharing site Photobucket.DoD says this is being done for two reasons: to soften demand on its networks,...
Whats interesting about Viacoms demand today that YouTube pull all of its 100,000 or so videos featuring Viacom content is that YouTube-owner Google already has a deal with Viacom to post some of Viacoms content for free.The difference, of course, is that YouTube content is still the unlicensed Wild West,...
Earlier this afternoon, Universal Music Group sued MySpace for copyright infringement.The problem seems to be that Universal believes that MySpace facilitates conversion and upload of copyrighted videos and music files of their artists to unauthorized third parties.No dollar amount on the suit yet, but Universal says that of the "thousands...
ATThus the great firewall...enters America. Way to go ISP's. Its not a matter of consumer education for people "illegally" downloading...its the fact that the [b]content providers[/b] are forcing people do - DRM doesnt work, it hurts the consumer so kill it. Yes more and more music is being able to...
Palin the reformer? In fact, a pattern of stonewalling and hidingPalin Yes - Obama NoIt amazes me the the Left's knee-jerk reaction to Sarah Palin, when you have Barry Obama with his association with unrepentant terrorist William Ayers and anti-American bigot Jeremiah Wright. And never mind the fact Obama...
Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) has extended its portfolio of renewable energy commitments into wave energy. As far as I'm aware, this represents the first commercial commitment to a wave project located in the United States. So far, most of the discernable wave energy projects have been in places like...
Senators urge tougher rating for 'Manhunt 2' gameThat would be the problem in a nutshell...It's when they ARE getting something done...That our rights and freedoms are most at risk!And what business is this of Senators ?....I wish these people would stick to their JOBS! They just might get something...
Comcast is likely blocking all large file transfers not just BitTorrent, which is why it can say it is not deliberately targeting any specific applications. How will YouTube and the 140 other video sharing sites survive? YouTube videos are up to 100 MB in size, other video...
I'm deeply troubled over the tone of a new agreement announced today by a cabal of Big Copyright owners. Entitled User Generated Content Principles- Encourage Creativity-Respect Intellectual Property, the document has been ratified by Disney, CBS, NBC Universal, Fox Entertainment Group, Microsoft, Viacom...
Notable headlines: David Berlind: Does payback on email alone make Google Apps' $50/yr. worth it? (Docs, etc? That's icing). Note to all anti-spam vendors: Why your solutions stink and standards are needed instead. Dennis Howlett: Oracle re-org confirmed, Fusion leader ousted. ...
Google filed its second quarter regulatory filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The company's filing matched what it reported a few weeks ago.Nevertheless, Google did have a few notable passages. Among the Google nuggets you may not have heard before:The company is up to its eyeballs in lawsuits--that's not...
As the search engine powerhouse Google penetrates more and more markets, it's also penetrating Washington. Google execs have been reading Microsoft history and are working hard not to repeat Redmond's ill-advised choice in the early '90s to shun the halls of government. Careful not to repeat Microsoft's stand-offish attitude, Google...
UBS is out with its 2007 analysis of open job listings at Google and Yahoo and what they tell us about the two companies' respective direction. The short version: Both are thinking video. Google is on a lawyer binge while Yahoo wants engineering types.Here are a few notable figures from...
I was one of several folks who spoke today on policy issues at Video on the Net. Since my talk riffs on Jeff Jarviss, which I blogged earlier, and since I actually have notes for a change, here they are. And heres a Flickr set of the accompanying...
Why WPF/E is a big deal: BBC on Flash VideoYou can't eat a promised sandwich[i]The only major unsolved mystery is how far will WPF/E go in allowing developers to build rich web applications.[/i]Well, that and whether it ever appears as anything other than slideware.With regulatory agencies breathing down their necks,...
I explored the rise of Enterprise 2.0 this year in last weeks year in review post, but 2007 will likely prove to be a much more intriguing year for the trend. The demand side of Enterprise 2.0 seems to be driven from a variety of sources that likely include...
GOOG passed the symbolic $500 mark on November 21, 2006 (see “GOOG @ $510: Do you buy or sell?”). One month later, GOOG closed 10% down off of its all-time high, but at still more than a 400% appreciation from its IPO price of $85 a share in 2004. Digital...
During an interview conducted by Charlie Rose at the TechNet Summit, Bill Gates discussed his philanthropic efforts, his future and Microsoft’s business. Rose asked Gates about competing with Google. He avoided getting into much detail, claiming that the competition is fun for both companies. “They have done a good job...
I had the pleasure of learning more about Facebook yesterday directly from Facebook. I interviewed Melanie Dietch, Facebook Director of Marketing, as part of my new “The Real Deal” Interview Series (see “Facebook talks ‘The Real Deal’ in exclusive interview”).While not “face to face,” my discussion by phone was informative...
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