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Some HD DVD News

Some HD DVD NewsHang on John, why the dissing of Mpeg-2Yes I know it requires a larger file but I see no real improvement in quality of other formats. Given that content creators have to go in search of stuff to put a DVD (useless commentatry, deleted scenes, etc.)...

Tags: Consumer electronics, HD DVD, Digital video, HD-DVD, DVD, MPEG-2, VC-1

Discussion threads 2006-08-17

The ecosystem benefits of Microsoft's VC-1

The ecosystem benefits of Microsoft's VC-1MS, standards, and "every device"First a minor quibble, you should say that MS will ensure that every NEW device supports VC-1.MS is famous for not really embracing standards. Their modus operandi has been to follow standards if they're playing catch-up and then club competitors...

Tags: Quality, Digital video, Digital media, digital television, device market, patent holder, VC-1, Microsoft Corp., H.264/AVC, standards

Discussion threads 2005-09-02

The ecosystem benefits of Microsoft's VC-1

I'm sick. That's an odd way to start off a blog post, but I have a fever, and feel like absolute hell. I've promised myself, though, that I will post at least two blogs a week until the four horsemen of the apocalypse come riding down highway 405 (which might...

Tags: VC-1

Blog posts 2005-09-02

Additional Resources

Steve Jobs death has been greatly exaggerated

News outlet Bloomberg gave Apple fans and investors a huge scare late yesterday when it accidentally published an incomplete version of Steve Jobs obituary over its wire service. Although the service quickly retracted the release, it's an eerily-fascinating read complete with XXXX marks for the cause and...

Tags: Steve Jobs, Apple Inc., Corporate Governance, Venture Capital, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Finance, Financing Startups, Jason D. O\'Grady

Blog posts 2008-08-28

(Photos: Inside Brazil's slums)

(Photos: Inside Brazil's slums)ProximityWhile North America tends to have affluent and poor areas of town, many countries don't work that way. You can walk along a canal of slums in S.E.Asia and hit the entrance to one of the wealthiest neighborhoods. They're not ten meters apart.Inclusão Digitalpost duplicadoInclusão DigitalParabéns pela...

Tags: Vertical industries, city name, slum, Paulo Perantunes, photograph

Discussion threads 2008-08-27

The Perils of Showboating

The Perils of ShowboatingMocking companies looking for VC moneyYears ago I wrote two articles about start up presentation events. Out in the Bay Area and Silicon Valley there are tons of these events. It was getting out of hand so to have some fun with it, some producers thought it...

Tags: Gong Show, Perils

Discussion threads 2008-08-24

PDF Info COM Component (zip)

PDF Info software automates the process of exporting and importing PDF description information and XMP metadata. PDF info contains many special features like removing all XMP metadata and info data, exporting Info data to XML and importing both XML or/and XMP metadata in to a single or a batch list...

Tags: Adobe PDF, COM, PDF Info, PDF Info Software

Software downloads 2008-08-22

PDF Secure COM Component (zip)

PDF Secure automates the process of password protecting pdf's, encrypting pdf's, decrypting existing pdf's, re-encrypting, changing passwords, adding permissions & changing existing permissions in pdf's. Includes Encrypt RC 40 bit and RC 128 bit support, Decrypts RC 40, RC 128 & AES. Example .asp, vb, .net, php, cold fusion, and...

Tags: Password, Permission, Traction Software Inc., Adobe PDF, COM, PDF Secure, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing

Software downloads 2008-08-21

Technology: where on the scale from cure to curse?

I'm old enough to remember the many apocalyptic scenarios conjured up by nuclear weapons and the Cold War. From Alas, Babylon to "The Day After", from Godzilla himself, the second half of the Twentieth Century was repeatedly haunted by vivid imaginings of the post-nuclear world, or its ending....

Tags: Bee, Clean Technology, NRDC, Purdue, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-08-20

10 reasons to love Silverlight and 10 reasons to hate it

10 reasons to love Silverlight and 10 reasons to hate itRE: really bad storyIt is a slow news day for me. But I thought it was one of the better breakdowns I'd seen and I'm also fishing for .NET/Mac hints.=Ryanreally bad storymust be a slow news day... they blog about...

Tags: Microsoft development tools, Blogging, Microsoft Silverlight, Expression Blend

Discussion threads 2008-08-18

Europe discussing the business of the Semantic Web at ESTC

I've written before about the importance of events that move us past introspection and academic debate, and bring the real benefits of semantic technologies to a wider business audience. As the Semantic Web Gang discussed recently, North America has had the excellent Semantic Technology Conference for several years, and this...

Tags: Europe, Conference, Semantic Web, Research & Development, Benefits, Internet, Business Operations, Human Resources, Paul Miller

Blog posts 2008-08-17

The cleantech bubble--true or false?

There is a serious cleantech investment bubble in the making. That's the view of an opinionator on our sister site, CNET. Steve Tobak warns, they're blowing smoke, and smoke gets in your eyes. A counter view--from an involved cleantech VC--is that there is much more to be done,...

Tags: clean technology, steve tobak, harry fuller

Blog posts 2008-08-07

Venturing into Semantic Technologies ?

Venturing into Semantic Technologies ?What is the difference between VCs funding search and semantic web?Very interesting article, enjoyed reading it. I was extremely puzzled by the assertion of the VCs that funding semantic web companies was similar to funding something that was only a problem because the underlying infrastructure wasn't...

Tags: Semantic Web, Semantic Technologies, Venturing, search engine

Discussion threads 2008-08-04

Are we seeing a disturbing trend in "blackmail" innovation...?

I've been thinking about the acquisition of a Silicon Valley startup, Ribbit, by BT, the giant British telecoms firm. Ribbit started out in classic form as the vendor of disruptive telecom technologies. Ribbit declared itself "Silicon Valley's First Phone Company" - a...

Tags: Silicon Valley, Innovation, Telecommunications Company, Ribbit, Telecom & Utilities, Leadership, Telecommunications, Telephony, Strategy, Management, Networking, Tom Foremski

Blog posts 2008-08-04

My Sunday Afternoon: Fun with VMWare ESX 3i

My Sunday Afternoon: Fun with VMWare ESX 3iI dove deep dude ...... and in Table 11 came to 'iSCSI with Broadcom GB NIC'. Might give that a try before buying a RAID card.How about an expo from you/Robin H. on iSCSI? Some free offerings out there for iSCSI targets these...

Tags: IP storage, Storage area networks (SAN), Network technology, SATA Chipset, VMware Inc., iSCSI, Serial ATA, RAID, VMWare ESX, ESX, storage

Discussion threads 2008-07-28

Sequoia bets on enterprise apps in the cloud

Big-hitting VC firm Sequoia Capital has invested in SaaS pureplay integrator Appirio, making a bet that bringing cloud applications to the enterprise will prove to be a disruptive opportunity. by Phil Wainewright

Tags: Google Inc., Google Apps, Professional Services, Sequoia Capital, Appirio, Cloud Computing, Phil Wainewright

Blog posts 2008-07-21

This could be a window to our solar future

American researchers say they've developed a system of concentrating solar energy. It could be twice as efficient at turning sunlight into electricity. And it uses special paints. They could even be put onto windows. And the coatings add minimal cost while doubling efficiency. Here's...

Tags: Window, Solar Energy, Telecom & Utilities, Construction, Research & Development, Business Operations, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-07-10

VCs a glum bunch over economy, lack of exits

Venture capitalists are having a confidence crisis as dwindling exit opportunities and a weak economy conspire to put the kibosh on returns. According to the Silicon Valley Venture Capital Confidence Index the second quarter registered a reading of 3.07 on a 5 point scale, down from the...

Tags: Entrepreneurial, Confidence, VC, Mark Cannice, Venture Capital, IPO, Entrepreneurship, Investment, Financial Planning, Finance, Financing Startups, Financial Services, Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-07-09

$1 Million prize offered for cracking an encryption algorithm

It's 2008, and companies perhaps rich on VC money to waste in a guerilla marketing tactic for generating viral buzz, still talk and act as the utopian "unbreakable encryption" algorithm is the panacea of security, or the "Hackers Hell: Privacy That Can't Be Compromised" as they pitch it. ...

Tags: Passphrase, Malware, Encryption Algorithm, Encryption, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Security, Viruses And Worms, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2008-07-07

$34m VC round for Spanish SaaS venture

$34m VC round for Spanish SaaS ventureSaaS - not quiteMy feeling is that this company is not SaaS. Specificlly because it is a service company relying on human labour. To double revenues you need to double people utilisation rates assumed constant. Yes there is a web front-end but this alone...

Tags: Spanish SaaS

Discussion threads 2008-07-04