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A YouTube Competitor in Silverlight and 1080p Flash Video

A YouTube Competitor in Silverlight and 1080p Flash VideoHow is DRM important for consumers?Since this is a blog post about video, I'll assume you are referring to DRM and video files. How exactly is DRM more important? It's a nuisance at best, and more often than not it inhibits people...

Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Digital media, Video Platform, 1080p, Microsoft Silverlight, YouTube Inc., digital-rights management, DRM IS, content creator

Discussion threads 2007-06-12

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Microsoft isn't the only one developing a hardware-accelerated browser

It is a dumb idea.WAIT! Firefox and Chrome teams are looking to do the same?What a brilliant idea!I smell a large scale patent war brewingThis will be one that catches everybody's attention, not just the people who work in the industry.I'd bet that Office goes hardware-rendered, tooI'd bet that Office...

Tags: Web browsers, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Office, IE9, Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Internet Explorer, hardware, Web browser

Discussion threads 2009-11-24

Review: Who needs a PND when you have CoPilot Live 8 on an HTC HD2?

Earlier this summer I posted on the release of CoPilot Live 8 for Google Android and loaded it up on my T-Mobile G1 to evaluate for a full review. A ton of new devices came shooting across my desk and I never had the chance to finish my review of...

Tags: High Tech Computer Corp., T-Mobile G1, GPS, Handhelds, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2009-11-24

Sothink SWF Quicker 4.7 (Windows)

SWF Quicker (www.sothink.com/product/swfquicker/index.htm) is an absolutely versatile and 'full value' Flash animation maker. It is compatible with Windows 7; supports Flash CS4 (V10) and AS 3.0; can export Flash movies to SWF, EXE, GIF, AVI, or Flash Lite 2.0, 2.1 and 3.0 You can find all you have ever...

Tags: Flash Animation, Animation, Microsoft Windows, SourceTec Software

Software downloads 2009-11-24

Fawning over Chatter and how SAP missed its chance

What Salesforce did was pricing, not features...What I was talking about that most people missed wasn't the feature set. Of course that isn't new. Even Benioff pretty much admits he stole the idea from Facebook and Twitter.But at the Techcrunch Real Time Crunchup on Friday Benioff said Salesforce was working...

Tags: Pricing, Sales force management, Marketing research, Strategy, Chatter, SAP AG

Discussion threads 2009-11-23

Roku becomes cloud-enabled with new Roku Channel Store and Developer SDK

The new Roku Channel Store, which is being rolled out to all Roku devices, will greatly expand the capabilities of the $99 set-top on-demand streaming device. Late Sunday night, Roku announced that its players would now have a "Channel...

Tags: Developer, SDK, Roku Inc., Roku Channel Store, Managed Hosting, Corporate Communications, Cloud Computing, Podcasts, Marketing, Internet, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-11-22

Collectorz.com Game Collector 3.3.1 (Windows)

Catalog your video games automatically, no typing. Just type title and platform or type/scan its barcode to download all data from our own Collectorz.com Game Database, including title, publisher, developer, platform, genre and the cover image. Browse your collection by genre, publisher, platform or use the Image View to view...

Tags: Platform, Microsoft Windows, Bitz & Pixelz BV, Games, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2009-11-22

RemoteSight 1.0.1 (Mac)

RemoteSight is an application for video and audio transmission over a network. It captures video from any attached video input device (for example the built-in iSight camera included in many Macintosh computers), which can then be viewed on another computer over a network or the internet. The primary use of...

Tags: Video Surveillance, Apple Macintosh, Video, Camera, Computer, Ben Bird, RemoteSight, Feature List, Corporate Communications, Productivity, Marketing

Software downloads 2009-11-20

Chatter: Amplified

Last evening, fellow ZDNet'ers Mike Krigsman, Dion Hinchcliffe, Tom Foremski, Brian Sommer along with fellow Enterprise Advocate Vinnie Mirchandani and I sat down with Parker Harris, co-founder Salesforce.com to get a deep dive into the rationale behind Chatter, what it's really about and where it's going. ...

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Sales Force Management, Sales, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-11-19

PBX Telecom IPTV 1.03 (Mac)

PbxTV is a multi-feature, multi-platform online video content streaming application built based on the community's suggestions and critics. PbxTV can deliver high quality full motion live TV signal at very low bitrates. This enables the product to be available on any kind of internet connection ranging from dial-up to ADSL...

Tags: Channel, Apple Macintosh, Mobile, PBX, Fightersoft Multimedia, PbxTV, Video On Demand (VoD), Tv & Home Theater, Cellular Phones, Broadband Internet, 3G, Advertising & Promotion, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Consumer Electronics, Telecommunications, Marketing

Software downloads 2009-11-19

Private Coach 2.2.91 (Windows)

Private Coach is a personal training software. It provides custom training and nutrition advice through the unique "TrainerAssistance" feature. The included Nutrition Manager allows for calorie budgeting and tracking of key nutrients. Many health- and fitness related parameters such as BMI, resting heart rate, and blood pressure can be recorded....

Tags: Nutrition, Microsoft Windows, Training, Digital Environment, Nutrition Manager, Workforce Management, Training And Certification, Human Resources

Software downloads 2009-11-18

Apple's app approval revolt: Will it matter? Maybe

Once somebody matches the ease of the App store,Create a desktop application which makes it brain-dead simple to buy, install, arrange, and sync software and multimedia content with the Droid and it will take off like crazy. That's about the only thing the iPhone has over the Droid at this...

Tags: Smart phones, Cellular phones, Digital music, Apple Inc., Apple iPhone, developer

Discussion threads 2009-11-17

Apple's "force fed ads" patent more likely related to content, not hardware

Perhaps neitherHopefully you are right and they'll use this process to allow customers to earn free content. Unfortunatley I see this as being a way for Apple to increase its warchest by forcing its followers to view ads. Perhaps it'll be a blend - view enough ads to put $10...

Tags: hardware, O'Grady, advertisement, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-11-17

AMD turbo boosts Flash Player 10.1 with ATI Stream technology

Chip giant AMD has announced that the Flash Player 10.1 beta released by Adobe today is to offer support for platforms powered by Vision Technology from AMD to deliver high-quality, high definition HD on Flash platform -based video and other rich Web based content and applications. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Tags: Macromedia Flash Player, ATI Technologies Inc., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Semiconductors, Corporate Communications, Strategy, Hardware, Marketing, Management, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2009-11-17

Dell's answer to Apple's Mac mini - The Inspiron Zino HD

People Actually Buy These Things?Almost a $1000.00 for a cutsey, low powered designer computer? Do people actually buy these things? Maybe they should check out your Very Best Kit list.adrian please 959$ you dont put 959 for a low-end entry level machine you can have...

Tags: Desktops, Apple Mac Mini, Dell Inspiron, Dell Computer Corp., Apple Inc., Apple Macintosh

Discussion threads 2009-11-16

My new daughter is a lot like Linux

OK...I promise, this will be my last post this week about my new little daughter. Really. No matter what cute things she does, I'll limit my oohing and ahhing to Twitter. However, as I was changing her diaper for the umpteenth time today, I got to thinking...

Tags: Linux, Operating Systems, UNIX, Open Source, Microsoft Windows, Desktops, Software, Hardware, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2009-11-15

Microsoft opens up Windows 7 to advertisers via downloadable themes

Windows for freeI think a lot of consumers and businesses also would not object to their desktop being used as an advertising space by Microsoft if this would let them use Windows at no charge. I believe Google is going in the same direction with their ChromeOS.Its an operating system!!Windows...

Tags: Operating systems, Windows 8, advertisement, advertiser, downloadable theme, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 7

Discussion threads 2009-11-13

News to know: HP-3Com; AMD; Google; Blockbuster; Bing 2.0

News to know intro: Sam Diaz: HP announces $2.7 billion acquisition of 3Com; raises outlook Larry Dignan: Cisco vs. HP: 3Com acquisition ups the ante John Morris: AMD updates roadmap, promises "supercomputer in your lap" ...

Tags: Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Andrew Nusca, Blockbuster Inc., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Sam Diaz, Games, Linux, Open Source, Personal Technology, Operating Systems, Software

Blog posts 2009-11-12

Looking for a fast payback? 10 Minutes with Free Tool Can Save Thousands

Spend 10 minutes with free JDE ROI Tool and see how you can save thousands with a JD Edwards technology refresh. The tool lets you: identify strategic drivers conduct a brief benefits analysis demonstrate the significant value you could achieve by upgrading current ERP...

Tags: Video, Hardware, Tool, IBM Corp., Productivity, Corporate Communications, Roi/Tco, Marketing, Finance, Managerial Accounting

White papers 2009-11-12

News to know: Logitech-LifeSize; Macworld; Droid sales; Tandberg; e-book readers

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage.: Larry Dignan: Logitech gobbles up LifeSize; Enters video conferencing Dave Greenfield: Logitech Buys LifeSize. Now what about Polycom?...

Tags: Larry Dignan, Dana Blankenhorn, Mary Jo Foley, Sales, Ryan Naraine, Sam Diaz, E-book Reader, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, E-books, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Operating Systems, Software, Personal Technology, Hardware

Blog posts 2009-11-11