If you’re doing audio work on Windows, Rain Recording may have just released your dream machine. They’ve introduced the ION 64, a true 64-bit computing platform designed for audio and video production. Powered by two AMD Opteron Quad Core processors, the ION 64 has eight processor cores, up to 64 gigabytes of RAM, and room […]

Six Apart today announced an update to Movable Type and the launch of Movable Type Pro, a new version that’s designed to let you build your own social networking sites.  Or as Six Apart puts it, “think Digg in a box”. What’s New in Movable Type 4.2 Movable Type Pro lets you turn any site […]

Best Buy announced today that it would be selling the Apple iPhone, starting on September 7th. It will be the first US chain, outside of Apple & AT&T, to carry the iPhone. The deal is significant for several reasons: The iPhone will be available in 1,000 new locations; It helps prepare Apple for carrier independence; […]

Citi analyst Mark Mahaney is bullish on the prospects for Amazon’s Kindle ebook reader. He estimates that Amazon (AMZN) will sell 378,000 units this year, double his initial guess. And he thinks instead of being a $750 million business that accounts for 3% of Amazon’s sales in 2009, the Kindle will be a $1.1 billion […]

Podcast hosting service Wizzard Software has announced its second quarter 2008 financial results. They report that revenues are up, expenses are down and losses are decreasing: Wizzard reports revenues for the second quarter of 2008 of $1,465,874, a 3% increase over revenues of $1,428,097 in the second quarter of 2007 Operating expenses totaled $2,159,433, which […]

Last week, while we were wondering whether NBC risked losing the online audience with all the barriers it puts in front of people wanting to watch the Olympics, everybody else seemed to be worried that NBC’s Olympic coverage might melt the Internet. Three days into the Olympics, the Internet hasn’t melted and it’s starting to […]

NBC’s Olympics coverage appears to be getting a boost in interest from its Web presence, according to the company: More viewers tuned in to watch the first two prime-time Olympics telecasts on NBC than any Summer Games in a decade. Friday night’s taped opening ceremony attracted 34.2 million people, up 35% from the last summer […]

New media is dramatically more efficient than old media at creating Internet content and getting page views, if numbers published by Gawker Media are any example. According to Gawker publisher Nick Denton, July 2008 traffic to Gawker sites set a record for the organization of 254 million monthly pageviews. Denton goes on to note that […]

The Olympics are traditionally one of the biggest events in television, and the 2008 Beijing Olympics is sure to carry on this tradition. However, people’s attention is moving from broadcast television to on-demand Internet television. The Olympics, with all the restrictions it has placed on Internet viewers, risks losing the attention of the online audience. […]

This video demos VisionAire – new technology that lets you interact with projections, Minority Report-style. While this is just a demo, it’s easy to see how this concept will change computing, presentations and videos. Video podcasters doing new presentations, for example, could directly interact with their visuals, both streamlining the production process and making it […]