Big Buck Bunny is an animated short, released under the Creative Common Attribution license. The film is about “a giant rabbit with a heart bigger than himself. When one sunny day three rodents rudely harass him, something snaps… and the rabbit ain’t no bunny anymore! In the typical cartoon tradition he prepares the nasty rodents […]

The Chicago Daily Herald reports that the the Chicago Area Podcasters Network has been growing since its inception in 2006, and is now an active, vibrant group. The group started with 10 members and has grown to about 50.  “Things really changed once iTunes made podcasting available,” said Tom Kim of Libertyville, founder of the podcasting […]

Back in 2005, so-called “godcasts” – religious podcasts – were one of the most talked about podcast genres.

Podcaster Craig Patchett in 2004 created the GodCast network, featuring a variety of Christian podcasts and even a Klingon Word podcast. Hundreds of churches followed suit, distributing weekly sermons as podcasts.

While mainstream coverage quickly moved on to other topics, godcasting is still going strong. In fact, recent research suggests that Christians are twice as likely as the average to be listening to podcasts.

Amazon.com and Simon & Schuster today announced that Simon & Schuster will make 5,000 additional titles available for Amazon Kindle in 2008. When added to books already available on Kindle, these Simon Schuster titles represent the vast majority of sales from the publisher’s catalog. Amazon CEO Jeff Bezo also offered incentive for other publishers for […]

Internet TV is rapidly stealing viewers away from traditional TV, according to the latest research from media research firm Ipsos: The percentage of video viewed on a TV among video downloaders and streamers declined from 75% in February 2007 to 70% in February 2008 The percentage of total screen time captured by movie theaters also declined significantly […]

Common Craft follows up their simple takes on podcasting, Twitter & RSS with Social Media in Plain English.

Jim Louderback, CEO of podcasting/new media network Revision3, has an explanation for why his site died over Memorial Day weekend: they were hacked and attacked by MediaDefender, a company that works for the music and film industries doing anti-piracy work.

“Media Defender was abusing one of Revision3’s servers for their own purposes, without our approval,” says Louderback. “They willingly admitted to abusing Revision3’s network, over a period of months, by injecting a broad array of torrents into our tracking server.”

If you want a fast Internet connection, South Korea is the place to be, according to content delivery network Akamai. South Koreans are three times as likely as Americans to have broadband conections.

If moving to South Korea seems extreme, though, there’s always Delaware. Delaware topped the list of US states, with over 60% of connections occurring at 5 Mbps or greater.

Microsoft today released a video, above, showcasing multi-touch apps developed for future versions of Windows. According to Microsoft: Touch is quickly becoming a common way of directly interacting with software and devices. Touch-enabled surfaces are popping up everywhere including laptop touch pads, cell phones, remote controls, GPS devices, and more. What becomes even more compelling […]

Weezer’s Pork and Beans video, which features cameos and references to dozens of viral Internet videos, is a viral hit of its own. Director Mathew Cullen explains the story behind the video: “We’d been wanting to work with Weezer since their last album,” said Cullen, “and five weeks ago Weezer sent us this song, and […]