Movavi today announced that it had added new tools to Movavi Online, a web-based service that lets users download and convert video from one format to another for use with iPods, mobile phones and other devices. Where the first version of Movavi Online gave users the ability to upload video stored on a PC, the […]

Viacom’s MTV Networks is expected to announce today plans to merge its online digital music offerings into a joint venture with RealNetworks. MTV and RealNetworks, which runs subscription digital-music service Rhapsody, plan to join forces in a bid to compete with Apple Inc’s iTunes online music store. Verizon Wireless is expected to supply mobile distribution […]

Adobe Systems Incorporated today announced the latest update for Adobe Flash Player 9 software, code-named Moviestar, which adds H.264 standard video support, the same standard deployed in Blu-Ray and HD-DVD high definition video players, and High Efficiency AAC (HE-AAC) audio support, as well as hardware accelerated, multi-core enhanced full screen video playback. These advancements enable […]

If there’s any doubt that video podcasting is going mainstream, the Wall Street Journal’s new video podcast should end it. The WSJ today announced the launch of a new video podcast, Andy Jordan’s Tech Diary.¬†The show¬†chronicles the often odd stories that can be found when people and technology come together. According to the WSJ, Jordan […]

A new version of HandBrake, the popular open-source DVD-ripper & video format converter, has been released. Here are the highlights of the new release: User experience is improved through a re-envisioned Mac interface and a Windows interface that‚Äôs been rebuilt from the ground up. Picture quality is improved through better image scaling, better deinterlacing, new […]

The ongoing outage of the popular voice over IP application Skype highlights the risk of building a utility service like voice communication on a proprietary identity system. By creating a single point of failure, Skype effectively designed into their system an outage that is now affecting hundreds of millions of people. Skype apologizes for the […]

The winners of the People‚Äôs Choice Podcast Awards have been announced: Best Video Podcast – Ask a Ninja Best Mobile Phone Formatted Podcast – Praystation Portable Business – Manager Tools Comedy – Nobody Likes Onions Cultural / Arts – This American Life Education – Grammar Girl Entertainment – The Lost Podcast Food and Drink – […]

Podcast Pickle has announced a contest to reward people for writing reviews at their directory. Beginning Friday, August 10, the Reviews for Riches contest begins, and will run for 4 weeks. When you review a podcast at the site, your name will be entered into the drawing. If your name is drawn, you can win […]

A new Survey from market research firm Parks Associates has found that few in the U.S. are satisfied with their experience downloading videos from the Internet: Only 16% say the selection of videos available online is good; Only 13% say video downloads are sold at a reasonable price; and Fewer than one in five consumers […]

Universal Music Group plans to test selling digital music free of digital rights management (DRM)….but not through Apple’s iTunes music store. Tracks from thousands of albums will be available for purchase on the recording artists’ Web sites and through several established online music retailers, but not iTunes. “Clearly the handwriting is on the wall for […]