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 […]

When you look at the steady stream of companies that are hyped at sites like TechCrunch – companies like Cluztr, Validas, Wablet and Weebly – it doesn’t seem like a stretch to think that there’s something to the idea that there’s a “Web 2.0” bubble, an unwarranted rush of interest and investment in new Internet […]

ZDNet’s David Berlind has published an interesting article on the Twitterization of traditional media. While the focus of the article is on how Twitter will affect big media, Berlind also does a great job of summarizing the challenges facing corporate media as it is forced to compete with bloggers, podcasters and video podcasters: Although it […]

There’s been a lot of blog discussion, recently, about podcasting startup PodTech and its struggles to become profitable. The company is burning through cash to support 38 employees and high-rent office space in Palo Alto, but has failed to create any breakout Internet TV franchises. CenterNetworks’ Allen Stern offers Five Suggestions to Improve PodTech: Update […]

MSNBC has announced that, after the live AFL-CIO Presidential Candidates Forum has concluded, non-NBC media, blogs and Internet media may make unlimited use of the debate and excerpts, with appropriate credit to MSNBC, for the purpose of analyzing, reporting on, or commenting on the Forum.¬† While many would consider this fair use, MSNBC is making […]

Apple introduced a completely rewritten iMovie in the iLife ’08 suite earlier this week. But, while the new iMovie streamlines production of simple videos, some users are also finding that Apple dropped their favorite features from iMovie HD, the previous version. iMovie ’08 eliminates timeline-style editing, which can make it more difficult to do things […]

Apple today introduced iLife ‚’08, featuring a major new version of iPhoto and a “completely reinvented” iMovie. iPhoto 08 automatically organizes photo libraries into Events that let users more easily manage their growing photo collections, and iMovie ‚08 introduces a new way for users to quickly make movies and share them online. Both iPhoto and […]

Information Week’s Alexander Wolfe today offered his DRM Scorecard, summarizing it Hackers Batting 1000, Industry Zero. “Every single significant attempt at consumer-music DRM has been cracked,” writes Wolfe. He supports this by noting that CSS (older DVD encryption), Fairplay (Apple’s encryption technology), AACS (new DVD encryption technology) and Windows Media DRM have all been cracked. […]

WebbAlert, a new video podcast that’s a variation on Rocketboom, has launched and is betting that by brown-nosing bloggers it can generate buzz for the show. The show, hosted by X-Play‚Äôs Morgan Webb, focuses on technology and gaming news. Here’s what TechCrunch’s Mike Arrington has to say about the show: Webb also ‚Äúgets‚Äù how new […]

27-time Grammy winner and entertainment icon Quincy Jones has introduced a video podcast series, the Quincy Jones Show. The podcast offers a behind-the-scenes look at Jones’ world, including footage of him at work in the studio with some legendary performers. ‚ÄúI live to touch and share my love and wisdom with people around the world,‚Äù […]