Content

NBC Streaming Full Episodes of 30 Rock and the Office to iPhones (for Free, No Ads!)

Even though there's no love lost between NBC and iTunes, that doesn't mean NBC doesn't love you! At least if you've got an iPhone or iPod touch. They're streaming full episodes of 30 Rock and The Office to iPhones (and touches) in QuickTime, for free, with NO ads. They work, nicely, but the major catch is that if you exit Safari, you've gotta re-DL all over again, and the files are huge, so is this Wi-Fi only, really. This looks weird for NBC, but it's really not. More »

7:50 PM on Wed May 7 2008
By matt buchanan
18,398 views, 29 comments

Latest by n/a: quality is shit compared to the BBC Stream more »

ebooks

Penguin to Launch Ebooks Alongside Regular Releases

The international publisher, Penguin, has decided to hop onto the ebook bandwagon, by promising regular book launches to be held in conjunction with their ebook counterparts. Unfortunately, the prices will not be lowered for the ebook varieties, but Penguin will offer direct downloads from their website. More »

8:30 PM on Sat Apr 12 2008
By Haroon Malik
3,577 views, 23 comments

pmps

Egoman PMP Has 4.3-Inch Touchscreen, 16M Color Displaying

Egoman's latest PMP, the MP810RSTD-43 bears an impressive, 4.3-inch touchscreen, which supports 16.7 million colors, and that just about sets it apart from the other iPod touch clones sitting it out in PMP purgatory. The device will playback WVI and RMVB at 30 fps, is just 7.2mm thick and will happily playback MP3, WMA, ADPCM, WAV, APC and FLAC files. With a USB 2.0 port, integrated FM tuner and an onboard TV out port, Egoman haven't done too bad a job here at all. Still, with the product page stating "[all] specifications are subject to change without notice," perhaps we should take the player's planned existence with a touch of salt. [PMP Today]

11:00 PM on Sun Apr 6 2008
By Haroon Malik
4,693 views, 17 comments

Latest by SomeoneUKno: @Marty_MacFly: haha PWN! ... oh, and yeah. There were a lot of PMPs that came out that were touchscreen before the Touch. Thank god that Apple hasn't made a GPS unit yet, otherwise you'd say all the GPS units more »

xbox

Microsoft Gets Worst-Movies-Ever Producer to Create Exclusive Xbox Live Shows

Microsoft has just inked a deal with Peter Safran, the producer of amazing cinema masterpieces like Jiminy Glick in Lalawood, Meet the Spartans, and the all-time-classic RocketMan, to produce "original" shows for distribution via Xbox 360's Live service. Like his movies, the 10-minute-max shows will "initially" be scripted (or something like that,) and they will focus on the "horror" and "comedy" genres, "appealing to the Xbox 360 demographic." Apparently, Microsoft and Safran think that Xbox Live video users are retards with short attention span problems. [NYT]

8:25 PM on Sun Mar 30 2008
By Jesus Diaz
13,874 views, 41 comments

Latest by SonOfMagicFact: @Rizzuh: That's -- somewhat -- what I'm trying to say. Minus the taking illegal drugs part. I really enjoyed Jiminy Glick when it was on Comedy Central. I found Martin Short's character to be very witty, and very well written. more »

net neutrality

Net Neutrality Shouldn't Extend to Illegal Acts, Says FCC Comissioner

One of the FCC's five commissioners, Jonathan Adelstein, said during a recent symposium on FCC Internet Video Policy that the FCC's rules shouldn't permit "illegal acts." Sure, illegal downloading is a serious problem, especially if you're a copyright-holding movie studio. But does that mean the FCC is actually against net neutrality, in general? More »

9:20 AM on Thu Mar 20 2008
By Kit Eaton
5,136 views, 17 comments

storage

Samsung Unleashes 22X DVD Burner, Smallest 500GB HDD

Samsung's Spinpoint M6 is the world's first 2.5-inch, 500GB HDD. Standing in at 9.5mm tall, the M6 will easily fit most existing laptop hard drive bays. For those of you worried about sloth-like performance, the Spinpoint M6 has a 5400rpm spindle speed, an 8MB cache, as well as a 3.0Gbps SATA interface. A Free-Fall Sensor can be added as an optional extra. Not content with breaking the world record for the HDD with the smallest size/biggest capacity, Samsung is also introducing the industry's fastest DVD burner.
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10:30 AM on Sun Mar 9 2008
By Haroon Malik
6,684 views, 14 comments

Latest by Joseph: @jerrt: The Spinpoint M6 is currently shipping with an MSRP of USD$299 while no pricing info was available for the SH-S223 at the time of writing. that's from the gizmag site. Now by current, I would assume they mean right more »

sony

Sony CEO: $200 Blu-ray Players Coming

Everybody clamoring for a cheap Blu-ray player now that the format war is over might wanna bide their time with a sweet DVD upconverter—the $200-player Blu-ray cavalry is at least a year away, according to Sony Electronics CEO Stan Glasgow, who we talked to today in New York. "I don't think $200 is going to happen this year. Next year $200 could happen. We'll be at a $300 rate this year. $299 will happen this year." More »

12:43 PM on Wed Mar 5 2008
By matt buchanan
24,211 views, 70 comments

gadgets

Multimedia Watch Makes Wrist Mounted Accessories Useful (Almost)

The day when the watch is once again a useful piece of technology is looming over us. For proof, check out Chinavasion's Multimedia Watch, which packs in a 1.8-inch LCD (160 x 128), voice recorder, in-built loudspeaker, 8GB flash, as well as support for pretty much every media codec ever conceived. (AVI, MP4, WMV, MOV, MP3, WMA, JPEG and the list goes on.)
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5:00 AM on Tue Mar 4 2008
By Haroon Malik
4,476 views, 22 comments

industry

Nokia to Support Microsoft Silverlight Web Video

Nokia has committed to bring Microsoft Silverlight video services to its S60 devices. Further, Nokia will also add support for the video content to its S40-based handsets at later stages. Given the immense market penetration of Nokia's Symbian- based cellphones, this partnering will have a large effect on mobile content support, and you can bet your bottom dollar that Adobe is feeling a little sick right now. [Reuters]

4:19 AM on Tue Mar 4 2008
By Haroon Malik
1,799 views, 4 comments

multimedia

Celrun TV HD Multimedia Player Supports Almost Every Codec Under the Sun

The Celrun TV multimedia player comes equipped to the back teeth. The HD multimedia player totes Ethernet, WiFi b/g for basic, network accessible storage; digital and analog TV tuners, IPTV support, DVR functionality, 320GB HDD, two USB ports, as well as RGB, S-VIDEO and HDMI outputs. Add to that the ability to playback H.264, WMV, AVI, Xvid, MOV, VOB, MPEG1/2/4 and a whole host of other supported codecs in between, the Celrun TV is certainly a souped up performer on paper. No idea as yet whether we'll see it Stateside, but if it does make an appearance, we'll be sure to let you know. [Akihabara News]

4:25 AM on Tue Feb 26 2008
By Haroon Malik
6,185 views, 16 comments

Latest by Brentis: sweet - i think.. h.264 HD? i.e. I need it to support my m2ts files from my HD HDD Sony camcorder. Will it work??? anyone know? TIA! more »

riaa

RIAA Wants Your Anti-Virus Software to Screen Your Downloads for Pirated Content

Content filter version one: A massive, network-wide dragnet. Not really feeling that Big Bro deal, even though RIAA chief Cary Sherman says it "doesn't give rise...to any privacy concerns because it can operate automatically and anonymously"? It's cool, there's a better approach: A locally installed filter on your computer. More »

1:25 PM on Thu Feb 7 2008
By matt buchanan
32,823 views, 114 comments

content filtering

Verizon Says F-U To Hollywood Piracy Snitching

Hollywood wants ISPs such as Verizon to help filter and block the illegal transfer of copyrighted content. Unlike AT&T, Verizon is telling Hollywood to kiss its ass. Verizon EVP of Public Affairs Tom Tauke says they won't consider Hollywood's call to action for three reasons. More »

10:45 PM on Tue Feb 5 2008
By Adrian Covert
11,484 views, 46 comments

dell

Dell Prepping Zingspot Content Portal?

Whatever Dell's planning with the zingspot.com website, it's got something to do with being an "online consumer portal for digital entertainment content acquisition and distribution," which was the description for Zingspot in the recently filed trademark papers. It all stems from Dell's acquisition of Zing, the people that power Wi-Fi music players. What that above sentence actually means is anyone's guess, but our money's on it being some kind of "portal" for "digital entertainment content" where you can acquire or distribute said content. Call it a hunch. [Trademork]

8:15 PM on Mon Nov 26 2007
By Jason Chen
923 views, 1 comment

Latest by n/a: zingspot.com is currently used for Zing's mailinglist. [www.zingspot.com] more »

video heaven

Adobe Creative Suite 3 Production Premium Reviewed (Verdict: Kicks Final Cut Ass)

We've been hearing about it for months, and now Adobe has finally put the finishing touches on its Creative Suite 3 Production Premium software, shipping a package that video editors, filmmakers, broadcasters and DVD authors are going to love. The company is also offering what it calls the Creative Suite 3 Master Collection, which puts together a dozen software packages into one huge and expensive box. We've used and extensively tested all this new stuff, and are here to tell you that this software kicks major ass.
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9:18 AM on Mon Jul 2 2007
By Charlie White
8,903 views, 23 comments

Latest by ara: @RiceBandit: I'm merely comparing creative/artists software to another, not trying to imply that there is any 3D software in CS3. The package that CS3 is, in my opinion, far superior in quality than the bugridden piece of shit that 3ds more »

press

YouTube Leashed: "Claim Your Content" Is On Its Way

It may sound like a game show for accountants, but Claim Your Content is actually the name of YouTube's new content monitoring tool. As near as we can figure, it's an automated feature that accompanies every user-uploaded video. Content owners, including such publicly announced Claim Your Content charter members as the NHL and the NBA, will have the right to log in and yank any content that they feel is an infringement of copyright. More »

8:40 PM on Tue Apr 17 2007
By www.gizmodo.com
2,933 views, 29 comments

software

Adobe CS3 Is Finally Here; May Prove Macromedia Merger Was Good Idea

For all you graphics geeks who have been waiting eagerly to find out whether or not Adobe has screwed up all of your favorite Macromedia design tools, now's your chance to plunk down $1,000+ to find out. CS3 launches today, and it's as freakin' thorough as expected. You can buy Design Premium for $1,799, Design Standard for $1,199, Web Premium for $1,599 and Web Standard for $999. Also available are separately wrapped apps: Adobe Photoshop CS3, Adobe Photoshop CS3 Extended, Adobe InDesign CS3, Adobe Illustrator CS3, Adobe Flash CS3 Professional, Adobe Dreamweaver CS3, Adobe Fireworks CS3, and Adobe Contribute CS3. More »

9:40 AM on Mon Apr 16 2007
By www.gizmodo.com
7,991 views, 27 comments

Latest by fmydog: I don't care what people say adobe is overpriced and they do not include any options for the in home basic user, i have cs2 and i torrented it so look out bitcommit here i come! more »

displays

VESA Approves DisplayPort 1.1 With Digital Content Protection, World Doesn't Give a Damn, Orders More Pancakes

Those crazy videoheads at VESA have approved the final version of DisplayPort 1.1 that was announced at CES '07. And while we thought it was yet another new connector for your computer, monitors, TVs and projectors, different to every other video port out there and obviously designed to confuse everyone, apparently VESA says "it's a new roadmap for display connectivity convergence." More »

6:58 AM on Wed Apr 4 2007
By www.gizmodo.com
4,233 views, 20 comments