Pete reports that YouTube will announce today their version of the Oscars – a “Best clips of 2006” sort of Academy Awards for YouTube. Scoble suggests it’ll be a way to find “more great video” but I’m skeptical. Hmmm – … Continue reading
Wikipedia‘s latest mini scandal involves an editor “essjay”, real name Ryan Jordan, who faked some academic credentials both in his Wikipedia work and in an interview with New York Magazine. After considerable debate over the issue Jordan has resigned from … Continue reading
I think Mark Cuban has more valid points than Cory does on the controversies swirling around copyright and takedown notices delivered by Viacom. Cory is right that it’s annoying and obnoxious to send takedowns to people who obviously are not … Continue reading
I asked my son to write a Video Games primer so I, and others, would have an idea about all the variations in gaming systems. He did a good job and so I’m linking it up here.
Robert Scoble’s got the Zune Scoop direct from Microsoft in the video over at Scobleizer. Assuming that the Zune is as good or somewhat better than the IPOD, as appears to be the case, this is shaping up to be … Continue reading
This NYT Article (requires login) has Cisco seriously suggesting that companies are going to buy $299,000 video conferencing stations. Wait…here’s the cheap version: The basic TelePresence 1000 model, designed for one-on-one meetings, is priced at $79,000 per station. Oh, OK … Continue reading
Mark Cuban must be snickering “I told you” even though he’s already posted a note suggesting the initial lawsuits will be against small video players to set precedent for an attack on Google. However Time Warner is already threatening to … Continue reading
David tells us that much/all of the presentations will be available as video after they get back to Boston and process the show. Go HERE for information about that next week.
Call me old school, but I can’t help but think the current obsession with internet video will prove costly in terms of clogging up networks and will not gain mass popularity for some time. The information internet is revolutionary while … Continue reading
The world is reeling under the pressure of the Covid Pandemic and the subsequent economic turmoil. Here I’ll post high quality information resources about the pandemic. In a future post we’ll address the far reaching future economic issues. The World … Continue reading
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