So Apple updated the Mac mini today. It seems it’s pretty much everything the rumor sites were saying, and I can’t help being disappointed. In my look at the various rumors, one thing I stated was that the price was out of line. I based this […] Read more »
The big day is finally here, folks! You can have your say in how the federal and local governments will deal with clean energy, alternative transportation, getting the U.S. off foreign oil and fighting climate change. Obviously there’s the historic presidential election, but there are also […] Read more »
The 2008 election and online video have had a lot of special moments together: The CNN-YouTube primary debates. Obama Girl. Will.i.am‘s “Yes We Can.” Saturday Night Live’s “Fey-lin” skits. And even though those examples might lean to the left, online video isn’t just a liberal thing. […] Read more »
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Two non-profit advocacy groups are proposing changes to the way Congress and web hosts handle copyright claims. The suggestions come less than a week after the the McCain presidential campaign found itself on the wrong side of a takedown notice. The Electronic Frontier Foundation today made […] Read more »
John McCain and Barack Obama took a dramatic turn for the funny tonight, especially on the heels of their Wednesday debate. The two jointly appeared at the Alfred E. Smith Memorial Dinner in New York last night where they each made 15-minute speeches that were almost […] Read more »
McCain’s Special YouTube Takedown Request Denied; the presidential candidate raised the issue of how quickly political videos were yanked from the site, but YouTube rejected the idea of a special legal review process. (CNET) For Your Imagination Gets Financing; company gets a bridge round from OmniReliant […] Read more »
The McCain campaign yesterday asked YouTube to reconsider its takedown policies out of frustration that its official videos have repeatedly been taken down by the site due to copyright claims by media companies. It asked for the side to “commit to a full legal review” upon receipt of takedown notices pertaining to videos posted by political candidates and campaigns. Read more »
Video interviews by confrontational Barack Obama supporters at John McCain rallies are shooting up the YouTube charts. Read more »
Energy emerged as a major topic of discussion in the second presidential debate on Tuesday night, and while Obama and McCain disagreed on the details of their energy plans, both candidates largely agreed that clean technology is necessary to both help fix the economy and fight […] Read more »
BitGravity Adjusts Video Delivery Quality to Match Connection; CDN launched a new API today that lets content distributors automatically tweak the quality of video stream delivered, based on the quality of the user’s connection. (VentureBeat) Candidates Urge Networks to Free Up Debate Footage; letters from Obama […] Read more »
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So neither of the vice presidential candidates hit a homerun nor failed miserably in the first and only vice presidential debate, but at one point the candidates plainly stated their positions on what they thought is the cause of climate change. Obama’s VP pick Joe Biden […] Read more »
The presidential and vice presidential candidates have been laying out their energy policies at their respective party’s conventions over the past two weeks, but they’ve largely left out the details in acceptance speeches. So Calcars.org, the group following all things plug-in-vehicle-related, has compiled the candidates’ positions […] Read more »
Hurricane Gustav pushed the Republican National Convention off schedule, but the event is underway in full force today. To help all you McCainiacs and Palinites, here are all the places you can catch all the action through the magic of online video. Ustream is the official […] Read more »
Barack Obama’s now-famous text-message announcement of his VP pick reveals something about the candidate that should really worry the Republicans. What it reveals is not that he’s a smart technologist. If he was, he would have known that sending 10 million SMS messages at the same […] Read more »
Presidential hopeful Barack Obama’s green energy platform has gained him fans among that industry’s most powerful players — its investors (see chart below). According to the presidential campaign donation database of the Center for Responsive Politics, the investors backing cleantech companies are backing Obama as well, […] Read more »
We received a tip that “Obama Love,” John McCain’s musical ode to the media fawning over his presidential rival, Barack Obama, has been yanked due to a copyright claim by Warner Music Group. Our copy of it on NewTeeVee Station no longer works, and a blog […] Read more »
Republican Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, who has endorsed McCain for president, said this weekend that he would consider a position as Obama’s energy czar. While Obama has praised the governor for his climate change policies, it’s still a strange bit of news. Meanwhile the president made another […] Read more »
It’s clear that Apple told the major media today was the day that it was OK to talk about the iPhone 3G: Walt Mossberg, Edward Baig, and David Pogue are all out with major hands-on reviews. The general consensus seems to be that it’s a nice […] Read more »
Independence Day weekend might be over but the presidential candidates are still debating energy independence. The Republicans have gone on the offensive and launched an attack ad aimed at Obama’s energy plan. However, their candidate McCain seems to have trouble pronouncing the name of his own […] Read more »
Is McCain the John Kerry of energy? News reports this week are essentially calling him a flip-flopper when it comes to his energy record and policy. The Los Angeles Times and Bloomberg say the presidential candidate has had varying stances on offshore oil drilling, clean energy […] Read more »
The New York Times continues its love affair with the notion of coworking with last Friday’s Working Alone in a Group by Lisa Belkin. Quickly realizing her home is not conducive to a productive working environment, Belkin experimented with coworking at Stamford CT’s Soundview Coworking, (actually […] Read more »
The campaign trail got heated over energy this week with Obama calling McCain’s plans for offshore drilling and a $300 million battery prize “gimmicks” while the McCain campaign tried to label Obama’s opposition to many energy proposals as a move by “Dr. No.” Since then, Obama […] Read more »
Both presidential candidates have been pushing their energy plans hard on the campaign trail and now the White House hopefuls are both taking pot shots at the other side’s proposal. Here’s what Obama and McCain have to say about each other’s energy plans. Obama Calls McCain’s […] Read more »
John McCain upped the ante for greening the U.S. transportation fleet today by offering big bucks for a next-gen car battery. Which one of the startups that we’ve covered could be in the running — Firefly, A123Systems, Altairnano? Meanwhile the importance of the next president with […] Read more »
Presumptive Republican nominee John McCain spent yesterday preaching about the benefits of nuclear power. In a town hall-style speech in Springfield, Mo., McCain called for 100 new nuclear power plants, 45 of which he wants built by 2030. While McCain has long been a nuclear proponent, […] Read more »
Blog search engine Technorati today launched Technorati Media, an advertising network that would hopefully bring back its old glory and make their service once again compelling for bloggers. With most web workers maintaining their own blogs and monetizing through Google Adsense or other advertising networks, Technorati […] Read more »
If you’re sick of staring at error messages when checking out a MySpace video slide show via a mobile, then Moblyng may be for you. The company translates Flash content into stills and video that can be viewed on a mobile phone. Right now it’s focused […] Read more »
With the presumptive Republican nominee stumping at a wind turbine facility on climate change policy, we think it’s time to better acquaint ourselves with Sen. John McCain’s energy plan. McCain is trying to use a stance of “slightly to the right of center in the environmental […] Read more »
If you’re a user of a high-quality audio program such as Google Talk, Gizmo Project, or Skype, you know the difference these tools produce in audio quality when compared to a normal landline or cell phone call. The sound quality is simply amazing with these tools […] Read more »
Got a couple of reader e-mails buzzing about that new Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1 handset announced yesterday at the Mobile World Congress. Specifically, folks were curious about this design coming from left field with the “skin” that runs on top of Windows Mobile. After all, this […] Read more »
This has to go in the “why didn’t I think of that?” category which I don’t think we have. It’s a slick and simple hack to get an iPhone to voice announce your callers by name and the concept can be used for practically any phone […] Read more »
Bob Russell is on a mobile kick as of late. Since we’re all about that topic, I’ve been following his last several posts that coincide nicely with our central theme. The latest one to catch my eye is Bob’s overview of Dragon Naturally Speaking 9 in […] Read more »
We covered the new Z-P140 PATA SSD flash storage from Intel a few days ago, but there’s some confirmation of some facts and even better: more numbers on the power usage. In their press release, Intel cites that the drive will use 300 milliWatts of power […] Read more »
Yesterday’s news that the sold-out Kindle is going for upwards of $1500 on eBay got me scratching my head. I think we paid less than that for a full set of paper-based Encyclopedia Brittanica at one point many moons ago. For $1500, I’d consider buying a […] Read more »
Swarmcast today released Autobahn HD for Flash, a network accelerator that provides seamless playback of Flash content using adaptive bitrate streaming to specifically tailor video quality to a user’s connection. The company will also open up their source code, giving developers the tools to take advantage […] Read more »
I spent a little more time with the new iPhone interface for Google applications today and either missed one cool feature or it was already there and I never saw it. What is it? When typing in a Google search term, the application will suggest terms […] Read more »
Vimeo founder Jakob Lodwick, the founder and public face of the video-sharing site that emerged as part of IAC buying and financing Connected Ventures/CollegeHumor, has left the company entirely, he announced on his personal blog today. (Update: see below; he’s not the only Vimeo exec to […] Read more »
Handango continues to offer Free App Friday and since today is… well, Friday… there’s something waiting for BlackBerry owners. Ascendo DataVault is the free software du jours, so head over to Handango if you’re interested and have a compatible device.DataVault looks to take an eWallet / […] Read more »
CLICK HERE to download the file and listen directly.MoTR 117 is 37 minutes long and is a 33.9 MB file in MP3 format. INTRO: Based on “Time v2.1″ by Meta Sektion, additional mixing by James Kendrick.HOSTS: James Kendrick (Houston), Matthew Miller (Seattle) and Kevin C. Tofel […] Read more »
Well my friends, the time has come To raise the roof and have some fun Throw away the work to be done Let the music play on (play on, play on) – Lionel Richie, All Night Long Following the wall-to-wall liveblogging of yesterday’s sold-out NewTeeVee Live […] Read more »
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