Category: video

  • Is there even a short-term gain for Viacom here?

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    Much has been said about the fact that Viacom are suing Google for $1bn because YouTube (now owned by Google) hosted Viacom copyrighted shows. Technically, Viacom are well within their rights to sue Google for this copyright infringement but what good does it do Viacom, apart from adding up to $1bn to their bottom line,…

  • Joost invites

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    I have two Joost invites to give out. They go to the first two people to leave a comment here. Leave your name (first name and last name) and email (in the email field so it won’t be displayed) Update: Invites sent to John Stephen and Jonathan Harrington – quick off the mark there guys,…

  • Joost updates, Viacom and social networking

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    I posted the other day about Joost having released a client for Mac. Joost have since released an updated Mac client app which addresses a couple of issues with the first one. I have tried it out and find that the video is still quite jumpy – stopping and starting frequently which is something people…

  • Joost now available for Mac

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    Joost is the new application from the makers of Skype which streams TV over the Internet to your computer. I went to download the Windows version of Joost the other day, to try installing it in my Parallels VM (don’t bother – it doesn’t work) when I saw the following: Finally, Joost for Mac has…

  • Microsoft ruins Christmas!

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    I decided a while back to treat myself to a games console for Christmas and after some discussion, I settled on an Xbox 360. I would have bought a Wii except it doesn’t have a usable optical drive and we don’t have a DVD drive so I wanted the games console to double as a…

  • Venice Project beta doesn't include Macs

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    Along with the rest of the world, it seems, I received my invite to try out the beta of the Venice Project. This is an IPTV project set up by Kazaa and Skype founders Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis (so straight away you have to start taking it seriously). Mike Arrington has written it up…

  • For the rugby fans

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    Here is a short video of my son singing Ireland’s Call – the Irish rugby team’s anthem – listen out for the shout at the end of the song!

  • YouTube's funniest video?

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    Via Liz Lawley and Scoble comes probably the funniest video I have yet seen on YouTube. I defy anyone not to laugh when watching this: