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CNET News.comCNET News.com: YouTube Video-Sharing Site Sees Spike in UsersAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on March 31, 2006 - 7:57am.
San Francisco - CNET News.com on Friday reported on YouTube, the video-sharing site that has seen the number of video streams it serves jump from 3 million a day to 30 million since launching in December 2005. The site, which claimed 4.2 million visitors in February, according to ComScore Networks, features no ads and does not charge users to upload the blend of amateur and semi-professional clips found on the site. YouTube has removed several "Saturday Night Live" clips at NBC's request, and warns users not to post videos for which they don't own the rights. "We've been meeting with almost every TV network, record label and movie studio to talk about ways to partner and help them reach a broader demographic," YouTube spokeswoman Juile Supan told News.com. "Eventually, we're going to introduce extremely relevant ads that will benefit users and won't disrupt the service."
CNET News.com: Report from DEMO '06 ConferenceAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on February 7, 2006 - 4:28am.
Phoenix, Ariz. - CNET News.com on Tuesday reported from the Demo '06 conference in Phoenix, Ariz., where dozens of companies each get just six minutes to pitch their new technologies and products to an audience of potential investors and journalists. Each pitch is strictly regulated -- no PowerPoint slides allowed -- but the event has served as the launch pad for firms including Palm, ETrade, Handspring and U.S. Robotics.
CNET News.com: The Smoking Gun Website ProfileAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on February 2, 2006 - 7:01am.
San Francisco - CNET News.com on Thursday profiled The Smoking Gun, a website that publishes court documents, mug shots and similar information that was the original source of evidence indicating significant portions of author James Frey's memoir "A Million Little Pieces" were fabricated. Launched in 1997 and acquired by Court TV in 2001, the site has also seen traffic skyrocket when it published documents during the Michael Jackson trial, and when it posted details of a sexual harassment lawsuit against Fox News personality Bill O'Reilly.
CNET News.com: "Mobile TV Gets on a Roll"Authored by Mark Hefflinger on January 27, 2006 - 7:51am.
San Francisco - CNET News.com on Friday reported on the crop of new mobile TV handsets and delivery technologies that are launching in the U.S. The article mentions Qualcomm's MediaFlow, Crown Castle International's Modeo, and the MobiTV service offered by Sprint and Cingular, and covers the variety of new mobile TV handsets from Nokia, Samsung, Sanyo, Motorola and LG Electronics. Thirty million Americans are expected to purchase mobile video content in 2010, according to market research firm In-Stat.
CNET News.com: Congressional Bloggers Growing in RanksAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on January 26, 2006 - 8:20am.
San Francisco - CNET News.com reported on Thursday on the growing recognition of blogs in political circles, as evidenced by the eleven members of Congress who now publish their own blogs. "When I reach out to the blog community, it gives me an opportunity to begin a dialogue with an extremely politically sophisticated and active community that I otherwise might not be able to reach," Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) wrote in an e-mail to CNET News.com. "Another benefit of blogging is that, as opposed to delivering a speech, you get immediate and unlimited feedback, both positive and negative." CNET also noted that last week, Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) contributed a post to the popular DailyKos left-leaning political blog.
CNET News.com: Voice Activation Coming to Car StereosAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on January 23, 2006 - 10:09am.
San Francisco - CNET News.com on Monday reported on the development of advanced voice-recognition software, which will soon be available in the car to help navigate satellite radio stations, or choose from songs to play from an iPod using speech commands. Bellevue, Wash.-based VoiceBox has partnered with both XM Satellite Radio and Johnson Controls, an auto technology supplier, to enable voice search on XM and from iPods.
CNET News.com: Over 200 Firms Now Making iPod AccessoriesAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on January 13, 2006 - 3:08am.
San Francisco - CNET News.com on Friday reported on the burgeoning market for iPod accessories, which are taking up no small amount of booth space at the Macworld Expo this week in San Francisco. While a handful of companies like Belkin, Griffin and DLO jumped into the market early, they now compete with over 200 other firms crafting over 1,000 accessories, such as cases, FM transmitters, alarm clocks and external speakers for the iPod. Retailers including Target and Urban Outfitters are stocking the products, which yield 20%-50% profit margins, while even convenience stores now offer some items.
CNET News.com: "The Performer" Offers Automatic Guitar TuningAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on January 11, 2006 - 3:48am.
San Francisco - CNET News.com on Wednesday reported on The Performer, an automatic tuning technology for electric guitars used by performers including Jimmy Page, Joe Perry, Eddie van Halen and Pat Metheny. Developed by Neil Skinn, the $3,400 system is installed directly onto a guitar and includes sensors, computer electronics and miniature motors that can accurately and automatically tune a guitar to over 200,000 different tunings in about five seconds.
CNET News.com: Verizon Ends MP3 Support on V Cast Music ServiceAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on January 10, 2006 - 4:10am.
San Francisco - Verizon Wireless has eliminated the ability to transfer music files in MP3 format to cell phones through its new V Cast Music service, CNET News.com reported. Instead, Verizon now mandates that songs first be automatically transferred to Microsoft's Windows Media format before being loaded onto phones. The company said the change doesn't restrict functionality, and was meant to provide a consistent experience on the phone's media player. However, the change will likely impede Mac and Linux users from trying the service. A Microsoft spokesman told News.com that neither its software nor its deal with Verizon preclude the company from supporting other audio formats.
CNET News.com: MediaFlo, Modeo Developing "Supercharged" Mobile TVAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on January 9, 2006 - 4:47am.
San Francisco - CNET News.com on Monday reported on two technology firms building "supercharged" mobile TV networks, Qualcomm's MediaFlo and Crown Castle International's Modeo. These "multicast" networks function more like traditional TV, transmitting signals once to many devices, as opposed to "unicast" networks from Sprint, Verizon and Cingular that provide individual transmissions to each mobile phone. MediaFlo will spend $800 million to build a nationwide mobile TV network in five years, while Modeo plans to spend $500 million to reach the top 30 U.S. markets in two years. ABI Research estimates that the mobile TV equipment and services market will reach $27 billion by 2010.
CNET News.com: How Will Google-AOL Deal Affect Google Users?Authored by Mark Hefflinger on January 3, 2006 - 7:50am.
San Francisco - CNET News.com recently reported on what effect Google's decision to purchase a 5% stake in America Online for $5 billion will have on Google users. Google's vice president of search products and user experience, Marissa Mayer, told News.com that despite fears Google's home page will be plastered with banner ads and its search results will become biased, changes "will be very slight, especially from the core Google experience." Small graphical ads will become part of Google's home and search pages, however, and banner ads will be incorporated on Google's video and image search pages.
CNET News.com: Digital Universe Developing Online EncyclopediaAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on December 19, 2005 - 7:28am.
San Francisco - CNET News.com on Monday reported on an upstart Wikipedia rival called Digital Universe, which unlike Wikipedia will seek to have some of its articles certified by experts in particular fields. Backed by USWeb founder Joe Firmage and early Wikipedia organizer Larry Sanger, Digital Universe will aim to be "the PBS of the Web." The founders aim to fund the service by organizing the online encyclopedia into groups based on subject matter, and then create Internet access services around each where a portion of subscription fees would go towards growth and maintenance of that particular topic.
CNET News.com: Alternate Reality GamesAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on December 15, 2005 - 9:02am.
San Francisco - CNET News.com on Thursday reported on the new genre of "alternate reality games" (ARGs), which it calls "part puzzle-infused scavenger hunt, part interactive fiction." The article profiles fantasy author Sean Stewart, as well as 42 Entertainment, a company launched by former Microsoft employees that has created ARGs for "Last Call Poker" -- a promotion for Activision's "Gun" game -- in addition to "The Beast," for the movie "A.I.," and "I Love Bees," for the release of Microsoft's "Halo 2."
CNET News.com: "Is Stern Worth His Millions?"Authored by Mark Hefflinger on December 14, 2005 - 9:56am.
San Francisco - CNET News.com on Wednesday reported on the potential impact that the addition of radio shock jock Howard Stern's move to Sirius Satellite Radio -- which will happen in five days -- will have on the company, and on satellite radio as an industry. "We're not putting a number on it, but we do believe that if he hasn't already paid for himself, then he has contributed a tremendous amount of subscription growth over the last year," Sirius spokesman Jim Collins told News.com, referring to the five-year, $500 million contract Stern signed with Sirius. Analysts are divided over whether Stern was a smart investment for Sirius, with several commenting that it will bring a wealth of new subscribers. Others disagree, like Banc of America Securities analyst Jonathan Jacoby, who downgraded the company's stock to a "sell" rating, saying that Stern's overstated influence has already overvalued Sirius.
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CNET News.com: "Growing Pains for Wikipedia"Authored by Mark Hefflinger on December 6, 2005 - 7:59am.
San Francisco - Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia edited completely by its users, has changed its rules for submission in the wake of several issues that have challenged its accuracy, CNET News.com reported. In one controversy, a former administrative assistant to Robert Kennedy complained that a Wikipedia entry implicated him in the assassinations of the Kennedy brothers; another featured podcasting pioneer Adam Curry, who was accused of editing the Wikipedia podcasting entry to remove references to others who have helped develop the technology. The recent criticism has compelled the online reference to change its rules so that only registered members may create new entries, instead of anyone.
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CNET News.com Reports from DEMXPO Conference in Los AngelesAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on December 2, 2005 - 10:13am.
Century City, Calif. - CNET News.com this week reported from the Digital Entertainment and Media Expo conference (DEMXPO), a two-day conference that brought together entertainment and technology executives in Los Angeles. The event drew representatives from both major technology firms and the Hollywood movie studios, major record labels and television networks. The veteran entertainment industry firms "are still a big part of the game," Conrad Teran, president of online video distributor iSeeTV, told News.com. "They will never be irrelevant."
CNET News.com: Costs Could Keep Small Publishers From Next-Gen ConsolesAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on November 18, 2005 - 3:12am.
San Francisco - CNET News.com on Friday reported on how sharply rising development costs may keep smaller video game publishers out of the lucrative market creating titles for the next generation of video game consoles: Microsoft's Xbox 360, Sony's PlayStation 3 and Nintendo's Revolution. An analyst with Envisioneering told News.com that the high-definition technology and motion capture enabled by next-generation consoles could as much as double game development costs. "It's really only big-name publishers that are going to be able to bring large numbers of next-generation titles to market," Simon Jeffery, president and COO of Sega of America, told News.com. "Success (of a game) is that much more crucial, and the barrier to entry higher." As a result, many smaller developers and publishers are expected to continue focusing on current-generation consoles.
CNET News.com: "Attention Deficit Disorder? Try Video Games"Authored by Mark Hefflinger on November 9, 2005 - 8:51am.
San Francisco - CNET News.com recently reported on a video game therapy technique that some parents say is helping treat their children's attention deficit disorder (ADD). The Smart BrainGames system hooks up to a PlayStation 2, and monitors brain waves through sensors in a helmet worn while gaming. The system measures a child's attention and stress levels, and provides, for instance, higher top speeds in a racing game when attention is high and stress is low, and lower top speeds or poorer handling when a child is less focused. The $550 Smart BrainGames system was developed by CyberLearning, which began working with pediatricians and psychologists in 2004 to test its effectiveness on children with ADD.
CNET News.com: Digital Music Services Turning to Web-based SalesAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on November 4, 2005 - 2:59am.
San Francisco - CNET News.com on Friday reported on the move by a growing number of digital music services to offer songs for sale directly from the Web, rather than requiring users to first download an application like iTunes or Rhapsody and then purchase songs through the software. In addition to AOL's move to online retailing with its MusicNow acquisition yesterday, both Napster and RealNetworks have hinted they are planning to follow suit. "What we've heard from customers is that anytime, anywhere access is extremely important," Ed Fish, the AOL senior vice president in charge of music and other subscription services, told News.com. "We have 112 million unique visitors coming to AOL sites. We should make music available to those people as well."
CNET News.com: "Alternate Reality Games"Authored by Mark Hefflinger on October 28, 2005 - 3:23am.
San Francisco - CNET News.com on Friday reported on "alternate reality games," or promotional games that mix online and real-world elements to create buzz around a product and often compel participants to gather clues to unravel some mystery. ABC created a number of fictional websites to promote its "Lost" TV series over the summer, which offered bonus content directly related to the show's plot. The alternate reality game genre was arguably birthed in 2001, with an online promotion called "The Beast" for Steven Spielberg's "Artificial Intelligence: A.I." movie; others have since been created for the launch of Microsoft's "Halo," and Activision's "Gun" video games.
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