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Washington Post Tech Videos

Posted by Sam Churchill on May 15th, 2008

The Washington Post has announced a video interview series about technology creators and business innovators.
The Personal Technology video interview series launches with Wikipedia Co-Founder Jimmy Wales discussing how this Internet age will be remembered, Oxford University Professor, Jonathan Zittrain on whether Google poses a threat to free culture, and venture capitalist Esther Dyson on maintaining [...]

China Quake: Twitter to the Rescue?

Posted by Sam Churchill on May 12th, 2008

From the BBC’s website this morning:

I was beginning to think Twitter - the micro-blogging service that’s all the rage amongst the technorati - was just another fad for people who want to share too much of their rather dull lives. Until this morning.

When I logged on to my desktop Twitter application (sad, I know) it [...]

Red One, Spike

Posted by Sam Churchill on April 23rd, 2008

Okay it’s not about wireless — yet — but Ted Schilowitz, leader of the Rebellion for Red Digital Cinema, talks to Camcorder info about their new handheld 3K Red Scarlet, which appears to be a done deal.

Red Scarlet features a 8x zoom with a 2/3″ CMOS sensor that records up to 100Mbs a second. Ted [...]

Reuters Wireless Photography

Posted by Sam Churchill on March 17th, 2008

Reuters has teamed up with Canon and Sprint to develop a system that captures shuttle launch images from multiple remote cameras moments after they are taken, reducing the time it takes for wire transmission by 95 percent.
Historically, photographers were forced to wait for hours after lift-off before retrieving their cameras from the launch pad area. [...]

CNN’s News Bureau in a Bus

Posted by Sam Churchill on January 5th, 2008

The CNN Election Express puts a news bureau in a bus, for CNN’s 2008 presidential campaign coverage, reports Broadcast Engineering.
The mobile unit combines the capabilities of a studio, editing room and production facility with those of a live satellite truck.
The Election Express got its first real road test during the network’s July YouTube debate in [...]

Amazon’s E-book uses EV-DO

Posted by Sam Churchill on November 19th, 2007

“If you’re going to do something like this, you have to be as good as the book” — Jeff Bezos

Amazon is debuting its much-delayed e-book reader, today for $399. It offers wireless access to more than 90,000 downloadable titles at a uniform price of $9.99.
Called The Kindle, it weighs less than a paperback book and [...]

Buy One, Give One is On

Posted by Sam Churchill on November 12th, 2007

The OLPC “Buy One, Give One” program just launched. For $399, you can buy yourself an innovative XO laptop and to give one to a kid in a developing nation. It’s valid for North Americans only and the offer only runs though November 26th.

You can also order one by dialing 1-877-70-LAPTOP.
The program also entitles [...]

StopBigMedia.com

Posted by Sam Churchill on November 6th, 2007

Free Press says FCC Chairman Kevin Martin is trying to sneak through a massive giveaway to Big Media before the end of the year.
A single company could own the major daily newspaper, and as many as eight radio stations and three TV stations in a single city, says their affiliated website, StopBigMedia. That’s too [...]

River of News

Posted by Sam Churchill on October 19th, 2007

Here’s the problem with most news: it isn’t. It’s olds. It happened hours ago, or last night, or yesterday, or last month, or before whenever the deadline was in the news organization’s current “news cycle”. It’s not now.

So sayeth Doc Searls inspired by Dave Winer’s news feed experiments.

Here are Winer’s New York Times keyword index [...]

Charity Begins at Home

Posted by Sam Churchill on August 21st, 2007

Here’s a grab bag of miscellaneous media news:
The Association of Public Television Stations (APTS) is joining the Open Mobile Video Coalition, taking the group from 281 stations to 422 stations, the coalition said last month.
The association promotes the use of broadcaster’s ATSC system for mobile video. The new members join Belo, Fox Television Stations, Gannett [...]