media | Kris Smith has read these articles about "media" | www.croncast.comThis is the keyword feed for "media" from my read items in Google Reader. If you would like to search or subscribe to category/keyword rss feeds for items that I have shared with Google Reader visit http://www.croncast.com/c4_reading.phpIntegrated WiMAX not coming to the Eee PC anytime soon- May 20, 2008 Filed under: Laptops, WirelessASUS has been running around demoing Eee PCs with built-in WiMAX for a while now, but a new report in the always-salacious DigiTimes says that we won't be able to get our hands on similarly-equipped units until after 2008 because the company feels the WiMAX market won't reach "maturity." Fair enough -- and ASUS is still planning on shipping the wireless tech in its larger laptops -- but something tells us that WiMAX isn't going to mature if popular devices aren't...http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/294092896/ ASUS to embed "instant on" Linux distro into every motherboard- May 19, 2008 ASUS has announced that the Express Gate distro a version of Linux by DeviceVM shrinky-dinkified into a small BIOS chip to give your PC a fast-boot alternative for non-intesive tasks will now be installed on all of their motherboards. Express Gate allows you to boot up your PC within five seconds and access Firefox, Skype and media-playing apps. This quarter, ASUS will release four new Express Gate motherboards: P5Q Deluxe, P5Q-WS, P5Q3 Deluxe and P5Q-E. Honestly, I could care less about.http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/gadgets/~3/293528354/asus-to-embed-instan.html Blogging 2.0 Misses The Point- May 19, 2008 There's been some discussion in the last few days about so-called blogging 2.0. Here are a couple of quotes that explain the new paradigm of blogging 2.0. via The Inquisitr: If blogging 1.0 was about enabling the conversation on each blog, blogging 2.0 is about enabling the conversation across many blogs and supporting sites and services. The conversation has matured and no longer is it acceptable to believe that as a content owner you hold exclusive domain over conversations you have started..http://www.podcastingnews.com/2008/05/19/blogging-20-misses-point/ Pheedo provides RSS advertising for Gawker Media- May 19, 2008 Pheedo announced that Gawker Media, publisher of several of the web's most popular media properties including Gizmodo and Lifehacker, experienced more than 300 percent growth in RSS advertising revenue in the first quarter of 2008. Gawker Media has always made full content feeds available from the beginning, believing that the RSS channel was a valuable and under-levered distribution channel for marketing our content, Christopher P. Batty, Vice President of Sales of Gawker Media,...http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/901am/~3/293473753/pheedo-provides-rss-advertising-for-gawk... Screencast: Using Word 2007 or Windows Live Writer to post to SharePoint blog- May 17, 2008 A growing number of our customers has been asking for richer ways of creating blog entries to be posted to their SharePoint environment. To answer this FAQ, I've cross-posted below a blog entry by Mike Gannotti from several months ago. For more information about Word and Windows Live Writer, visit the Microsoft Office Word team blog and the Windows Live Writer team blog, respectively. <Lawrence > I am often asked about tools for publishing to a SharePoint blog. There are two great tools.http://blogs.msdn.com/sharepoint/archive/2008/05/16/screencast-using-word-2007-or-windows-... IR-909 brings old school beatmaking to the iPhone- May 17, 2008 Filed under: Audio, iPod Family, Multimedia, Software, iPhone Back in 1984, Roland released the TR-909 drum machine as a successor to their legendary 808. Over the years, the 909 became one of the most influential and widely-used instruments in the history of electronic music, right up there with the Minimoog and the AKAI MPC sampler.Now you can pick up IR-909, a free iPhone iPod Touch version of the 909 over at roventskij.net. It has the 909's 16-step sequencer, eight drum sounds, and four...http://feeds.tuaw.com/~r/weblogsinc/tuaw/~3/291974921/ AideRSS Updates Filtering: Adds Twitter- May 16, 2008 Allen Stern points out that RSS filtering service AideRSS has added Twitter to its PostRank algorithm. AideRSS works by measuring social media interaction with blog posts, and then comparing them to what's normal for that blog. The service then algorithmically applies a ranking to each post allowing users to filter out only the best posts based on the theory that people will only bother interacting with the most interesting or worthwhile content. We're huge fans of AideRSS at ReadWriteWeb. ..http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/readwriteweb/~3/291748525/aiderss_updates_filtering_adds_tw... Pushed By Icahn, Yahoo Jumps Back Into Ad Deal With Google- May 16, 2008 According to the New York Post, Yahoo-Google advertising deal is not far from reality. After Carl Icahn announced his plan to seize Yahoo's board of directors, which would consqeuently accept a Microsoft buyout, Yahoo execs are up for an open alliance with Google, and there's a good possibility that an ad deal between two companies wiill be announced next week. The deal will likely result in (yet another) open platform, which would allow other companies, besides Yahoo and Google, to bid for...http://mashable.com/2008/05/16/pushed-by-icahn-yahoo-jumps-back-into-ad-deal-with-google/ James Clark and Jason Cormier Speak on Social Media at Annual Colorado Ski Country USA Communicatons Summit- May 7, 2008 May 7, 2008 Room 214 co-founding partners, James Clark and Jason Cormier, presented a half-day seminar on social media at the annual Colorado Ski Country USA Communications Summit. Speaking topics included: Social Media: The Premise, Pieces, Facts, Best Practices Social Media: Planning, Challenges and Measurement Sample Uses of Tools: Blogs, Widgets, Podcasting, Social Networks, Twitter Understanding how RSS has changed Search social media speaking engagements, social media expertise,.http://www.room214.com/ |