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Permalink to this day Thursday, May 05, 2005

Online Journalism Review, Search engines, startup media sites dream of becoming video hubs (via AndrewA):
Grassroots sites Ourmedia.org and Brightcove and search engines like Singingfish and Google try to bring order to online video chaos -- but big broadcasters are torn between Napsterization and 'The Long Tail.'

If I wasn't having so much fun on the platform side of things I'd found a startup to become the Flickr/Google/Netflix of non-commercial video content.
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India Television, ABC.com to stream recap specials of 'Lost', 'Desperate Housewives':
ABC.com will stream in their entirety recap specials of its hit shows Lost and Desperate Housewives which have aired on the US channel.

7:02:54 PM  Permalink to this item []

Yesterday the MCE Online Spotlight team launched MSN Music in Italy, Netherlands, Belgium, Austria and Switzerland.
10:02:21 AM  Permalink to this item []

MSN, Gates: New Xbox to Be Entertainment Hub:
[Gates] told the annual meeting of the Society of American Business Editors and Writers that Xenon's software menu would be similar to that of the company's Media Center edition of Windows, which is designed for computers meant to be located in the living room. He told the annual meeting of the Society of American Business Editors and Writers that Xenon's software menu would be similar to that of the company's Media Center edition of Windows, which is designed for computers meant to be located in the living room.

"If you're used to that menu, when you use this Xenon you'll see a menu a lot like that that lets you get photos, TV, music and all those different things."


9:37:40 AM  Permalink to this item []

Newegg, Microsoft Remote Control

I have this remote control in translucent green and it rocks. You can configure the TV power button to control the power on your TV set and the volume buttons can be configured to control the volume on your receiver.
9:04:52 AM  Permalink to this item []


The Green Button, Howto: Setup 3 analog Tuners

Registering hacking required and bad things may happen to your MCE.
8:45:12 AM  Permalink to this item []


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