Archive for January 19th, 2009
John Legend films celebs meeting the Obamas (Los Angeles Times)
The artist goes behind-the-scenes at the We Are One concert.
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra Partners with PlaybillArts to Host Raga Saga Web Series; See Preview Here (Playbill Arts)
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra will present "Orpheus Raga," a groundbreaking 12-part web video series documenting the unique rehearsal process for Ravi Shankar's Third Concerto for Sitar and Orchestra. The series culminates in a Jan. 31 Carnegie Hall concert featuring Anoushka Shankar and the Orchestra.
Cisco touts Connected Home channel play (IT World)
Cisco Systems unveiled a number of new home audio and network attached storage products as part of its connected home strategy at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, and a channel executive says the new offerings will mean new opportunities for the channel and a tweaking of the company's distribution model.
Movie Buffs Prepare For World’s First Portable Blu-Ray Player (BIOS)
Panasonic has lifted the lid on the world's first portable Blu-ray player. The DMP-B15 features a 8.9-inch WSVGA LCD screen with VIERA CAST Internet accessibility and BD Live functionality. It also has an SD Memory Card slot so you can share photos and HD video you...
Engadget’s Netflix HD streaming shootout (Engadget)
digg_url = 'http://digg.com/gadgets/Netflix_HD_Streaming_Detailed_Device_Comparisons'; Netflix seems to be doing things right when it comes to the streaming game, partnering with several hardware companies in an attempt to make its service more or less ubiquitous -- a pretty sharp break from the proprietary hardware approach taken by most of its competitors. That means Netflix ...
SHSU professor, poet to make TV appearance (The Hunstville Item)
Using poetry as a way to deal with emotions is a practice associate professor of English Melissa Morphew is more than familiar with.
Let’s not obsess about the BBC and Channel 4, writes Peter Bazalgette (Guardian Unlimited)
Within days we are expecting to hear Ofcom's latest take on public service broadcasting (PSB) and the government's plans for "Digital Britain". The danger is that both will spend too much time obsessing about existing PSB institutions. The likes of the BBC and Channel 4 are essentially national organisations: they mostly push their content at us in a dirigiste sort of way; they stand or fall ...
MIKE WENDLAND: Watch the inauguration online (Detroit Free Press)
So you can't get to the inauguration? The Internet is promising to be the next best thing, with wall-to-wall online streaming coverage of just about every event.
Local groups prepare to celebrate Obama�s inauguration (The Westerly Sun)
WESTERLY — While Beyoncé and the Boss warm up for tonight’s “We Are One” concert at the Lincoln Memorial, Maureen Logan will be practicing for Tuesday’s Obama inauguration blow out bash in downtown Westerly — and Marilyn Mackay will be blowing up balloons for a North Stonington celebration.
Make calls without using minutes / Want unlimited calling time? You need a push-to-talk cell phone, which acts like a … (San Francisco Chronicle)
Motorola i365 (Nextel) Cnet rating: 3.5 stars out of 5 (very good) The good: Rock-solid design and easy-to-use controls; Bluetooth, voice dialing, and plenty of push-to-talk options. The bad: May be too big for some people. Also, its display is rather small....
