Archive for March 5th, 2009

The Days of Streaming Are Upon Us (TechCrunch)

As William Gibson said, "The future is already here - it is just unevenly distributed." A few years ago I thought streaming video was an impossible dream. Networks were too slow, we said, and no one cared about streaming. A few us held the torch high and shouted in a stentorian voice "We shall stream!" but it was still not to be. We had TiVo, but that was securely ensconced on a hard drive in a ...

iPod generation prefer MP3 fidelity to CD says study (Macworld UK)

A prolonged study suggests that iPods and MP3 players have affected how people, the young especially, respond to music's fidelity range. Jonathan Berger , Professor of Music at Stanford University, California, has conducted an eight-year study in which students have rated various audio formats while listening to the same song.

Listening to books (Sidney Herald)

Move over print books, you’ve become something of a past time. The Sidney-Richland County Library has taken to downloadable audio books.

Wizzard Media, Lifetime Networks’ Hit Show “Get Married” Sign Content Distribution Agreement (Centre Daily Times)

Wizzard Media (NYSE Alternext: WZE), the world’s largest podcasting network today announced that it has signed an agreement with Get Married, a leading multi-platform entertainment and wedding resource ( www.GetMarried.com ), to distribute its exclusive video content via Apple iTunes, Microsoft Zune Marketplace and select video streaming web sites. Driven by unique video and information, ...

Wizzard Media, Lifetime Networks’ Hit Show “Get Married” Sign Content Distribution Agreement (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)

PITTSBURGH & ATLANTA----Wizzard Media , the world's largest podcasting network today announced that it has signed an agreement with Get Married, a leading multi-platform entertainment and wedding resource , to distribute its exclusive video content via Apple iTunes, Microsoft Zune Marketplace and select video streaming web sites.

FlyCast (San Francisco Chronicle)

The BlackBerry is capable of browsing the Internet and playing audio but streaming audio, easily and for free, isn't included. But streaming your favorite stations is now possible through FlyCast. The app has a vivid home screen that gives you everything from...

Spotify user data compromised after service hacked (Daily Telegraph)

Spotify the online music streaming service which allows users to listen to music on their computers has been hit by hackers. Users of the service have been advised to change their passwords.

DNA-Radio, Tune In To Your Chromosomes (Slashdot)

An anonymous reader writes "The folks behind the DNA-Rainbow project (discussed on Slashdot before) apparently have some time to play around with genome data. After creating amazing pictures from the human DNA code they are now transforming all chromosomes to audio and streaming them to the Internet. Every base is read and broadcasted instead converting it to a color. Seemingly this artistic ...

Live Online Video of Rice in C-USA Tournament to be Available (Rice Owls)

Conference USA will offer live online streaming video of 10 games in the C-USA Women's Basketball Championship. Current annual subscribers to OwlVision All-Access can watch all of Rice's games for free, while others can access them on a pay-per-view basis.

FlyCast (San Francisco Chronicle)

The BlackBerry is capable of browsing the Internet and playing audio but streaming audio, easily and for free, isn't included. But streaming your favorite stations is now possible through FlyCast. The app has a vivid home screen that gives you everything from...