Amazon’s CustomFlix service has picked a side in the high-definition DVD format war. The online retailer has partnered with Microsoft to offer independent films on HD DVD. CustomFlix is a service that burns a disc for the customer when it is ordered, reducing inventory expenses. The program gives indie filmmakers the chance to distribute their work in a high-definition format, the companies said.
You Tube: Phone Home
South Korea’s LG Electronics said Tuesday it has signed an agrement with YouTube, the world’s biggest video-sharing website, to develop a mobile phone which can upload and play videos.
“LG Electronics will unveil the mobile handset that fully supports the YouTube service for the first time in Europe in the second half of this year,” the South Korean firm said in a statement. LG will enable users
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Can this open source movement in content creation live side by side with other forms of communication where we like to have the final word? Wikis have shown us the art of blurring the lines between writers and readers, teachers and students, senders and receivers. Now that the firewall has been breached, a whole host of internal, external, brand and corporate communication will have to tiptoe in.
Ofcom are holding an auction for a license in Northern Ireland for spectrum in 1785-1805 MHz.
Applications must be submitted to Ofcom on 21st march 2007 between 10.00 and 15.00. They can be made to Ofcom’s London office at
Riverside House, 2a Southwark Bridge Road, London SE1 9HA
or their Northern Ireland office at
Landmark House, 5 Cromac Quay, The Gasworks, Ormeau Road, Belfast BT7 2JD
Ofcom statement
Ofcom has published a statement that will force all operators of sexual entertainment services (SES) to move from 08 numbers to a new 098 number range.
Currently there are also SES running on 0908 and 0909. Existing services can remain on those numbers, though the numbering of the range will facilitate migrating to the new numer range. No new SES will be allocated on 0908 and 0909.
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The IEEE 802.11 working group has reached consensus after 2 months of balloting by achieving over 75% majority.
Now that the draft is approved, it will go on sale by the IEEE and companies can start to modify existing equipment to ensure compliance.
Though the draft was approved there were 3,163 comments to the draft of which 1,441 are editorial and another 1,635 technical. This means that the draft is sound, though some changes
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‘Online Photoshop’ details emerge News - PC Advisor: “‘Online Photoshop’ “
Adobe is planning an on-line version of Photoshop, though it’s aimed at consumers not professionals.
They’ve also announced their Remix service for video users.
Digit Online
Sony has announced a Walkman that can play video. It comes in 2, 4 and 8GB versions.
It supports ATRAC and MP3, though battery life is better with ATRAC and it comes with software to convert various formats into ATRAC.
Videowise it supports MPEG4 (H.264/AVC) and has a QVGA 240 pixels by 320 pixels display.
The 2GB version costs around ВЈ120, the 4GB ВЈ155 and 8GB ВЈ200.
Adobe has said it will release Creative Suite v3 on the 27th of March, however no details have been given about what will be in CS3.
They’ve been running a web video (available on YouTube) called “What’s in the Box” for a while.
Currently standard Adobe CS2 contains Photoshop CS2, Illustrator CS2, InDesign CS2, Version Cue CS2 and Bridge and the Premium version adds adds Acrobat 8, GoLive CS2 and Dreamweaver 8.
Availability of Numbering Resource | Ofcom
Ofcom are holding a consultation on reducing the number block allocations on certain exchanges were numbers are running out.
Ofcom normally allocate blocks of 10,000 numbers. Ofcom are proposing to reduce this to allocations of 1,000 numbers where numbers are becoming scarce.
This affects 59 new geographics codes (as well as the 79 existing conservation areas). There are also another 32 that, though are not at risk at present will be in the future.
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