News: Opinion: How Microsoft can make the Zune a success

Five months after its introduction, industry experts give Microsoft's media player barely passing grades in terms of marketplace success. Here are five things Microsoft could do to change that.

ViewCast Corporation Announces Profitable Fourth Quarter and Improved Fiscal 2006 Financial Results
PLANO, Texas----ViewCast Corporation , a developer of video and audio encoding products enabling dynamic content delivery, announced a dramatic increase in sales revenue and reported net income for the fourth quarter 2006.

HEATHER NEWMAN: WWE stars battle virtually, mingle with fans in real life
As a prelude to Sunday's WrestleMania 23 at Ford Field, 16 World Wrestling Entertainment stars duked it out as themselves on screen in a video game competition as part of an intimate visit with 500 fans at the Gem Theatre in Detroit.

Homewood Suites By Hilton Announces Plans For Video Ipod Training
MEMPHIS, Tenn. Homewood Suites by Hilton, the national brand of upscale, all-suite, residential-style hotels, has unveiled a new, innovative approach to the training of its team members. The extended stay brand is launching Mobile Training with video iPods in every Homewood Suites property by May 2007, as a way to reinforce training content as a culture and allow the brands 5,000 to 6,000 ...

Wood Dale podcasting meetings
Not able to make it to Wood Dale City Council meetings on Thursday nights? No sweat. You can now catch it on your iPod on Friday afternoon, just in time for your evening commute.

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Viacom sues Google's YouTube for alleged copyright infringement, seeks $1B in damages

NEW YORK Big Media took its first big swing at YouTube yesterday as Viacom Inc., the owner of MTV, VH1, Comedy Central and other cable networks filed a $1 billion copyright lawsuit against the video-sharing site and corporate owner Google Inc.

Homewood Suites by Hilton Delivers Innovations and Evolution Within the Extended Stay Arena
Homewood Suites prepares to launch the hotel industry's first interactive room selection tool alongside a series of other hotel innovations (PRWeb Mar 18, 2007)

News: Newer offers slim battery pack for video iPod
Newer Technology has introduced a slim battery pack for the video iPod that provides up to 16 hours of runtime for watching videos.

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From poky to lickety-split

Speed thrills on the Internet, but how fast is fast enough, really? Dial-up Internet access is the cheapest. At about $10 a month, it's less than half the typical $20 cost of entry-level DSL broadband and much less than $35 to $60 for faster DSL and cable broadband.

Laptop Repair Experts Blue Raven Provide Tips for Keeping Laptops in Top Shape
Blue Raven Technology, a leading provider of iPod audio and video personal electronics products, computer parts, and computer repair depot services, has compiled a list of the top problems that cause laptop failure to help consumers keep their notebook computers in good working condition. Based on their laptop repair experience of over 200,000 notebooks, Blue Raven provided the top three most ...

Apple Says Buy Another iPod
A new marketing campaign aims to shore up slightly softening sales.

Smaller gadgets lead to bigger business travel losses
Leaving valuables on the plane is becoming more common as gadgets get smaller and the list of travel tools gets longer.

Survey reveals number of students avoiding drugs, tobacco
TOMS RIVER What does 77 percent mean? Toms River High School South students asked the same question last week as teachers walked around with maroon T-shirts with the large, white numbers on them.

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Viacom sues video site YouTube for $1-billion

The media giant fears losing viewers and advertisers.

News: Newer offers slim battery pack for video iPod
Newer Technology has introduced a slim battery pack for the video iPod that provides up to 16 hours of runtime for watching videos.

DLO TransDock shows iPod videos on car video screen
Digital Lifestyle Outfitters (DLO) on Thursday took the wraps off their TransDock, a $99.99 device that interfaces the video iPod not only with your cars stereo, but its video entertainment system too.

Detroit Free Press Heather Newman Column: Technology, Your Personal Trainer
By Heather Newman, Detroit Free Press Mar. 15--Coleen Giniel, a 35-year-old mother of three and knitting instructor from Troy, has always been active. But even she needs a little extra motivation to get up and go for a run or lift weights in her basement.

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News: Analysis: Will Apple TV be bigger than iPhone?

Apple TV has the potential to be big for the company, outdoing Microsoft's Windows Media Center.

Apple TV is How to Get It There
By Madhusmita Bora, St. Petersburg Times, Fla. Mar. 22--Those movies and music stored on your home computer? Apple TV, which connects wirelessly to your computer, pulls the content so you can watch it on your wide-screen television.

Video: Verizon's Online Scavenger Hunt
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Laptop Repair Experts Blue Raven Provide Tips for Keeping Laptops in Top Shape

Blue Raven Technology, a leading provider of iPod audio and video personal electronics products, computer parts, and computer repair depot services, has compiled a list of the top problems that cause laptop failure to help consumers keep their notebook computers in good working condition. Based on their laptop repair experience of over 200,000 notebooks, Blue Raven provided the top three most ...

How to convert DVDs for use on your iPod
I just bought my wife a 30-gigabyte video iPod for her birthday. We have converted all of her CDs using iTunes, and she loves it. We have some old videos of our kids playing in the high school marching band, and we would love to load them on the iPod also.

Device holds hope for patients on ventilators
Don Pollard's eyes widened. He was breathing. His diaphragm was going up and down, pulling air into his lungs and forcing it out. The sensation felt strange to the 28-year-old, who has depended on a ventilator since he was injured in a car crash before his second birthday. "My diaphragm hasn't moved at least not like that in 27 years," said Pollard, who is paralyzed from the neck down except ...

A BREATH OF HOPE: A small device that can stimulate diaphragm muscles -- causing the lungs to fill with air -- holds ...
Don Pollard's eyes widened. He was breathing. His diaphragm was going up and down, pulling air into his lungs and forcing it out. The sensation felt strange to the 28-year-old, who has depended on a ventilator since he was injured in a car crash before his second birthday. "My diaphragm hasn't moved - at least not like that - in 27 years," said Pollard, who is paralyzed from the neck down ...

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DLO TransDock shows iPod videos on car video screen

Digital Lifestyle Outfitters (DLO) on Thursday took the wraps off their TransDock, a $99.99 device that interfaces the video iPod not only with your cars stereo, but its video entertainment system too.

Review: Apple TV best for iTunes addicts
Apple's answer to the digital media adapter is finally here.

Viacom Sues YouTube Over Copyrights
(AP Photo) In this still image of a computer screen showing the YouTube website, an image of the Nickelodeon character SpongeBob SquarePants is seen, March 13, 2007. Nickelodeon owner Viacom Inc. sued the popular video-sharing site YouTube and its corporate parent, Google Inc., on Tuesday, March 13, 2007 seeking more than $1 billion in damages on claims of widespread copyright infringement.

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Review: Apple TV best for iTunes addicts

Apple's answer to the digital media adapter is finally here.

DLO TransDock Puts iPod Video In Your Ride
DLO's latest TransDock lets users put their iPod music and video libraries on their in-car audio and video systems.

Apple TV: The New iPod?, Hijacking the US Elections, Ideas for Dads and Grads
Last week Apple TV launched, and it appears Apple is following a similar script to what made the iPod a success -- but will it work this time? With the U.S. primaries coming up, and the incredibly well done remake of the famous 1984 Apple Ad playing a big role, I thought it would be good to remind you that not everything you are likely to read or see on the Web is real.

Viacom sues YouTube over clips
Videos on Web site defy copyright laws, it says.

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News: Case-Mate introduces CarryMe case for video iPods

The $16.99 CarryMe comes in a pair of colors and features an elastic band for securing your video iPod, plus a clasp to fasten the case to a bag or belt.

Police news - 3/16/07
Business burglarized: Maryanne's Pastry Shop on East State Street was burglarized between 6 p.m. March 7 and 7:30 a.m. March 8. A representative of the store told police about $600 had been stolen. Police said there was no sign of forced entry.

EyeTV Hybrid is Tiny, Handy
As a platform, the Macintosh computer has almost surpassed Windows as the best system to use as a media center to watch video content either on the computer's monitor or on your TV. This hasn't happened because of Apple.

See For Yourself: Pearson Teams With Google Video to Offer Educational Video Content
Mathematics continues to be a challenge for many college students. To help provide them with direct access to video study tools, Pearson Higher Education, the largest textbook publisher in the U.S. higher education market, is working with Google Video to make content available for download at http://www.video.google.com.

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