Deftly spinning their baseball caps so they face the wrong way around, the hipsters at ITN have decided that it’s time to get down with the kids by launching two more ITN YouTube channels.
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Mike Slocombe
ITN Launches News And Music YouTube Channels
Adobe Announces CinemaDNG Open Format
Software giants Adobe has announced plans to lead an initiative to create an open file format for digital cinema files.The company are currently finalising the tech details of the CinemaDNG workflow in collaboration with leading camera manufacturers like Panavision, Silicon Imaging, Dalsa, Weisscam, and ARRI and software vendors, such as Iridas, The Foundry, and codec provider CineForm.
(more…)Users Petition To Keep XP Alive
It may be six years old and primed for official retirement, but fans of the venerable Microsoft Windows XP are hell bent on keeping the operating system alive.With Microsoft set to start taking XP off shop shelves in June this year, users have been loudly pointing to its superiority over its successor Windows Vista, which has garnered lukewarm reviews since its January 2007 launch.
(more…)Demonoid BitTorrent Tracker Returns
The naughty boys and girls at Demonoid have resurfaced online after being closed down late last year in a flurry of legal threats from the Canadian Recording Industry Association to the tracker’s server host.Numark HF-125 Dual-Cup DJ Headphones: Review (65%)
For DJs on an crab’s-bottom tight budget and home users looking for a cheap and cheerful set of headphones (or ‘cans’ as us aficionados like to call them), the Numark HF-125 Dual-Cup DJ Headphones seem to offer pretty remarkable value for money.
(more…)Web Ontrack To Usurp TV As UK’s Top Advertising Medium
The Internet is on track to boot King TV off its throne as the biggest advertising medium in the UK by the end of next year, according to a report published yesterday.The report by the Internet Advertising Bureau (IAB), PricewaterhouseCoopers and the World Advertising Research Centre, claims that Britain has the most developed online-advertising market in the world, with the UK market notching up a mighty £2.8bn in 2007.
(more…)HP 2133 Mini-Note PC Goes After The Eee
Chasing down the platform red-faced and jumping on the Eee bandwagon is HP’s new 2133 Mini-Note PC.Aimed at the same student/family demographic and hoping to emulate the rip roarin’ tearaway success of Asus’s supercheap Eee laptops, the Mini-Note is available in a variety of configurations ranging from $499 upwards (that’s roughly 250 of our British pound notes).
(more…)“Eco Amazon.com rival” BetterWorld Books Gets Funding
The online retailer, Better World Books – company that resells used books and donates some of the proceeds to fund global literacy projects – has stepped up operations and has brought in its first outside investment as part of a program of expansion.Better World Books currently collects and resells used books from university bookstores and libraries, and donates an average of 10 percent of book’s price to various nonprofit literacy groups.
(more…)Parents Access Web More Than Kid Free Couples
Parents are far more likely to be regularly accessing the Internet than childless adults, according to new research.The study, by the European Interactive Advertising Association (EIAA), also claimed that the online activities of parents is influenced by the age of their offspring.
The EIAA Digital Families report confirmed the ruddy obvious – that people with kids generally stay at home more than adults without genetic luggage – and that for parents the Internet is a nifty resource for information and entertainment when you’re stuck in the house.
(more…)EU Permits In Flight Annoyance
After being told for years that making a mobile call on a plane was likely to send the aircraft plummeting to the ground in flames, EU’s regulators have cleared the way for passengers to enjoy loud earfuls of, “HELLO? I’M ON THE PLANE!”
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Software giants Adobe has announced plans to lead an initiative to create an open file format for digital cinema files.
It may be six years old and primed for official retirement, but fans of the venerable Microsoft Windows XP are hell bent on keeping the operating system alive.
The naughty boys and girls at Demonoid have resurfaced online after being closed down late last year in a flurry of legal threats from the Canadian Recording Industry Association to the tracker’s server host.
For DJs on an crab’s-bottom tight budget and home users looking for a cheap and cheerful set of headphones (or ‘cans’ as us aficionados like to call them), the Numark HF-125 Dual-Cup DJ Headphones seem to offer pretty remarkable value for money.
The Internet is on track to boot King TV off its throne as the biggest advertising medium in the UK by the end of next year, according to a report published yesterday.
Chasing down the platform red-faced and jumping on the Eee bandwagon is HP’s new 2133 Mini-Note PC.
The online retailer, Better World Books – company that resells used books and donates some of the proceeds to fund global literacy projects – has stepped up operations and has brought in its first outside investment as part of a program of expansion.
Parents are far more likely to be regularly accessing the Internet than childless adults, according to new research.
After being told for years that making a mobile call on a plane was likely to send the aircraft plummeting to the ground in flames, EU’s regulators have cleared the way for passengers to enjoy loud earfuls of, “HELLO? I’M ON THE PLANE!”