New RealPlayer Gets Ready to Rip
The new RealPlayer, due at the end of June, will seek to regain popularity as the best and most useful media player on the Internet. It’s great news for Real, and great news for consumers. Real have said they believe their software is operating within the law, but video providers may not agree.
[No kidding.. ya think? -- eds]
RealNetworks are billing it as “the first media player to make it one-click simple to download online videos from thousands of Web sites”, allowing you to save most types of video that haven’t been marked as copyright or non-downloadable to your computer, and then burn them to CD as a with the free Real Player and by sharing the video links with friends as is more commonly done.
It’s too early to know if action will be taken, but chances are that the legal implications are under discussion by multiple parties in multiple companies as we speak, and if it’s planned, we’ll all know soon enough.
via: IT Wire
Video: BP ready to start well-integrity tests
After robotic vehicles worked through the night and into the morning to repair a leak, the oil giant now says it’s ready to conduct critical tests involving the valves and blowout preventer on the leaking well. NBC’s Anne Thompson reports. (Today Show)
Video: Pressure builds in pivotal moment for BP
After closing all the valves on its new sealing cap Thursday, BP said it could take up to 48 hours to determine whether it's safe to keep the well shut until relief wells are ready. NBC's Anne Thompson reports. (Nightly News)
Video: Secrecy shrouds Chelsea Clinton’s wedding
The tiny town of Rhinebeck, N.Y., – long rumored to be the setting for the former first daughter’s wedding – is getting ready for the possibility of a very public close-up. NBC’s Ron Allen reports. (Nightly News)
Video: Clintons put final touches on wedding bash
With only 48 hours left until Chelsea Clinton’s big day, vendors and planners scramble to ready the sleepy town of Rhinebeck, N.Y., for the wedding event of the summer. TODAY’s Natalie Morales reports. (Today Show)
Video: Feinberg: 6 months of payment per request
The man in charge of compensating victims of the oil spill tells NBC News he’s ready to give those eligible a full six months’ worth of emergency payments on a single request. NBC’s Lester Holt reports. (Nightly News)
NAB 2007: Dead Man Walking?
Nobody puts it better than GigOm’s Paul Kapustka, describing the Washington Post’s new online video feature:
A quick visit to Sunday’s Washington Sketch video from D.C. reporting vet Dana Milbank shows how powerful off-the-cuff video can be, pairing the rich (looks like HD) visual images with the deep background and snark
Viddler Ready to Roll in September
TechCrunch got a sneak peek at a video sharing site due to launch in September, called Viddler:
The company has focused on making the video publishing experience compelling and enabling discussion, tagging and sharing tied to particular moments in time. It’s a good looking system with smart features and a
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Rookie Blue – s1 | e3 – Fite Nite
Andy wrestles with a dilemma, while the other rookies are ready to duke it out at a charity event.Add this to your queueAdded: Wed Jun 30 17:39:09 UTC 2010Air date: Thu Jul 08 00:00:00 UTC 2010Duration: 42:26Rating: 3.8 / 5.0Closed captions available.