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Thursday | January 8th, 2009

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Joost iPhone App: A Bit Disappointing

Posted under video, movies, streaming, joost, television, apps, iPhone, software, News, Commentary, Apple on December 1st, 2008 by admin0 comments

Personally, I can’t get enough of the new podcast features rolled out in the iPhone/iPod touch 2.2 firmware update. They’re now an indispensable part of my daily commuting. That’s why I was looking forward to Joost for the iPhone (free). It seemed to have the potential to provide the same kind of time-killing power and more, […]

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Handbrake 0.9.3 Brings New Video Sources

Posted under Handbrake, AppleTV, mpeg, dvd, video, software, News, Commentary, Apple on November 25th, 2008 by admin0 comments

The video encoding and transcoding tool, Handbrake has been updated to 0.9.3. This latest release brings a number of substantial changes to this excellent video utility.
The two most fundamental changes make Handbrake more flexible and also more limited. First flexibility — Handbrake will now accept many different video sources and does far more than just […]

The iMac: Transformation Into Editing Bliss

Posted under editing, video, imac, Hardware, software, Tips, Apple on November 12th, 2008 by admin0 comments

I do a fair bit of video editing and I have upgraded my arsenal of tools throughout the years. Each time I go for something that can pack a little bit more punch in terms of video editing. However there is a problem with this, a problem many freelance videographers run into…money. But this issue […]

BoinxTV Now Shipping

Posted under boinxtv, broadcasting, video, News, software, Apple on November 11th, 2008 by admin0 comments

A few weeks ago I wrote about the beta of BoinxTV and provided a brief overview of the product. As a quick refresher, BoinxTV is a videocasting (video podcasting) tool designed for small production teams. It has a very flexible interface and enables you to quickly record, package and broadcast your video production. I would […]

BBC iPlayer Coming to a Mac Near You

Posted under download, bbc, iplayer, TV, episode, video, software, News, drm, Development, Apple on November 7th, 2008 by admin0 comments

The BBC’s iPlayer is nothing short of a digital revelation — providing viewers in the United Kingdom with online access to an ever-changing (and free) selection of the BBC’s internationally-revered quality programming.
For an increasing number of us Brit’s, BBC.co.uk/iPlayer is the site we surreptitiously visit on our lunch-breaks at work and the destination for catching up on […]

Stuff iTunes With Videos Using VideoDrive

Posted under video, front row, media management, iTunes, content, software, Commentary, Apple on October 29th, 2008 by admin0 comments

Are you a video junkie who loves nothing more than stuffing iTunes with videos to watch in Front Row, Apple TV, or on your iPod? If you find yourself spending more time than you should fussing with conversion and the such, VideoDrive can get those videos into your iTunes and iPod quickly and with minimal […]

Apple Co-Founder Wozniak Turns To Acting

Posted under product placement, gadget, scottevest, webisode, wozniak, episode, comedy, News, Cult of Mac, video, apparel, Apple on October 28th, 2008 by admin0 comments

With the abrupt end of Bill Gates’s recent promotional tête à tete with Seinfeld, there’s clearly a comedy void left somewhere in the galaxy. Fortunately, Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple, may be just the right shape to fill that void and restore equilibrium.
Though far from scraping the bottom of the tech-celebrity barrel by endorsing a lackluster product, […]

Boxee Update Now Plays Hulu

Posted under boxee, hulu, apple-tv, video, software, News, Apple on October 20th, 2008 by admin0 comments

The latest alpha release of boxee, released today, has added support for streaming shows from Hulu and CBS. In fact, I’m watching the season opener of Heroes on my Apple TV right now. Very cool stuff.
If you haven’t seen it yet, boxee installs on your Apple TV (via the patchstick method) and adds a new […]

QiK Brings Video to iPhone (Legitimately)

Posted under video, kevin rose, qik, rumor, Commentary, iPhone, News, Apple on October 19th, 2008 by admin0 comments

It finally looks like video-recording is arriving on the iPhone, courtesy of QiK’s new app. The omission of a video-record feature for the iPhone has long been a major source of derision. The device is fully capable of supporting video, it simply comes down to either an oversight or ill-considered design decision regarding features on […]

Mac of All Trades: 4 Ways to Extend Your Mac

Posted under comics, reader, stereo, tuner, uses, video, applications, Commentary, Tips, .mac, macbook, Apple on October 14th, 2008 by admin0 comments

Aside from being a fantastic computer and girlfriend/boyfriend substitute,  your Mac is capable of some pretty amazing things.  In fact, whenever I have a problem that needs solving or a gap that needs filling, I turn first to…well, first to buying things, but once I realize (yet again) that I have no money, I turn […]