julie-h @ slashdot writes “DVD Jon has done it again.
This time it wasn’t Apple the target, but Microsoft’s WMV9 video format. There is as always a working Proof of Concept program with screenshots.”
Downhill Battle has released the first public preview of Blog Torrent a “simplified” BitTorrent package that they developed because, “Making it easy to blog large video files means that people can share their home movies the same way they share their photos or writings.
Blog Torrent is a key first step of our plan to make software that builds participatory culture. Video (specifically television) is a huge part of culture. But it’s still an extremely top-down medium– even as the tools to high quality video and animation have become extremely cheap, very few people watch any significant amount of video other than what’s on networks and cable. We think homemade video can compete directly against professional television, especially as reality shows have brought down viewers expectations about the production values needed to make engaging TV.
US boffins are developing mobile phones which learn user’s daily habits so that they can become “mobile digital secretaries”.
Going beyond the calendar feature common in many current mobiles, the “smarter smartphone” learns about people’s preferences by logging calls and noting when application like cameras are used. Location-based functions allow the phone to keep record where you work and socialise. The phone also makes note of Bluetooth pairing bonds, in theory allowing it to build a profile of who you socialise with. This information would be sent to a server which processes data and returns suggestions or reminders.
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