May 17, 2006 22:05 - Free video hosting from Streamload announced
Streamload, a leading provider of online digital media services, today announced that its Streamload MediaMax service offers full-quality video hosting. Users can upload videos to a secure account and host 500 megabytes of video per month for free.San Diego, CA (PRWEB) May 15, 2006 -- Streamload, a leading provider of online digital media services, today announced that its Streamload MediaMax service offers full-quality video hosting. Users can upload videos to a secure account and host 500 megabytes of video per month for free.
"As video sharing becomes increasingly popular, people need a secure and reliable place to store and host videos. We provide 25 GBs of online storage and 500 MBs of monthly video hosting capacity, free of charge," said Steve Iverson, president and CEO of Streamload. "Additionally, these videos can be downloaded and 'taken to go'."
Social networking and community sites such as MySpace.com and YouTube.com have helped spawn an increasing demand for free video hosting. Streamload MediaMax provides a secure and reliable online service for people to upload videos and share videos without incurring out-of-pocket expenses. The Streamload Mediamax service can be used for private video sharing via secure email. Streamload will soon be adding a transcoding feature which allows users to easily format their files for various devices, including PSP video, iPod for video, and Portable Media Center players (PMCs.)
To date, Streamload users have uploaded more than 2 million unique videos to their accounts, equivalent to 38 years of video play time. Its unparalleled 25 GBs of free online storage and 500 MB of free video hosting in full-quality has made Streamload MediaMax the world’s largest online media center.
In addition to hosting videos, Streamload MediaMax offers tools for storing, organizing and sharing your entire digital media collection, including photos, music, movies and digital video recordings. For more information and to sign up for a free account, which includes free video upload and free video hosting, please visit:
http://mediamax.com/home/signup_videohosting.aspx
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May 18, 2006 09:21 - Are you ready for digital TV in your house yet?
The world of digital TV is rushing at us and some are able to jump on board the front of the wave. This entry looks at a report on how the rest of us are faring as far as the leap to digital TV in our homes and how we connect it to the rest of our lives. Check it out:
In-Home Digital Convergence: Reality TV, Or Not Ready For Prime Time?
Tuesday May 16, 12:53 pm ET
New Ipsos Data On The 'Digital Den' Highlights Barriers To Market Development And Provides An Estimate Of Next-Year Market Potential
NEW YORK, NY, May 16 /PRNewswire/ - Most Americans don't know how to make the most of new digital video options, while many remain concerned about hidden costs and ease of use of devices making their way onto the market, suggests a new study from Ipsos, the global survey-based market research firm.
Still, over half (61%) of online American adults are at least open to considering devices that connect PCs with consumer electronics for more convenient access to digital content. Based on this research and two key assumptions, Ipsos estimates that upwards of 900,000 consumers may purchase Digital Den-type devices in the next year if they can be offered at $100.
Among the group who would consider these media hub devices, movies and TV are as much in demand as music, though music content is much more available in a digitally portable form at this point. Said Todd Board, Senior Vice President of the Ipsos Insight Technology & Communications practice: "This finding has been consistent over the past year and also fits with other data we see, indicating that video content indeed could be the catalyst for greater consideration of in-home convergence devices and investments."
"Consistent with this latent potential, when we ask online Americans what benefits, if any, they would expect from these kinds of 'media hub' devices, fully half envision the convenience of being able to connect content across devices -basically, the same half who are at least open to considering these technologies".
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May 20, 2006 16:15 - Micron has created digital imaging sensor that rivals top end.
This sounds like a quantum jump by Micron in terms of sensor development. It could have a real impact on the quality of consumer digital cameras in years to come.Read on:
Advanced digital capabilities previously found only in high-end cameras are entering the mainstream with an imaging sensor, created by Micron, that will let amateur photographers take up to 30 pictures a second and record high-definition video.
According to Micron, the new imaging sensor will bring 8-megapixel picture quality to the standard format used by most consumer-level digital cameras.
A camera with this sensor would be able to shoot video in the 720p (progressive) format, in effect doubling the quality available on current compact digital cameras that can capture moving pictures.
Advanced Features
Used in continuous-shot mode, the sensor can process 10 pictures a second at full resolution, or more than 30 pictures a second at 2-megapixel resolution.
This capability will allow manufacturers to add advanced features, such as image stabilization and faster autofocus capabilities, to lower-end digital cameras.
In addition, the sensor is small enought that it might also be used on camera phones that have limited space for components and could benefit from better image quality.
According to Micron, because the sensors are based on the standard quarter-inch optical format used in today's mobile phones, they could be added to these phones at the manufacuting level without having to alter the handset's design.
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May 21, 2006 19:45 - An interesting class use of digital video cameras
A team of student anthropologists working on "Perspectives and Potential -- Malcolm X Academy," a documentary about an elementary school in San Francisco's Hunters Point neighborhood, enjoyed the schoolchildren so much that that they also volunteered as tutors at the school during filming.
Their experience not only gave them a stronger perspective on the subject of their film, but also helped serve its purpose: to recruit SF State students to volunteer at the school. Early screenings of the film have netted about 20 new student volunteers.This is an example of applied visual anthropology, defined by Professor of Anthropology Peter Biella as a "cultural intervention that brings about change to an audience."
Biella and Assistant Professor of Cinema Greta Snider teach a two-semester course on Visual Anthropology in which students create documentary films that are intended to make a memorable impact on viewers and spur them into action, he said. The course was first offered in 2000.
All four films made in this year's course will be screened from 7 to 10 p.m. Thursday, May 25, in August Coppola Theatre in the Fine Arts building. A reception will precede the screenings. Admission is free.
In March, the students gave presentations on their films at the annual meeting of The Society for Applied Visual Anthropology, held in Vancouver, B.C. Past films from the class have gone on to screen at film festivals across the United States and Canada.
Students shoot their films on digital video cameras and edit them on computers in the Digital Cinema/Visual Anthropology Lab. Biella and Snider recently garnered a $7,000 grant from SF State's Office of Community Service Learning to support and further develop the course.
Visual anthropology has roots at SF State. John Collier, a faculty member in the 1960s and 1970s, is considered a founder of the field. He and his son Malcolm Collier, professor emeritus of Asian American studies, wrote the book "Visual Anthropology: Photography as a Research Method." Biella, who holds bachelor's and master's degrees in film production from SF State, was one of John Collier's students.
Jennifer Wolowic, a senior, came to SF State specifically for its visual anthropology program. She is part of the team that made "Perspectives and Potential."
"(The class) has taken over all of our lives," she said, estimating that the students have spent about 100 hours a month working on their films.
The children in "Perspectives and Potential" not only loved being in front of the camera, but also forged close relationships with the filmmaking team, Wolowic said.
The other two films made in this year's Visual Anthropology class focus on midwifery in San Francisco and the Center for Young Women's Development, a San Francisco nonprofit that provides leadership development, job training, and health and wellness programs to young women in the juvenile and criminal justice systems.
-- Matt Itelson
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