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Looking for a video editing program that is easy to use? And FREE? You can download and use Pinnacle Systems free VideoSpin™ video editing and sharing application from www.videospin.com. more

Do you like to Make Stuff? Are you geeky and love technological puzzles and projects? Then check out this new book - Make The Best of 75 Projects - After two years, MAKE has become one of most celebrated new magazines to hit the newsstands, and certainly one of the hottest reads. If you’re just catching on to the MAKE phenomenon and wonder what you’ve missed, this book contains the best DIY projects from the magazine’s first ten volumes — a surefire collection of fun and challenging activities going back to MAKE’s launch in early 2005.

Solving the Camcorder Shopping Crisis

Buying a Camcorder is harder than ever before

There are a plethora of differing technologies to pick from as well as a bewildering assortment of features and capabilities that need to be examined. It is not easy. Here is a guide to what you need to know in order to buy the right kind of camcorder for you, your business and your family


How to Make Movies and Internet Videos with Your Camcorder - Tips, Deals,

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This is really cool. Wireless Back-Up for Sanyo's Xacti HD Flash Camcorders - At CES, Seagate Technology (NYSE:STX) and Sanyo announced that Seagate’s Digital Audio Video Experience™ (D.A.V.E.™) Technology Platform, allows consumers to shoot freely without the worry of filling up the internal 4GB or 8GB memory. By connecting D.A.V.E. technology to the Sanyo Xacti HD Digital Movie Camera using USB, users are essentially adding up to 60GB of storage. more



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Clifton Park, NY (January 15, 2008) - On2 Technologies, Inc.,, a leader in video compression solutions, announced today Flix Publisher 2.0 for Mac at Macworld Conference and Expo 2008 in San Francisco. Flix Publisher is a popular browser based video encoding and publishing solution for Adobe® Flash® Player 8 and 9, giving enterprises and web video service providers the ability to easily allow video encoding and publishing through a browser based interface. more


Great Falls, VA (January 14, 2008) - Knowlera Media today announced the launch of MonkeySee.com, a new destination website where consumers can access thousands of free how-to videos on demand. Both fun and factual, MonkeySee videos are a great source for advice and demonstrations by accomplished experts. MonkeySee.com is a place for anyone seeking or sharing knowledge. Visitors will find topics and experts that range from sensible to sensational, and solutions for everything from fitness to finance. more


PINNACLE SYSTEMS ANNOUNCES FREE DOWNLOADS AVAILABLE FOR NEW VIDEOSPIN SOFTWARE Fast, Easy and Fun Solution for All Consumers Creates Videos and Post Them on the Web - Mountain View, CA, January 15, 2008 – Pinnacle Systems, Inc., the consumer division of Avid Technology Inc. (NASDAQ: AVID), today announced that free downloads of its VideoSpin™ video editing and sharing application are available now from www.videospin.com. more

Alviso, CA (January 9, 2008) - TiVo, the creator of and the leading innovator in television services for digital video recorders (DVRs) today announced TiVo subscribers will soon be able to easily watch an enormous variety of video content from the web directly on their television sets by applying TiVo’s popular Season Pass functionality to web video. With the proliferation of content available online today, consumers have access to thousands of hours of content from well-known networks to special interest videos, but need an easy way to search, discover, and enjoy this entertainment on the TV set. more


Internet Video News and Product Announcements


Wireless Back-Up for Sanyo's Xacti HD Flash Camcorders - SCOTTS VALLEY, Calif.-January 7, 2008-Seagate Technology (NYSE:STX) and Sanyo announced that Seagate’s Digital Audio Video Experience™ (D.A.V.E.™) Technology Platform, that provides substantial wireless storage capacity for digital files from mobile devices, is compatible with Sanyo’s Hi-Def Xacti Digital Movie Camera.

The compatibility of Seagate’s D.A.V.E technology with Sanyo’s Xacti HD Digital Movie Camera allows consumers to shoot freely without the worry of filling up the internal 4GB or 8GB memory. By connecting D.A.V.E. technology to the Sanyo Xacti HD Digital Movie Camera using USB, users are essentially adding up to 60GB of storage and the freedom of taking crisp, clear HD videos and high quality photos, without sacrificing the look and feel of the world’s smallest and lightest full high-definition digital movie camera. more


Adobe Photoshop Elements 6 software for Macintosh is now available

Photoshop Elements 6 software for Mac combines power and simplicity so consumers at all experience levels can easily achieve outstanding results with their digital photos. Adobe Photoshop Elements 6 for Macintosh will run on Leopard, (Mac OS X v 10.5), as well as previous versions of Mac OS X starting with 10.4.8., and is immediately available for pre-order
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ON2 Technologies Empowers Adobe® Flash® Video With New Multi-Format Decoder for Handsets

January 7th, 2008

ARM optimized Software Multi-Decoder Supports All Adobe® Flash® Video Formats In One Package - Tarrytown, NY (January 7, 2008) – On2 Technologies, Inc. (AMEX: ONT), a leader in video compression technologies, announced the release of the Hantro 9100 software multi-decoder. Highly optimized for ARM9 and ARM11 processors, the decoder supports VP6, Sorenson Spark and H.264 in a single package thereby enabling handsets to offer high performance support for the video formats used in Adobe® Flash® Lite™ 3 and Flash® Player 9 / Moviestar more


TVOne-task Introduces ULTRA-Compact RGBHV Distribution Amplifier - TVOne-task’s 1T-DA-462 is a professional Distribution Amplifier that provides distribution of both the audio and VGA video signal from a PC or RGB source.


ERLANGER, KY, January 10, 2008— The TVOne-task 1T-DA-462
RGBHV Distribution Amplifier provides two VGA type outputs plus Stereo Audio for use in any situation requiring multiple outputs from a single PC or other RGB video source. The video bandwidth, in excess of 450MHz, handles computer resolutions up to 2560x1600 at distances up to 300 feet from the source without signal deterioration. The1T-DA-462 has a MSRP of $110 and is currently shipping. more


On2 Technologies, Inc., a leader in video compression solutions, announced that its showcase at the upcoming 2008 International CES in Las Vegas from January 7-10, 2008, will focus on high definition (HD) video solutions that are ushering in the next phase of web, VoIP and mobile video. more


Digieffects, a developer of popular software plugins for Adobe After Effects, Adobe Premiere Pro, Apple Final Cut Pro, and Autodesk Combustion today announced that it had reached an agreement to acquire the Walker Effects plugins from WalkerFX. more


Photoshop CS3 RAW (O'Reilly, $34.99 US).

Aaland's up-to-the-minute edition focuses on the important features of Adobe Photoshop CS3, including Camera Raw's new retouching tools, expanded controls, and ramped up sharpening features. Aaland also explains how to use Camera Raw in conjunction with Photoshop CS3 and Adobe Bridge 2.0 to capture, organize, and optimize RAW images so you can produce the best possible digital photographs. more




The Video Philanthropy Contest starts on Valentines Day 2008 http://www.thinkgiving.com. The idea is to combine both video creativity and charity and allow video creators to promote social causes they believe in with creative, entertaining and informative videos. Their first video contest theme is to create a Video Thank You to a friend, family member or charity group. details: http://www.imagine.thinkgiving.com/pages/contest_details.html

thinkgiving.com is a new site that has just launched and is devoted to combining creativity in video, art, photo and design with charitable and worthwhile causes.

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