Content Insider 134 - Flash By Miles Weston
Thank goodness you're a pack rat! You know, have to grab, keep everything that flies by...ok everything except that report or news item or YouTube yuck you saw last week and now desperately need. Can't find it it save your behind. And still you don't have enough storage...there are new worlds to conquer, new worlds to destroy or take home with you. Don't worry Flash will always be there for you Dale!!!!
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Insider #132-- 24x7 Lifeless By Miles Weston
Whether you're still at the office or working in the home office or den it seems impossible to turn work off and have a life. Face it. . . we're addicted to the 24x7 round-the-globe "opportunities" we have on the Internet today.
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PNY's Carl Flygare talks graphics cards at SIGGRAPH09 By John Virata
Graphics cards play a central role in the creation of animation and special effects that artists see annually at the SIGGRAPH show (in New Orleans this year) and what consumers seem to desire more of in their daily exposure to digital entertainment, be it via the movies, video games, ride simulators, even TV. Over the last several years, artists have been pushing the envelope in what they can create with the tools that are available to them.
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Content Insider #128 - Bit Buckets By Miles Weston
You know it. We know it. There's a lot of content out there just waiting to be had. Some (a little) is actually new stuff. But some of your content is original, precious and irreplaceable! Right... it's your friends/family photos/videos. It is probably just sitting there on your hard drive for the day you're going to get at the job of archiving it, protecting it for posterity.
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Quadro FX 4800 by PNY with Elemental Accelerator for NVIDIA Quadro allows Waganer Digital Video to save time
Waganer Digital Video, founded by Richard Waganer, has been producing broadcast television and corporate videos for more than 20 years. Over the years Waganer has added many clients to its roster including industry giants such as CNN, Comcast, Discovery Communications, NBC, ABC, CBS, BBC and PBS Kids. Offering full production services in HD and SD, Waganer has created a wide variety of video content such as medical training videos on heart pacing wires for surgeons, a series with John Walsh helping law enforcement investigate missing children, and coverage of WWE wrestling.
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Content Insider #125 - Our Next Leader By Miles Weston
Gary Shapiro, the head of the CEA (Consumer Electronics Association) has been saying almost every chance he gets that the technology industry will lead the economy back. The new breed of business leader is different. Not better, not worse just different. It will be interesting to see if they make their mark, establish their legacy or simple optimize product line extensions.
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2009 Digital Storage in Consumer Electronics Report By Thomas Coughlin and Jim Handy
This report is the eighth report on data storage and emerging applications and the sixth report on data storage and the consumer electronics market published by Coughlin Associates. The consumer electronics market will be impacted by the overall economy in 2009 and well into 2010 but a recovery in 2011 could drive renewed demand for consumer electronic products and digital storage to support them.
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SIGGRAPH ASIA: 2008 By Ko Maruyama
2008 marked the first ACM SIGGRAPH Conference in Asia. Almost 2 years in the making, the Asian SIGGRAPH is host to computer artists of all kinds. While I wasn't able to attend this year, Evan Ricks was close enough to Singapore to hop over so he could create these video diaries. The event is centered around digital art, so the gallery is where we'll start.
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Content Insider - Visions for 2009 By Miles Weston
Despite what a lot of "financial experts" say (weren't they the ones who got us into this position?) things aren't real bad -- yeah they're not real great either. But people in the business/consumer computer/entertainment/communications industry have never been short on optomism or ideas. Some firms won't survive by this time next year. Those that focus on developing a strong consumer centric strategy and lead/listen to the marketplace will be light years ahead of the competition when we enter 2010. What's it going to take? What will the the leaders do?
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Making a New Gift Out of Old Memories By Miles Weston
Got a limited amount of money to spend this holiday season but a list as long as your arm? There are gifts you can give everyone will want. And they will cost you little more than time! Scan your analog photos and put them on your hard drive. Then save your VHS tapes (you need to anyway) to the HD and make personalized gifts that people will want to enjoy right away and for years to come.
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