viacom makes a deal with joost
Joost, the new P2P - based video start-up will "broadcast" Viacom's music videos, and other programs. The roster includes
MTV,
Comedy Central and Paramount motion pictures. This news was broke by The Wall Street Journal.
The terms of the deal have not been disclosed. Viacom now becomes a "key launch partner".
Joost is about TV-like programming.
Joost just recently closed a $45 million dollar financing deal.Joost can be accessed with a broadband Internet connection and offers video content to viewers for free. Joost features more than 150 channels with programming across all genres, including: cartoons and animation; entertainment and film; sports; comedy; lifestyle and documentaries; and sci-fi. Warner Bros. Television Group also announced it will be bringing progam offerings to Joost as well. The Warner Bros. Television Group is experienced in bringing new television viewing models to the evolving television industry.
Joost offers instant messaging, chat and search in the television watching experience. The viewer has control over what and when to watch a program.
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p2pLabels: joost, viacom
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rush limbaugh happenings
Yesterday, Rush Limbaugh made an offer to help the sagging ratings of the
CBS Evening News with Katie Couric. He offered to be interviewed live. Rush said that he had been approached by other news media outlets for an interview...and so far has declined all of the requests.
His offer to CBS came from Rush himself and he was serious about the offer.
Recently Rush has come under fire for airing a parody song about Barack Obama called "Barach, the Magic Negro" that sounds like Al Sharpton is singing the song through a blow horn. Obama has played down the rumbling.
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military has own youtube channel
The military has launched its own military youtube channel. It's called the Multi-National Force Channel. You will see combat action and eye-catching footage.
One pundit says this should be a good counter to CNN's bias reporting on Iraq. The material will not be overly graphic. According to the L.A. Times, the channel was viewed 120,000 times in the first month.
Link to Operation Tomahawk Strike 11 videoIt is the 17th most subscribed to youtube channel this month! A recently home-made video was seen over 354,00 times.
thedailyreel.com source story
technorati tag: iraq
technorati tag: youtube
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bird flu symptoms reported in indonesia
Health officials are alarmed at an increase in bird flu symptoms reported in an Indonesian hospital. The virus is said to have spread among birds in Vietnam and Thailand. Four Indonesians have died in the last week. Indonesia plans to prohibit people from keeping fowl in their backyards.
The
World Health Organization says this spike in cases was expected.
Read the story from Reuterstechnorati tag: bird flu
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blogging reflections of 2006
Bill Elmore of techrepublic.com wrote an interesting article about blogosphere of 2006. The item most talked about seems to be data breeches. Several high profile incidents were reported on. The "handling" of private data couldn't be more important. Companies that deal with this information need to ramp up their efforts to keep that data safe and away from possibilities of theft.
In Bill's article, he notes that data breeches aren't going away in 2007. Companies still won't put a high priority on keeping data safe. That's a word to the wise. Be careful yourself. We need to take preventative measures so our data isn't breeched.
link to Bill's articletechnorati tag: bloggingtechnorati tag: Observationstechnorati tag: events
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iraq death toll at 2974
The death toll in Iraq are one more than the number of dead from the 9/11 attacks on the WTC. Two deaths were announced on Monday, December 26, 2006 as a result of a car bomb explosion southwest of Baghdad.
Soldiers of the 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment stand guard. The writing on the wall in anti-American slogans.
technorati tag: iraqtecnorati search: 9/11
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u.s.trade deficit hit high
The U.S. trade deficit hit a new high of $68 billion in July. The main reason was that the cost of oil imports rose. The figure represents a 5% rise from June's figure. 2006 as a whole is expected to go over 2005's 717 billion. Crude oil imports rose $28.5 billion.
Read the story from the BBCtechnorati tag: economytechnorati tag: oil
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create an IT defense checklist
Take a proactive approach on data security as part of an overall IT strategy.
Inventory data - What do you have that's most at risk?
Consider encryption - Many people are encrypting more, both data in transit and at rest.
Encrypting isn't enough - Verify the source and its destination.
Avoid the "Bagel Defense" - Use firewalls, but also protect key data inside and monitor it for access.
Watch your firewalls - Use automated tools for monitoring firewall traffic.
Think beyong the network - Know all ways data can leave the network. Consider what to do if a laptop is lost or stolen.
Educate everyone - The more is known about security, the safer the data is.
Invest wisely - Don't be content with one security project. Consider going further.
tecnorati tag: ITtechnorati tag: computers
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version 2 of geodata.gov
Geospatial mapping tools have gained a broader use and visibility for government agencies and private enterprise. The site
(geodata.gov) offers access to an array of national and local mapping data. Version 2 has a marketplace capability so one can mark off an area on a U.S. map, define geospatial information that's being searched and identify other users who may be working with similar data on the system.
The marketplace tool is designed to grow communities (
business and economic) of interest around specific geospatial data. Underlying metadata is harvested in a more automated way. One such area is
the census information.
technorati tag: WORLDtechnorati tag: Observations
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