John Townley

Quadralay Corp. and Firepad Inc. Monday allied to bring FrameMaker documents to Palm OS handheld devices. Quadralay will implement support for Firepad’s FireViewer format into Quadralay’s WebWorks suite of software products. This will automate the conversion of FrameMaker documents for delivery to Palm devices. Correspondingly, Firepad will resell Quadralay’s WebWorks products to enterprises seeking to […]

Microsoft Corp. Monday released the free Bonus Pack for the Microsoft Windows Media Player 7 that includes a tool which enables users to convert MP3 files into the Windows Media Audio format, new skins and visualizations, and a tool to convert existing Winamp skins into Windows Media Player skins. For the holidays, the Bonus Pack […]

Microsoft Corp. Monday released the free Bonus Pack for the Microsoft Windows Media Player 7 that includes a tool which enables users to convert MP3 files into the Windows Media Audio format, new skins and visualizations, and a tool to convert existing Winamp skins into Windows Media Player skins. For the holidays, the Bonus Pack […]

Optibase, Ltd. Monday announced it will acquire Viewgraphics, Inc., a provider of hardware and software solutions used for the manipulation and transmission of broadcast-quality digital video over broadband networks. These solutions are used for applications such as interactive TV, video-on-demand and datacasting. The acquisition is intended to push the adoption of Optibase’s Media Gateway solutions […]

Electronics giant Thomson multimedia has just finalized its purchase of Seattle-based Singingfish.com, only days before the search engine’s formal launch at the Streaming Media West conference December 12-14. At the conference, Singingfish.com will announce its first customers and unveil private-label search services developed for some of the Internet’s premiere websites. Thomson multimedia signed a letter […]

Multicast Technologies Inc. has released its first multicast audio player, the MCT Player, as a free downloadable file on the company’s audio station, www.On-The-I.com. The MCT Player tracks multicast traffic and features Staggered Erasure Protection, a patent pending technology developed by Multicast Technologies that corrects for missing data, which otherwise causes drop-outs in sound. The […]

Canon has introduced three new complementary camera/server products for live event Web casting, security monitoring, interactive homepages and worldwide remote control. The VC-C4 is a compact video camera with remote control options, including pan, tilt and zoom. The VB101 network camera server permits streaming real-time video over the Internet or an Intranet. WebView Livescope 3.1 […]

RealNetworks, Inc. has rearranged the cards in its executive hand, announcing that Senior Vice President Richard Cohen has assumed responsibility for the Company’s consumer business replacing Thomas Frank, who previously ran the consumer business as part of his role as chief operating officer. Frank stated that his decision was a personal decision. In ancillary moves, […]

Adaptec, Inc. has rolled out digital video editing kits for desktop computers, priced at under $100. Based on FireWire/1394 technology, the offering consists of Adaptec’s AFW-4300 FireWire/1394 host adapter, MGI’s VideoWave 4 SE consumer digital video editing software for Windows, and an Adaptec-tested six- to four-pin FireWire/1394 cable. The kit is backed by a five-year […]

eSynch Corporation Wednesday introduced an all new, Flash-based Media Guide for ChoiceCaster. The new Media Guide better organizes ChoiceCaster’s continuously updated video content and content providers, and improves ease of use with point-and-click access to five content channels, including News, Sports, Entertainment, Business, and Lifestyles. “Our goal with ChoiceCaster since the very beginning has been […]

eLiberation.com has announced that its has seen the desired results of its file sharing distribution model from the first phase of its peer-to-peer (P2P) beta test. The company has now begun incorporating the peer commerce portion of its overall file-sharing model that will run as part of its ePilot.com pay-to-search web application. “We feel very […]

Ambient Corporation and Consolidated Edison Company of New York Inc. announced Tuesday the initiation of the first phase alpha-testing of Ambient’s proprietary Powerline Telecommunications technology (PLT). The tests are being conducted under the terms of a joint Ambient Corporation/Consolidated Edison pilot project that contemplates the future commercial deployment of Ambient Corp.’s technology over Consolidated Edison’s […]