A post on TechCrunch claims that NBC Direct will begin to offer free HD downloads through their new service using a P2P network. If you think about that, NBC might leapfrog your viewing experience in your living room by offering HD video for free on your computer. That’s a pretty exciting thought, but it leaves two big questions:
1. If the writers strike doesn’t end, what will I watch anyway?
2. How quickly will Comcast yank your Internet service because you’re using too much bandwidth?
December 11th, 2007
Any guesses? Merriam-Webster went towards technology this year with their selection. I’ll let you guess and then click for the answer!
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A very interesting question is asked by Philippe Le Hegaret, the Architect Domain Leader at the World Wide Web Consortium (W3), in this video interview on blip.tv. He suggests that video encoding software should be free, just as software is available for free web authoring. The W3C advocates the availability of a royalty-free encoding technology so anyone can create video without having to pay. It’s an interesting idea, but you can bet companies like Adobe, Microsoft, Apple, and others would like to keep encoding technology under a license model. From my experience, the cost to purchase improved video codecs is often a roadblock to upgrades. What do you think?
December 11th, 2007
