Monday, April 21, 2008

Video Tour of Google Earth 4.3 - Wow!!

Source: http://www.labnol.org/software/tutorials/google-earth-43-features-video-tour/2986/

This is a video tour of new features introduced in Google Earth 4.3. They will make you say wow! especially the lighting effects and the panorama street views.

Also check out gearthblog.com for a more detailed review of Google Earth 4.3. The download is available here.


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BB FlashBack: Screen Recording Software with Advanced Screencast Editing Functions

Source: http://www.labnol.org/software/download/bb-flashback-screen-recording-software-review-screencast-video-editor/3018/

screencast video editor BB FlashBack 2.0 is an easy-to-use screen recording software that lets you make movies of your Windows desktop very quickly. It is also very light and uses its own video capture driver so your system performance won’t be affected during the screen recording phase.

*BB FlashBack would cost $225 per copy but some of you may have the software for free as we couple of licensed copies to giveaway.

While the basic screen recording features in BB FlashBack are pretty much the same as available in other competing titles (like Camtasia Studio), the software really shines on three counts:

screencast-options 1. When you start recording the screen, you get an option to automatically change the screen resolution, set the desktop wallpaper as blank and/or hide all the desktop icons. These little things are such a time-saver and also help reduce the overall size of your desktop video.

2. The developers have applied some good thinking while writing the screencast video editor in BB FlashBack. It’s a linear timeline based editor where every screen is represented by a frame. You can figure out the exact location of the mouse cursor plus the state of your keyboard by looking at any of frames in the timeline.

screencast-timeline-editor

Now comes the most interesting part - you can re-record just the movements of the cursor without having to record the full movie again. Plus you can adjust the position of the mouse cursor like send it behind a text box or hide momentarily. Can’t think of any other screecasting software that offers this level of control.

3. You can export desktop videos recorded with BB FlashBack to the regular Flash or AVI/WMV formats plus there’s a option for PowerPoint Presentations.

powerpoint-video

The screencast is exported as a Flash movie that is is automatically embedded into the first slide of a PowerPoint file so you don’t have to do the extra work.

Giveaway: BlueBarry Software has offered five licensed copies of BB FlashBack 2.0 for our readers. In case you like to grab a license, please leave a comment and also mention why you need this software. Here’s a link to download BB FlashBack.


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Poorly Paid Web Video Dude: I'm Happy YouTube Gives Me Anything

Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/typepad/alleyinsider/silicon_alley_insider/~3/273115440/producer_web_video_economics_not_youtube_s_fault

breakaleg.jpgYuri Baranovsky, creator of the Web series "Break A Leg," caused a stir recently when he revealed in a Gawker post that his show, which had generated 2 million views on YouTube (GOOG), netted him a princely sum of $1,600. But Yuri wants you to know he doesn't think YouTube is a villian here -- in fact, compared to the rest of the Web video world, YouTube is a saint. Says Baranovsky:

This has nothing to do with YouTube. It has to do with the current Internet model. If anything, YouTube is the only company that has at all helped us pay off some of our costs, as I say in the article -- YouTube is the only game in town.

Good thing the only game in town deigns to pay people for the work it sells advertising against. The bottom line is there are a handful of people can make money on the Web with crude sketches, one-man "Ask A Ninja"-type shows and the like. But Web economics simply don't support a TV-style productions, with a full cast, scripts, etc -- like the ones Yuri makes.

Earlier: Google Is Saved! YouTube Money Machine Mints $1 CPMs
Being A YouTube Star Doesn't Pay (Obviously)


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3G iPhone Details: "Radically Different," May Have Keyboard

Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/typepad/alleyinsider/silicon_alley_insider/~3/273662709/3g_iphone_details_radically_different_from_current_one

iphone.jpgWhat's the latest on the 3G iPhone? Still on track for June launch, and...may have a keyboard!

The Times of London reports:

Times Online understands that Apple has placed an order with its Asian suppliers to produce 200,000 of the new 3G iPhones by the end of May, rising to 2 million - 500,000 per week - in June.

With a four week lead time between production and placement, that would leave Mr Jobs free to launch the device during an annual developers conference at which he usually speaks.

Industry sources told Times Online that the device will have a "radically different" appearance to the current device, which has a 4.5 inch screen and slick, aluminium backing. Among the possibilities are flip version, which would enable the screen to be larger, and a sliding model with a regular qwerty keyboard - as opposed to a touchscreen one.

"I think ultimately you going to see multiple versions," one Asia-based analyst, said. "One for customers who want it principally as a music and video device, which will be similar to the existing model, one for people who want to communicate - with the keyboard, and one for people who want it as a substitute for their laptop - that will let them browse the internet on a larger screen."

The new phone may also usher in a change in the way Apple strikes distrtibution deals.... Apple will eventually break with its policy of favouring one network to be the exclusive distributor of the iPhone in a given territory - possibly as early as next year.

If the new iPhone has a keyboard, it might look exactly like Research in Motion's iPhone-killer.

See Also: RIM's iPhone Killer: Just Like iPhone, But Crappier


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Sunday, April 20, 2008

Giant Chandelier Harnesses The Sun's Power For Electricity and Color-Changing Abilities [Lighting]

Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/273078919/giant-chandelier-harnesses-the-suns-power-for-electricity-and-color+changing-abilities

This chandelier design by Christoph Klemmt is truly the superhero of lighting fixtures. Besides the obvious aesthetic qualities, the segments that make up the structure itself gradually change from clear to brightly colored when struck by direct sunlight. It also gathers the power from the sun's rays and uses it to illuminate the LEDs scattered along the surface. The piece is currently on exhibit at the Milan furniture fair 2008, so I highly doubt that it will be available to place in your garden anytime soon. And even if it was, you probably couldn't afford it. Additional pic after the break.

[Project Or via Klemmt via The Design Blog]


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