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- IT Dojo: Stop Check Disk from constantly running when Windows Vista starts [video]
- Windows Vista's Check Disk utility is a good tool for detecting and potentially fixing file system errors. But sometimes, Check Disk doesn't behave as it should. In this IT Dojo video, Bill Detwiler offers advice on what to do when Vista's Check Disk tool malfunctions. Once you've watched this IT...
- Tags: Disk, Information Technology, File System, Microsoft Windows Vista, Video, Tool, Corporate Communications, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Productivity, Microsoft Windows, Strategy, Marketing, Operating Systems, Software, Management, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-12-02
- Joost arrives for iPhone
- Back in April 2007 when I first wrote about Joost it was an invitation-only video streaming service from the wunderkind responsible for Skype and Kazaa. Back then it required you to download a proprietary client, then in October 2008 it morphed into a Web-based service. In its...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Joost, Corporate Communications, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Digital Video, Marketing, Internet, Personal Technology, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-12-01
- The Simpsons lampoon Apple
- No one is safe from satire on The Simpsons. The animated series, which just began its 20th season, has lampooned just about every large company, celebrity and pretty much every aspect of pop culture. Last night's episode featured a six minute segment that parodied Apple Inc. at...
- Tags: Apple Inc., Episode, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-12-01
- Aclara application provides consumers with hourly visibility into electricity usage
- Want to find out how that cold snap last night is going to affect your monthly utility bill? Or whether or not you should do your wash in the morning, afternoon or night? If you're one of the 1.4 million customers in Pennsylvania served by PPL Electric Utilities, you can...
- Tags: Corporate Communications, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Channel Management, Tools & Techniques, Marketing, Internet, Management, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-11-30
- Holiday Gift Guide 2008: Portable digital video players
- A couple days ago I posted my Holiday Guide for MP3/audio players and a couple of commenters asked where ARCHOS and Cowon were on the list. I tried to stay focused on audio focused devices in that guide, although many digital media players today can play both audio and video....
- Tags: Hard Drive, Device, Archos, Digital Video, Video, ARCHOS 7, ARCHOS 605, COWON A3, Corporate Communications, Digital Media, Marketing, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Matthew Miller
- Blog posts 2008-11-29
- Online video audience for network TV Web sites in September 2008
- Name Viewers, 000 Viewer growth from August 2008 NBC.com 5,557 312 ABC.COM 5,246 105 CBS Television 3,296 38 FOX Broadcasting 1,371 165 Source: Nielsen by NB
- Tags: Network, Online Video, Video, TV, Corporate Communications, Marketing, NB
- Blog posts 2008-11-29
- Joost streaming video application appears for the iPhone
- The TechCrunch post on Joost for the iPhone came across my Twitter feed so I quickly launched iTunes and found the free Joost application. The application started up and looked promising on my WiFi connection, but I found the same issues that TechCrunch did with the application unable to play...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Joost, Streaming Video, Video, Corporate Communications, 3G, Web Site Development, Marketing, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Internet, Matthew Miller
- Blog posts 2008-11-29
- Top video sites ranked by number of streams
- Brand Streams, 000 Audience, 000 YouTube 5,354,392 81,881 Yahoo! 264,266 29,908 Fox Interactive Media 242,444 19,258 MSN/Windows Live 164,776 10,980 Nickelodeon Kids and Family Network 162,971 6,152 Hulu 142,261 6,324 ESPN 127,794 8,434 CNN...
- Tags: Network, Video, Corporate Communications, Networking, Marketing, NB
- Blog posts 2008-11-28
- Top shopping categories ranked by market share
- DATE 10/27/2007 10/25/2008 % Change Music 0.24% 0.19% -21% Computers 0.39% 0.32% -18% Ticketing 0.11% 0.10% -12% Toys and Hobbies 0.32% 0.29% -10% Video and Games 0.41% 0.37% -10% Source: Hitwise by NB
- Tags: Hitwise, Corporate Communications, Games, Marketing, Personal Technology, NB
- Blog posts 2008-11-28
- If networking can be hip and cool, then so can storage
- In a blog post last month, I chimed in on how some tech companies - notably Dell and Cisco - were using video as a marketing tool to promote their technologies, not just their brand names. After all, if networking comes across as cool, then maybe you'll buy a Cisco...
- Tags: Hard Drive, Network, Video, Cisco Systems Inc., Corporate Communications, Storage, Marketing, Hardware, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-11-26
- Track, tag, and share your media life with Nokia viNe
- Today, Nokia launched its new viNe service for selected Nseries devices. I logged in (you need a Nokia.com account) and see that the Nokia E71 is also supported and since that is the device I have 3G on here in the U.S. I am going to try it out with...
- Tags: Nokia Corp., Nokia viNe, Corporate Communications, 3G, Marketing, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Matthew Miller
- Blog posts 2008-11-26
- IT Dojo: Investigate RAM problems with Vista's Windows Memory Diagnostic Tool [video]
- Application failures, operating system faults, Stop errors: If you see any of these while running Windows Vista, you could have defective or failing RAM. In this IT Dojo video, Bill Detwiler shows you how to investigate possible RAM problems with the Windows Memory Diagnostic Tool, included in Vista. ...
- Tags: Information Technology, Microsoft Windows Vista, Video, RAM, Tool, Corporate Communications, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Memory, Strategy, Marketing, Operating Systems, Software, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Management, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-11-26
- Blockbuster joins movie-streaming race with 2Wire MediaPoint digital media player
- With Netflix pushing hard into the living room with the Netflix Player by Roku, Vudu offering an improved device (the BX100) with HD streaming, and, of course, Apple TV still hanging around, Blockbuster was bound to want to join the streaming movie club, even if the...
- Tags: 2Wire, Digital Media, Movie, Blockbuster Inc., Corporate Communications, Marketing, Sean Portnoy
- Blog posts 2008-11-25
- Twitter & Facebook: If not now, maybe later? [Video]
- In this video, Sumi Das and I talk about the broken down talks between Facebook and Twitter and where a relationship between the two might be in the future. Both need to develop solid revenue models as they grow, which means this round may have simply been a victim of...
- Tags: Facebook, Video, Twitter, Corporate Communications, Internet, Networking, Marketing, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-11-25
- What mobile video users watch
- Type of Video Subscribers, 000 % of mobile audience Music Videos 639 32.8% Full TV/film 622 31.9% Movie Trailers 617 31.7% Comedy Videos 596 30.6% Weather Information 581 29.9% Local/National/World news 563 28.9% Sports action or...
- Tags: Mobile, Video, Corporate Communications, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, NB
- Blog posts 2008-11-25
- YouTube getting ready for full length, wide-screen movies?
- It was reported a couple weeks ago that Google is finalizing a deal that will allow users to stream full length movies on YouTube from some film studios. There are two things that Google needs to address in order to make this a success -- support for higher quality...
- Tags: Google Inc., YouTube Inc., Video, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Garett Rogers
- Blog posts 2008-11-25
- YouTube goes wide screen; Sets up for more professional content
- YouTube is going wide screen in advance of hosting more professional content. On its blog, YouTube noted: We're expanding the width of the page to 960 pixels to better reflect the quality of the videos you create and the screens that you use to watch them....
- Tags: YouTube Inc., Video, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-11-25
- Which firm really gets it? A social public relations survey
- As PR and social media become more integral to other areas of business, there is more pressure to show ROI for your department's activities. Who should you hire to help? by Jennifer Leggio
- Tags: Agency, Social Media, Survey, Public Relations, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Corporate Communications, Jennifer Leggio
- Blog posts 2008-11-24
- Microsoft Dynamics: solid customer stories, quietly confident
- Last week I attended Microsoft's Convergence conference in Copenhagen. This is where Microsoft's business application customers tip up to hear what's new and get their annual infusion of feel goodness. While there was little by way of hard news other than it putting NAV2009 into general availability, customers seem happy...
- Tags: Microsoft Dynamics, Customer, Microsoft Corp., CRH, Corporate Communications, Retail, Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-11-24
- Web 2.0 security? What a mash
- * Ryan Naraine is away on vacation. Guest editorial by Guillaume Lovet Ah, Web 2.0. Its endless composition of heterogeneous sources (aka "mash-up") possibilities, its social networking-oriented nature, its user-provided content... A Web adapted to today's powerful machines, linking people together in world...
- Tags: Google Inc., Web, Facebook, Codec, YouTube Inc., Video, Web 2.0, Corporate Communications, Channel Management, Security, Internet, Marketing, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-11-24
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