PLWire: The Physical Language Workshop, MIT Media Lab

ixi software
free music/audio programs, as well as a record label
(tags: audio downloads music noise software tools)

VIDEO: Steve Jobs and Bill Gates Highlight Reel | D5 | AllThingsD
All the Jobs vs. Gates Video.
(tags: apple microsoft)

Mastering Video Compression Training
Ben Waggoner’s Mastering Video Compression seminar, Aug 20-24 at Stanford
(tags: video tools [...]

In light of the AppleTV/Youtube announcement, iLounge has revealed that Youtube will be switching from Flash Video to H.264

Last.fm – the Blog: Last.fm Acquired By CBS
(tags: music last.fm business strategy sites)

CBS to buy social network - Los Angeles Times
(tags: last.fm music strategy business sites)

BBC NEWS | Technology | Music site Last.fm bought by CBS
(tags: last.fm music strategy business sites)

Apple launches “iTunes Plus”, the name given to the DRM-free section/tracks at the iTMS. The shortlist:
_256 kbps AAC encoding
_$1.29/song
_need updated version of iTunes (7.2)
_Account info still embedded in the non-DRM tracks. Additional info at TUAW.
Screenshots and walkthrough at Engadget.
Steve Jobs live from D2007.

Notable:
_YouTube on your Apple TV—software update coming soon.
_3rd-Party iPhone apps probably in the [...]

Apple Pro Techniques:Audio in Rich Media - Telling Stories with Sound
(tags: filmmaking audio Podcasting documentary tools reference)

Via FierceIPTV, some additional bulletpoints—
_32-bit graphics w/ 8-bit transparency.
_”search” functionality for VOD and guide data, including seemless DVR integration
_predictive type input
_widgets! (currently only weather and such)
Feature request(s) that could make this a “must have” (at least for me). 1. RSS feed widget (DUH. Really. What are you guys thinking?) 2. Google Maps (or substitute)… and [...]

Alan Quatermain has released the first version of his software development kit for “BackRow”—the name given to the pared-down version of OSX that runs the Apple TV. There are also some tutorials at his site.

O’Reilly Radar > The Economics of Disaggregation
(tags: economics longtail strategy disaggregation business)

Content Businesses Don’t Scale Anymore » Publishing 2.0
(tags: content longtail economics strategy disaggregation publishing media)

Is Content Still A Business? » Publishing 2.0
(tags: content longtail economics strategy disaggregation publishing media)

Internet Outsider: Google to be “King of All Media”?
(tags: content longtail economics strategy disaggregation publishing media)

Can [...]

Facebook announces that it’s opening up it’s platform to third party developers, effectively becoming the “Anti-Myspace” (or is Myspace the Bizarro Facebook?). Most notable is the ability of 3rd-party developers to serve ads.
Notable participants include: Amazon, Box.net, FeedBurner, Forbes.com, I Like, Localplatform, Microsoft, Mog, Photobucket, RockYou, Slide, Splashcast, Twitter, Veoh, Warner Bros Records, Washington Post, [...]

Mister Freedom(1968)
Written, directed and designed by American ex-pat Fashion Photographer/Graphic Designer/Documentary Maker William Klein.
(tags: film)

Media 2.0 Workgroup - Social, Democratic, Distributed
(tags: sites tools reference)

Verizon takes a baby step toward Interactive TV with a limited (Fort Wayne? WTF) rollout of it’s previously announced FiOS Interactive Media Guide. Interface/screenshots at Engadget.

The Jesus & Mary Chain - Peel Session 13/2/1985
(tags: music downloads)

Music industry offers deal to small Webcasters: CNET News.com
Facing an outcry over imminent royalty fee increases for Internet radio operators, the music industry body that lobbied for the changes has attempted a peace offering.

Foreign Policy: Inside the Digital Dump
“One ton of computer scrap contains more [...]

Pandora announces a slew of features/products—a deal with sprint, a re-vamped web site, and a wi-fi device that essentially amounts to an Internet-based digital radio.
Let’s hope Pandora isn’t killed off by proposed new Internet streaming royalties. In the last few days, there have been glimmers of hope:
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A group backed by the [...]

Berrtill, circuit bending plug in. - Neural.it
(tags: music tools circuitbending)

Run OS X on Your Apple TV Without Opening | Mark’s Geekly Ramblings

The Pirate Bay to Launch YouTube Competitor | TorrentFreak
(tags: video film DRM)

Sites that Pay for Web Video: From CinemaTech
(tags: video film filmmaking distribution)

U.S. pirate plank toughens penalties
Justice Dept. wants INTENT to infringe copyright criminalized. Outrageous.
(tags: networkPolitics censorship DRM)

Baraka - a film by Ron Fricke, Mark Magidson, music by Michael Stearns, shot on 70mm film, contains [...]