Yesterday the iMovie 8.0.5 update introduced the new "iFrame" (knowledgebase) format which is 960x540 pixels (quarter of a full-HD resolution).However, iMovie has been exporting to this resolution since the introduction its new architecture in iMovie 08. It is actually the maximum size which you can use to export for sharing, unfortunately (see screenshot from mobileMe gallery).
However, it will probably mean that:
- the iPod nano will be updated to record in iFrame mode (firmware!)
- the same will apply to the iPhone 3GS (firmware!)
- the to be introduced (I guess) iPod Touch will record in iFrame natively
Still, I'd prefer a real 720p resolution option instead of this halfbaked approach. But Apple probably has something up it's sleeve we don't know about :-)
After playing with Google Wave for 10 days now, I found myself wondering how very similar it is to usenet.
Usenet is a public service that has been in use since the early 80s. It is probably the oldest form of sharing on the internet. There are groups of similar interests and people can freely discuss in these groups.
Technically there are quite a few differences of course, since usenet uses its own protocol, and is not really a centralized cloud, but more a mesh of individual servers that share data across. However, the way usenet works from a user perspective is pretty similar to Google Wave.
Second (if not first) largest use currently for usenet is binaries. From warez (illegal software copies) to full DVD or Blu-ray images, and console game rips. A lot of copyright organizations are trying to crack down on usenet and ban it all together. In the Netherlands BREIN has forbidden sharing of links to nzb files (a collection of "links" to the actual contents on usenet) on usenet sharing sites.
How does Google Wave fit in all this? Well, Google Wave also allows sharing of documents and files. With its closed nature people can start "elite" groups to share information like warez and rips. People could freely share nzb files or links without anyone knowing outside of that "elite" group. Google Wave also supports public groups, where everyone can join. That could be the new place to share warez and rips too. I don't know how large the files in Google Wave can be, but it is easy to break a 5 gig DVD rip into smaller parts and submit that into a wave (just like usenet posters do, usually posting many smaller files instead of one big file). Downloading would currently be a little more cumbersome than usenet, but don't forget that the Google Wave API will probably allow downloading of multiple files in one go in the not too far future.
Google has certain user agreements that sharing of illegal content is not allowed, but do they have the power to control once Wave has gone public and probably millions of users are using it? Especially if it is going to used as an "elite" like group share using closed Waves. And the terms of service essentially say that you are using Google Wave "at your own risk".
Ah well, for now Google Wave is just a nice toy, we'll see how far it goes once it is really public.
Na een 5 tal beta opnames was het gisteren dan eindelijk zo ver. De eerste opname voor Tech45 nummer 1 "Ik heb gewoon te weinig vriendjes om er iets over te zeggen" editie.
Tech45 is een Vlaams-Nederlandse podcast over internet, technologie en gadgets.
Onderwerpen die in deze aflevering aan bod komen zijn:
- Google Wave
- Light Peak
- Buma-stemra licentie voor embedded content
- Nieuwe Twitter functionaliteit a la lijsten en de nieuwe retweet
en diverse korte berichten en tips van leden van het panel.
Oh ja, het panel bestaat uit @MaartenHendrikx, @StefaanLesage, @Smetty, @Jojanneke en mijzelf (@marcofrissen)
Quick edit of "We are the world" lyrics:
There comes a time when we heed a certain call When the world must come together as one.Creativity is dying and it's time to lend a hand
To freedom - the greatest gift of all. We can't go on pretending day by day
That someone somewhere will soon make a change.
We are all a part of internet's great big family And the truth
You know
Freedom is all we need. We are the web
We are the generation We are the ones who share a creative world So let's stop buma.
There's a choice we're making
We're sharing our despise.
It's true
We'll have better web
Without buma Well
Send buma your hate So they'll know that they should stop And our sites will be stronger and free.
As the web has shown us by reaching two point oh And so we all must lend a helping hand.
We are the web We are the generation
We are the ones who share a creative world
So let's stop buma.
There's a choice we're making
We're sharing our despise.
It's true
We'll have better web
Without buma
(there's a lot of fine tuning to be done here, I guess, but I'm no songwriter!)
Here is my downloaded iPhone apps list. Current for Monday, October 5th 2009 :-)
about 304 apps downloaded.. Usually about 70 installed on the iPhone.
What's your list?
edit: okay Numbers pdf export screwed up big time. Too many pages. The pages with 3 columns are the right ones. The single column pages are duplicates. Sigh, I thought Excel was sucky.
(continued from original)
They took the credit for your second symphony
Rewritten by machine and new technology
And now I understand the problems you can see
Oh-a oh. You might have heard of the new Buma/Stemra license called Fair Play. They will charge the whole Dutch web community for embedding musicclips. Let’s try to push the limits of this license. The web and the new economy are about multiplying information. Buy it, use it, break it, fix it, trash it, change it, mail it, upgrade it.Let’s see how far freedom of information goes. Please film the copy of the copy of the copy of the Bubbles video above and post the video on your blog with this text underneath it. Your blogreaders should do the same and together we form a chain of information. Let’s create a loophole of information and find out when copyright gets killed because you cannot hear which song is in the video anymore.
Let’s resist the new license that would kill new forms of creativity. Let’s question the question of public space and fair use. Technologic. Technologic!
And now I understand the problems you can see
Oh-a oh. You might have heard of the new Buma/Stemra license called Fair Play. They will charge the whole Dutch web community for embedding musicclips. Let’s try to push the limits of this license. The web and the new economy are about multiplying information. Buy it, use it, break it, fix it, trash it, change it, mail it, upgrade it.Let’s see how far freedom of information goes. Please film the copy of the copy of the copy of the Bubbles video above and post the video on your blog with this text underneath it. Your blogreaders should do the same and together we form a chain of information. Let’s create a loophole of information and find out when copyright gets killed because you cannot hear which song is in the video anymore.
Let’s resist the new license that would kill new forms of creativity. Let’s question the question of public space and fair use. Technologic. Technologic!
(yeah, sorry, at the end there's the sound of paper ripping.. that was the BUMA license leaflet!)
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