TECH – Watch Now: Bing’s Primetime Google Smackdown [Video]

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Watch Now: Bing’s Primetime Google Smackdown [Video]

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June 8th, 2009 | by Ben Parr
Last week, we found out about a live Hulu infomercial being put on by Microsoft to promote its new search engine, Bing. This live event, the Bingathon, is going down tonight at 8 PM ET/5PM PT. And because we like our tech-related entertainment, we’ve embedded the live video below.

The Bingathon, hosted by G4’s Olivia Munn and Saturday Night Live’s Jason Sudeikis, promises to be a calvacade of guest celebrities, comedy sketches, hot dog necklaces, and of course, love for Bing. Beyond that though, we’re not quite sure what to expect from the event.

Of course, tonight’s festivities – entertaining or not – are just a small part of Bing’s attempt to cut into Google’s search marketshare, with the overall ad campaign costing the company an estimated $80-100 million.

While advertising can raise awareness, it isn’t what makes a person choose a search engine; the accuracy of the results are the key factor. And from the looks of some Google vs. Bing comparisons, Google is still the winner in that department. In any event, the live stream is embedded above:

Credit – http://mashable.com/
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TECH – Vuze Makes Torrenting Video Even Better With Easy Conversion and Streaming

Azureus (now Vuze) has always been one of the bloatier BitTorrent clients, but I’ve stuck with it because I like the new UI. Now it’s even more useful: It streams and converts videos automatically.

There’s a new Devices tab that’ll ask you to install some extra components, like a transcoder and a plug-in to push it to iTunes. As you can see, it’s pretty simple—you drag the file to the device you wanna stream it to (in Windows there’s a 360 option) and then you click on the icon for the device you want it converted for, like iPod, iPhone, Apple TV (it moves it to your iTunes library automatically for these) or Xbox 360 or PS3.

Transcoding unfortunately takes a long time, but the same test video in the screenshot from the Mac above streamed instantly, without conversion, seamlessly from my Windows desktop to my Xbox 360. It shows up as another PC in the Xbox’s My Video Library, as you can see. This might be the new best way to watch TV shows that don’t make it to Netflix streaming or Hulu on your 360 or PS3, since it cuts out a lot of the middle man. Worth checking out, for sure. [Vuze]

Source – Gizmondo.com

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Categories: apple, Apple TV, Azureus, BitTorrent, Home Entertainment, Hulu, iphone, ipod, ITunes Store, Netflix, P2P, Streaming media, Torrent, video, Vuze, Xbox 360 . . Author: atliphoneblog . Comments: Leave a comment

TECH – Vuze Makes Torrenting Video Even Better With Easy Conversion and Streaming

Azureus (now Vuze) has always been one of the bloatier BitTorrent clients, but I’ve stuck with it because I like the new UI. Now it’s even more useful: It streams and converts videos automatically.

There’s a new Devices tab that’ll ask you to install some extra components, like a transcoder and a plug-in to push it to iTunes. As you can see, it’s pretty simple—you drag the file to the device you wanna stream it to (in Windows there’s a 360 option) and then you click on the icon for the device you want it converted for, like iPod, iPhone, Apple TV (it moves it to your iTunes library automatically for these) or Xbox 360 or PS3.

Transcoding unfortunately takes a long time, but the same test video in the screenshot from the Mac above streamed instantly, without conversion, seamlessly from my Windows desktop to my Xbox 360. It shows up as another PC in the Xbox’s My Video Library, as you can see. This might be the new best way to watch TV shows that don’t make it to Netflix streaming or Hulu on your 360 or PS3, since it cuts out a lot of the middle man. Worth checking out, for sure. [Vuze]

Source – Gizmondo.com

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March 23, 2009
Categories: apple, Apple TV, Azureus, BitTorrent, Home Entertainment, Hulu, iphone, ipod, IpodTouch, ITunes Store, Netflix, P2P, Streaming media, Torrent, video, Vuze, Windows, Xbox 360 . . Author: atliphoneblog . Comments: Leave a comment

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