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Sony Rewritable Blu-ray

Today, Sony announced its next-generation half-height internal Blu-ray Disc® (BD) rewritable drives for the computer aftermarket.

The new drives can record up to 50GB of data for random access storage and backup on BD-R (write once) or BD-RE (rewritable) discs, or up to 220 minutes of high-definition 24M bps MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 video on a BD-R/RE 50GB disc.

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You'll find articles that will instruct, entertain and widen your horizons and member forums where you can make friends, get advice and help others.

Focus on "Location"

In recent months, Google has already begun placing a great deal more emphasis on location than it has in the past. For example, last month, the search engine added a new search option to its list, called "nearby." This lets users filter their results based on either their default location or a custom one.

If you haven't SEO'd your website for "location", this might be a good time to do so.

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Wedding Video Done Right is here to support professional wedding videographers, whether seasoned veterans or brand new to the business.

Be sure to check out our articles, tutorials and wedding videographer message boards, and check them frequently. Better still, give back to the industry by contributing. Send us articles, how-to's, photos, videos, post on our boards and do what you can. We are looking for editors and authors who want to contribute regularly. Contact Hank Castello for info.

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HTML5 vs Flash

Written by Hank Castello
Sunday, 19 December 2010 12:10
According to the prestigious New York Times, it is too early to write the epitaph for Flash video. (Read NYT 'HTML5 vs Flash') They list seven reasons, each of which I will tear apart - #1. 1.2 billion mobile phones are Flash capable So what? Those phones are also HTML5 capable. Estimates put iPhones marketshare at thirty percent of smart phones. That's a big enough tail to wag a dog! #2. 70% of online gaming sites run Flash But this does not represent (thankfully!) a huge percent of Web users, and it doesn't have anything to do with video. #3. 98% percent of Internet-enabled desktops use it (Flash) Yes, but 100% of Internet-enabled desktops that run up to date browsers can use HTML5. #4. 85% of top 100 websites use Flash And these will quickly switch to HTML5 or they'll drop out of the top. This move is already on the way. #5. Many major websites use Flash, including Hulu, Disney and YouTube These sites are perfectly capable of changing to HTML5 in a matter of a few days. Those who do not want to change could become tomorrow's dinosaurs. #6. 2-3 million people belong to the Flash developer community Oh really? Where'd you get those numbers? You would think if this figure was supported by facts, there would be less than a 1 million people gap in your range. Is it two or three million? And are these developers incapable of learning HTML5? At one time, we all had to code in Assembly language because C and other higher-level languages weren't available yet. Developers keep up with change, or they change careers. #7. 90% of creative professionals have Adobe software on their desktops What does Photoshop have to do with Flash? This point alone, is proof that the writer is selling some goods. I don't know if he's getting cash, a copy of CS5 or whether they already work for Adobe, but the writer makes wild, nearly frantic grabs at irrelevant facts and non-facts to try to sell readers that "Flash good, HTML5 bad". Don't buy it. And don't lose out on iPhone and iPad customers. Make sure your online video demos will play on Apple devices. This means, use HTML5. It's simple and it's free. Change or become extinct.
Last Updated on Sunday, 19 December 2010 12:41

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