Year: 2010

Review: Sorenson 360 serves up a video delivery network service

By Erik Kuna

For almost 15 years, Sorenson Media (http://www.sorensonmedia.com) has been a leader in video encoding and compression technology. Building on their success, they’ve developed a new Video Delivery Network (VDN) service, Sorenson 360.

Like other Content Delivery Networks (CDNs), Sorenson 360’s VDN allows for increased preference, quality, and scalability, without the high price of a CDN, such as Akamai or Limelight. Pricing starts at US$99 per month.

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Updated EyeTV now supports streaming to the iPad

Elgato has released version 1.1 of their EyeTV app for iPhone that brings live TV streaming over Wi-Fi or 3G connections to the iPad.

In updating the EyeTV app to support the iPad, Elgato optimized the app to take advantage of the iPad’s much larger, high resolution screen and its video playback capabilities, according to the folks at Elgato. EyeTV 1.1 is aa “universal app” that works on both iPhones and iPads, and is a free update for existing owners.

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Fontographer is baaaaccck

Fontlab (http://www.fontlab.com/) has released version 5 of Fontographer, the font editor for designers and publishers on both Mac OS X (10.4 and higher) and Windows platforms. This version, the first new full-featured font creator in more than a decade, is specifically designed for use in a graphic design and digital publishing workflow.

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Apple adds antivirus signatures to Mac OS X 10.6.4

In its Mac OS X 10.6.4 (“Snow Leopard”) upgrade Apple included new antivirus signatures to help fight off some of the more “high profile OS X exploits found in the wild, reports “Maximum PC” (http://www.maximumpc.com/article/news/apple_sneaks_antivirus_signatures_osx?).
The most notable of these is a file disguised as the iPhoto application which, when launched, lets attackers send spam, take screenshots, access files, and more.

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iPhone/iPod/iPad apps for June 18

Here are the latest iPhone/iPod touch/iPod/iPad apps announced. You can find ’em at the Apple App Store< (http://www.itunes.com/appstore/). Akai Professional has announced the SynthStation music production app for the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch in the iTunes App Store.The $9.99 app transforms the Apple device into a portable music production studio.

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