-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1
News snippets & Big Buck Bunny aka Peach DVD released!
,----[ Quote ]
| The open movie project Big Buck Bunny (BBB) DVD lay in my mailbox (the real
| one) today!
`----
http://freegamer.blogspot.com/2008/05/news-snippets-big-buck-bunny-aka-peach.html
Video on page (Flash).
Why Hiro is not my hero
,----[ Quote ]
| On the face of it, Hiro-Media's approach to distributing ad-supported video
| content without the usual DRM issues seems promising, but there are some
| major flaws.
|
| [...]
|
| Hiro's approach is to prevent fast forwarding or rewinding during ads.
| Furthermore, the ads are dynamically inserted along with pieces of the show
| that were omitted from the original file. Once the Hiro software has
| collected these items, the file will play locally for a few days, after which
| a new set of ads fetched from the server before it can be played again.
`----
http://www.itwire.com/content/view/18456/1151/
They should be careful. Microsoft has a patent on this 'genius' idea.
Related:
Microsoft changes video ad tactic
,----[ Quote ]
| Instead of forcing MSN Video visitors to watch an ad before every clip,
| Microsoft now shows one ad before their first video selection.
`----
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070926/ap_on_hi_te/techbit_microsoft_video_ads
Microsoft patents Tivo for commercial breaks
,----[ Quote ]
| Microsoft has patented the idea of inserting fresh advertisements
| into old recordings on personal video recorders, to ensure you see
| today's ads even if you're watching a recording from last week.
`----
http://www.itwire.com.au/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7946&Itemid=1063
Next version of Microsoft Works will be free but ad-driven
,----[ Quote ]
| With all the hype being gathered up by Microsoft Office 2007, there is a
| tendency to forget about Microsoft's other office suite known as Microsoft
| Works.
`----
http://arstechnica.com/journals/microsoft.ars/2007/07/30/microsoft-works-for-free
Microsoft patents the mother of all adware systems
,----[ Quote ]
| The adware framework would leave almost no data untouched in its quest to
| sell you stuff. It would inspect "user document files, user e-mail files,
| user music files, downloaded podcasts, computer settings, computer status
| messages (e.g., a low memory status or low printer ink)," and more. How could
| we have been so blind as to not see the marketing value in computer status
| messages?
`----
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070717-microsoft-patents-the-mother-of-all-adware-systems.html
http://news.softpedia.com/news/Forget-about-the-WGA-20-Windows-Vista-Features-and-Services-Harvest-User-Data-for-Microsoft-58752.shtml
Will Microsoft Put The Colonel in the Kernel?
,----[ Quote ]
| "The kernel meets The Colonel in a just-published Microsoft patent
| application for an Advertising Services Architecture, which delivers targeted
| advertising as 'part of the OS.'
`----
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/07/14/043200
"Microsoft Selling SEX to children!"
,----[ Quote ]
| It advertises “Check out todays top 10 videos” with a picture of
| children watching videos and eating popcorn. SHAME ON YOU MICROSOFT
| for selling sex to children!
`----
http://davidostler.wordpress.com/2007/06/15/hello-world/
New Microsoft Ad Features Girl's Orgasm
,----[ Quote ]
| The ad shows a teenager asking her dad if she can stay out late on
| a date. The dad agrees on a 10:30 curfew, then answers the door.
| When he sees a cigarette-smoking punk at the door to take out hisd
| aughter, the video flashes to a half-second scene showing a car
| parked in some disreputable section of town, bouncing up and down,
| with the SOUND OF THE GIRL'S ORGASM...
`----
http://www.therawfeed.com/2007/05/new-microsoft-ad-features-teen-girls.html
UK advertising authority nixes Xbox 360 spot
,----[ Quote ]
| The UK's Advertising Standards Authority, an industry self-policing
| group, has ruled that an ad for Microsoft's Xbox 360 is out of
| bounds and can't be aired there again.
`----
http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/microsoft/archives/113551.asp
Viral Marketing Leads to Mock Gunfight
,----[ Quote ]
| The latest in a series of attempts around the world to mimic the
| segment that, according to media analysts, amounts to free "viral
| advertising" for Microsoft Corp.
|
| The latest incident took place on Tuesday in the cafeteria at
| South Carleton High School when a crowd of students shot finger
| guns at one another and feigned death by either falling or
| slumping to the ground.
`----
http://www.onthexbox.com/news981.html
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux)
iD8DBQFIPA9/U4xAY3RXLo4RAv0KAJ4x6hDnnlF1kSlbvxu7nDp8bJS68QCbBNiz
/t1TrQuPA81KXyGy+aTo5FQ=
=7E9X
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
|
|
