Filmmakers Arin Crumley & Susan Buice have released their film, Four Eyed Monster, in full on YouTube. The movie, which debuted in chunks as the Four Eyed Monster video podcast, is said to be the first movie officially released on YouTube.

Crumley & Buice’s work is notable for the ways that they have experimented with using the Internet to raise awareness of their film. They debuted the movie as a video podcast in October of 2006, gave it a virtual showing in Second Life in January of this year and have been distributing the DVD independently via their site.

Unfortunately for Crumley & Brice, Four Eyed...

The Diffusion Group reports that, based on their latest research, 11% of adult broadband users (some 12 million US consumers) listen to podcasts at least once per month. They also predict that the podcast audience will more than double in the next five years, to 24% of broadband users (38.5 million Americans) by 2012.

While the audience for podcasting continues to expand, TDG identifies two specific factors that are keeping a lid on usage:

• Podcasting continues to be perceived as too complex for average consumers to use; and
• People remain unaware of the quantity and quality of content available for podcast consumption.

While TDG’s conclusions may seem obvious to most podcasters, they confirm the opportunities still available in the world of podcasting. 

“Despite the fact that the Oxford University Press selected ?podcast? as Word of Year in...

TorrentSpy, one of the most popular sites for .torrent sharing, has been ordered by US federal judge Jacqueline Chooljian in the Central District of California that, despite the site?s privacy policy, which states they will never monitor their visitors without consent, they must start creating logs detailing their user?s activities.

This information could then be turned over to the MPAA and other organizations that want to limit sharing of movies and other media files, effectively putting TorrentSpy in the position of spying on their users.

The site owners have been granted a stay of the order in order to make an appeal, which must be filed by June 12, says Ira Rothken, TorrentSpy?s attorney.

?It is likely that TorrentSpy would turn off access to the U.S. before tracking its users,? said Rothken. ?If this order were...

Podcasters Across Borders 2007, a podcasting event scheduled for June 22-24 in Kingston, Ontario, Canada, will feature sessions, panels, an audio production workshop, two major concerts and even a boat cruise.

“We are approaching a second consecutive sellout,” said Mark Blevis, one of the show organizers. “We’ve attracted people from across Canada (including Whitehorse which is extremely north), the US, UK, Argentina, and Trinidad and Tobago.”

The organizers offer some amazing facts about PAB2007:

• 19 sessions (including a workshop) over 3 days
• 2 concerts in 2 nights, 3 bands in all
• 1 boat cruise
• 2 continental breakfasts (Saturday and...

It looks like the mobile phone industry is starting to face the music - they’re introducing new features to try and close the gap between their offerings and those of Apple’s iPhone.

Nokia has released its Nokia Media Transfer 1.0 beta, which lets you transfer pictures, videos, podcasts, music, and other files between your Nokia mobile device and your Mac.

The app is a free download.

Requirements:

• Mac OS X 10.4.9 or higher
• iTunes 7 or...

Parallels today released Parallels Desktop 3.0 for Mac, a new version of its software that enables Mac users run Windows, Linux, and other operating systems at the same time as OS X on a single Mac desktop, without rebooting. For people that need access to both Mac and PC software, Parallels can eliminate the need to have a second computer.
Parallels Desktop 3.0 introduces over 50 new features, enhancements and improvements.

One key new features is SmartSelect, which lets users use any OS X or Windows application to open any file type, regardless of whether that file is on the Mac or Windows desktop. Users can select the right application to open a file each time via right click,...

Parallels today released Parallels Desktop 3.0 for Mac, a new version of its software that enables Mac users run Windows, Linux, and other operating systems at the same time as OS X on a single Mac desktop, without rebooting. For people that need access to both Mac and PC software, Parallels can eliminate the need to have a second computer.
Parallels Desktop 3.0 introduces over 50 new features, enhancements and improvements.

One key new features is SmartSelect, which lets users use any OS X or Windows application to open any file type, regardless of whether that file is on the Mac or Windows desktop. Users can select the right application to open a file each time via right click,...

The following iPod models have support for TV Out:

• Fifth Generation iPod (iPod with video)
• iPod with color display (iPod photo)

Note: Other iPod models may support viewing of photos or slideshows on the iPod display but do not support TV Out.

The following docks support TV Out when used with an iPod model that supports TV Out:

• iPod Universal Dock
• iPod with color display Dock (iPod photo Dock)

iPod models that support

The Electronic Frontier Foundation, a non-profit organization that fights for online rights, is publicly asking why Apple is embedding its customers’ names and email addresses in files purchased from the iTunes Store.

The name and email embedded into the file can easily be read, and iTunes can display the name and email of the person who purchased the song. This means that anyone who has access to the file can see the original purchaser’s name and email address.

“Apple, why is my name and email embedded in the clear in the songs I’ve bought?” asks EFF’s Fred von Lohmann. ” Why won’t you explain what it’s for and why...

Podworks, being held June 9th & 10th at TIDEL Park, Chennai, promises to be India’s largest ever event focusing on audio and video podcasting.

The event is a two-day unconference style workshop which intends to share the knowledge around audio and video podcasting, blogging, and video podcasting. The event is open to anyone curious to know more about podcasting as a form of new media.

“We are concentrating on both sides of the coin which includes audio and video podcasting,” said Podworks’ Kiruba Shankar. “With a wide range of topics which include basics of how to create a podcast meant for the beginners to advanced technological aspects for the regular users, this event aims to educate and cultivate a truly knowledge sharing experience...