Online video-hosting services like YouTube have ushered in a new era of free expression online, as well as vigorous copyright enforcement efforts. Today, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and a coalition of leading public interest groups issued a “Fair Use Principles” document that sets out six concrete guidelines designed to minimize Online video-hosting services like YouTube have ushered in a new era of free expression online, as well as vigorous copyright enforcement efforts. Today, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and a coalition of leading public interest groups issued a “Fair Use Principles” document that sets out six concrete guidelines designed to minimize the collateral damage that copyright enforcement efforts may inflict on video creators who are “remixing” copyrighted material into new video creations. MORE »

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Jeremy Toeman, a “connected home” industry insider I’ve known for some time, has posted his thoughts on why Apple TV hasn’t been as successful as Apple would have liked and offers a few suggestions for the company to consider. MORE »

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Microsoft Corp. today announced the retail availability of new accessories for its innovative digital media player, Zune. The new first- and third-party accessories will usher in the next generation of Zune digital media players, which will be on shelves Nov. 13. MORE »

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D-Link, the company that introduced the first gaming router on the market, today began shipping the next generation of its successful gaming router, the Draft 802.11n Xtreme N™ Gaming Router (DGL-4500) with GameFuel™ technology and built-in Network Activity Display. MORE »

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Eye-Fi Inc., a company dedicated to helping people navigate, nurture and share their digital memories, today unveiled the Eye-Fi Card — the world’s first wireless SD memory card for digital cameras. The Eye-Fi Card uses home Wi-Fi networks to create an effortless and convenient way for users to send photographs directly from digital cameras to PCs, Macs and online photo and social networking sites. See release entitled “Eye-Fi Announces Support from Seventeen Online Photo Destinations.” Priced at $99.99 with 2GB of storage, the Eye-Fi Card is available now from major online retailers. MORE »

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Apple® today announced that it sold (or delivered in the case of maintenance agreements) over two million copies of Mac OS® X Leopard since its release on Friday, far outpacing the first-weekend sales of Mac OS X Tiger, which was previously the most successful OS release in Apple’s history. Sales included copies sold at Apple’s retail stores, Apple Authorized Resellers, the online Apple Store®, under maintenance agreements and bundled with new Mac® computers. Leopard is the sixth major release of Mac OS X and is packed with more than 300 new features. MORE »

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When NBC/News Corp announced their online video syndication and distribution JV in March of 2007, you could hear the collective groans and guffaws around the blogosphere. It will be a disaster was the collective feeling, as many thought the online video game had been pretty much cornered by YouTube and Apple. Fast forward half a year later and the reviews are coming in on the newly launched beta, and surprise, surprise, they’re actually pretty good. MORE »

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Hulu today announced the beta launch of its online video service, offering viewers a vast selection of streaming, on-demand, premium programming on a free, ad-supported basis. Hulu content includes full-length current and archived television programming as well as clips and an initial selection of feature films. MORE »

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A question for the Apple users/fans: In all seriousness, does it ever get to you guys that you have to drop $129 for every point release of OS X (i.e.Tiger 10.4, Leopard 10.5)? Windows guys just have to pay when the OS gets a major platform revamp, say, from XP to Vista and Linux users (using non-commercial distros) get updates and kernel releases as they become available for free. Both alternatives offer new features and fixes with each update, which, at times, are considered point upgrades. Being the case, it seems to me that Apple would better serve its customers by charging by major release. Or no? MORE »

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Serial entrepreneur and UK Internet pioneer Peter Dawe announces the launch of Babel TV. It is a simple to use device that combines the benefits of a Freeview “set-top-box”, personal video recorder and Internet access. It’s a neat, unfussy, uncomplicated black box aimed at everyone from the “technology challenged” to the “technical but time poor”. It is designed to be as simple and safe to use and install as an everyday electrical appliance. MORE »

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