RIAA, Lime Wire to meet in courtroom showdown
by Greg Sandoval The music industry wants a federal court to order Lime Wire managers to stop streaming advertisements and collecting ad revenue, and to cease offering software upgrades, according to court documents. Mark Gorton, Lime Wire founder, in a YouTube interview. (Credit: Screenshot by Greg Sandoval/CNET) U.S. District Judge Kimba Wood could deliver a [...]
New Frequency Set to Turbocharge Wi-Fi
By Priya Ganapati Wi-Fi is about to lay claim to a new frequency band that could result in speeds at least 10 times faster than what’s currently available. An agreement between the Wi-Fi Alliance and the Wireless Gigabit Alliance will let the Wi-Fi Alliance carve out specs and standards to support Wi-Fi operation in the [...]
YouTube’s Auto-Captioning: Accessibility, Searchability, Profitability?
By Richard Adhikari YouTube on Thursday opened its previously restricted automated captioning beta program to the public, saying it will help the hearing-impaired. Currently, the feature is only available for videos that contain speech in the English language, although YouTube plans to add other languages. In the interim, video uploaders can use a feature that [...]
Consumers In The Dark Over Their Broadband Speeds
by Cyrus Farivar It’s hard to conceptualize a data network with speeds that are up to 100 times faster than what the average American has at home. But last month, Google said it plans to complete a broadband network with speeds of 1 gigabit per second for up to 500,000 people in the U.S. Most [...]
SXSW: YouTube Launches Partner Program for Indie Bands
By Eliot Van Buskirk AUSTIN, Texas — If you can play the guitar, you can quit your day job! Well, maybe. But independent musicians who are accepted by YouTube’s “Musicians Wanted” section will be able to do just that if their music videos and live musical performances draw enough views through a new feature of [...]