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Adobe announced the general availability of Adobe AIR 1.5 software for Linux operating systems. Adobe AIR 1.5, a key component of the Adobe Flash Platform, enables Web developers to use HTML, JavaScript, ActionScript and the free, open source Flex framework to deliver Web applications outside the browser. Now, with no ...

ThePlanet.com Internet Services and EdgeCast Networks announced the selection of EdgeCast for The Planet's new hosted Content Delivery Network (CDN) product offering. The EdgeCast CDN provides a world-class platform that offers customers the cost benefits and flexibility for controlling their own CDN, while eliminating the expensive capital investments and operational ...

According to the new Strategy Analytics Digital Media Index (DMI), revenue growth in global digital media resumed last quarter with 1.5% quarter-on-quarter growth in Q3 2008, up from minus 0.2% in the previous quarter but down from almost 7% growth in the same period last year. A milestone was reached ...

Gotuit announced that it has integrated with thePlatform, a subsidiary of Comcast. Video publishers using thePlatform’s Media Publishing System to manage their video can now use the Gotuit Video Metadata Management System (VMMS) to author premium, scene-level metadata to improve the presentation, personalization, discovery, advertising inventory, and monetization of their ...

Not only is the iPod Touch fun, it can now also be used as a phone thanks to the - Truphone for iPod touch - that effectively turns one into a mobile phone. Not only is the software free, but calls made using Truphone’s application for the iPod touch ...

KickApps, the industry’s leading on-demand social media, video player and widget platform, today announced that it closed its Series C funding of $14 million. The round was led by North Atlantic Capital, with participation from existing investors Softbank, Spark Capital, Prism Ventures and Jarl Mohn, former CEO of Liberty Digital, ...

ffwd (pronounced “fast forward”), the company empowering thousands of consumers with a revolutionary personal remote control for channel-surfing video on the web, today released an enhancement to its media service designed to reflect a user’s lifestream: the ability to post videos found on any website directly to Twitter using a ...

Wizzard Media, the podcasting network, announced that it will provide a catalog of branded and independent streaming video content to Canoe.ca, a leading local and national interactive media provider of news, entertainment and services. Canoe.ca connects and informs Canadians across the nation, attracting more than 7.7 million visitors per month ...

NYTimes.com announced this week the launch of a new video platform that introduces video into more sections of the site and provides enhanced user functionality. This new platform emphasizes The Times’s strong commitment to video as an important journalistic medium. Players, now using a high-definition format, are available on the ...

MeetTheFamous.com has announced the launch of its new website: the first and only to pay users who break celebrity news. The site is already creating a buzz amid celebrity gossip enthusiasts with its tagline: "Where You are the Paparazzi!"