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Musicovery : interactive webRadio, music discovery tool

Musicovery : interactive webRadio.

Great tool - streaming tracks too!

Google Note Book

Just found out about Google Note Book - and it ROCKS! 
A new way to save bookmarks, and text from webpages, images, whatever - very quick and easy-to-use tool.    Check it out
From their page:

Clip and collect information as you browse the web.

• Clip useful information.
  You can add clippings of text, images and links from web pages to your Google Notebook without ever leaving your browser window.
• Organize your notes.
  You can create multiple notebooks, divide them into sections, and drag-and-drop your notes to stay organized.
• Get access from anywhere.
  You can access your Google Notebooks from any computer by using your Google Accounts login.
• Publish your notebook.
  You can share your Google Notebook with the world by making it public.

To learn more about Google Notebook, please visit our overview page.

so... what will delicious do now...?

Podcast Chaos Be Gone: new podcast search engines search WITHIN audio, by keywords (Wired)

Link: Wired News: Podcast Chaos Be Gone.

"Podzinger and blinkx scour audio content for keywords by translating the audio into text and creating an index for quick searching. It's a significant step above traditional search engines that identify only keywords in a podcast's metadata, such as the headline and introductory notes describing the audio file's general content...."

Great stuff here. Podzinger rocks -  put in any keyword and find it anywhere within a podcast - not just the metatags but within the actually audio. Like Blinkx - great tool. In addition, you can add any search result to Itunes, with one click. Well done.

TiVo speaks on Mac Desktop software, iPod support - Yahoo! News

Link: TiVo speaks on Mac Desktop software, iPod support - Yahoo! News.

Now THIS is some serious news. Tivo'ed shows on IPod Videos - for FREE? Makes sense but will Hollywood greenlight this?

Revver: user generated video sharing with integrated ads

Revver seems to have come across a new way of monetizing the interest in the sharing of user-generated video content.   "Revver supports video creators by helping them earn money and distribute their work widely. By attaching a RevTag to a video, creators track their content anywhere online and make money every time a user clicks on the ad. RevTags benefit creators, advertisers, and viewers by enabling content to be free and accessible while still rewarding creators-- it's the best of both worlds...."

Signorino TJ: coffee song and MOBILE VIDEO

This track just maybe the next hot SUMMER HIT, by Signorino TJ, here in Switzerland. You can download a MOBILE VIDEO here, as well as video file for the PC.  I really like the song - keep on humming it after the first time. Well done, TJ!

BBC moves ahead with TV downloads

"Around 190 hours of TV shows and 310 hours of radio programmes are to be made available for legal downloading to selected individuals across the UK...."
Now we are talking. this is why we have PUBLIC Broadcasters in Europe.

Open Media Network launches

Red Herring:  "The Open Media Network, a free video and audio content distributor, was launched Tuesday by Netscape veteran Mike Homer’s not-for-profit Open Media Foundation.  “It’s like PBS for the Internet,” said Mr. Homer, whose for-profit, peer-to-peer content distribution company, Kontiki, will provide backend services for the network (see 10 Digital Tech Startups)"   Sounds like a great idea.

OURmedia.org is live

I've been waiting for this a long time --- finally, here it is -- congrats, JD!!!
"Ourmedia.org, a free global repository for grassroots media, allows anyone to upload, store and share digital works. The site will accept home movies, music videos, original music, audio interviews, photos, art, documentaries, grassroots political ads, animations, books, student films, software — any work in digital form." More details here