The VideoBay, the video sharing site promised by the founders of The Pirate Bay over two years ago, is getting closer to fruition, with the site allowing a “sneak peak” to all users of its abilities.
The site also adds that “to stay in the spirit on which TPB was founded and using the Latest Technology™, TVB aims to use the new HTML5 features, more specificly the and tags with the ogg/theora video and audio formats.”
When it eventually goes live, users will be allowed to upload videos with no limits and no censorship. You can expect full streaming movies to be available, and no, they won’t be authorized by the media companies.
Here is a sample of video uploaded to VideoBay:
http://thevideobay.org/sample-video.php
Please note however, that you must be using a browser that has HTML5 support, that includes Opera 10, Chrome 3, Safari 4, or Firefox 3.5 beta 4.
Result for: beta
PlayStation Home Director Peter Edward has made comments this week that the application has hit a “tipping point” of momentum recently, hitting 6.5 million downloads.
“We do have a profit and loss on Home, and obviously revenue is an important part of it, just like with anything else. But our belief is that if you make the community happy, and get good content on to the platform - if you get a platform that people want to keep coming back to - then the monetisation aspect of it will almost take care of itself,” says Edwards.
“It’s certainly not something that should be the driving force - not something that’s the driving priority at this stage of development.”
“That’s not to say that we don’t want to monetise the platform and that we don’t have plans to do so,” Edward continued. “But it’s definitely a kind of consequence of getting all the other factors right, rather than being a driving force. We’re not in it to make a quick buck from Home, and then move onto the next thing - Home is a strategic platform for PlayStation, and as such we’re developing it.”
Edwards also noted that profitability “is not the driving force” behind PS Home, but instead, user interaction.
“We went to open beta in December and since then we’ve had something like 6.5 million downloads. We’ve got a very healthy active user base, and we’re finding as well that people aren’t just churning, they’re returning - which is obviously key for something like this,” he continued.
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Result for: beta
The software giant Microsoft has officially started distributing the Release Candidate version of Windows 7. As expected, today they expanded the distribution to all of us average Joes, who now get a hold of the future de facto operating system.
The release candidate is said to include the same set of features as the final product so it will provide a good glimpse into Windows 7. Microsoft however doesn’t recommend this version for the beginners for it is still in development and therefore unstable and insecure.
You also cannot upgrade previous Windows installations to Windows 7 RC. You need to make a clean install which will also be the case when the final Windows 7 comes out. Beta or RC versions can neither be upgraded to final version.
Windows 7 RC is available in 32-bit and 64-bit versions for five languages - English, German, Japanese, French, and Spanish. The file is in ISO format so you will need a DVD burner and an appropriate burning software such as ImgBurn or Nero.
