Episode 5 - IPTV

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Direct Link to the show Subscribe to the feed Shownotes: Hello again, Welcome to Ourtech Technology Podcast - Episode 5 "Where basic information comes easy". I think 2006 started on a great note, as far as Internet and other related technologies go. I know, I am little late to put up this show in this year, due to my other work commitments, but trust me I am going to give you all the best.In today's episode we are going to talk about IPTV technologies and regarding the same we have an exclusive interview with Aaron Keogh, Business development director: Matrixstream IPTV Technologies where he talks about IPTV technology and their latest IMX 1020 set top box due for launch. Moreover some interesting tools in Gadgets n Tools and some Oven fresh news. 1) Tech Speak: Today we are going to talk about IPTV: IPTV (Internet Protocol Television) describes a system where a digital television service is delivered to subscribing consumers using the Internet Protocol over a broadband connection. In simple words movie channels and television programmes are streamed instantly through any broadband connection up to your TV, PC, Cell phones etc. Regarding the same, today we have an exclusive interview with Aaron Keogh Business development director with Matrixstream IPTV Technologies. He’s going to talk about IPTV Technology and their new product IMX 1020 1080 H 264 set box .Down below are the links to the video and pictures of Matrixstream's High Definition STB, IMX 1020. Matrixstream IPTV - short points (1) End to End platform that run's over best effort network for set top box / PC Player / Cell phone. (2) 1080P H.264 Low cost / High definition set top box that does 1080P from as low as 2.5mbps over best effort network to any broadband connection. (3) Fast deploying / Low cost / easy to use / high user scaling / plug and play platform that run's over any broadband connection. Links for Video + Pictures of IMX 1020 and more information : IMX1020 1080P H.264 set top box overview video http://www2.matrixstream.com/presskit/hd_stb_demo.wmv ( 69.76 MB ) Set Top Box Pictures and more information http://www2.matrixstream.com/presskit.cfm 2) Gadgets and tools: Ajaxwrite is a great online word processor similar to WORD but without some advanced features. But it's very easy to use and gets you going in no time. Worth checking out . Videoegg allows users to take video from any device namely dv cam, cell phone in most of the formats eg: 3gp2, avi, dv mpg, mpg4, mov, mqv, wmv and then after installing a small plugin in your computer you just need to upload the video which then gets converted in flash format. Therefore you need flash 8 plug-in to view the videos which usually everyone has. There after, you can share your video with anyone you want or upload it to any site you want. Just keep in mind though, as of now the upload limit is to 5 mins of video. I have tried this website and took not more then 30 seconds to do the whole process of registering and uploading my video. You can have a look at my film. It’s a short 25 second film I had made for a short film contest which was selected 2nd. Please click this link to see the film: http://www.videoegg.com/link/2d6b8c33fb28836c115c8:2142 Librivox volunteers record chapters of books in the public domain ( meaning which don’t have copyright issues ) and this website releases the recorded material in audio format back to the net. The main objective is to make all the books availabe for free and in audio format which are downloadable. It’s totally free, anyone can volunteer to read and ofcourse it’s free to download and listen. It’s a interesting project and a effort, please try it out. 3) Oven freshnews -Tech news A) As the world’s internet traffic grows relentlessly, faster data transmission will be need of the hour. German and Japanese scientists recently collaborated to achieve just that in achieving the world record for data transmission. By transmitting a data signal at 2.56 terabits per second over a 160-kilometer link (equivalent of transeferring data worth of 60 DVDs) the researchers bettered the old record of 1.28 terabits per second held by a Japanese group. By comparison, the fastest high-speed links currently carry data at a maximum 40 Gbit/s, or around 50 times slower. B) Stuart Calvey, a 22-year-old industrial design student at the University of NSW whose invention needs some encouragement. He’s designed a Snap+Send Postcard, a disposable digital camera. So when you travel and want to send some postacards back home, why not try this. It takes a few shots , all you have to do is stick a stamp on it and send it by mail to your family and friends. It’s light and should be inexpensive when out in the market. Then whoever receives it tears open the perforations, fold out a little kick stand on the back and sit it on a bench top. Then it's as simple as pressing a button and it will go through a slide show of images. You could watch the slide show a few hundred times and the camera could be taken to a developer to get the photos printed. The palm-sized camera-cum-postcard, housed in a cardboard shell with a two-megapixel lens, a 10-centimetre screen, digital memory and an internal battery, There would be no delete or zoom functions and it would be one-use only. Snap+Send Postcard is still just a concept, but the young inventor says the technology exists to turn the idea into a commercial reality. C) The British Library in London on Thursday published an online edition Mozart's "Catalog of Works" that includes digital versions of 30 pages from the priceless original. You can browse Mozart's handwritten pages and listen to short introductions from 75 of the eighteenth century composer's works. To view the online edition, users must install Adobe's Shockwave Player plug-in to their browser.

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