Pluggd on Monday introduced its HearHere search technology for Internet audio programming. The service uses proprietary voice recognition software and search algorithms, and allows users to search with audio programming such as podcasts to find relevant segments. Seattle-based Pluggd said HearHere will be available, along with support for video, by the end of the year. [...]

Cuts Inc. announced on Monday the launch of its video editing and sharing software that lets consumers legally remove violent or offensive segments from video content. The software for PC and Mac generates a set of instructions, called Cutlists, which implement the edits on the fly any time the original video is played back with [...]

BuzzLogic on Monday announced the launch of a new on-demand software service that allows marketers to identify who is influential within specific conversations taking place in social media like blogs. San Francisco-based BuzzLogic’s service lets marketers draw social maps of influencers in a conversation, engage with them through the service, and monitor and track the [...]

If it is not lawsuits then there is virus infected MP3 players, the fast food giant is always in the news. It all started in August when McDonalds Japan in association with Coca Cola announced a contest, where a MP3 player was awarded upon sending the unique number on the Coke glass as a text [...]

Philips is planning to gain ground in the gaming world too. Its amBX system promises to bring your gaming environment into the “real world.” the amBX may not be that happening as Tron, but aims to make your game room by adding things like ambient lighting. The idea is if you were playing a game [...]

An obvious step forward for all consumer camcorders was unveiled at CEATEC in Japan. Hitachi had on display three new models of ultra portable HD camcorders. One of them actually uses mini Blu-ray discs. The other two use HDD and flash memory, respectively, as their recording media. I_m sure we_ll see more from Hitachi soon [...]

Mercora, a provider of software that lets users broadcast their own Internet radio stations, announced on Monday the launch of a new service that streams full-length tracks from Mercora stations to mobile phones. The “M” service will be offered for free through Oct. 31, after which time it will cost $4.99 per month or $49.99 [...]

DivX, a developer of video compression technology, saw its shares rise as much as 22% in their initial public offering on Friday, which raised $145.6 million and delivered an initial market capitalization of about $535 million. DivX offered a total of 9.1 million shares at a price of $16 per share, which rose 22% to [...]

In the wake of a Belgian court dispute over Google’s use of news stories for its Google News aggregation service, a coalition of print media associations has developed an automated system that would provide embedded usage guidelines within stories distributed on the Web. The World Association of Newspapers (WAN) plans to launch its Automated Content [...]

Sharp is introducing a handheld device that will be able to translate spoken Japanese into English and vice-versa. It uses IBM’s speech recognition software, ViaVoice, which is usually for use on PCs. Sharp is planning to introduce the device by the end 2006, price being around 60,000 yen ($508 USD).

If you recall the Mobcharger disposible chagers we posted about, it was a much more short term solution to charging a dead battery.

The Register has been doing the modern-day equivalent of the schoolboy looking up rude words in the new dictionary, by using Google Code to search for programmers using less than tasteful language in their code comments. For the sake of decency, I’ll use judicious quantities of asterisks from now on, but you can read the [...]

Just weeks ago, LG Philips developed and unveiled the slimmest LCD ever at 1.3 mm thin, well not anymore. Toshiba has just unveiled their 0.99mm mobile TFT-LCD prototype at CEATEC 2006 in Japan. Toshiba is planning to launch products with this LCD technology next April. A member of LG Philips LCD public relations staff said [...]

The USB Twister Hub is 4 USB ports in a row in a cube design. The first two ports can be revolved up to 180 degrees, and the easily adjustable angles of those ports enable you to plug in USB devices without losing the functionality of the port beside them. The hub comes with an [...]

A new survey has found that nearly half of all UK employers allow unrestricted or unmonitored employee access to web-based email services such as GMail, Yahoo! Mail and Hotmail. This is potentially leaving them vulnerable to viruses, information leaks and other unwanted content because this traffic is not monitored in the same way as most [...]