UK UPA london event: Games and the EyeToy

In Archive by Fredy Ore

The UK Chapter of the UPA, the Usability Professionals’ Association who promote usability concepts and techniques in the UK, will be holding an event tomorrow night at Microsoft London on …

Computer virus Rbot-GR uses webcams

In Archive by Fredy Ore

A new computer virus called, Rbot-GR uses webcams to literally spy and snoop at victims. It appears to be capable of turning on webcams and sending images and video via …

REELISE project wins an AIMIA

In Archive by Fredy Ore

Congratulations goes out to some of my friends from UTS, Phil, Ailin, Peter, Jess and Anna, who last night won an AIMIA award for Best Student Developed Content for their …

EyeToy for Playstation2

In Archive by Fredy Ore

The latest add-on for the Sony Playstation2, EyeToy – an interactive camera that captures your movements and reacts to them. The camera plugs into the USB port of your PS2 …

The business-legal step by iTunes

In Archive by Fredy Ore

Everywhere I look there seems to be an article, blog post or review of the new Apple iTunes version and the Music Store. Here is an interesting article, which looked …

Did you say Wi-Fi or Hi-Fi?

In Archive by Fredy Ore

Technology Review comment on the changing face of Wi-Fi (802.11b). From wireless access points to audio-video streaming network servers. The article comments on Steve Dossick and his company’s frustration with …

DVD authoring pixel dimensions and bandwidth

In Archive by Fredy Ore

DVDRHelp have a useful table article on Video File comparisons. The table shows information on the different types of pixel resolutions of various formats including VCD, SVCD/CVD, DVD, X(S)VCD, DivX, …

Book interface to help video

In Archive by Fredy Ore

Technology Review comments on new ways in which researchers are using the book to better help the development of interface of video. Using book developed activites such as skimming, bookmarking, …

In search of some multimedia sites

In Archive by Fredy Ore

Last week I went in search of some motion graphics, audio, video and interaction websites as reference material for one of my masters subjects which I am doing at uni. …

Mike Pugh and Vagabonding

In Archive by Fredy Ore

I visited a really great travel site by Mike Pugh. He is travelling around the world and is documenting his travels in his website Vagabonding.com with photos and video. He …

The Microsoft MSDN Library section

In Archive by Fredy Ore

The Microsoft MSDN Library section on Audio and Video ::: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/nhp/Default.asp?contentid=28000411