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ADS InstantVideo To-Go Accelerates iPod and PSP Video Encoding

From Gizmodo

ADS announced InstantVideo To-Go, a nifty little $79.95 widget that supercharges compression of video into that oh-so-sweet H.264 format. The company calls it the first hardware-based H.264 conversion device for PCs. This little USB key is a video transfer accelerator that lets you convert any video into that butta-smooth format specifically for playback on an iPod or PSP, and lets you accomplish that feat five times faster than real time. So what this means is you can take a DVD’s worth of video and crunch

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Secure podcasting for the enterprise

My clients, which are Fortune 50 financial services companies, would like to use podcasting internally (that is for their employees only) to support their innovation programs. There are a number of security hurdles to overcome to make this possible.
First, just plugging a USB device into your desktop computer at work represents a major security threat. Some articles about this are collected here. In addition to being able to transport large amounts of data, iPods in particular are more intelligent than other devices and…