2010年5月30日星期日

How to Convert DVD to MPEG

Step by step guide to rip DVD to MPEG

Now you can freely enjoy classic DVD movies on various portable devices like iPod, iPhone, iPhone 3G S, once own the powerful DVD ripper software. Follow the 1-2-3 steps, you will find the conversion from ripping DVD movie to mp4 is so easy and fast.

Step 1

Download Aiseesoft DVD Ripper and install it to your PC. Then load your loved DVD disc from targeted drive.

convert DVD to MPEG

Step 2

After loading the DVD movie, you can rip DVD to MPEG in segment or convert DVD to MPEG in whole file. Just using the "Merge" feature to finish it.

Step3

Edit DVD files for better ouput MPEG file

Click "Effect", you get Trim, Crop, Effect function to upgrade the output file.

Step 4

Choose "MPEG" video format from the video format list, and click the "Start" button to start the DVD to MPEG conversion.

Note:

If you like the current screen of the DVD, you can snapshot it for collection.

More info from: Rip DVD to MPEG

2010年5月29日星期六

How to Convert DVD to FLV

This step by step guide will show you how to use Aiseesoft DVD to FLV Converter.

Instruction: Install and run Aiseesoft DVD to FLV Converter

Aiseesoft DVD to FLV Converter

Step 1: Import DVD
Place the DVD into your DVD drive and click the “Load DVD” button to load DVD.

Step 2: Video settings
Select the output video format you need from the “Profile” drop-down list. Click “Settings” button to set your video and audio parameters.


Step 3: Start Conversion
Click “Start” button to start your conversion and it will be finished in a short while.

Tips:
1: You can also select Audio Track and Subtitle from their respectively drop-down list.
2: If you like the current image of the video you can use the “Snapshot” opinion. Just click the “Snapshot” button the image will be saved and you can click the “File” next to “Snapshot” button to open your picture. You can select the destination of the picture by clicking the “Preference” button. As default the captured image will be saved at: your \My Documents\Aiseesoft Studio\Snapshot
3: If you want to merge the selected titles of chapters into one output file you can check the “merge into one file” option. As default the merged file is named after the first selected file (either a title or a chapter)

More tips:

1: Trim Movie
If you just want to convert a clip from your DVD movie, you can click the “Trim” button to open the Trim dialog, you can trim a duration of the selected title or chapter by either dragging the Start Time and End Time sliders or setting the time parameters in each corresponding field.

After you set the trimming time, the length of the captured clip will be shown in the Select Length box for your reference.




2. Movie Effect
If you want to change the original video effect, you can click the Effect icon to set the video brightness, contrast, saturation, etc. You can also set the special effect for your movie to cater to your need.




3. Video Crop
With Aiseesoft DVD to FLV Converter you can remove the black edges around your movie video by checking the “Crop” option and customize your movie.



There are three methods available to crop your video:
Method 1: Crop by selecting a crop mode
Select a crop mode in the crop mode drop-down list and click OK to save the crop. There are three pre-set crop modes
for your choice: No Crop, Cut off top and bottom black edges, Cut off top black edge.
Method 2: Crop by adjusting the crop frame
The crop frame is the dashed line around the movie video. There are four adjustment lines on the crop frame. Each line allows you to crop the movie video from a different position.
To crop your movie video, you can just move your mouse cursor to an adjustment box and drag the crop frame.
Method 3: Crop by setting the crop values
There are four crop values on the lower left part of the crop window: Up, Down, Left and right. You can set each value to crop your movie video, and the crop frame will move accordingly.


Before you start to crop your movie video, you can select an output aspect ratio from the Zoom list. There are four choices available: Full screen, Keep original, 16:9 and 4:3. After you select an output aspect ratio and finish the crop, the result can be previewed in the Preview window of the program main interface.

2010年5月28日星期五

How to convert video to Zune WMV and MP4

This guide is to demonstrate how to trim, crop, combine and convert all popular video formats to Zune WMV and MP4 step by step. If you want to convert DVD and edit DVD movie to Zune, you can refer to the guide here:
http://www.aiseesoft.com/article/dvd-to-zune-converter.html

It includes two parts:
1. How to convert video to Zune?
2. How to trim, crop, join and edit video for Zune?

The video formats Aiseesoft Zune Movie Converter support are as follows:
AVI, XviD, WMV, MPEG, MPG, FLV, RM, RMVB, ASF, MP4, etc.

The audio formats supported by Aiseesoft Zune Movie Converter are:
MP3, M4A, WMA

Part 1: How to convert video to Zune?
Step1. Please download Aiseesoft Zune Movie Converter; you can free download it from here.
http://www.aiseesoft.com/zune-movie-converter.html

Step2. Install and run Aiseesoft Zune Movie Converter, click the “Add File” button to import your video. Aiseesoft Zune Movie Converter support batch conversion, so you can import multiple files at a time. If you experience any problems adding videos by directly clicking the “Add” button, you can click “File -> Add files…” to add the video files you want to convert from your computer

Zune Movie Converter - Add File

Step3. Then Click the “Format” drop-down list to select the format you prefer for each added file. If you don’t know what formats your device support, you can just select the format according to the device name.

Zune Movie Converter - profile

If you want to customize the output quality, click the “Settings” button to open the Settings panel, where you customize resolution, frame rate, video bit rate, audio bit rate, sample, etc.

Zune  Movie Converter - settings

After all things done, click “Start” to start conversion.

Put video on Zune
After finish conversion, plug in your Zune to computer via USB cable, then zune software will detect your Zune as a device. drag your converted video to Zune software and click 'Start to sync', then your video will be transfered to Zune. You can download the Zune software free from here to put movie on Zune.
http://www.zune.net/en-us/meetzune/software.htm

Zune full Guide

Next part: How to crop, edit, join and trim movie movie for Zune?

Free Trial: Download Aiseesoft Zune Movie Converter

2010年5月26日星期三

RealNetworks Founder Glaser Becomes a VC at Accel–The Venture Firm That Backed Him 15 Years Ago

Rob Glaser, the founder of RealNetworks, is joining Accel Partners as a part-time venture partner.

Ironically, it was Accel that first funded the digital media pioneer, leading a critical $5.7 million round for RealNetworks (RNWK) in 1995.

Glaser said in an interview with BoomTown this afternoon that he will focus on digital media, as well as social and mobile start-ups, especially in Seattle and the Pacific Northwest area where he lives and where he founded RealNetworks.

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As for becoming a VC after years of being an entrepreneur, Glaser (pictured here) said he was looking forward to being on the other side, especially at Silicon Valley-based Accel.

“I have never seen a more entrepreneurially-aligned venture firm,” he said. “And it is a really exciting time to be investing in a firm with that kind of high-density intelligence.”

The rest of Glaser’s time will be devoted to his board duties, as well as other political and charitable pursuits, including focusing on new baby: 10-day-old son, Max.

Glaser stepped down as longtime CEO of RealNetworks earlier this year, but has remained its chairman and owns more than one-third of its shares.

Although the company has struggled in recent years, RealNetworks has been a genuine and innovative pioneer in Web audio and video software and an early player in Web music services, although not everyone was a fan of the technology, because of its aggressive deployment.

The company was originally called Progressive Networks after Glaser’s political bent.

There have been several well-known entrepreneurs who have turned into VCs–most recently, Netscape Communications founder Marc Andreessen, who started a firm.

Here’s the official press release:

Rob Glaser, Founder of RealNetworks, joins Accel Partners

Palo Alto, CA, May 25, 2010: Accel Partners, a leading global venture capital and growth equity firm operating in Silicon Valley, Europe, Israel, China and India, today announced that Rob Glaser has joined the firm as a Venture Partner. At Accel, Rob will focus on digital media technology, social media, and mobile service investments.

Rob currently serves as Chairman of RealNetworks, which he founded in 1994. Rob has been a member of the Accel Partners family since it invested in Real(Nasdaq: RNWK) in 1995. In addition to his role as Chairman, Rob served as Real’s CEO from February 1994 through January 2010, leading the company from scratch to over $500 Million in revenue. Real went public in 1997.

Rob’s extensive experience as a digital and social media pioneer should prove to be an asset for Accel’s renowned and growing technology portfolio. Jim Breyer, a Managing Partner in Accel’s Palo Alto office, said “We have been delighted to work with Rob as an entrepreneur and CEO since 1995. His thought-leadership in the world of digital media and the consumer internet are well known, and we are very excited to have him join the Accel team in his new role as “Venture Partner.”

“After years of working with Accel as an entrepreneur, I look forward to working side-by-side with the Accel team to help identify companies which will benefit from the same kind of resources and partnership RealNetworks was so fortunate to have,” said Rob. “There are a wealth of promising startups in the world of digital media and I am thrilled to have the opportunity to work with Accel to help them succeed.”

Prior to founding RealNetworks, Rob worked for Microsoft for 10 years in a number of executive positions, including Vice President of Multimedia and Consumer Systems. Before joining Microsoft, Rob founded his first company, Ivy Research, in 1981 to make games for the newly launched IBM PC. Rob has also been an early stage investor in several successful technology companies including TellMe, PlanetOut, and SmileBox. Rob’s relationship with Accel is parttime, enabling him to keep time open for other engagements, including continuing to serve as Chairman of RealNetworks.

Rob is a 1983 graduate of Yale University, with a B.A. and M.A. in Economics and a B.S. in Computer Science.

2010年5月25日星期二

Other TV Finales (That Were Much Better Than “Lost”)

While the final episode of ABC’s “Lost” got all the attention last night, many were dissatisfied with the ending, which seemed to suggest the castaways were all dead the whole time.

Which does make sense for the convoluted television series, since it started with a plane crash.

But here are videos of BoomTown’s favorite TV finales, including my personal fave from HBO’s “Six Feet Under.”

(The image above is the last one from “M.A.S.H.,” by the way, which was one of the most watched, but way too weepy for me.)

2010年5月23日星期日

E-Books Rewrite Bookselling

In the massive new Barnes & Noble (BKS) superstore on Manhattan’s Upper East Side, generous display space is devoted to baby blankets, Art Deco flight clocks, stationery and adult games like Risk and Stratego.

The eclectic merchandise, which has nothing to do with books, may be a glimpse into the future of Barnes & Noble Inc., the nation’s largest book chain.

For 40 years, Barnes & Noble has dominated bookstore retailing. In the 1970s it revolutionized publishing by championing discount hardcover best sellers. In the 1990s, it helped pioneer book superstores with selections so vast that they put many independent bookstores out of business.

Today it boasts 1,362 stores, including 719 superstores with 18.8 million square feet of retail space–the equivalent of 13 Yankee Stadiums.

Read the rest of this post on the original site

How to Convert MOV to iPad

Now download the Aiseesoft iPad Video Converter, install and run the software. And you will see the main screen.

Step 1: Add files before MOV to iPad conversion

Before starting converting, add the target MOV file by clicking the "Add File" button.

Step 2: Choose profile, destination and settings

You are allowed to select the audio track and subtitle for your output video. Then choose the output format from the list by clicking the drop down arrow. Click “Browse” button to choose the destination file to place the output file.

Then you can adjust some further settings by clicking the “Settings” button. From the screen below, we can see that video Encoder, frame rate, audio Channels and more parameters are able to be adjusted.

Moreover, this video editor also provides you with powerful editing functions. It allows you to trim video, crop play area, capture the picture…
Click the “Effect” button and you can see this interface.

Then you can adjust the brightness, contrast and saturation through dragging the slide bar. Also it can help you to convert an interlaced video to a progressive one by checking the “Deinterlacing”.
Also there are other editing functions in this video editor for you to explore.

Step 3: Convert MOV to iPad

After adjusting all these settings, you can click button to start converting MOV to iPad.

2010年5月21日星期五

How to Convert FLV to MP4

Step-by-step guide to tell you how to convert FLV to MP4 with Aiseesoft FLV Video Converter.

Step 1: Free download Aiseesoft FLV Video Converter and install it.

Step 2: Add FLV files.

Click Add File button to import your FLV files.

Convert FLV to MP4

Step 3: Set output format and output folder.

Choose the file you want to convert, click "Profile" drop-down button to choose your needed output format, then click Browse… button to choose destination folder for saving your converted MP4 files.

After setting the profile, you can adjust output parameters by clicking Settings button.

Step 4: Start FLV to MP4 conversion.

Click Start button to start the conversion. Several minutes later, you will find your output MP4 file in destination folder.

Want know more about Aiseesoft FLV Video Converter, please visit: Convert FLV to MP4.

2010年5月20日星期四

How to Convert Videos to iPod on Mac

Before you convert video for iPod on Mac, please know the general limits which the iPod carry.

H.264 video, up to 1.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per sec., Low-Complexity version of the H.264 Baseline Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48 kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats;
H.264 video, up to 768 Kbps, 320 by 240 pixels, 30 frames per sec., Baseline Profile up to Level 1.3 with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48 kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats;
MPEG-4 video, up to 2.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per sec., Simple Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48 kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats;

Follow the steps to convert Video to iPod on Mac quickly.
Free Download Aiseesoft iPod Video Converter for Mac then install and run it.

Step 1: Import Video Files
You can click the “Add Files” icon to add files you want to convert, this software supports convert several files into one file; you can add multi files for your ipod video at one time. Or you can right click the main interface to load files.
You may need to change the video title. To do this, double click “output name” and put your desired name into the edit box. This will be the file name in your iPod.

Step 2: Convert video to ipod formats Option Setting
After adding the files, Click Browse button to select an output path, you can select output format. iPod accept MP4,H.264, MPEG4 format, so you can select one of iPod format. Such as MP4 format.
This software provides default setting in advanced, if you don't want to change, you can go to Step 3 directly.

convert Videos to iPod on Mac

Step 3: Start to convert video for iPod MP4 file: now, all things are ready, just click the "Start" button to start converting.

Note: All item(s) checked will be converted. If you only want to convert certain item(s), check it/them, click Start button, and then Aiseesoft iPod Video Converter for Mac will convert them one by one.
For a moment, you will successfully convert video movie to iPod MP4 file on Mac easily and quickly.

Notes for veterans: We offer a wide range of advanced options for veterans. E.g. you may choose to convert any segment of a video file; you may adjust video and audio properties. Just click "Settings" button for more choice

Tips:
Tip 1. This video to ipod software for Mac support snapshot pictures from the video. There is a little camera icon on the left part. You can click it to snap any photos you like, and you can save it as BMP or JPEG format which fit for iPod.
Tip 2.If you just want to convert some part of the video to iPod, you can drag the slider bar below the preview window to set the conversion start and end time, or you can click the Trim button to set it exactly on the trim panel.
Tip 3.If you want to cut the black border of the video, you can click the crop button to open the crop panel. Here you can drag the yellow frame to cut any parts you don't want, or you can set it exactly on the left panel.

Now just start to experience all these powerful function now, you will love to enjoy your iPod video with this powerful Aiseesoft iPod Video Converter for Mac.

2010年5月18日星期二

Conan O’Brien’s Angry YouTube Rant

YouTube is celebrating its fifth birthday by announcing that it is now generating a staggering two billion views per day. Context: In October, Google’s (GOOG) video site announced it had crossed the one billion views per day mark.

That’s a lot of videos! As usual, no word on financials, profitability, etc. But there is plenty of congratulatory back-slapping here and here.

Best part, by far: A brief anniversary message from Conan O’Brien, in which the comedian connects YouTube’s rise with America’s decline: “Nobody actually makes anything anymore. We’re all watching monkeys in propeller hats flush themselves down a toilet. And that’s why India is kicking our ass. And China, and pretty much everyone else. Switzerland, kicking our ass. Guam, way ahead of us.”

And he effectively sums up Web economics, or lack thereof:
“That’s not the point of the internet. It’s not to make money. It’s for someone you’ve never met, who’s a nerd, in Palo Alto, to make money.”

2010年5月17日星期一

Facebook to Address Employees’ Anxiety about Privacy

Facebook Inc. executives will field questions from employees anxious about the privacy implications of a pair of features for spreading its services across the Web that prompted a public outcry.

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Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg in April

Facebook chief exectuive Mark Zuckerberg is planning to attend the meeting, scheduled for 4 p.m. West Coast time, according to a person familiar with the matter.

This person said the company isn’t planning to announce any changes to the features at the meeting and that no modifications to its product or policies were “imminent.”

“We have an open culture and it should come as no surprise that we’re providing a forum for employees to ask questions on a topic that has received a lot of outside interest,” a Facebook spokesman said in a statement.

The meeting was arranged as executives have been debating internally how to respond to calls from privacy advocates, legislators and users for the company to rethink the two features the company launched in recent weeks.

Both are designed to spread Facebook’s features across the broader Web. But they have irked some some users and critics who argue that they go beyond how users expect Facebook to use their data.

One is a button that publishers can install to allow people to more easily share content with their friends on Facebook. When Facebook users click on the buttons, called Like buttons, the interaction is public, meaning other users could see that they endorsed an article or like a band.

Of greater concern to many users and privacy advocates, some of which have lodged a complaint to the FTC, is a test Facebook is conducting with a handful of sites that allows the site to instantly recognize when a Facebook user arrives and personalize the site with content from their Facebook friends. Mr. Zuckerberg has cheered such “instant personalization” as the future of Facebook and the Web. But users have hailed it as creepy.

2010年5月16日星期日

H-P: Why Our Ink Is Expensive

Tired of hearing customers whine that printer ink is too expensive–and facing competition from ink-cartridge refillers–executives at Hewlett-Packard’s printing division would like to buff up the print giant’s reputation with consumers. So the company recently sent Thom Brown, who specializes in “competitive media intelligence,” on a media tour with a presentation called “Why Does Ink Cost So Much?”

Associated Press
A customer looks for the right H-P ink for his printer at Best Buy

Opening a bag of props including a trio of shot glasses, squares of foam and some disassembled print heads, Mr. Brown earlier this week explained the complex workings of H-P print heads, and the billions of dollars the company has spent over the years developing them.

He talked about the challenges in shooting drops of ink at moving pages of paper, and the perils of refilling ink cartridges rather than buying new ones from H-P. Refilling involves poking a hole in an H-P cartridge and filling it with a god-knows-what mixture of non-H-P ink–a process that can lead to smudging and other poor performance, Mr. Brown said. H-P, he added, has heard from plenty of customers who tried refilling. “A lot of them don’t have good experiences,” he said.

In addition to research-and-development, the expense of ink cartridges comes from H-P’s high-tech testing of cartridges that break. The company uses electron microscopes, Mr. Brown said, to figure out what made a printhead malfunction. H-P has started what it calls an “Ink Amnesty Program” to bring back customers who have left H-P for refillers. In exchange for sharing your bad-ink story, the program will give consumers a 20% discount coupon for H-P ink.

Of course it’s not just R&D that makes H-P’s ink costs so much. With more than 40% of the worldwide printer market last year, according to research firm IDC, H-P doesn’t face serious competitive pressure that would force it to drop prices.

Mr. Brown said his area of knowledge is printing technology, not profits.

But in the company’s last quarterly earnings report, H-P’s printing division booked more than $6 billion in sales and more than $1 billion in operating profit. Its operating profit margin was 17%, but Shaw Wu, an analyst with Kaufman Brothers, said that includes sales of low-profit printers. On ink alone, he estimates that H-P’s margin is somewhere between 20% and 30%.

2010年5月14日星期五

How to Convert MP3 to M4R on Mac with M4R Converter for Mac

Follow the next tip to learn how to convert MP3 to M4R on Mac with this powerful Mac M4R Converter

Before conversion, please download Aiseesoft iPhone Ringtone Maker for Mac Intel Version or Power PC Version, install and run it.

Step 1: Click Browse… on the right side of "Input File" to import the MP3 file that you want to make M4R ringtone from it.

Convert MP3 to M4R on Mac with M4R Converter for Mac

Step 2: Click to listen the music to find the segment that you want to use it as ringtone. Then drag and click the start & end slider to set your wanted segment, or type the start & end time in the corresponding text box directly to get the exact segment. Click to pre-listen the converted audio before generating M4R file.

Step 3: Click Browse… on the right side of "Local Output Folder" to choose the output destination.

Step 4: Check Export to iPhone option, the converted ringtone will be load to your iPhone directly

Step 5: After all the settings are finished, click Generate to begin making your own iPhone M4R ringtone.

Several minutes later, you can enjoy your own M4R ringtone on your iPhone. More information at: Convert MP3 to M4R on Mac.

2010年5月13日星期四

How to Transfer iPhone Music

The following guide can tell you how to step by step do iPhone music transferring with the easy-to-use Aiseesoft iPhone Transfer.

1. Free download the powerful and simple-to-use Aiseesoft iPhone Transfer, install and launch.

Transfer iPhone Music

2. Run the software, and connect your iPhone/iPod to your computer via USB cable.

3. Click the PC to iPhone button to seek the music files or folders that you want to import to iPhone and click OK.

More advantages of Aiseesoft iPhone Transfer:

1. Once you connect iPhone to PC and run this iPhone Transfer, the specific information about your device including iPhone picture, type, capacity, version number, serial number and format will be clearly shown on the main interface.

2. The Search function can help you to search your files in the categories of Genre, Artist, Album for you to find your file as soon as possible.

3. All of the transfer process can be finished in a short while.

Want more information, please visit: Transfer iPhone Music.

2010年5月11日星期二

How to Put Video on a Zune

Instruction: Install and run Aiseesoft Zune Movie Converter

Aiseesoft Zune Movie Converter

Step 1: Add File
Click the “Add File” button to import video or audio files, you can also click the "File" menu to open the following drop-down menu, then select "Add File" to import files.

Step 2: Output video settings
Select the output video format you need from the “Profile” drop-down list. Click “Settings” button to set your video and audio parameters.


Step 3: Start Conversion
Click “Start” button to start your conversion and it will be finished in a short while.

Tips:

1. Trim Movie
If you just want to convert a clip from your movie, you can click the “Trim” button to open the Trim dialog, you can trim a duration of the video by either dragging the Start Time and End Time sliders or setting the time parameters in each corresponding field.

After you set the trimming time, the length of the captured clip will be shown in the Select Length box for your reference.




2. Video Crop
With Aiseesoft Zune Movie Converter you can remove the black edges around your movie video by checking the “Crop” option and customize your movie.



There are three methods available to crop your video:
Method 1: Crop by selecting a crop mode
Select a crop mode in the crop mode drop-down list and click OK to save the crop. There are three pre-set crop modes
for your choice: No Crop, Cut off top and bottom black edges, Cut off top black edge.
Method 2: Crop by adjusting the crop frame
The crop frame is the dashed line around the movie video. There are four adjustment lines on the crop frame. Each line allows you to crop the movie video from a different position.
To crop your movie video, you can just move your mouse cursor to an adjustment box and drag the crop frame.
Method 3: Crop by setting the crop values
There are four crop values on the lower left part of the crop window: Up, Down, Left and right. You can set each value to crop your movie video, and the crop frame will move accordingly.


Before you start to crop your movie video, you can select an output aspect ratio from the Zoom list. There are four choices available: Full screen, Keep original, 16:9 and 4:3. After you select an output aspect ratio and finish the crop, the result can be previewed in the Preview window of the program main interface.

3. Capture your favorite image and merge several videos into one file
If you like the current image of the video you can use the “Snapshot” opinion. Just click the “Snapshot” button the image will be saved and you can click the “File” next to “Snapshot” button to open your picture. You can select the destination of the picture by clicking the “Preference” button. As default the captured image will be saved at: your \My Documents\Aiseesoft Studio\Snapshot

If you want to merge the selected video files into one output file you can check the “merge into one file” option. As default the merged file is named after the first selected file (either a title or a chapter)

2010年5月10日星期一

Battling the Cyber Warmongers

A recent simulation of a devastating cyberattack on America was crying for a Bruce Willis lead: A series of mysterious attacks—probably sanctioned by China but traced to servers in the Russian city of Irkutsk—crippled much of the national infrastructure, including air traffic, financial markets and even basic email. If this was not bad enough, an unrelated electricity outage took down whatever remained of the already unplugged East Coast.

2010年5月9日星期日

Alcatel-Lucent's Net Loss Widens

Telecommunications-equipment maker Alcatel-Lucent SA posted a net loss in the first quarter, saying Thursday that a shortage of electronic components meant it couldn't fulfill some orders.

The Paris-based company, which has recorded a quarterly profit only twice since its creation in 2006, said its net loss widened to €515 million ($660.3 million) in the three months ended March 31, compared with a loss of €402 million a year earlier.

Revenue fell 9.8% to €3.25 billion ...

2010年5月7日星期五

Washington Post Announces a One-Time Fire Sale for Newsweek

This is how bad things are at Newsweek: Not only has owner Washington Post Co. (WPO) hired Allen & Company to sell the magazine, but it’s not pretending otherwise.

From the release:

“The losses at Newsweek in 2007-2009 are a matter of record. Despite heroic efforts on the part of Newsweek’s management and staff, we expect it to still lose money in 2010. We are exploring all options to fix that problem,” said Donald E. Graham, chairman of The Washington Post Company. “Newsweek is a lively, important magazine and website, and in the current climate, it might be a better fit elsewhere.”

In corporatespeak, this is equivalent to hastily scrawling out a “Going Out of Business–Name Your Price” sign and plastering it on the front window.

Anyone want to make a bid? Newsweek saw revenue decline 29 percent last year and ended up losing $29.3 million on sales of $184 million.

Meanwhile, it’s worth noting that things are comparatively awesome for rival Time Magazine: Owner Time Warner’s (TWX) Time Inc. just reported that ad sales are up (unit-wide) for the first time in two years.

Ah. Here’s Time’s grave-dancing statement right now, via a press release: “TIME continues to be healthy and profitable, and a trusted source of news, reporting and analysis for millions of people in America and around the world in print, online and on the iPad. We had a highly profitable year last year and will have an even more profitable one this year.”

2010年5月6日星期四

How to Convert AVI to iPhone on Mac

Teach you how to convert AVI to iPhone on Mac step by step.

Step 1 Free download, install and launch the software.

Step 2 Add file, output iPhone format and choose destination

After open this perfect application, you can click "Add File" to import AVI files to the program. Under Profile option, click the down-arrow and choose one format iPhone supports. Find a destination folder to save your output files.

Tip: You can go into Profile settings to customize advanced settings for the output format.

Step 3 Start

Click Start to convert AVI to iPhone MP4 Mac.

At this time, the converted videos can be played on your iPhone perfectly. Just try now quickly!

Go to Mac AVI to iPhone MP4 for other converting & editing features!

2010年5月4日星期二

How to Convert AVI to iPad

First, it is necessary to download, install and run the software.

Step 1: Add files before AVI to iPad conversion

After launching the AVI to iPad Converter, click the "Add File" button to add the AVI file that you want to convert.

Step 2: Choose profile, destination and settings

Aiseesoft iPad Video Converter provides you with powerful converting function of converting any popular video format to iPad. Under “Profile”, click the drop down arrow and choose the output format from the list as you need. Click “Browse” to find a folder to place the output file.

Tip: You can choose audio track and subtitle

Also Aiseesoft AVI to iPad Converter allows you to do further settings such as video Encoder, frame rate, audio Channels and more parameters before converting.

Also this AVI to iPad Converter, video editor can also enable you to edit video. Now I will show you how to merge videos.
After inputting more than one video, drag in the interface to select these objects and click the “Merge” button. Then you can output it to a single video file. There are other useful editing functions, such as trimming, cropping and watermarking video.

Step 3: Convert AVI to iPad

Click button to start the AVI to iPad conversion process.

Moreover, Aiseesoft AVI to iPad Converter also provides you with powerful editing functions. It allows you to trim video, crop play area, capture the picture… All these functions will be showed in How to Edit Video with Video Editor?

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How to Convert MKV to iPod

Requirements:
Any iPod touch, iPod nano
All you need is to finish the small tips. The belowed tips will show you how to step by step convert MKV to iPod with the powerful MKV to iPod video converter software.

1. Free download the powerful and simple-to-use MKV to iPod video converter, install and launch.
2. Add the MKV video files from the "File" menu in batches.
3. Choose the proper output folder and the profile "iPod" format.

convert MKV to iPod

4. Click "Start" button! After a few minutes waiting, you can play the converted MKV files on iPod.

Tip 1. This video to ipod software support snapshot pictures from the video. There is a little camera icon on the left part. You can click it to snap any photos you like, and you can save it as BMP or JPEG format which fit for iPod.

Tip 2. If you just want to convert some part of the video to iPod, you can drag the slider bar below the preview window to set the conversion start and end time, or you can click the Trim button to set it exactly on the trim panel.

Tip 3. If you want to cut the black border of the video, you can click the crop button to open the crop panel. Here you can drag the yellow frame to cut any parts you don't want, or you can set it exactly on the left panel.

To enjoy your iPod video, just try Aiseesoft iPod Movie Converter to start the wonderful MKV to iPod conversion experience now.