Washington (dbTechno) - Google has announced the release of a brand new application called Google Media Server, which allows users to play videos, photos, music, and more from their PC, right on their TV.

The Google Media Server has the ability to hook up with any device that supports Universal Plug and Play, or UPnP.

This means that the Google Media Desktop will be able to hook up with devices such as video game consoles Sony PS3, as well as the Microsoft Xbox 360.

Read more: dbtechno.com 

Labels: entertainment, Gadgets, Media Server, TV

Sony BMG Music Entertainment has agreed, in exchange for a slice of Yahoo’s advertising revenue, to let Yahoo’s users upload videos and music clips containing its produced content.

The deal comes just over a year since Sony made a very similar agreement with Google that also entailed the release of “thousands” of music videos on Google Video (and, soon after, YouTube as well). While Google has actually secured distribution deals with all four major labels by now, this deal is Yahoo’s first and it does not suggest that Sony will actively release produced content onto Yahoo Video.

Read more: techcrunch.com 

Labels: advertising, BMG, entertainment, Sony, Yahoo

Jim Killeen is a retired cop in New York.

Jim Killeen is a parish priest in Cobh, Ireland.

Jim Killeen is a CEO in Melbourne, Australia.

And when Jim Killeen, failed Los Angeles actor, found all of them on Google, he decided to make a movie called "Google Me."

It began in August 2006 with a routine self-Google, the sort of ego-surfing that millions perform regularly to assess their status in the digital world.

Full story: metromix.chicagotribune.com 

Labels: actor, entertainment, Los Angeles, movie

YouTube is set to overtake the BBC as the most popular entertainment website in the UK, if current trends continue.


According to statistics from internet monitoring company Hitwise, the BBC could find itself toppled from the number one spot – a position it has held for the past two years – by the video-sharing site.

Read more: webuser.co.uk 

Labels: BBC, entertainment, video, youtube