The giant’s fall

maxresdefault One of the saddest scenes in the Lord Of The Rings trilogy is watching the slow-moving Ents – the massive tree shepherds that took days to decide whether or not to react Sauron’s onslaught – are cut down by the wily Orcs. Only a few fall in the battle but when they do the giants of the forests that at first seemed so powerful are exposed to be easily vanquished. They won… Read More Continue reading The giant’s fall

IBM inks video deals with AOL, CBC, more; debuts quality live-stream over ‘commodity’ Internet

IBM Comic-Con Wire Photo IBM today unveiled some significant strides forward in its bid to be a major player in the world of online and cloud-based video services, three months after the company acquired live-streaming startup Ustream and formed a cloud video unit. AOL (which owns TechCrunch), the Canadian Broadcasting Company, Comic-Con and Mazda have all signed on for IBM to provide online video… Read More Continue reading IBM inks video deals with AOL, CBC, more; debuts quality live-stream over ‘commodity’ Internet