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Here's a list of 25 articles, how-tos, production guides, websites, white papers, webinars, presentations, and conferences that can help you cut through the confusion about the H.264 video codec, learn what it is, and start using it for online video.
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The New York State Police Forensic Video/Multimedia Services Unit has approval to fill newly created positions in the Forensic DME Section and the Video Production Section of the Unit. Information on the first phase of hiring can be seen at the link below. Feel free to forward the link to anyone who you feel may have interest in the positions. Any questions and/or interest can be directed to myself using the contact information in the below email signature.
Users of Microsoft's free movie editing and photo management programs in Windows Essentials received a treat Wednesday as the company released new versions of the offerings for Windows 7 and Windows 8.
Police officers in Aberdeen will wear CCTV cameras mounted on their uniforms from next month.
The force will operate 18 of the cameras across Aberdeen for a trial period. Strathclyde is currently the only force in Scotland which uses the system. Senior officers claim it will help reduce anti-social behaviour and improve evidence gathering.
At least on paper, the HTC EVO 4G from Sprint absolutely crushes. It's not just one killer feature that puts the EVO over the top; the spec sheet reads like a wish list for anyone who's owned a touchscreen smartphone. We won't find out until this summer whether Sprint's exclusive 4G phone makes the best of its features, but in the meantime, here are five things to get excited about:
Full Story - http://www.pcworld.com/article/192286/sprints_htc_evo_4g_5_killer_features.html
Who doesn't love free stuff? Even better, who doesn't love free stuff that actually works? Here's my Fab 5 list of Freeware programs, in no particular order. The quotes are from the respective Web site for each program. While I've found all of these programs helpful in one way or another, make sure you've read and understand my Web site Terms of Use before visiting any of these links.
"Blender is the free and open source 3D creation suite. It supports the entirety of the 3D pipeline—modeling, rigging, animation, simulation, rendering, compositing and motion tracking, video editing and 2D animation pipeline." - https://blender.org
This is a project I've known about for some time, but hadn't looked at in quite awhile. Wow. VFX & compositing geeks are going to love Blender 2.92.
Let's make it another great week my friends, be safe out there! 😎
$5.00/gallon? $10.00/gallon? Maybe Web meetings will be more socially acceptable in the business world when gas prices have completely crippled our economy and there's practically no such thing as a small business anymore. I, for one, certainly hope we don't have to wait and see.
Online meeting services are certainly nothing new, yet every time gas prices reach a new high they're all the buzz, and rightfully so. Unfortunately, after a few months of feeling like you're being robbed at the pump, they seem to slip off the to-do list for most. Why is that?
The Vancouver Police Department will be hosting a live press conference where Police Chief Chu will be announcing the number of recommended charges to-date related to the Integrated Riot Investigation Team (IRIT)'s investigation. The press conference will be held Monday, October 31st at 10:30 PST. You can watch the live stream at www.vpd.ca
My search for a high-definition camcorder came to an end recently with the purchase of a JVC Everio GZ-HD5.
The Scientific Working Group on Digital Evidence (SWGDE) is pleased to announce posting of the following fourteen new draft documents for public review and comment at https://www.swgde.org/documents/draft-released-for-comment
"I feel so lucky to get to be the person to thank you..., on behalf of a world of people seeking free knowledge." - Wikipedia Executive Director
I donated to Wikipedia again today as they're in the middle of another fundraiser. They're an independent, ad-Free non-profit. No sleezy marketing, covert data collection, persuasive technologies to get or keep you, etc. Very similar to what I've always tried to do with my websites and resources online.
CNET - Older hard-drive enclosures may be limited in the size of drive they can present to your system.
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