The advent of book trailers has given authors a new opportunity to promote their work to the online world. The more professional or creative the video, the more effective the campaign, or so goes the theory; so many writers have turned amateur videomakers to produce the best trailer possible.

The first computers capable of playing good quality sounds were Apple Macintosh's, using Quick Time technology which is still used now within some of Apple’s products.

As a consequence of the popularity of streaming media file sharing sites such as zShare, a vast number of Flash to AVI video converters have sprung into being to allow users to convert FLV video to the more robust AVI format. A Google search of the phrase "flv video converter" returns over 7 million hits, and the results offer everything from free online FLV to AVI conversion to downloadable shareware for converting FLVs.

The technology for capturing and recording a moving image and sound on tape was first introduced in the 1950s. The development was mainly used for television broadcasting purposes allowing a video camera to encode and transmit pictures electronically directly onto monitors without any time delay. Because this method required no laboratory processing, such images could be simultaneously captured and played back.

The Nets Know Drama

The New Jersey Nets snapped a five game losing streak Monday night as they defeated the Philadelphia 76'ers in dramatic fashion by a score of 98-96. Devin Harris won the game at the buzzer in perhaps the most exciting of many dramatic finishes the Nets have had this season.The Nets have played many exciting games this season that have gone right down to the wire. Before last night, four in particuar stood out. On November 21 in Toronto, Vince Carter tied the game with a desperation three at the buzzer and then won the game with a dunk in the final seconds. On December 23 at Indiana, Devin Harris hit a jumper at the buzzer to give the Nets a one point win. On January 2 at home against Atlanta, Carter hit a long three at the end of the game to win it by 2. On January 28 at home vs. Toronto. The Nets made a furious comeback down the stretch to wipe out a double-digit defecit. Down one, Harris missed a pull-up jumper at the buzzer. Win or lose the Nets have certainly had their share of drama this year.

James Durbin’s latest CD Memories of a Beautiful Disaster came out on November 21, 2011, via his record label, Wind-up Records.

Like every red-blooded man I was brought up watching war films, such classics as the Eagle has Landed and later on Band of Brothers and Saving Private Ryan. It was during this time my fascination with weaponry started. How they shoot, how they are re-loaded and what power each weapon has, what effect it has on an enemy. Having played many FPS shooters as my favorite game genre here is a list I have compiled of the most satisfying weapons from computer games ever!

There's a generation who hit their teens and 20s in the 1990s for whom Blur, Oasis, The Stone Roses, Green Day, Supergrass and all the rest provided a soundtrack still beloved today. They also produced some of the best ever songs about the summer.

The Lumix GH-1 is a hybrid digital camera with some of the features of a normal DSLR, while it has the size and viewfinder from an advanced Point and Shoot digital camera.

The “Best Pop Video” category of the forthcoming 2011 MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs) consists of five superstars in pop music, all of which are clearly at the top of their game. The award ceremony will take place on August 28, 2011 at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles, California.