CHAPTER 4

Tuning In to Multimedia Blogs

This chapter is about getting your hardware, software and content to work together.

The technology universe is in a constant state of flux. As we get access to more and more bandwidth, disk space, and computational speed, the content keeps coming in at an unrelenting and ever increasing flow. Where we were once excited to wait a minute or so to view a choppy RealVideo stream in a postage stamp window, we are now downloading TV-quality video over our cable modems.

Our desktop and laptop computers are not the only ones benefiting from these advances; our phones, cable boxes, media-center systems and PDAs are also enjoying access to downloadable multimedia content. Mobile phones became more than simply a ...

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