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New 'Stone-Like' Optical Disc That Lasts Forever?

This new “stone-like” optical disc that lasts forever sounds a little too good to be true. If it wasn’t for the fact that Hitachi-LG Data storage was involved, I wouldn’t have believed it myself. Thanks to Samson4EiT and Joe S. for the link.

Start-up Millenniata and Hitachi-LG Data Storage plan to soon release a new optical disc and read/write player that will store movies, photos or any other data forever. The data can be accessed using any current DVD or Blu-ray player. Millenniata calls the product the M-Disc, and the company claims you can dip it in liquid nitrogen and then boiling water without harming it. It also has a U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) study backing up the resiliency of its product compared to other leading optical disc competitors.

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New 'Stone-Like' Optical Disc That Lasts Forever?

This new “stone-like” optical disc that lasts forever sounds a little too good to be true. If it wasn’t for the fact that Hitachi-LG Data storage was involved, I wouldn’t have believed it myself. Thanks to Samson4EiT and Joe S. for the link.

Start-up Millenniata and Hitachi-LG Data Storage plan to soon release a new optical disc and read/write player that will store movies, photos or any other data forever. The data can be accessed using any current DVD or Blu-ray player. Millenniata calls the product the M-Disc, and the company claims you can dip it in liquid nitrogen and then boiling water without harming it. It also has a U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) study backing up the resiliency of its product compared to other leading optical disc competitors.

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Movieclips grabs $7M in funding, partners with YouTube

iron-man-team-upMovieclips on Tuesday announced that it had raised a $7 million round of funding and partnered with YouTube to bring its 20,000 HD movie clips to a much bigger audience.

“First and foremost, this helps studios eliminate piracy because these are licesened clips,” Movieclips co-founder Zach James told VentureBeat. “And it helps users too. Instead of searching for your favorite scene from Scarface and finding a scene done by kindergartners, you’ll get to watch the actual movie clip.”

Not only will studios have less of their clips pirated on YouTube, but the partnership lets studios, Movieclips, and YouTube split ad revenue. The model is similar to what Vevo and Machinima already do for music and gaming videos.

The $7 million funding round is being led by MK Capital, which is also the largest investor in Machinima.

“As the once-huge DVD market continues to be rapidly replaced by online movie purchases, rentals and subscriptions, we believe a searchable video-based clip experience will be the preferred way most movie fans will discover and select movies,” said Mark Terbeek, a partner at MK Capital, in a statement.

James said Movieclips is working hard to greatly expand its network of clips to 100,000 and plans to include things like trailers, on-set visits, interviews with movie stars, and special features.

“We want this to be the network for video about movies, not just movie clips themselves,” James said. “Soon it will be a much bigger and more diverse collection.”

I for one love re-watching my favorite film scenes (like this one), so the partnership between Movieclips and YouTube is great for movie fanatics, who want high-quality clips, and studios, which are looking for new ways to monetize online videos.

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Top Internet Activities? Search & Email, Once Again

What’s the most popular internet activity? It’s a tie between those perennial winners, search and email. A new survey finds both are done by 92% of online adults in the United States. Most Popular Activities The stats come from a Pew Internet survey from May 2011, out today….

Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article.

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