How to Convert DVD to H.264/MPEG-4 AVC

This guide is mainly about how to convert DVD to H.264/MPEG-4 AVC with all-in-one Aiseesoft DVD Ripper and converting DVD to other popular video/audio formats is in the similar way. Firstly, you should know what H.264/MPEG-4 AVC video format is. To make a long story short, H.264 provides powerful compression technology that delivers a superior video experience at a low bit rate.

How to Rip/Convert DVD to H.264/MPEG-4 AVC?

Step 1: Import the DVD Files to the software

Step 2: You can set the output settings for the selected file in the following area.

From "Profile" list select H.264/MPEG-4 AVC and change the path to save converted file clicking "Browse"

Step 3: Edit the Video (Optional)
If you want to customize the video, DVD to H.264 converter packs powerful editing features into an intuitive interface including Effect, Trim, Crop, Merge, Snapshot and so on.

Step 4: Start to Convert
When all the necessary settings and editing are OK, just click the "Start" button beginning to rip DVD to H.264

Only four steps, you can take your DVD movies anywhere!

How to Convert DVD to FLV

This step by step guide will show you how to use Aiseesoft DVD to FLV Converter.

Instruction: Install and run Aiseesoft DVD to FLV Converter

Step 1: Import DVD
Place the DVD into your DVD drive and click the “Load DVD” button to load DVD.

Step 2: Video settings
Select the output video format you need from the “Profile” drop-down list. Click “Settings” button to set your video and audio parameters.

Step 3: Start Conversion
Click “Start” button to start your conversion and it will be finished in a short while.

Tips:
1: You can also select Audio Track and Subtitle from their respectively drop-down list.
2: If you like the current image of the video you can use the “Snapshot” opinion. Just click the “Snapshot” button the image will be saved and you can click the “File” next to “Snapshot” button to open your picture. You can select the destination of the picture by clicking the “Preference” button. As default the captured image will be saved at: your \My Documents\Aiseesoft Studio\Snapshot
3: If you want to merge the selected titles of chapters into one output file you can check the “merge into one file” option. As default the merged file is named after the first selected file (either a title or a chapter)

More tips:

1: Trim Movie
If you just want to convert a clip from your DVD movie, you can click the “Trim” button to open the Trim dialog, you can trim a duration of the selected title or chapter by either dragging the Start Time and End Time sliders or setting the time parameters in each corresponding field.

After you set the trimming time, the length of the captured clip will be shown in the Select Length box for your reference.



2. Movie Effect
If you want to change the original video effect, you can click the Effect icon to set the video brightness, contrast, saturation, etc. You can also set the special effect for your movie to cater to your need.



3. Video Crop
With Aiseesoft DVD to FLV Converter you can remove the black edges around your movie video by checking the “Crop” option and customize your movie.



There are three methods available to crop your video:
Method 1: Crop by selecting a crop mode
Select a crop mode in the crop mode drop-down list and click OK to save the crop. There are three pre-set crop modes
for your choice: No Crop, Cut off top and bottom black edges, Cut off top black edge.
Method 2: Crop by adjusting the crop frame
The crop frame is the dashed line around the movie video. There are four adjustment lines on the crop frame. Each line allows you to crop the movie video from a different position.
To crop your movie video, you can just move your mouse cursor to an adjustment box and drag the crop frame.
Method 3: Crop by setting the crop values
There are four crop values on the lower left part of the crop window: Up, Down, Left and right. You can set each value to crop your movie video, and the crop frame will move accordingly.

Before you start to crop your movie video, you can select an output aspect ratio from the Zoom list. There are four choices available: Full screen, Keep original, 16:9 and 4:3. After you select an output aspect ratio and finish the crop, the result can be previewed in the Preview window of the program main interface.

How to convert video to Zune WMV and MP4

This guide is to demonstrate how to trim, crop, combine and convert all popular video formats to Zune WMV and MP4 step by step. If you want to convert DVD and edit DVD movie to Zune, you can refer to the guide here:
http://www.aiseesoft.com/article/dvd-to-zune-converter.html

It includes two parts:
1. How to convert video to Zune?
2. How to trim, crop, join and edit video for Zune?

The video formats Aiseesoft Zune Movie Converter support are as follows:
AVI, XviD, WMV, MPEG, MPG, FLV, RM, RMVB, ASF, MP4, etc.

The audio formats supported by Aiseesoft Zune Movie Converter are:
MP3, M4A, WMA

Part 1: How to convert video to Zune?
Step1. Please download Aiseesoft Zune Movie Converter; you can free download it from here.
http://www.aiseesoft.com/zune-movie-converter.html

Step2. Install and run Aiseesoft Zune Movie Converter, click the “Add File” button to import your video. Aiseesoft Zune Movie Converter support batch conversion, so you can import multiple files at a time. If you experience any problems adding videos by directly clicking the “Add” button, you can click “File -> Add files…” to add the video files you want to convert from your computer



Step3. Then Click the “Format” drop-down list to select the format you prefer for each added file. If you don’t know what formats your device support, you can just select the format according to the device name.



If you want to customize the output quality, click the “Settings” button to open the Settings panel, where you customize resolution, frame rate, video bit rate, audio bit rate, sample, etc.



After all things done, click “Start” to start conversion.

Put video on Zune
After finish conversion, plug in your Zune to computer via USB cable, then zune software will detect your Zune as a device. drag your converted video to Zune software and click 'Start to sync', then your video will be transfered to Zune. You can download the Zune software free from here to put movie on Zune.
http://www.zune.net/en-us/meetzune/software.htm

Next part: How to crop, edit, join and trim movie movie for Zune?

Free Trial: Download Aiseesoft Zune Movie Converter

Maybe Apple Should Pay Attention to Amazon, After All

Some interesting context for federal regulators looking at Apple’s monopoly position in digital music: New data show Amazon making a bit of headway in its attempt to take on iTunes.

Amazon’s MP3 store now has 12 percent of the digital download market in the U.S., according to NPD Group. That’s up from eight percent a year ago. But those sales don’t seem to have come at Apple’s expense: NPD puts the iTunes market share at 70 percent, compared with 69 percent a year ago.

So who’s losing market share? NPD hasn’t explained (yet). But based on previous surveys from the data company, I assume it’s some combination of Rhapsody, Microsoft’s (MSFT) Zune marketplace and Napster. And if I had to guess, I’d point to Napster, which has really struggled since Best Buy (BBY) purchased it in 2008.

UPDATE: I was wrong! Looks like Amazon’s gain stems primarily from Rhapsody’s loss. The music subscription service, which also sells downloads, saw its share drop from four percent to 1.3 percent within the last year (see table below; click to enlarge).

In any case, the new data show Amazon making steady, grinding progress. Which makes reports of Apple strong-arming music labels that gave exclusives to Amazon a little more interesting.

Meanwhile, Apple (AAPL) remains the biggest player in music retail, period. NPD says it now owns 28 percent of the U.S. market, up from 24 percent a year ago. Amazon (AMZN) is also up, from nine percent to 12 percent, which ties Wal-Mart (WMT) for second place.

How to Convert WMV to 3GPFacebook’s ‘Like’ Button Makes Me Lonely

As a researcher, I expect myself to make mistakes all the time. It’s sort of par for the course, and a great way to learn. You build little tests to try out social designs, learn, and move on.

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Why iPhone Hasn’t Sold Well in China

Many have taken guesses about why official sales of the iPhone in China have been lackluster, despite the device’s popularity in other markets, with some suggesting that the long delay of the handset’s official launch in China is to blame, while others say it’s the iPhone’s high price tag or the fact that Chinese iPhones don’t have wireless Internet capabilities.

But a recent survey of 2,000 mobile users in China between the ages of 22 and 32 by China Market Research Group, or CMR, suggests that the cause of the iPhone’s performance in China may stem from the relative unpopularity of Apple’s (AAPL) partner, China Unicom, among its target users, as well as a lack of desire among those users to sign up for two-year contracts and subscribe to 3G services.

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How to Convert MPEG to iPad

After downloading the Aiseesoft iPad Video Converter, double click the installation package to install. Then run the software.

Step 1: Add files before MPEG to iPad conversion

Click "File > Add File(s)" to load the files you want to convert.

Or click the “Add File” button to add the target MPEG file.

Step 2: Choose profile, destination and settings

Select your preferred audio track and subtitle for the output video. Then click the Profile drop-down button to choose the output format. Click “Browse” button to choose the destination file to place the output file.

For further settings, you can click the “Settings” button. And you can adjust the video Encoder, frame rate, audio Channels and more parameters.

In order to get customized output video, this video editor allows you to edit video, such as cropping video. Press the “Crop” button on the main interface.
Click the “Effect” button and you can see this interface.

In this interface of the video editor above, you can set the play region by setting the edge distance or just adjusting borders of the yellow square in the original preview window. With this function, you can cut off the black edge and adjust the aspect ratio to fit your player.

Step 3: Start converting MPEG to iPad

After all these operations, the last work is to click the "Convert" button to start the MOV to iPad conversion. Also during the converting process, you are able to see the whole progress.

Now download the MPEG to iPad Converter and have a try.

How to Convert FLV

Follow the next tip to learn how to convert FLV step by step with Aiseesoft FLV Video Converter.

1. Free download Aiseesoft FLV Video Converter and install it.

2. Add FLV files: Add FLV files you would like to convert by clicking Add File button in the main interface or choose Add File in the "File" menu.

3. Choose output video format from Profile list and click Browse… button to set destination folder.

Tips: You are allowed to edit output video parameters in Settings window. Set video encoding settings by selecting a encoder, a resolution, a frame rate and video bitrate. Set audio encoding settings by selecting a encoder, a sample rate, channels and audio bitrate.

4. Click Start button to start the FLV to video conversion.

Want know more functions about Aiseesoft FLV Video Converter, please visit: Convert FLV Video.

How to Convert MPEG to iPod

Everybody knows that not all video files can be played on iPod, sometimes, so many video files can't be played on your iPod. At this time, you maybe so morose and frustrated. Don’t worry, Aiseesoft iPod Movie Converter can help you to convert almost video formats to iPod video, especially the conversion from MPEG to iPod, once you own the powerful MPEG to iPod Video Converter.

The following tips will guide you how to step by step convert MPEG to iPod with Aiseesoft powerful MPEG to iPod video converter software.

1. Free download the useful and easy-to-operate MPEG to iPod Video Converter, install and launch.

2. Add the MPEG video files from the "File" menu or click “Add File” button.

3. Choose the proper output folder and the profile "iPod" format.

4. Click "Start" button! After a few minutes waiting, you can play the converted MPEG files on iPod.

Accel Keeps Its Wallet Open: Lookout Grabs $11 Million in Funding and Also Adds Execs

Accel Partners has been pretty busy handing over giant wads of dough to start-ups this week–and today, it is focusing its largesse on San Francisco-based Lookout, a smart phone security provider.

The Palo Alto, Calif.-based venture firm will be the lead investor in an $11 million Series B funding for Lookout, which offers solutions to protect the phone from malware and viruses, back up and restore valuable data and help users find their phone in the event it is lost or stolen.

Accel Partner Ping Li will join the start-up’s board.

Lookout currently works only on phones using Google (GOOG) Android, Research in Motion (RIMM) BlackBerry and Microsoft (MSFT) Windows Mobile operating systems.

Previous venture investors, Khosla Ventures and Trilogy Partnership, are also participating. The pair, along with angel investors such as Chris Sacca, had already put $5.5 million into Lookout late last year. It was founded as Flexilis in 2007.

The company said the former CEO of Vontu and executive at Symantec (SYMC), Joseph Ansanelli, would become Chairman of Lookout, and that it had also added some other execs, including a former Yahoo (YHOO) staffer. Ansanelli has been an angel investor in Lookout.

Here’s the official press release:

Lookout Closes $11 Million in Series B Funding Led by Accel Partners

Explosive Growth in Smartphone Market Underscores Need for Mobile Security

SAN FRANCISCO–May 18, 2010–Lookout, the leader in smartphone security, today announced an $11 Million Series B round of funding led by Accel Partners with Khosla Ventures and Trilogy Partnership also participating. The company also announced that it has added several new executives to its leadership team, including former CEO of Vontu and executive at Symantec, Joseph Ansanelli, as Chairman of the Board.

“The smartphone market is exploding, and consumers are downloading third-party apps by the hundreds, making security an increasingly vital component of the mobile market,” said Ping Li, Partner at Accel Partners, who will join the board. “Consumers need to know that their applications, their data, and their phone itself are protected. We are excited to work with Lookout as they continue to extend their lead in this dynamic market.”

The global smartphone market grew more than 50% during the past year and as a result, consumers have been introduced to thousands of third-party applications across leading mobile platforms through app stores and downloaded sites. The Android Marketplace alone gives consumers access to more than 50,000 applications. While they enjoy the benefits of these applications, consumers are often unaware of the risks that accompany their increased data and application usage. Similar to the PC market, as consumers do more with their phones, they need protection from threats such as mobile viruses and malware, data loss and theft of the phone itself.

Lookout has developed cross-platform, cloud-connected applications that immediately identify and block threats before they compromise a consumer’s mobile phone, backup and restore mobile content, find a lost or stolen phone and wipe data from a phone if necessary. Available now on more than 400 mobile networks in 170 countries, Lookout prevents thousands of malicious applications, finds countless lost phones and restores important information for users every month.

“We are thrilled to receive such enthusiastic support from Accel Partners,” said John Hering, CEO and founder of Lookout. “Their backing is recognition of Lookout’s accomplishments to date and a testament to the importance of this market. With this additional financing, we’ll continue to invest in new technology and infrastructure so that we can provide the most comprehensive smartphone protection available to millions of consumers worldwide.”

Lookout Executive Additions

Joseph Ansanelli brings his extensive knowledge of security to Lookout as Chairman of the Board. Prior to Lookout, he served as CEO and co-founder of Vontu, turning the company into the leading provider of data loss prevention solutions before being acquired by Symantec in 2007.

In addition to Ansanelli, Lookout has also added several key members to the company’s executive team including Eric Bothwell as vice president of engineering, who formerly held engineering leadership positions at Vontu and Symantec; Chris Jones as vice president of product management, formerly senior director of portfolio product management at Symantec; and Julie Herendeen as vice president of marketing, formerly vice president of network products and advertising solutions for Yahoo! Inc.

Booyah Moolah: Social Gaming Company Behind MyTown Gets $20 Million in Funding

A mobile social game company called Booyah, best known for its MyTown iPhone app, announced that it has raised $20 million, mostly from Accel Partners.

The giant round is one of many doled out recently for social start-ups, such as Groupon, in which Accel also invested.

Accel’s Jim Breyer will also join Booyah’s board.

The Palo Alto, Calif.-based company has raised $9 million in venture funding until now, mostly from Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers’ $100 million iFund, as well as DAG Ventures.

Both are participating in the new round.

Made up of a team of gaming industry veterans, especially from Blizzard Entertainment, which is now part of Activision Blizzard, Booyah has been on a roll, reaching two million users for MyTown.

MyTown, which is about to come out with a new version, is one of the most popular location-based social games on the Apple (AAPL) mobile devices.

That compares with other social check-in services, such as Foursquare (just over one million) and Gowalla (250,000).

MyTown is slightly different than these services, though, focusing on gaming in its check-ins and virtual goods versus a more discovery element.

Here’s the official press release from Booyah:

ACCEL PARTNERS CHECKS INTO BOOYAH: LEADS $20 MILLION FUNDING ROUND

Popular Location-Based Media Company Adds Industry Luminary Jim Breyer to Board of Directors

Palo Alto, Calif.–May 17, 2010–Booyah, creator of the popular location-based mobile app MyTown, has closed a $20 million round of financing and added renowned investor, Jim Breyer to its Board of Directors. Led by Accel Partners, a premier global venture firm with investments in technology-driven social media, advertising and mobile services, the new financing will be utilized to ignite and accelerate the company’s real and digital world offerings. Existing investors Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and DAG Ventures also participated in the round.

Since launching in December, MyTown rocketed upwards of more than 2 million users growing at over 100,000 new users week over week. MyTown passed 60 million check-ins and 250 million virtual item impressions a month. An immersive and addicting experience, users of MyTown spend an average of 70 minutes per day, establishing Booyah as the leader in real-world interactive entertainment.

“Booyah is at the epicenter of the fastest growing markets today–mobile, social, and interactive gaming,” stated Jim Breyer, Partner, Accel Partners. “Not only are they a next-generation entertainment company, but they are bridging the gap between consumers and businesses. The Booyah management team has both the passion and talent to innovate and create a wholly unique experience.”

Breyer currently is the lead & presiding Director of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc, (WMT), a Director of Dell, Inc (DELL), and a long-time investor & board member of companies such as Brightcove, Facebook, Etsy, and Marvel Entertainment (MVL).

“We are thrilled to work with a world-class partner such as Accel Partners with their experience across social, mobile and entertainment,” said Keith Lee, CEO, Booyah. :The combination of Jim’s expertise in real world retail and cutting edge digital media mirrors our dedication to creating the most compelling real-world experiences. MyTown is a bold step to achieving this goal and we have very exciting plans in the near future to move far beyond the check-in.”

Unique to Booyah is their ability to blur the lines between the real and digital worlds. With extensive experience in the traditional gaming industry and cutting-edge mobile technologies, Booyah is poised to create new forms of entertainment for the masses and revolutionize the consumer experience. In the massively popular app MyTown users can check in at real-world locations using GPS features to unlock rewards. Players can purchase, upgrade and collect rent on their properties, enjoying MyTown ownership of their favorite real-life places.

The Long, Weird Cops and Robbers Tale of Gizmodo, Apple and the 4G iPhone

Here’s the definitive tale, so far, of iPhonegate. It comes via the search warrant affidavit filed by the San Mateo cops, who were investigating Gizmodo’s purchase of a 4G iPhone prototype as a felony.

A lot of this stuff has been out in one form or another, but the narrative is pretty fascinating. If you plow through the document embedded at the bottom of the post, bear in mind that it’s a tale told by Matthew Broad, a detective in San Mateo County Sheriff’s office. So it’s possible that other parts of the story, and/or different versions of the same story, may still end up coming to light.

Among the highlights:

• Apple knew that Brian Hogan, the 21-year-old who found the iPhone, had the thing because his roommate, Katherine Martinson, called and told the company he had it. Her reasoning, according to Apple (AAPL) security chief Rick Orloff: “Suspect Hogan connected the stolen iPhone to her computer and she believed that Apple would eventually trace the iPhone back to her via IP addresses. Therefore she contacted Apple in order to absolve herself of criminal responsibility.”
• Martinson told police that Hogan had offered the phone to Gizmodo, AOL’s (AOL) Engadget.com and PC World. While Gizmodo owner Gawker Media had previously said it paid $5,000 for access to the phone, the affidavit is a bit fuzzier. Martinson says Hogan told her Gizmodo offered $10,000 for the gadget and later said he’d received $5,000 from Gizmodo and a total of $8,500. But she wasn’t clear where the other $3,500 came from. “Martinson said Hogan also told her that he will receive a cash bonus from Gizmodo.com in July if and when Apple makes an official product announcement regarding the new iPhone.”
• There’s a long cops-and-robbers interlude where police show up at Hogan’s house, but he takes off and is eventually tracked down at his father’s place. In the end, Hogan and Thomas Warner, another roommate, help the cops retrieve a computer, a flash drive and other equipment they’d removed from their place “in order to ‘protect’” Hogan.
• Apple CEO Steve Jobs did indeed reach out to Gizmodo to ask for the phone back. Here’s editor Brian Lam’s response to Jobs, via email (click to enlarge):

And here’s the entire affidavit, which we’re able to see because a group of media companies, including CNET, Bloomberg, Wired and the Los Angeles Times, petitioned a California judge to unseal it. Gawker Media, via COO Gaby Darbyshire, declined to comment on the affidavit and its contents.

How to Create Free iPhone Ringtone

Step-by-Step guide to create free iPhone ringtone for Mac

1. Download Aiseesoft iPhone Ringtone Maker for Mac Intel Version or Power PC Version, install and run the software. If you are a Windows user, please use Aiseesoft iPhone Ringtone Maker.

Click Browse… on the right side of "Input File" to import the file that you want to make ringtone from it.

2. Click to listen the music to find the segment that you want to use it as ringtone. Then drag and click the start & end slider to set your wanted segment, or type the start & end time in the corresponding text box directly to get the exact segment. Click to pre-listen the converted audio before generating M4R file.

3. Click Browse… on the right side of "Local Output Folder" to choose the output destination.

4. Check Export to iPhone option, the converted ringtone will be load to your iPhone directly

5. After all the settings are finished, click Generate to begin making your own iPhone M4R ringtone.

Several minutes later, the whole creating process can be finished. Then you can enjoy your own M4R ringtone on your iPhone. More information at: Create free iPhone ringtone.

How to Transfer iPhone Video

Sometimes we really need the iPhone to iPhone, computer to iPhone and iPhone to computer Transfer software to help us transfer iPhone video file. Perfect Aiseesoft iPhone Transfer is really a wonderful software to accomplish these operations. Then, I will give you the description on how to transfer iPhone video.

Firstly, download and install iPhone Transfer.

Take iPhone to Computer Transfer for example:

1 Connect your iPhone to your computer.

2 Open the library/playlist and check the file(s) you want to export in the file list.

3 Click to select the destination and start exporting iPhone files to computer.

You could also choose the Export to local option from the Actions menu, and then export the files from iPhone to actual device.

Tip: Click to use "Track Filter" function to help you quickly browse your library by genre, artist and album.

For iPhone to iPhone, computer to iPhone transfer or more, explore: iPhone Video File Transferring

How to Put Video on a Zune

Instruction: Install and run Aiseesoft Zune Movie Converter

Step 1: Add File
Click the “Add File” button to import video or audio files, you can also click the "File" menu to open the following drop-down menu, then select "Add File" to import files.

Step 2: Output video settings
Select the output video format you need from the “Profile” drop-down list. Click “Settings” button to set your video and audio parameters.

Step 3: Start Conversion
Click “Start” button to start your conversion and it will be finished in a short while.

Tips:

1. Trim Movie
If you just want to convert a clip from your movie, you can click the “Trim” button to open the Trim dialog, you can trim a duration of the video by either dragging the Start Time and End Time sliders or setting the time parameters in each corresponding field.

After you set the trimming time, the length of the captured clip will be shown in the Select Length box for your reference.



2. Video Crop
With Aiseesoft Zune Movie Converter you can remove the black edges around your movie video by checking the “Crop” option and customize your movie.



There are three methods available to crop your video:
Method 1: Crop by selecting a crop mode
Select a crop mode in the crop mode drop-down list and click OK to save the crop. There are three pre-set crop modes
for your choice: No Crop, Cut off top and bottom black edges, Cut off top black edge.
Method 2: Crop by adjusting the crop frame
The crop frame is the dashed line around the movie video. There are four adjustment lines on the crop frame. Each line allows you to crop the movie video from a different position.
To crop your movie video, you can just move your mouse cursor to an adjustment box and drag the crop frame.
Method 3: Crop by setting the crop values
There are four crop values on the lower left part of the crop window: Up, Down, Left and right. You can set each value to crop your movie video, and the crop frame will move accordingly.

Before you start to crop your movie video, you can select an output aspect ratio from the Zoom list. There are four choices available: Full screen, Keep original, 16:9 and 4:3. After you select an output aspect ratio and finish the crop, the result can be previewed in the Preview window of the program main interface.

3. Capture your favorite image and merge several videos into one file
If you like the current image of the video you can use the “Snapshot” opinion. Just click the “Snapshot” button the image will be saved and you can click the “File” next to “Snapshot” button to open your picture. You can select the destination of the picture by clicking the “Preference” button. As default the captured image will be saved at: your \My Documents\Aiseesoft Studio\Snapshot

If you want to merge the selected video files into one output file you can check the “merge into one file” option. As default the merged file is named after the first selected file (either a title or a chapter)

Chill Out! Obama Doesn’t Hate Your iPad

First things first: We already knew that Barack Obama was Blackberry/PC guy, right? Perhaps even a Zune guy? So his “admission” that he doesn’t know how to work an iPod shouldn’t be a total shock.

More interesting: Wouldn’t it be weird if the President of the United States gave a speech about the education gap, made a passing reference to technology’s ability to distract us — and then the short attention span media made it look like he was coming for your Twitter account?

Not weird, you say? Just kind of predictable?

OK. So here, for the record, are Obama’s prepared remarks for his commencement address at Hampton University yesterday. It clocks in at more than 2,000 words (the speech he actually delivered was a tiny bit longer), but if you slug your way through it, you’ll find that your iPad is probably safe.

Don’t like to read? No problem — you can also watch the 22-minute speech. The White House posted it on its Web site last night.

Calling All Yahoos–Or Are They Calling Demand Media?

The temperature is rising between Yahoo and Demand Media as several execs have or are expected to move from the Internet giant to the social media start-up.

In March, Demand pulled off a major coup by hiring Yahoo’s head of U.S. advertising sales, Joanne Bradford.

Today, Bradford’s program manager, Sarah Northern, resigned from the Silicon Valley company and said she is heading to the Santa Monica, Calif.-based Demand.

More significantly and also today, Erika Nardini (pictured here), VP of brand packaging at Yahoo (YHOO), announced to her staff that she is leaving the company, and she is widely expected to go to Demand too.

When called by BoomTown, a Yahoo spokesman confirmed Nardini’s departure.

In a statement Yahoo said:

“Erika Nardini, VP of Yahoo! packaging group, has resigned from Yahoo!. On an interim basis, Mollie Spilman, Yahoo!’s senior vice president of B2B marketing, will assume Erika’s responsibilities and continue to run B2B marketing. Mollie will continue to drive the strong momentum we have in packaging, and how we service and deliver innovation to our customers and partners. We thank Erika for her contributions to Yahoo! and wish her success in the future.”

Nardini, who is well-liked by the sales force, was hired at Yahoo by Bradford; both are former ad execs at Microsoft (MSFT).

Sources at Yahoo said top execs are furious at what they consider a raid on talent by Demand.

But Bradford is legally disallowed to poach execs, and sources within the ranks said many were seeking the jobs without prompting.

Actually, such movement is quite typical at Internet companies, especially if a top exec like Bradford leaves. Often, many move after the initial departure and usually to the same company.

Yahoo is currently on the hunt for a replacement for Bradford, a search being led by Spencer Stuart’s Jim Citrin.

Aiee! Internet Explorer’s Market Share Melting.

The slow, steady decline of Microsoft Internet Explorer continues apace with the ubiquitous browser charting another market share low in April. According to new data from Net Applications, IE ended the month with 59.95 percent of the browser market–down from 60.65 percent in March and 67.77 percent from the same time last year.

This is the first time IE’s share has ever fallen below 60 percent.

Meanwhile, Mozilla’s Firefox, Apple’s (AAPL) Safari and Google’s (GOOG) Chrome all made small gains, apparently at IE’s expense. Chrome posted the largest of the bunch, rising 0.6 points to 6.73 percent. Firefox’s market share rose 0.07 points to 24.59 percent. And Safari’s increased just 0.06 points to 4.7 percent, a surprisingly underwhelming gain for a browser that ships not just on the Mac, but on the iPhone, iPod touch and now the iPad as well. (Click chart below to enlarge.)

Yes, IE’s month-over-month drop is piddling. But the year-over-year decrease is worth noting because the rate of decline in IE’s market share is clearly accelerating. The browser has lost nearly eight percent market share since April 2009. And it has lost nearly 20 percent since April 2008, when its market share was over 77 percent. Clearly, IE 8, while largely well-received, hasn’t done much to reverse the overall decline of Microsoft’s (MSFT) browser.

Hard to believe that IE held an estimated 95 percent of the browser market in 2003.

How to Convert 3GP to iPhone on Mac

The following tips teaches you how to convert 3GP to iPhone on Mac with this 3GP to iPhone Mac software.

1. Free download this professional Mac 3GP to iPhone Video Converter Intel Version or Power PC Version, install and launch.

2. Add the 3GP video files from the Add File menu.

3. Choose the proper output format and destination folder.

4. Click Start button. After a few minutes’ waiting, you can play the converted MPEG-4 files on iPhone.

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Tips 1: Aiseesoft iPhone Video Converter for Mac offers merge function to convert several files into a successive one to bring you convenience.

Tips 2: Aiseesoft iPhone Video Converter for Mac provides various video and audio parameters for you to edit, like video encoder, resolution, frame rate, video bitrate, audio encoder, sample rate, channels and audio bitrate.

Tips 3: As powerful 3GP to iPhone converter for Mac software, it can convert various video files to iPhone MP3, M4A audio and convert other audio formats to iPhone MP3, M4A file.

Choose Aiseesoft iPhone Video Converter for Mac to fast convert 3GP to iPhone on Mac. More information at: Convert 3GP to iPhone on Mac.

How to Convert MKV to iPad

Run the downloaded installation package. Then run the MKV to iPad Converter and the operator interface like this will show up.

Step 1: Add files

Click the “Add File” button on the toolbar. And choose the MKV file to input in the dialogue box.

Step 2: Choose output format, folder and adjust settings

Choose the preferred audio track and subtitle. Click the Profile drop-down button and select the output format. Choose a destination file in the dialogue box showed up after clicking the “Browse” button.

Aiseesoft MKV to iPad Converter also allowed you to adjust some further settings, such as Video Encoder, Resolution, Audio Sample Rate, etc. And these operations can be done in the settings interface. It can show up by clicking the “Settings” button.

Take the Video Encoder for example, you can open Encoder drop-down listand you can choose the Video Encoder as you need. After adjust all these settings, click the “OK” button.

Step 3: Start converting MPEG to iPad

Click the button to convert MKV to iPad.

Furthermore, Aiseesoft MKV to iPad Converter provides you with powerful editing functions, such as cropping, trimming, merging and watermarking. With these functions, you can make a personalized output video.
Now download the MKV to iPad Converter and have a try.

How to Convert Videos to iPod on Mac

Aiseesoft iPod Video Converter for Mac is an easy-to-use iPod video converter on Mac that can easily convert video files to iPod formats.

This guide instructs you convert any Video to iPod format on Mac,and convet video files for ipod on Mac. Additionally, it provides detailed conversion video to ipod for Mac. Many iPod users want to know how to convert video to ipod formats on Mac, and which is the apple iPod nano video formats on Mac? This article will help them.

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Before you convert video for iPod on Mac, please know the general limits which the iPod carry.

H.264 video, up to 1.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per sec., Low-Complexity version of the H.264 Baseline Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48 kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats;
H.264 video, up to 768 Kbps, 320 by 240 pixels, 30 frames per sec., Baseline Profile up to Level 1.3 with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48 kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats;
MPEG-4 video, up to 2.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per sec., Simple Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48 kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats;

Follow the steps to convert Video to iPod on Mac quickly.
Free Download Aiseesoft iPod Video Converter for Mac then install and run it.

Step 1: Import Video Files
You can click the “Add Files” icon to add files you want to convert, this software supports convert several files into one file; you can add multi files for your ipod video at one time. Or you can right click the main interface to load files.
You may need to change the video title. To do this, double click “output name” and put your desired name into the edit box. This will be the file name in your iPod.

Step 2: Convert video to ipod formats Option Setting
After adding the files, Click Browse button to select an output path, you can select output format. iPod accept MP4,H.264, MPEG4 format, so you can select one of iPod format. Such as MP4 format.
This software provides default setting in advanced, if you don't want to change, you can go to Step 3 directly.

Step 3: Start to convert video for iPod MP4 file: now, all things are ready, just click the "Start" button to start converting.

Note: All item(s) checked will be converted. If you only want to convert certain item(s), check it/them, click Start button, and then Aiseesoft iPod Video Converter for Mac will convert them one by one.
For a moment, you will successfully convert video movie to iPod MP4 file on Mac easily and quickly.

Notes for veterans: We offer a wide range of advanced options for veterans. E.g. you may choose to convert any segment of a video file; you may adjust video and audio properties. Just click "Settings" button for more choice