Google open sourced its WebM video format in May, and more and more applications as well as video vendors are starting to support the new format. However, how do you actually play back WebM videos? This handy little guide tells you all you need to know. 
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Consumers can now rent Blu-ray discs at more than 13,000 Redbox kiosks around the country. They'll have to pay a premium to watch their rentals in high-def, however; Blu-ray discs cost $1.50 a pop, as opposed to the $1 per night that Redbox is famous for. 
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Logitech CEO Jerry Quindlen thinks that Google TV will be hugely profitable for his company - he just doesn't expect much of that money to come from Logitech's Revue set-top box. In fact, Logitech plans to invest all its initial Google TV profits back into marketing. 
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Today on the Net: Akamai has a new president, Swisscom uses your Facebook friends in a personalized movie trailer, local libraries loan more DVDs each day than Netflix, YouTube is playing with a new playlist bar, and more.
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This week's GUADEC conference in The Hague is the first event ever to be live streamed in the new open source WebM video codec. The livestream is hosted by Flumotion, and the company's CTO Thomas Vander Stichele believes that WebM could become mainstream soon.
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There have been rumors this week that Apple is working with TiVo to bring DVR functionality to the next generation of its Apple TV. A cooperation like this seems highly unlikely, but Apple's app strategy could open the door for a TiVo presence on the device.
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Netflix users that access the company's Watch Instantly service through their Playstation can now search its entire catalog without any laptop on their knees. Search is an important update, but it's unclear yet when PS3 owners will finally be able to ditch their Netflix disks.
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Still don't have a 3-D TV? Don't feel bad: 3-D TV sets aren't actually the big consumer electronics trend of the year, according to a new report from iSuppli. That title goes to Internet-enabled TV sets, with worldwide shipments reaching 27.7 million units this year. 
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It's only been four days since the Yes Men released their latest feature film The Yes Men Change The World on file sharing networks, but viewers have already donated over $11,000 and counting. This early success is making the duo rethink TV and theater distribution models. 
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Documentary filmmakers and producers of non-commercial videos can now legally rip DVDs to their hard drives to use movies as source for their own works. The new rules come only days after a court found that copyright laws shouldn't use DRM restrictions to prevent legal use.
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