Word: glasers
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Perhaps the most immediately useful application of this way-new medium was the one announced two weeks ago by Progressive Networks, a company based in Seattle and founded by Rob Glaser, former vice president for multimedia at Microsoft. Until Glaser came along, using the Internet to carry audio programming was painful for home-computer users. For instance, Internet Talk Radio, based in Washington, has broadcast an interview show called Geek of the Week for two years, but home listeners have had to be patient: even using a high-speed, 14,400-bit-per-second modem, it took an average...
...Glaser's new system, called RealAudio, solves that problem. Taking advantage of the latest advances in digital compression, it delivers AM radio-quality sound in so-called real time. Click on an icon representing the show you want to hear, and you will hear it immediately, broadcast through your computer's speaker system. Or you can select a sound segment or a series of segments and listen to them in the order you choose. Onscreen buttons let you pause, rewind and fast-forward through a program...
...Glaser's system is not just for geeks; some big-name radio broadcasters have licensed RealAudio technology. National Public Radio, for instance, is using RealAudio to distribute the newsmagazines All Things Considered and Morning Edition on the Internet. Similarly, abc Radio has put its hourly news broadcasts online so a listener can hear, say, the 11 a.m. daily broadcast at any time. HotWired, the online edition of Wired magazine, plans to use the technology to broadcast a quiz show and is also developing an online talk show with comedian-magician-computerphile Penn Jillette...
...Internet radio shows, the company announced last week that it would also give away the "encoder." This is the software that enables programmers to create computer-readable audio files. Making the encoder widely available will allow anyone with an Internet connection to begin broadcasting to an international audience. Says Glaser: "We want to jump start a self-publishing movement...
Smith's artistic talents were evident when he was a youngster in Aberdeen, South Dakota, where he liked to draw when he wasn't playing basketball. After graduating from the University of Minnesota, he set out for New York City. Studies with graphic-art doyen Milton Glaser at the School of Visual Arts culminated in a "dream job" in TIME's art department. His four-day work schedule gives him time for his own painting-mixed media on panels-which has resulted in several one-man shows...