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<title><![CDATA[Chrysalis brings content distribution to BitTorrent]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 12 May 2011 07:10:02 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Preegiora</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[BitTorrent launched its next-generation torrent client in a public beta today, offering people a unique system for not just sharing content via torrents but also for socializing the experience and turning the tool into one with deep content discovery hooks. BitTorrent 8 beta (download) contains one enormous change from the alpha that launched in March: personal content channels, which streamline the torrent creation and sharing process to allow you to share high-quality versions of your homemade videos, audio, and photos with friends.BitTorrent 8 beta provides new ways to discover legally shared files, including from popular sources like the TED lectures.(Credit:BitTorrent)As announced at CES 2011, the implementation is unique to BitTorrent, and an integral part of its push to emphasize the use of the torrent protocol for legally shared files. BitTorrent currently has more than 100 million active users spread across BitTorrent, uTorrent, and uTorrent forMac, BitTorrent Chief Strategist Shahi Ghanem said during an interview at BitTorrent's San Francisco office. He also said the company holds 80 percent of the torrenting market.The new channels feature benefits from leveraging current file-sharing link-distribution techniques as used in YouSendIt to share both the torrent program and the torrent itself. It also removes the requirement that videos be compressed before being posted to public Web sites, while providing a more controlled environment to share personal files privately. &quot;We're doing the inverse of cloud storage. It's cloud storage, but it's distributed cloud storage,&quot; Ghanem said when explaining how BitTorrent channel users will share files in the channels they subscribe to.To ensure that a channel retains its health, which is a way of saying that it always has a minimum number of people seeding the files, Ghanem said BitTorrent will guarantee the minimum number of active seeds. Said BitTorrent lead engineer Thomas Ramplelberg, &quot;We expect the content to be fast-distributed and short-lived on our servers.&quot; He also said that while the company had yet to figure out how many seeds would equal the minimum number, the current number was around seven.How it worksClick the arrow link in the upper-right corner, just below the Options menu, to create a channel. You then customize the channel, including choosing a channel avatar that will appear in the channel bar above the main interface' add files to upload' invite others via e-mail, Facebook, or Twitter to the channel' and publicly leave messages for and respond to channel subscribers.BitTorrent 8 beta also includes a new personal channel feature for sharing personal files among a small network of friends or a large network of colleagues.(Credit:BitTorrent)When you first invite somebody to the channel, the link that gets sent out detects if they have BitTorrent 8. If they don't, the link downloads the beta and automatically subscribes them to the channel. If they do, it simply adds the channel. The channel acts as a grouping mechanism for the torrents contained within. Each file added gets its own torrent, so that subscribers don't have to fiddle with choosing files within a torrent.Files can be added to a channel over time, allowing channel owners to create content themes. The parent of a child on a baseball team, for example, can add new videos throughout the season, and the parents of other children on the team can be invited to download them at their convenience.Artist-endorsed content There are also public, legal channels for file distribution under the &quot;Discover Content&quot; button on the left of the interface. BitTorrent divides these two types of files into the aforementioned personal content channels, and artist-endorsed content. The artist endorsed content so far includes the TED conference videos, the Bill Gates-endorsed Khan Academy free education series, Make Magazine, ClearBits-featured media, and the music discovery tool Musicshake.The punk-pop band Sick of Sarah also has a channel of its own, illustrating that musicians can share high-quality versions of their videos and music. The band's latest album recently passed the 1 million torrent downloads mark, while recent legal access to the 2008 movie &quot;The Yes Men&quot; got it more torrent downloads on BitTorrent than it had HBO viewers.Personal channels in BitTorrent 8 beta include commenting and social networking features.(Credit:BitTorrent, Inc.)Ghanem also noted that the beta has basic monetization features built-in via a PayPal link.Video playback is a major concern not just for browsers, which are a more generalized content delivery tool, but for BitTorrent as well. The cost of licensing codecs for streaming and playback can be steep financially and cause otherwise unnecessary bloat to a program. Ghanem said that BitTorrent has plans for a &quot;global transcoding strategy,&quot; and currently employs both H.264 wrapped in MKV, and MPEG4 ASP wrapped in AVI. However, he noted, &quot;we'll probably use our own propriety 4CC code,&quot; eventually.BitTorrent intends the channels to be shared among both private and public social groups, but if the channel link was accidentally posted in public the channel creator could delete the channel without affecting the locally stored files or the files already downloaded by channel subscribers.The beta is available only in English and only for Windows computers. Also, at least during the beta phase of development, the channels feature in BitTorrent 8 will not impose file size restrictions and is free to use. Ghanem said he was unable to comment on whether the services would continue to be free of restrictions after BitTorrent 8 final was released.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Amprius raises $25M for breakthrough batteries from Kleiner, Google CEO]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Preegiora</dc:creator>
<category>Latest News</category>
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<description><![CDATA[Battery startup Amprius has raised $25 million to commercialize what it says will be the next generation of lithium-ion batteries, signing on major new investors likeGoogle CEO Eric Schmidt and venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caulfield &amp;amp' Byers.Amprius is looking to commercialize high energy, silicon-based materials to turbo-charge the next generation of lithium-ion batteries, which are used in everything from laptops to electric cars. The company says battery cells with Amprius technology will offer a &amp;''dramatic increase&amp;'' in energy, range and runtime for consumer electronics and electric vehicles.a4AOur recent fundraising will enable us to deploy our first commercial product, validate our manufacturing processes, and launch a global presence,a4 said Dr.KangSun, CEO ofAmprius, in a statement.Battery technology has been winning investment lately from both private and public sectors. Advancements in battery technology are key to electric car adoption &amp;8212' they make up around 50 percent of the cost of an electric car, and their lifespan and performance is an ongoing concern for potential electric car buyers.However, some are skeptical that major advancements in batteries can be made. One scientist said the battery advancements won&amp;'t mimic the rapid leaps and bounds made over the past few years in the computer industry, and venture capitalist Vinod Khosla is also sour on electric cars. He&amp;'s chosento invest instead in a company that makes more efficient internal combustion engines. Google Ventures recently invested in Transphorm, a startup that reduces power conversion losses. Its technology could eventually yield more efficient electric cars, and doesn&amp;'t require battery advancements since the secret sauce is in reducing power naturally lost when it&amp;'s converted from alternating current to direct current.Battery startups that have recently won funding include ActaCell, which is looking to use a nano material to create a high-energy battery cell for use in hybrid trucks. GM&amp;'s venture capital arm has also invested in battery startups Envia Systems and Sakti3.The company declined to comment on what markets it would be tackling first, but in its press release, says its product has &amp;''recently achieved key validation milestones for consumer electronics applications such as smartphones and continues to advance toward requirements necessary for electric drive vehicle applications.&amp;''Other investors in this round of fundraising include VantagePoint Venture Partners, Stanford University, Trident Capital and Chinese funds IPV Capital and Qian Neng Fund. The company was founded in 2008 by Stanford professor Yi Cui.Next Story: Disney looks beyond apps with HTML5 game maker Rocket Pack Previous Story: Thrutu lets you do more than just talk during phone callsPrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: batteries, electric cars, electric vehicles, lithium-ion batteriesCompanies: Actacell, Amprius, Envia Systems, GM, Google, Google Ventures, IPV Capital, Kleiner Perkins, Kleiner Perkins Caulfield &amp;amp' Byers, Qian Neng Fund, Sakti3, Stanford University, Trident Capital, VantagePoint Venture PartnersPeople: Eric Schmidt, Kang Sun          Tags: batteries, electric cars, electric vehicles, lithium-ion batteriesCompanies: Actacell, Amprius, Envia Systems, GM, Google, Google Ventures, IPV Capital, Kleiner Perkins, Kleiner Perkins Caulfield &amp;amp' Byers, Qian Neng Fund, Sakti3, Stanford University, Trident Capital, VantagePoint Venture PartnersPeople: Eric Schmidt, Kang SunIris Kuo is the VentureBeat's lead GreenBeat writer. She has reported for The Wall Street Journal in Hong Kong, Houston Chronicle, the McClatchy Washington Bureau and Dallas public radio. Iris attended the University of Texas at Dallas and lives in Houston. Follow Iris on Twitter @thestatuskuo (and yes, that's how you  pronounce her last name). Have news to share Launching a startup Email: tips@venturebeat.comVentureBeat has new weekly email newsletters.  Stay on top of the news, and don't miss a beat.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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