After repeated tries, I now have my Webcam working with Serious Magic’s Visual Communicator. I went into the XP settings and attempted to change the drivers so that the PC read the Webcam video drivers instead of the TV tuner card. No luck.

Then, I figured that perhaps the issue was with my Logitech software. Maybe, just maybe, it was not the latest version or the version not suited for Windows XP.

Bingo!

Now, I am up and running and won’t have to use funky trial software to create Video Rants.

This is way cool. It also looks to be the making of a global trend. Even if it becomes part of a paid subscription service, it will be extraordinarily valuable. Broadband service for commuters turns the PC and other devices into a platform for communications (Skype while on the bus or train); productivity device; radio, TV, and movie studio. The impact on cellphones will be powerful, hence T-Mobile’s involvement. It’s also why I am skeptical about non-Internet delivered services such as satellite radio.

100 mph WiMax hits the rails to Brighton

Service uses WiMax uplinks for Wi-Fi on the train

By Peter Judge, Techworld

Commuters from Brighton to London's Victoria station can use free broadband on the train, thanks to a Wi-Fi-and-WiMax service. The Brighton Express is an apt place for a pioneering Wi-Fi service, given Brighton's role as a high-tech media-savvy remote suburb of London (and home of more than one Techworld stalwart), but T-Mobile hopes to make this the standard way to deliver Internet connectivity on the move.

Users get an 802.11b Wi-Fi service in the carriages. A pre-WiMax system from Redline connects from antennas on the carriage roofs to base stations by the side of the track (very much like the non-mobile system at the Science Museum). The service was integrated by Nomad Digital, a WiMax specialist, and will be offered free by T-Mobile for a trial period.

Once again, the BBC gets it. Despite some of the business turmoil in and around the BBC (selling off divisions, etc..) they have a vision that’s not shared by the U.S. counterparts. Well, at least not for the mainstream ones likely to face major digital competition.

BBC to extend podcast trial with 20 extra programmes April 14, 2005 by Staff LONDON – The BBC will 'podcast' up to 20 more radio shows including excerpts of Radio 4's 'Today' programme and Radio Five Live sports debate show 'Fighting Talk', following on from the success of its initial downloading trial.

Speaking at Music Radio 2005, BBC radio and music interactive controller Simon Nelson revealed that the podcasting trial, where listeners have news programmes delivered to their computer or MP3 player, will be extended until the end of the year due to the success of last year's effort. He added that the BBC will explore the technology and distribution of the medium further.