The April IANA port-numbers list now show that UDP and TCP port 4166 belong to Joost.
As of beta 0.9.2 those ports are not currently used by Joost. It is highly likely that Joost will stop using “unregistered” TCP port 5223 and UDP port 33333 in favor of the IANA ones to transport it’s traffic.
Port mapping [...]
Rutget Desmet:
As described earlier by Dirk-Willem, we shipped a batch of machines to Los Angeles to setup a long tail storage cluster and a version of our website. After having the servers had spend a good week of quality time with the U.S. Customs, we managed to get them delivered to our data center and proceeded [...]
So far Joost content could only be searched and selected using the client UI. Joost is about to release a client update that will support content access via URL links tied to a Web search feature hosted by Joost.
For example, to get a list of available Joost channels one could access:
http://www.joost.com/search?q=+type%3Achannel
Producing:
Simply select one [...]
hyperdistribution has pointed me to an audio interview of Mark Pesce given to ABC Radio Australia about Joost.
In the interview Mark spoke of things he eard from inside Joost regarding hard work being done on a future Joost set-top box. It would be the kind of box you connect to your TV and to the [...]
“Comcast is not blocking access to Joost in any way, and our customers should have no problem accessing the beta application on its site,” said Jennifer Khoury, a Comcast spokeswoman.
Users who experienced a service interruption were likely operating with a previous version of Joost, according to Joost chief technology officer Dirk-Willem van Gulik.
“Comcast is not blocking [...]
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High-flying startup StumbleUpon has been rumored to be in acquisition discussions since at least last November. A source with knowledge of the deal now says the company has signed a term sheet with eBay to be acquired. StumbleUpon lets users rate websites via a browser toolbar. The company expanded into video referrals in late 2006.
The StumbleUpon [...]
It appear that Fueled by Ramen will have it’s own channel on Joost. The channel will offer the latest and greatest videos from FBR bands like:
Gym Class Heroes
Paramore
The hush sound
The Kinison
Panic! At The Disco
etc
About Fueled by Ramen:
Fueled By Ramen began the same way most independent record labels do. Two people with a passion for music [...]
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Microsoft, a veteran defendant of epic antitrust battles in the United States and Europe, is urging regulators to consider scuttling Google’s plan to buy DoubleClick, an online advertising company.
Bradford L. Smith, Microsoft’s general counsel, said in an interview yesterday that Google’s purchase of DoubleClick would combine the two largest online advertising distributors and thus “substantially reduce [...]
Update:
Now that this story has hit the front page of Digg (and since taken down as inaccurate) it becomes apparent that it is a false alarm. Many Comcast users are reporting success in using Joost. Keep reading if you are interested in the original post.
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Apparently Comcast subscribers have major issues running Joost. Users of [...]
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When talking about Joost, people tend to focus on its P2P infrastructure, its media center-like interface and its content deals. Now those are all valid points, but the real key to Joost’s success may be something else: A metadata framework that might just revolutionize the way we watch television.
…The company doesn’t schedule any interviews for [...]