Logitech today introduced the QuickCam Vision Pro webcam for Mac, an HD webcam which combines Logitech’s autofocus technology with Carl Zeiss optics.
Features:

Logitech’s autofocus system compensates for in image-edge sharpness and refocuses images in less than three seconds.
A 2-megapixel sensor captures video images in high resolution,  720p high-definition (HD) video format (960-by-720 pixels).
With iChat or Skype, you can capture [...]

Sony has introduced the HDR-TG1 Handycam, a midget-sized (dwarf, if you’ve seen In Bruges) high-definition video camera, weighing in at just ten ounces
Despite its tiny size, it is a full-featured camcorder that can record 1920 x 1080 HD video and 4-megapixel digital photos directly to Sony Memory Stick PRO Duo or PRO Duo Mark2 media [...]

French video site DailyMotion announced today that HD video uploaded by “MotionMaker” contributors will be now automatically be re-encoded in 720p High Definition for playback on the site. Dailymotion has also launched their new HD video player, recently in beta, throughout the site.
The move supports the trend towards HD Internet television that we’ve highlighted previously. [...]

The outline of Steve Job’s 2008 MacWorld Keynote, one of the most hotly anticipated speeches of the year, has reportedly been leaked to the Internet via Wikipedia.
We can’t vouch for the accuracy of this, and it’s most likely completely bogus - but it’s fun to speculate.
If the leak proves to be real, it looks like [...]

Adobe Systems today announced the immediate availability of Adobe Flash Player 9, which adds H.264 standard video support, the same standard deployed in Blu-Ray and HD-DVD high definition video players, and High Efficiency AAC (HE-AAC) audio capabilities.
The update also features hardware accelerated, multi-core enhanced, full-screen video playback for high-resolution viewing across major operating systems and [...]

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Apple today released Final Cut Express 4, a update to its popular video editing software, with a new price of $199. With the reduced price, this looks to be the option for video podcasters and vloggers that found iMovie 8 to be incomplete and dumbed down.
Final Cut Express 4 adds:

support for the latest [...]

Akamai Technologies, a leading provider of Internet content delivery services, has announced that it is offering services to help customers deliver the HD Web.
Akamai’s content delivery network works by distributing requests for files over a worldwide network of servers. That way, when you click on a link to play an Akamai-hosted video, you get the [...]

We’ve been testing out Apple TV’s new YouTube support, and, overall, it’s an exciting improvement to the Apple TV platform.
YouTube videos load impressively quickly, even on a relatively slow network, and there’s a lot to be said for watching videos on a big screen from a comfy chair.
Applying the update is quick and simple. After [...]

 

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Sony has introduced three new high-definition camcorders that are making shooting 1080 HD video more affordable than ever.
The Handycam HDR-CX7 model is the world’s smallest and lightest AVCHD high-definition camcorder. It can record nearly three hours of full HD 1080 video on an 8-GB Memory Stick PRO Duo media card (LP mode).
The HDR-SR7 AVCHD high-definition [...]