Watch Online the Beijing Olympic 2008 Opening Ceremony for Free

August 3, 2008 · Filed Under Sports · 18 Comments 

Watch Beijing Olympic 2008 Opening Ceremony Online Free

Is it possible to watch the Beijing Olympic 2008 online? The answer is Yes and No, depending on the location you are streaming from. TVTonic is partnering with NBC Olympics to bring the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games to Windows Media Center. Yes, it is possible to watch online (am not too sure if it is stream live from Beijing) and the only catch is it’s only available for US user only.

  • Download & watch full length Olympic events
  • watch while “on the go” and off-line
  • hours of video covering over 20 Olympic sports
  • subscribe to your favorite events for automatic delivery to your PC

NBC is further expanding its coverage of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games with an Internet-delivered catch-up TV service powered by TVTonic on Windows Media Center on PCs running Windows Vista Home Premium or Windows Vista Ultimate! With NBC Olympics On The Go and Windows Media Center, you will be able to create a customized channel lineup of your favorite events for automatic download to your PC. Download NBC coverage of the Games overnight, and take them with you to watch online or offline in up to HD quality.

My only concern is, why only stream it to US citizens? and to limit the streaming to Vista users is a no brainer, and why YouTube did not take any concrete steps to stream the games from Beijing?

My advise is, try other alternative websites such as Ustream.tv or MLB.tv, fear not, P2P technology will prevails. Read more about the Proposal for Beijing Olympic 2008 Stadium by various architects and the technical difficulties faced with the construction of the Beijing Olympic 2008 Stadium also known as the ‘Bird Nest’.

Update
YouTube has just announce the availability of video from the olympic games this summer, the only catch is it is only made available for certain countries, do check it out - YouTube Beijing Olympic 2008.

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How to piss me off with online video sharing websites

May 15, 2008 · Filed Under Life Log · Comment 

azureus online video streaming

The idea of sharing an internet connection with strangers can be really annoying, not that I have a choice, but was forced to because the landlord says so, I do have the option of acquiring my own telephone line but it is going to cost me a bomb.

Long story short, the situation was made worst when I am forced to share the internet connection with 7 people in the house; the best part is the broadband connection quota for every month capped at 40GB. That is like 170MB for each person per day, which is hardly enough. The 40GB cap per month is the ceiling quota from the company.

Since the broadband internet connection is limited to 40GB per month, why can’t these users be more considerate? Is it a must to watch funny videos online, multimedia sites such as YouTube really annoys me, especially video streaming sites that uses torrent technology.

I found a few ways to block Azureus, but could not find a solution towards the much more popular p2p video streaming software known as ppstream.com, its a Chinese video streaming website that utilize p2p technology and it is really killing the bandwidth. As much as I would like to scream ‘Go back to China’, but that is somewhat rude. (No racism here, I’m Chinese but not from China)

Buying a new VPN modem is out of the question, it is just way too expensive and why should I be the one paying for the hardware? P2P technology, it is a love hate relationship. God help me.

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Kazza To Pay USD100million

July 28, 2006 · Filed Under Uncategorized · Comment 

kazaa logoLike all P2P programs, Kazaa network has its days numbered. Recent reports said that Kazaa’s owners will pay $100 million to EMI, Warner Bros Music, Sony BMG and Universal Music, with the added commitment to switch to a legal framework within the given amount of time.

The announcement marks the end of an era for Kazaa. Once the world’s most used P2P application, but worries over spyware and viruses increasingly put individuals off the software.

I once was a Kazaa user too, but was put off by not using it due to the spyware bundle together with the programs. Now, I’m glad to say that I’ve got legit with iTunes. We cannot stop P2P networking, ever! Someone else will pop up in Kazaa’s place and then the anti-piracy groups will have to spend even more time and money just to flood those networks with fake files.

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