OFF TOPIC: Joost A Moment

Sometimes there is a cool app that comes along that sets the internet abuzz. The latest such offering is Joost. This is internet delivered television. Very cool.

You get great internet features too, such as search, chat and instant messaging, built right into the program – so you find shows quickly and talk to your friends while you watch. And with no schedules to worry about, you can watch whatever you want, whenever you like – as often as you want. Joost is completely free, and works with most modern PCs and Intel Mac-based computers with a broadband connection.

Now, Myrcurial and I have been beta testing this application and I am impressed. The ability to pick and choose what shows I might want to watch when I want to is a nice bonus. Can you tell I don’t have a PVR?

So, what am I talking about this for? Well, this application is a MAJOR bandwidth pig. If your enterprise doesn’t have proper web filtering software or bandwidth limiting…this could eat your bandwidth. In the CIA triad the availability “A” could be called into question. I’m just saying.

If you’re just using from home, fill yer boots. It’s a promising application.

I would love to dig into the inner workings of Joost but,

3.2. License Restrictions. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, you agree that you will not:

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3.2.10. use any type of bot, spider, virus, clock, timer, counter, worm, software lock, drop dead device, packet-sniffer, Trojan-horse routing, trap door, time bomb or any other codes or instructions that are designed to be used to provide a means of surreptitious or unauthorized access or that are designed to monitor, distort, delete, damage or disassemble the Joost Software or its ability to communicate and function with other computers running the Joost Software;

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Ah, well. Oh, before I forget. Here is a simple way to tell if you are filtering joost.com at your workplace. On the far column (or below if your resolution is 1024×768 there is a graphic that says “Joost Official Beta Tester”. If you can see that then Joost will, most likely, traverse your perimeter.

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[tags]Joost, Joost TV, Internet TV, Web Filtering[/tags]