Miro 2.0 Gets Streaming Support, New LookSource: Lifehacker
Miro, the open-source player that's like a TiVo for internet video, has hit its 2.0 release, boosting the play-anything tool's performance and adding some neat features, like streaming video from Hulu and other sites.

The featured article of Thursday May 18 2006's Wall Street Journal Online, "The Web's Worst New Idea", calls into question the validity of the debate about Net Neutrality.
Miro 1.0 is HereSource:
I am incredibly excited to announce the launch of Miro 1.0.
Entrepreneur Aims to Overthrow TV, Not Get RichSource: Wired News
Most software entrepreneurs' ambition is to sell out for a huge wad of cash, or maybe go public for an even bigger pile. Not so Nicholas Reville: He wants to overthrow the television industry, and he doesn't care if he gets rich.
Miro Internet TV Video Player Public Preview 1 (0.9.8)Source:
Formerly known as 'Democracy Player', this new name, logo, and updated version of the software represents the next evolution of the project. We are hoping to reach even more people and build the open video movement. The software is more polished and stable than ever.
Mozilla contributes funding to Democracy PlayerSource: Ars Technica
Mozilla's grants and donations program leader Seth Bindernagel writes in a blog entry that the Mozilla board has decided to give a grant of $100,000 to the Participatory Culture Foundation (PCF), the organization behind the open-source Democracy Player (soon to be called Miro) st …
Mozilla Invests in Democracy TVSource: Mashable!
Democracy is my favorite video aggregator. I use it for watching all my vodcasts. Even if it is a Gnome app (and I am a KDE user).
Marbella, SpainSource: Expatica
The latest case unfolded with a huge police raid on city hall and other municipal agencies, designed to break up a massive and elaborate local government network engaged in embezzling EUR 2.4 billion in public funds.