CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – June 5, 2006 – PodZinger (www.podzinger.com), the only audio and video podcast search engine that enables full-text search, today announced that popular video podcast Hak.5 has selected PodZinger to power and support full-text search for its expanding video podcast offering. Using PodZinger’s video search tool, visitors are now able to search the entire Hak.5 library to find specific videos and segments of interest. This latest announcement comes on the heels of PodZinger’s recent partnerships with other popular video blogs, commandN and Rocketboom.

Produced by co-hosts Darren Kitchen and Wess Tobler, along with photographer Alli Buehring, Hak.5 (Hak-point-five) is a monthly video podcast offering do-it-yourself guides on modifying technology, computer security and unique technology insight. Geared toward modders, hackers and technology aficionados, Hak.5 features topics ranging from open source applications to exploiting software vulnerabilities along with interviews from guest tech experts. After a year since its first episode, Hak.5 has fast become one of the Internet’s most popular do-it-yourself technology video podcasts. Hak.5 is watched by more than 50,000 subscribers each month.

“Since the inception of Hak.5 in June 2005, we have delivered nearly 10 hours of content across over 30 releases, many of which are used as reference guides by our viewers,” said Darren Kitchen, co-host and co-founder, Hak.5. “When PodZinger announced their video search feature, we were eager to partner with them and provide our viewers with search results for the Hak.5 content they’re seeking.”

PodZinger uses speech-to-text technology to create a text index of the audio, which enables users to find content anywhere within both audio and video podcasts and jump directly to the point where their keyword is spoken. Without leaving the Hak.5 Web site, visitors are able to take advantage of PodZinger’s innovative technology to search Hak.5’s content-rich video podcasts. For Hak.5 and others, PodZinger makes video content more accessible thereby improving the user experience and generating more exposure for visitors looking for the best online content.

“As the amount of video podcasts and blogs increase and users continue to seek their edutainment in this online format, there are great opportunities to provide this growing viewer base with value-adding services,” said Alex Laats, president, PodZinger. “PodZinger’s partnership with Hak.5 is a prime example of how full-text search can open up a world of content, greatly enhancing the user experience.”

About PodZinger
PodZinger is powered by BBN Technologies, leveraging its 30 years of speech recognition research to transform multimedia content into searchable words. PodZinger opens up a previously untapped source of content via a simple Web search. Also, from the PodZinger site, users can subscribe to podcasts, download, view or listen to them, and have PodZinger deliver new podcasts on their own topics of interest using standard RSS feeds. So when it comes to finding what you want in podcasts and vodcasts…just ZING IT!

About Hak.5
Hak.5 is a monthly video production geared toward technology enthusiasts that includes do-it-yourself hardware modifications, computer security insight and technology advice. Hak.5 is one of the top video podcasts online and has been featured in WIRED magazine as well as other publications. Created by Darren Kitchen and Wess Tobler in June 2005 the show also features co-host Alli Buehring and expert guests and interviews around the world.

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