Out here in the Sierra Nevada Foothills, it can be easy to feel like I’m in the boondocks. Our local newspaper, The Union, doesn’t print on Sundays, the police blotter is a well read soap opera comedy, and the Business section prints on Tuesdays (yes, once a week). Today’s Business section, however, showed that there actually is quite a bit going on in Nevada County (besides what you read in the police blotter.)

The lead story, Telestream rides digital media wave, by Brittany Retherford tells of a local company, Telestream, helping bridge the great divide between giants Microsoft’s and Apple’s technology. They have just begun major distribution of Flip4Mac, a video player which allows Mac users to view Windows Media files in their QuickTime application.

I seem to recall someone telling me a few months ago that Macs viewing a .wmv (Windows Media File) file was a possibility but I didn’t figure that one out. I’ll be trying this one out right away!