[Plugin: TEDTalks Embedder] Displays error message

Using WP 3.4.1
TedTalks Embedder 1.1

I insert the following (for example) into a post:
[ted id=1494]

I get the following appearing in the post when viewing:
Can't get data from TED.com or embed data is missing.

Please advise.

http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/tedtalks-embedder/