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[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/120713_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] Yahoo has confirmed the theft of over 450-thousand usernames and passwords.  The information was posted online by a hacker group, who says it didn’t publish the list maliciously, but instead to highlight security holes in Yahoo’s servers. In a statement, Yahoo said the file came from its Continue Reading →

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) this week imposed an $800,000 fine against Comcast for not adequately marketing its standalone broadband Internet service, which was a condition of its merger with NBC Universal. “Today’s action demonstrates that compliance with Commission orders is not optional,” FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski said in a statement. “The remedies announced today Continue Reading →

The Department of Justice may have taken Netflix chief Reed Hastings’ net neutrality complaints about Comcast as a lot more than just sour grapes. It’s reportedly conducting an investigation into whether Comcast, AT&T and other TV providers are anti-competitive in their data restrictions. The Wall Street Journal cites primary concerns that Comcast’s Xfinity TV cap Continue Reading →

Many among The Cable Show’s 12,000-plus attendees in Boston last week may, in the years ahead, tell anyone they like about witnessing the birth of not one, but two landmark TV developments. We’ll see…and maybe you’ll see. Let’s explain what went down first. This pair of developments came from Comcast, cable operator numero uno and Continue Reading →

Wi-Fi hotspot access just got easier for high-speed Internet customers of Bright House Networks, Cablevision, Comcast, Cox Communications, and Time Warner Cable. The five cable giants announced an agreement Monday to make more than 50,000 hotspots in several U.S. cities available for free to each company’s customers. Read the full story at PC World. Continue Reading →

Comcast Corp., the country’s largest Internet service provider, is going to start charging extra when customers go over a certain monthly data limit. That limit, however, is very high, starting at 300 gigabytes for basic Internet plans. Only 1 percent of U.S. Internet users use that much data in a month, according a measurement firm. Continue Reading →

[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/120418_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] Believe it or not, Hulu has been around for five years.  But the big news is that its $8-a-month Hulu Plus service just topped 2 million subscribers.  This week, Hulu is going to pitch advertisers on something really new – original programming.  You know Hulu from its Continue Reading →

In a significant milestone for a device once known only for blasting “Halo” opponents, Microsoft’s Xbox 360 video game console is now used more for watching movies and TV shows and listening to music online than playing video games online. Read the full story at the Los Angeles Times Read more Top Stories     Continue Reading →

***So unfortunate (and understandable) HBO pulled the plug on Luck, three episodes into filming of its second season, due to the furor over three horses injured (two first season, one two weeks ago) and euthanized. Wanted this drama to succeed so bad, because it showcased the world of horse racing in a unique way, and Continue Reading →

There’s a lot of people out there out to create the next generation of television, a fair chunk of them through new TV networks. Witness the more than 100 channel proposals Comcast worked through to come up with four, all independently-owned and operated by people or organizations of color, going on their cable systems between Continue Reading →