If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. The Pirate Bay was taken offline. The torrent sharing network was shut down yesterday by local Swedish authorities yesterday, as Global Gaming Factory decides the future of the company. The shutdown comes as Hollywood clamps down on weak torrent networks, and Continue Reading →
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If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. GM is now selling new cars on eBay. The move comes after the government approved the cash for clunkers program and finds many California based GM dealerships auctioning off brand new cars, including Buick, Chevrolet, Pontiac and GMC trucks. Analysts believe Continue Reading →
If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. The Pirate Bay has been ordered by a Ditch court to close its operations in the Netherlands. The court noted that for every day the Pirate Bay kept operating in the country it would be forced to pay a $42,000 fine. Continue Reading →
If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. AEG will offer ticket holders for Michael Jackson’s sold-out This Is It tour a full refund. The concert promoter was responsible for the 50 sold out shows Jackson was to perform at London’s O2 Arena. While AEG sold approximately one million Continue Reading →
If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Craiglist announced that it will get rid of the “erotic services” portion of its site. The popular web-based classifieds site has been under scrutiny over the section, which houses thousands of ads for sexual services, many of which are probably illegal. Continue Reading →
If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. The operators of the Pirate Bay were convicted of breaking Sweden’s copyright law by helping millions of users freely download music, movies and computer games on the Internet. The four principals were sentenced to a year in prison each, and ordered Continue Reading →
If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. New York congressman Eric Massa announced that he will introduce a bill that would make bandwidth caps for heavy broadband users illegal. The representative for Corning, NY, where Time Warner Cable plans to test tiered broadband plans, noted that the unlimited Continue Reading →
If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Music producer and pioneer Phil Spector has been found guilty of murder. Spector, who had gotten off in 2007 after a jury was unable to reach a verdict, faces 18 years to life for the murder of actress Lana Clarkson. Spector Continue Reading →
If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Apple’s iTunes Application Store for the iPhone and iTouch is set to hit a billion downloads. Launched in June 2008, the App Store, which offers free apps as well as for purchase apps, has more downloads than the iTunes music store Continue Reading →
If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Disney is in talks with NBCU-Fox joint venture Hulu on becoming a partner. While details are scant, a partnership would likely open up the popular online streaming video service to ABC programming, as well as content from other Disney owned properties Continue Reading →