May 13, 2010 – Today’s most interesting stories in technology, media and entertainment: Putting A Hurt On Illegal Downloaders: The producers of the Hurt Locker are working directly with the US Copyright Group in an effort to sue “tens of thousands” of people who illegally downloaded the film online. The Hurt Locker, which won an Continue Reading →
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April 30, 2010 – Today’s most interesting stories in technology, media and entertainment: Facebook Not Cool For School: A principal in Ridgewood, NJ is trying to ban Facebook for his students. Anthony Orsini, principal of Benjamin Franklin Middle School, sent a note to parents urging them to track their child’s computer and cell phone use Continue Reading →
Today’s most interesting stories in technology, media and entertainment: Facebook is making a not-so-subtle change in the way users will connect with brands and celebrities. All you will have to do to give a fan page access to your wall, is click the “like” button. So long “become a fan of.” Hello, “like.” Good idea Continue Reading →
Imagine buying a new SD card for your digital camera. You go into the store, find a nice 32GB Class 6 SD card at the right price and take it home. It’s sealed in one of those plastic display cards that takes remarkably sharp objects to open them. It’s new, and perfect. You are very Continue Reading →
As the Comcast-NBCU merger nears approval, Senator Al Franken of Minnesota is calling for Comcast to continue to make NBC programs available for free online. Franken wants to make sure that if Comcast owns both the content and the broadband through which its delivered, that continues to deliver content fairly to all users, including those Continue Reading →
Walmart purchased video streaming company Vudu yesterday. Many believe the move comes as Walmart attempts to increase its streaming video service, an offering which has failed to catch on with consumers. With video downloads and streaming growing every day, the acquisition could make Walmart a premier source for watching content online. Colleges in the US Continue Reading →
If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Last night was the scheduled premier of the final season of Lost. However, a sneak preview of the mysterious show was held Monday night in Hawaii and someone in attendance recorded the show and subsequently posted it on a torrent sharing Continue Reading →
If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Google is taking aim at Miriam Webster and Oxford by launching its own dictionary. The move will direct all definition searches to the new Google Dictionary, which will have complete authoritative definitions, sentence examples and links with more detail. Google hopes Continue Reading →
If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. The US Government is scared that a swine flu epidemic could crash the countries broadband infrastructure. A report released by the US Accountability Office said that if 40% of employees and students were at home sick, there is a high likely Continue Reading →
In his opening remarks for the Free Flow Of Information Act Executive Business Meeting held on September 10, 2009, Chairman, Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Chairman, said: “A free and vibrant press is essential to a free society. That is why I have worked hard to enact a meaningful Federal shield law. All of us – Continue Reading →