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  If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube The US HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES signed the MPAA backed Anti-Piracy PRO-IP Act. The act will create a “White House level piracy czar” and is bound to have a major impact on intellectual property right laws in the US. MICROSOFT has Continue Reading →

How fast was the wireless network on the bridge of the Starship Enterprise? Its mission was to, “boldly go where no one had gone before.” And to do that, Gene Roddenberry imagined a space vehicle the size of a small city with a very powerful computer network and a serious wireless broadband cloud. It may Continue Reading →

  If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. SPRINT, COMCAST, GOOGLE, TIME WARNER and INTEL will team to invest in WIMAX. The unlikely alliance is set to invest $3.2 billion in WiMax, a wireless broadband technology that is likely to supercede 3G in a few years. If the Continue Reading →

  If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. COMCAST and TIME WARNER CABLE are in discussions to fund a WiMax joint venture with SPRINT and CLEARWIRE. The current deal calls for Comcast to invest $1 billion and TWC to put in $500 million. Bright House Networks, Google and Continue Reading →

The reason for the threat of InfoWar, according to a representative of the Island, is that the United States is not negotiating fairly in a dispute over Internet gambling. Apparently, we owe Antigua $21 million dollars and they really want the money. If they don’t get it, they will tighten-up our debt by stealing music, Continue Reading →

GENERAL MOTORS will shift half of its $3 billion advertising budget to online and one-to-one marketing within 3 years. That indicates a rapid increase over the $197 million GM spent online last year. The company plans to embrace a wide variety of formats, including gaming, search, interactive applications and more. THE FCC announced that the Continue Reading →

When it comes to file-sharing, piracy, bootlegging or whatever name you like to call the act of infringing on other people’s intellectual property (IP) rights there is a general rule: Those with more time than money, steal — those with more money than time, buy. Although it is a gross over-simplification of a very complex Continue Reading →

“I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced. I fear something terrible has happened.” — Obi-wan Kenobi (Long, Long Ago, In A Galaxy Far, Far Away) Many people believe that Obi-wan was referring to the destruction of Princess Leah’s home planet Continue Reading →

iTunes Rentals Apple announced iTunes movie rentals with support from all the major studios. DVD-quality rentals will cost $2.99 for library titles and $3.99 for new releases. The service launches today and expects to have 1,000 titles available by the end of February. Apple TV has been updated to include support for direct rentals — Continue Reading →

THE TVB announced that ePort is now live, allowing media-buying agencies to place electronic orders with TV stations. 644 stations are participating in 186 markets, reaching 97.8 percent of the country. The system can currently handle orders, confirmations and makegoods. A full range of features will be rolled out in the coming months. THE NTIA Continue Reading →