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If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Palm’s hotly anticipated Pre is set to go on sale in the first week of June. The smartphone, which has multi-touch capabilities like the iPhone, is expected to make Palm a notable competitor to Apple and Research in Motion. Unfortunately for Continue Reading →

If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. France is set to enact a series of laws which could give the government the power to cut off internet access for users deemed as pirates. French Parliament, which recently tried and failed to enact a three-strike policy, passed a bill Continue Reading →

If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. ABC’s Nightline is launching a Twitter-centric web show. Dubbed NighTline, the thirty minute web show will feature real time tweets and questions from users. Set to debut Wednesday at 12:30 PM Et, Nightline Executive Producer James Goldston noted that “This new Continue Reading →

If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Amazon is set to launch a larger screened Kindle. Reports from those briefed on the matter note that the device may be unveiled during an Amazon press conference at Pace University in NYC on May 6th. The new version of the Continue Reading →

If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Time Warner noted in it’s quarterly report that it will indeed buy back Google’s 5% share of AOL. Meanwhile, Jeff Bewkes told reporters that TW is “working to determine the right ownership structure for AOL” and would announce future plans in Continue Reading →

If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. The Supreme Court upheld the FCC’s right to censor explicit content on live television. A 5-4 decision revered an Appellite Court ruling which stated that the FCC did not have the right change its stance on expletives. The Court also ruled, Continue Reading →

If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Samsung is set to introduce the second Google Android based phone. Unlike Apple’s iPhone and Palm’s Pre, Samsung’s I7500 does not include multi-touch controls, a feature that many consider the lifeblood of next generation handheld devices. Like the G1, the Samsung Continue Reading →

If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Yahoo is set to officially shut down GeoCities by the end of 2009. The free personal web-page host, which Yahoo acquired in 1999, is a relic from the Web 1.0 era, which cost Yahoo an estimated $4.6 billion. The service will Continue Reading →

If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. News Corp is firing MySpace CEO and Co-Founder Chris DeWolfe. DeWolfe, who has been with MySpace since its launch in 2003, ran the company when News Corp acquired it for $580 million in 2005. It has been reported that former Facebook Continue Reading →

If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. During his weekly video address, President Obama named Aneesh Chopra the United States first Chief Technology Officer. President Obama noted that Chopra, who has served as Virginia’s secretary of technology, along with Chief Information Officer Vivek Kundra, “will promote technological innovation Continue Reading →