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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. Universal Music Group and Google will partner to launch a separate music video destination. Dubbed VEVO, the site will act as a supplement and possible replacement to UMG’s YouTube channel. While UMG will not remove music videos from YouTube, which has Continue Reading →

If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. The FCC began its Notice of Inquiry to create a National Broadband Plan. A plan to roll out a nationwide, broadband grid is part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, which requires the FCC to develop “the most effective and Continue Reading →

If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Amazon and Wal-Mart have joined Apple in variable pricing for music downloads. While some consumers are angry with the digital retailers, it is the record companies, not the retailers, who were pushing for tiered pricing. Blockbuster revealed to the SEC that Continue Reading →

If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. The Associated Press announced that it will require websites to obtain permission in order to use AP and member publications content on site. The decision is a direct move to stop search engines and news aggregators, like Google and Huffington Post, Continue Reading →

If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Talks between IBM and Sun Microsystems have stalled. Sun, which was set to be acquired by IBM, rejected a formal acquisition by IBM this past weekend as its board was splitting apart. IBM was offering a reported $7 billion for the Continue Reading →

If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. According to several sources, Google is in late stage talks to acquire Twitter. If it happens, it will be pretty much what everyone expected. Google can help monetize the Twitter’s traffic and, maybe more importantly, they have the infrastructure to handle Continue Reading →

If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. A month before its scheduled premier, a work print of X-Men Origins: Wolverine has leaked to the Internet. While Fox claims the leak is a “rough cut without FX, music, and may contain an April Fool’s virus,” many torrent users, who Continue Reading →