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                   If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. A jury convicted Senator Ted “Tubes” Stevens on all seven felony counts which violated federal ethics laws. Stevens is guilty of failing to report thousands of dollars in gifts and home renovations. Stevens, who was until recently Alaska’s most prominent Continue Reading →

                   If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Dave Westin, President of ABC News, sent a company wide email notifying employees of drastic budget cuts. ABC News, which is trying to limit expenses asked that executives take coach flights, stay in cheaper hotels, while canceling all print subscriptions. Continue Reading →

  If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Sony drastically cut its financial forecast, with analysts noting that its profit for the fiscal year ending in March 2009 could plunge 59% from the year before. Sony expects to post a $215.2 million profit for July-September, down 72% from Continue Reading →

                   If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Yesterday the Dow Jones closed at 8519, near its five year low. The story did not make the front page of the New York Times nor the evening news. Forget Joe the Plumber, where is Joe the Businessman? Amazon’s 3Q Continue Reading →

                   If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Google’s first Android enabled phone, the G1, will go on sale today. Google has also made the code for Android available to developers through an Apache 2.0 license that lets developers add to the codebase. The open-source mobile device, available Continue Reading →

  If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. If elected President, Barack Obama would create the first-ever Cabinet level Chief Technology Officer. Obama thinks that the US is not doing nearly enough to create jobs in the tech sector and believes an executive position would better the situation. Continue Reading →

  If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. After weeks of speculation, Sarah Palin appeared on Saturday Night Live. The Alaskan Governor and Vice Presidential nominee helped SNL take home a 10.7 rating/24 share, a nearly 161% improvement over the shows October average from 2007. SNL also received Continue Reading →

  If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Yahoo’s stock rose sharply yesterday after rumors that Microsoft was once again interested purchasing it. Yahoo’s stock was up over 20%, bring it to $12.99. However, a spokesperson from Redmond said “Our position hasn’t changed. Microsoft has no interest in Continue Reading →

                   If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Last night Secretary of the Treasury Hank Paulson was interviewed by Larry Kudlow. When Kudlow posed some of the big questions on every American’s mind, including “Why did you switch the strategy of the rescue plan?” Paulson sidestepped the question Continue Reading →

  If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Britney Spears new song “Womanizer” debuted at number 1 on iTunes. The video, which features Britney nude in a sauna, in a nightie, as a naughty secretary, a tattooed waitress and a near-topless chauffeur, debuted on ABC’s 20/20 and has Continue Reading →