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August 9, 2010 – Today’s most interesting stories in technology, media and entertainment: The Web Will Kill Universities According to Bill Gates, in the next five years free content and lectures available online will be better than any single university. Gates believes that universities don’t need to be “place-based”, and a system should be developed Continue Reading →

August 6, 2010 – Today’s most interesting stories in technology, media and entertainment: Pentagon Goes After WikiLeaks WikiLeaks is in possession of 15,000 additional secret Afghan war records, that haven’t been published. The Pentagon has demanded that WikiLeaks hand over the sensitive documents and remove the 70,000 documents they’ve already published to the site. If Continue Reading →

This week on Digital Life: Is the government really going to legalize online gambling? Will you be able to transfer 100 hours of music in under a second? And, are hackers targeting your local ATM’s? Plus, a quick look at Panasonic’s new 3-D camcorder and, I’ll talk with Wired Magazine’s Jason Tanz about jailbreaking your Continue Reading →

August 4, 2010 – Today’s most interesting stories in technology, media and entertainment: BlackBerry Steps Up: Research in Motion unveiled its new BlackBerry today, BlackBerry Torch, which you can buy from AT&T starting August 12th. The Torch features a touchscreen as well as a slide-out keyboard, plus lots of other cool features. The Torch will Continue Reading →

August 3, 2010 – Today’s most interesting stories in technology, media and entertainment: BlackBerry Users Are Not Loyal: According to a recent Nielsen survey, 89 percent of iPhone users said they would buy another iPhone and 71 percent of Android owners said they would purchase another Android device. However, only 42 percent of BlackBerry owners Continue Reading →

August 2, 2010 – Today’s most interesting stories in technology, media and entertainment: Hacked Calls, Affordable Price A hacker created a fake cell phone tower to intercept calls made from 2G GSM phones, record the calls and then forward them to their intended recipient. At a cost of only $1,500 anyone can own an eavesdropping Continue Reading →

July 30, 2010 – Today’s most interesting stories in technology, media and entertainment: YouTube’s 15 Minutes of Fame –Starting today, YouTube will allow users to upload videos up to 15-minutes in length, up 50 percent from the previous 10-minute limit. Not only was extending the time the number one request from users, but YouTube also Continue Reading →

This week on Digital Life: Are E-Books really outselling hardcover books? Peter Hildick-Smith president of the Codex-Group sets us straight. How hot is the Verizon Droid X? And, is Apple really going to sell iPhones on T-Mobile? Plus, how safe is your home network? I’ll talk with wired.com’s John Abell about Microsoft’s new Windows 7 Continue Reading →

July 27, 2010 – Today’s most interesting stories in technology, media and entertainment: Do you wish your iPhone worked with another carrier? Would you like it to have access to an entire world of apps that aren’t available from the Apple App store? If so, your in luck, because the Library of Congress has just Continue Reading →

July 26, 2010 – Today’s most interesting stories in technology, media and entertainment: Chatroulette.com, the random video chat sensation, is trying to block users who expose themselves to minors. The company says it has captured and saved thousands of IP addresses of alleged offenders, along with logs and screenshots that prove illicit behavior. While I Continue Reading →