GodTube, Where Networking Is More Spiritual Than Social
2008-05-12
GodTube.com , a YouTube knockoff for the evangelical set, seems to be one step closer to building a kingdom on earth. more...

Playboy Has a Losing Quarter, and Its Chief Talks of Media Transformation
2008-05-12
Not even sex, it seems, is recession-proof. Last week, Playboy Enterprises reported that it had lost money in the first quarter of 2008, making it another casualty of the economic downturn and the squeeze between old media and new media. more...

Marketers Welcome Television's Shift to a 52-Week Season
2008-05-12
THE broadcast networks and Madison Avenue may want to adopt "Honky Cat" as the official theme for the 2008-9 television season. Why? more...

In the Age of TiVo and Web Video, What Is Prime Time?
2008-05-12
This week, the television upfronts -- in which the broadcast networks present their schedules to advertisers -- will open with a mystery. Who stole six million viewers? more...

It's Not Just TV Networks Doing All the Selling
2008-05-12
Others Infiltrate Buying Period to Woo Marketers Emphasizing Media Mix. NEW YORK The broadcast nets won't be the only ones vying for upfront dollars during the next six weeks. more...

Matchmine fine-tunes its approach
2008-05-12
A company that tracks Internet users' preferences recently landed five new website partners, tweaked its technology, and altered its strategy to entice more people to use its service. more...

Headsets getting some cachet
2008-05-12
Digital eyewear is slowly becoming suitable for public viewing. In other words, headsets such as the Myvu Crystal are slim and colorful enough that they might be taken for a pair of over-the-top Gaultier frames instead of an assistive device. more...

MySpace: Going Places
2008-05-12
MySpace is moving into your space. Users of the social network will soon be able to transport their MySpace profile pages to sites across the Web, including the portal Yahoo! (YHOO), global shopping site eBay (EBAY), and microblogging service Twitter. "Today, MySpace no longer operates as an autonomous island on the Internet," company co-founder Chris DeWolfe said on a conference call May 8. "Profiles can now be shared across all the sites our users visit." more...

Big Content fighting campus P2P by lobbying for state laws
2008-05-11
Neither DMCA takedown notices nor RIAA prelitigation letters have any necessary correlation with on-campus P2P usage rates, as the recent upsurge in RIAA letters this last month shows (the RIAA says that the higher volume is a result of changes to the way MediaSentry detects P2P use). more...

When DRM detonates your music collection
2008-05-11
Digital rights management - the security features built into many music downloads - threaten to make them useless. Imagine if you had a bedroom full of CDs and decided to buy a new player one day, only to discover that none of your albums would play on the new system. more...

TorrentSpy Isn't Paying $100 Million Court-Ordered Fine
2008-05-10
BitTorrent tracker TorrentSpy was punished with one of the largest fines in copyright infringement history ($111 million) after a lengthy battle with the MPAA last year. more...

HOLLYWOOD MINING FOR VIDEO-GAME GOLD
2008-05-12
Hollywood's hunger to piggyback on the popularity of the video-game business continues to grow as hits like Take-Two Interactive's "Grand Theft Auto IV" rake in $500 million in first-week sales. more...

Atari confirms Nasdaq delisting
2008-05-12
Atari confirmed today that the Nasdaq Listing Qualifications Panel will delist the video games firm.. As a result, the Nasdaq Global Market will suspend trading of Atari's shares effective at the opening of business on 9 May. more...

Take Two's New GTA Game Sells Well; EA: "Nothing Has Changed"
2008-05-11
Take Two ( TTWO ) knew they were going to have a hit on their hands with their new game. The strength of the Grand Theft Auto brand, and increased market expectations caused by development delays, insured it. The expectation was already set for a record breaker. more...

Seesmic: Is Video Conversation Useful for Journalists?
2008-05-12
I've been playing with Seesmic once again. (It's a conversational video-sharing service, somewhat like Twitter meets YouTube.) I briefly dabbled with an alpha invitation to Seesmic a few months ago and stupidly wrote it off as a vague video blogging platform. It isn't. Seesmic is social . more...

Hunting for Love, Young Saudis Brave a Maze of Rules
2008-05-12
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia -- Nader al-Mutairi stiffened his shoulders, clenched his fists and said, "Let's do our mission." Then the young man stepped into the cool, empty lobby of a dental clinic, intent on getting the phone number of one of the young women working as a receptionist. more...

WiMax Could Bring Dramatic Changes, Wherever You Are
2008-05-12
As Consortium Works to Blanket US, Will Connected 'Toasters, TVs and Car Keys' Be Next?. NEW YORK WiMax sounds like something Neo would use to communicate back to Morpheus in "The Matrix." In reality, it could bring a decidedly sci-fi experience to everyday living. more...

HP Intros 'Extreme' Storage for Web 2.0, Digital Media
2008-05-12
HP today announced a highly scalable storage system designed to simplify the management of multiple petabytes of data at an affordable cost, making it ideal for online and digital media businesses. more...

When DRM detonates your music collection
2008-05-11
Digital rights management - the security features built into many music downloads - threaten to make them useless. Imagine if you had a bedroom full of CDs and decided to buy a new player one day, only to discover that none of your albums would play on the new system. more...

Sun announces open source Solaris updates
2008-05-11
Sun plans on releasing a new version of its open source OpenSolaris operating system every six months, one of which will serve as the basis for the next version of its Solaris Unix operating system, said a company executive. more...

Sweden first in the race to 4G?
2008-05-12
Sweden's recent auction of 2.6GHz spectrum could herald a new era of broadband wireless services, with interesting implications elsewhere in... more...

WiMax technology promises faster wireless service
2008-05-12
If the $12 billion venture formed by Sprint Nextel and Clearwire last week works out, your cellphone may turn into a far more powerful, versatile and perhaps costlier mobile device. more...

RIM's new BlackBerry Bold targets business market
2008-05-12
TORONTO (Reuters) - Research In Motion Ltd (RIM.TO: Quote , Profile , Research )(RIMM.O: Quote , Profile , Research ) is launching a new high-end version of the BlackBerry aimed at its core base of business users, but it hopes the sleek device will also catch on in the broad retail market. more...

Google Realizes Their 700Mhz Win Wasn't Much of One
2008-05-05
After Google pressured the FCC to apply some winning "open access" rules (pdf) onto the 700Mhz spectrum, there was ample media and blogger speculation that the rules would usher in a new age of wireless competition. more...

Cable Giants Making Wireless Broadband Moves
2008-05-05
Discussing their earnings during last week's conference call , Time Warner Cable CEO Glenn Britt gave hints that the company maintains an interest in some flavor of wireless broadband, though not particularly wireless voice. more...