Thursday, October 22, 2009
Comcast, 1Cast and Boxee
Two seemingly unrelated announcements this week illustrate the intensifying pressure on cable TV’s business model.
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Calling America’s Bluff on Internet Gambling
No issue brings out America’s talent for self-deception like gambling.
Friday, August 21, 2009
Flickr Says “Obama Joker” Image Removal Complied With Takedown Request
After a Chicago student gained national fame for editing a picture of President Obama in the image of the Joker villain from “The Dark Knight” and posting it to Flickr, some of the focus, especially among the tech community, quickly shifted to Flickr for removing the image.
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Cyber Attack Is Meant to Bury Blogger; Instead, It Makes Him a Star
The massive cyber attack last week that security experts said was aimed at silencing a single blogger in the country of Georgia instead made him a global celebrity.
Friday, July 24, 2009
Video Game Companies Move Onto Hollywood’s Turf
In the complex tango between movies and video games, Hollywood may be losing its lead.
Monday, June 1, 2009
Justice Department Sides with Cablevision Against Hollywood
Just what, exactly, are all those Hollywood types getting in return for their investment in Barack Obama’s presidential bid?
Monday, May 4, 2009
Why Text Messages Are Limited To 160 Characters
Alone in a room in his home in Bonn, Germany, Friedhelm Hillebrand sat at his typewriter, tapping out random sentences and questions on a sheet of paper.
Monday, April 13, 2009
IPhone Changes Dynamics of Game Software Industry
Reporting from San Francisco–Only a few years ago, bigger guns, badder enemies and louder explosives mattered most in videogames.
Thursday, March 26, 2009
There’s Twitter the Company, and Twitter the Medium
Last year, Leo Laporte became a Twitter quitter. The host of one of Silicon Valley’s most popular podcasts was none too excited that of all the names in the world, the burgeoning message service had picked one that hit piercingly close to home. The online broadcasting network that Laporte owns and runs a short walk from his house in Petaluma is called TWiT.tv, after his company’s flagship show, “This Week in Tech.”
Thursday, March 5, 2009
ZillionTV, the Next Generation of Video On Demand
During a long career as a television and technology executive, Mitch Berman has tried to sell several different iterations of TV, often in their formative stages. Now, Berman is onto the next new thing, delivering TV through the Internet.
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Dalai Lama Imposter Escorted From Twitter
Some members of Twitter, the microblogging service, received a surprise over the weekend when they were informed that the Dalai Lama, the spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism, had joined the site. “Dalai Lama (OHHDL) is now following your updates on Twitter,” the message read. But @OHHDL was an impostor, it was revealed, and banned from the site.
Thursday, February 5, 2009
Alms for the Press?
We’ve finally reached the point at which some of the finest minds doing the biggest thinking about the battered news business believe the best eraser for red ink is… charity. Financial pros David Swensen, the chief investment officer at Yale, and his colleague Michael Schmidt posit that the best way to save journalism is to go the nonprofit route, funded by endowments. But is it?
In L.A., a Dog Gets Her Own Blog and Entourage
Los Angeles has long been known as a one-industry town–the movies. And so it came as no great surprise when two of my closest friends announced their intention to get their German shepherd, Heidi, into show business. Heidi soon became the star of her own Los Angeles Times blog.
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Warner Bros. to Offer Legal Movie Downloads in China
In an attempt to make headway against rampant film piracy, Warner Bros. will distribute newly released films online in China. The studio struck a deal with Union Voole Technology in China to offer new movies, as well as those that have never been seen in Chinese theaters, at rental prices ranging from 60 cents to $1.
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Nintendo Moves Right Along
Nintendo Co.’s sales are speeding along faster than a getaway car, shrugging off economic woes as if they were bugs on the windshield.
Its Wii videogame console continues to be sold out in many stores. Sales of its DS handheld console remain hot despite its being a four-year-old product, ancient by game technology standards.
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