YouTube Removing Comedy Central Clips
YouTube has been removing all copyrighted content from the Comedy Central Network after a request was made for them to take them down. The removal includes clips of “South Park”, “The Daily Show With Jon Stewart” and “The Colbert Report”, among a few others.
I watched a few videos with Jon Stewart and The Colbert [...]
Viruses Making Way Into Videos
Video clips with bugs attached? That’s right. It was only a matter of time before the malicious coders out there turned to putting viruses into video clips. YouTube is not the only target, though, with so many new video sites cropping up.
More codecs are booby-trapped and some file compressors are being tainted [...]
BittTorrent Halloween Breakdown: Top Torrents
Despite the best efforts of the RIAA, MPAA, and others to trick people into a state of fear and reticence over file-sharing, BitTorrent users continued to be treated to the best and the worst of what these industries have to offer.
In an interesting piece of info to note, The Departed, the recent Martin Scorsese motion [...]
Older Consoles Lift Game Publishers
The buzz in videogames is all about new hardware, including the imminent launch of Sony Corp.’s PlayStation 3 and Nintendo Co.’s Wii consoles, along with the prospects for Microsoft Corp.’s Xbox 360 in its sophomore holiday season.
The biggest money in games, though, is coming from older, less sexy machines such as Sony’s PlayStation 2, which [...]
Is the DMCA Coming Down Under? New Copyright Bill on Fast-Track in Australia
As a result of a Free Trade Agreement between Australia and the U.S. that came into force in 2005, Australia is required to rewrite its current, relatively flexible, technological protection measure law by 1 January 2007, to make it more like the DMCA. A serious policy debate on how to frame a DRM law that [...]
New iPod shuffle available worldwide this Friday
Apple announced Tuesday that its second-generation iPod shuffle will be available in stores worldwide beginning Friday, Nov. 3, 2006. The tiny iPod shuffle holds 1GB of music and costs $79.
About half the size of the original, the new iPod shuffle is crafted from aluminum and measures about half a cubic inch in volume. It weighs [...]
Web access for autos goes on the road
The personal computer has finally gone to driving school.
Three decades after they began appearing on desktops, PCs are about to start showing up in vehicles. They will let people check e-mail, avoid traffic jams or make restaurant reservations via the Web while on the job or at play.
The idea could prove especially popular among younger [...]
Google pushes for search options in Vista
Google Inc said Monday that it wants Microsoft Corp. to make sure users can easily choose Internet search engines in future products — but Google refused to say if changes Microsoft has already made to its upcoming operating system, Vista, have gone far enough.
David C. Drummond, Google’s senior vice president of corporate development, spoke to [...]
Universal Music Drops Catalog Download Prices In Europe
Universal Music is now lowering the wholesale cost on various catalog albums, according to information received Monday. The company pointed to an “aggressive European strategy” that will “permanently reduce the digital download prices” of about 1,500 catalog albums. Included in the cut-rate batch are Buddy Holly, Dusty Springfield, Bob Marley and the Wailers, and The [...]
DivX Unmuzzled, Quiet Period Ends
Over the past few months I have become increasingly obsessed with a company that I have followed for a very long time. For most people, today was like any other Monday. They went to work, talked about their weekend and couldn’t wait for it to be over, but for me I spent the day waiting [...]
