Can Sony click with download store?
Planes, trains and automobiles are where digital video wants to do some boredom busting.
Scores of companies are betting there’s gold in helping go-go commuters and road warriors catch the latest episodes of 24 and Grey’s Antatomy. Apple downloads movies to iPods. Cell phone carriers stream TV shows to handsets. Sling Media’s Slingbox connects users to [...]
Googling state government documents
Google is set to announce Monday that it is working with officials in four U.S. states to make sure all the public information they have online is easily accessible through the company’s search engine.
As part of a voluntary public-private sector partnership, Google has been helping technology managers in Arizona, California, Utah and Virginia remove technical [...]
12 nations put on copyright piracy list
The Bush administration on Monday targeted China, Russia and 10 other nations for extra scrutiny in the piracy of American movies, music, computer programs and other copyrighted materials.
The 12 nations were put on a “priority watch list” in the area of copyright piracy, which costs the American industry billions of dollars in lost sales annually.
“We [...]
Slaughter: Horror at Sony’s depraved promotion stunt with decapitated goat
Electronics giant Sony has sparked a major row over animal cruelty and the ethics of the computer industry by using a freshly slaughtered goat to promote a violent video game.
The corpse of the decapitated animal was the centrepiece of a party to celebrate the launch of the God Of War II game for the company’s [...]
The RIAA’s worst nightmare: computers that understand music
Computers and music have been linked since the earliest days of the mainframe, when giant machines controlled primitive synthesizers. Recently, however, a significant advancement has taken place in the field of computer music with the development of software that can not only transcribe polyphonic music in real time, but can also play back complex harmonies [...]
BBC gets TV on-demand service OK
BBC shows such as Doctor Who and EastEnders are to be made available on-demand after the BBC’s iPlayer service was given the green light.
The service – which will launch later this year – allows viewers to watch programmes online for seven days after their first TV broadcast.
Episodes can also be downloaded and stored for up [...]
The Pirate Bay to launch new ‘Playble’ music subscription site
“Playble” will give users the option of paying whatever monthly subscription fee they can afford.
First hinted at perhaps in a blog posting on The Pirate Bay’s site, and then mentioned in somewhat more detail in an article in the LA Times, the famed Swedish pirates are working on a new music sharing site that [...]
5 best ways to get free ringtones
Tired of paying for ringtones? Well here are the best 5 ways to get free ringtones for your cell phone all for free. You might be surprised at how easy it is to get free ringtones.
http://mobile17.com
Use your own music, photos, pictures, and animations to create free ringtones and graphics: online, without needing software via mobile17.com. [...]
Sony’s ‘YouTube killer’ to debut tomorrow
Wants to gauge eyeVio’s reception in Japan first before it launches overseas.
Sensing an opportunity in the bustling world of online video distribution, Sony is scheduled to it try out its new “YouTube killer” tomorrow that will also allow users to upload and distribute their own videos.
“This is part of Sony’s quiet software revolution,” [...]
Grooveshark – screenshots and Q&A
I had a chance to finally test drive the new Grooveshark P2P music download site, and it’s been well worth the wait.
A while back I wrote about a soon to be unleashed new music download service where BOTH copyright holders as well as community content uploaders will be compensated.
As I mentioned, Grooveshark will broker [...]
