BoomTown Pick for Microsoft Digital Head: Qi Lu (Yes, the Former Yahoo Search Guru)
2008-11-20
Yesterday, BoomTown opined that Microsoft was nearing a decision on who would become the head of its digital efforts . more...

'Fred' Cranks Up the YouTube Views and Ad Dollars
2008-11-20
Teenage actor Lucas Cruikshank plays a hyperactive child in a popular video series that is generating a six-figure income and some Big Media interest more...

Smart phones to use Google OS
2008-11-20
NTT DoCoMo Inc. and KDDI Corp. will launch smart phones using a free operating system from Internet search engine Google Inc. next business year, industry sources said Wednesday. more...

HD Video Made Sleek and Simple
2008-11-20
As a tech reviewer, my pulse races whenever a product is introduced with superlatives attached. “Fastest.” “Smallest.” “Thinnest.” It makes my day; I’ve got my news angle built right in. more...

A Bit of Navel-Gazing About the Media and the Campaign Trail
2008-11-20
Pundits hold forth at the Folger Shakespeare Library. (Justin Bishop) About 250 folks trudged through the bitter cold to the Folger Shakespeare Library to hear five pundits dissect the media and the 2008 presidential race at a Vanity Fair forum Tuesday night. Really! more...

More Gamble Than Gift: This Holiday Season's High-Tech Duds
2008-11-20
Buying any sort of high-tech product involves risks not faced with most other purchases. more...

An Ad Network in Times Square
2008-11-20
THE medium, Marshall McLuhan once said, is the message. On a familiar building in Times Square, the messages are becoming a medium. more...

LG Taps US Smartphone Market
2008-11-20
Will LG's newest Incite smart phone save it from falling market shares in its key North American market? more...

Apple's Superlative Sequel: The Latest iPod touch
2008-11-20
Editor's Rating: more...

Microsoft lets Zune music subscribers keep tunes
2008-11-20
Microsoft Corp. is giving an early holiday gift to people who pay for all-you-can-listen access to the Zune digital music store: 10 songs to keep each month, included in the $14.99 monthly subscription fee. more...

Web Retailers Are Waging Seasonal Price Wars
2008-11-20
SAN FRANCISCO As deserted malls and department stores struggle to court cash-short consumers with steep discounts this holiday season, a similar and even more ferocious price war is being waged online. more...

CRTC to rule on Internet 'traffic shaping'
2008-11-19
The battle between Bell Canada and a consortium of independent Internet service providers over how online traffic is allowed to flow will come to a head Thursday when the country's telecom regulator releases a decision which could have lasting implications on how millions of Canadians access more...

U of Tennessee blocked P2P sites before RIAA law
2008-11-19
RIAA didn't need a law to persuade Tennessee, the home of country music, to block P2P sites back in August. more...

Are Copyright Holders Purposely Putting Content On P2P In Order To Demand Money?
2008-11-19
We've discussed the highly questionable activities of UK law firm Davenport Lyons for its supposed campaigns on behalf of various copyright holders. more...

Verizon's new CDN paves way for P2P
2008-11-19
Verizon Communications' announcement of a new content delivery network (CDN) for its users gives the carrier a strong path to using peer-to-peer (P2P) technology in CDNs. more...

Martin, Comcast, Continue Lover's Feud
2008-11-19
The FCC recently began investigating the TV pricing of several large cable operators and Verizon (but not AT&T), though we've discussed how the inquiry might be a little hollow , and ignores the FCC's own failed policies. more...

Ads for 'Grand Theft Auto IV' reappear on CTA buses
2008-11-20
Niko Bellic is back. more...

'Grand Theft Auto' yields road to the 'Lost and Damned'
2008-11-20
The upcoming episode of the video game Grand Theft Auto IV looks to be a wild one. more...

Review: 80GB PlayStation 3 a superb gaming console
2008-11-19
There's general agreement that Sony stumbled out of the gate with the PlayStation 3. more...

Meet your Xbox Community Game launch titles
2008-11-19
The New Xbox Experience has arrived today, along with the Xbox Community Games Platform . This new portal will offer countless games from independent developers that are moderated by the community, rather than Microsoft. more...

Wii Fit Frenzy: So Popular Nintendo Can't Meet Christmas Demand
2008-11-19
Nintendo (NTDOY) should have been ready for this, but it's still a high-quality problem: Company executives say there won't be enough copies of the top-selling exercise game "Wii Fit" to go around for the holiday season. more...

Former FCC staffers, Google.org chief to help Obama
2008-11-20
Barack Obama's transition team appointed three people to develop technology policy priorities for the Obama administration. They'll form the technology, innovation and government reform policy working group . All three have some government experience. New! more...

T-Mobile USA increases data plan rates for voice customers
2008-11-20
Today, T-Mobile USA is kicking off its web2go initiative that add Yahoo! oneSearch to some devices, a customizable home page, a new mobile shopping and download experience (I’ll cover this in a follow-up post), and higher data rate plans. more...

BlackBerry Storm: iPhones worthy foe
2008-11-20
OK, so do we finally have an iPhone killer, now that the BlackBerry Storm from Verizon Wireless is out? Killer? No. Worthy opponent? Yes. more...

Microsoft modifies Zune subscription model
2008-11-20
(Reuters) - Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O: Quote , Profile , Research , Stock Buzz ) on Thursday announced a new music subscription plan for owners of its Zune players, which would allow them to keep 10 tracks per month and add them to their permanent collection. more...

Music Industry Squanders $69 Billion Worth Of Free Promotions In 2007
2008-11-19
Over the years, we've seen so many bogus reports on the supposed "losses" to various industries due to unauthorized file sharing, that it's about time the story was flipped. more...

Are Copyright Holders Purposely Putting Content On P2P In Order To Demand Money?
2008-11-19
We've discussed the highly questionable activities of UK law firm Davenport Lyons for its supposed campaigns on behalf of various copyright holders. more...

Rumor: Apple close to signing major labels to iTunes Plus
2008-11-19
News is circulating today that Apple has reportedly been in and out of talks for the last several months with at least three music labels in hopes that they can soon add their libraries to their DRM-free iTunes Plus lineup. more...

IPhone Tops Mobile Ad Traffic
2008-11-19
Requests from the iPhone have jumped from 28 million in July to 236 million in October, according to AdMob. more...

Verizon Wireless bets on Storm for holiday season
2008-11-20
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Verizon Wireless is betting on the new BlackBerry Storm for the all-important holiday season, hoping the highly anticipated smartphone can compete against the iPhone offered by rival wireless provider AT&T Inc. more...

Review: New BlackBerrys cool but can't beat iPhone
2008-11-20
With the recent releases of three new BlackBerrys across three different wireless providers, Research In Motion Ltd. has fired back at Apple Inc. in the Great Smart Phone Skirmish of 2008. more...

RjDj: iPhone App for Your Own Personal Soundtrack
2008-11-20
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Apple's Superlative Sequel: The Latest iPod touch
2008-11-20
Editor's Rating: more...

More Gamble Than Gift: This Holiday Season's High-Tech Duds
2008-11-20
Buying any sort of high-tech product involves risks not faced with most other purchases. more...