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MySpace and TV producer Mark Burnett announced Friday that they are working on a new reality TV show focused on finding the next great American politician. The new, interactive series, called "Independent," will use online, offline and on-air tactics to find the politician viewers feel best represen...
Advanced networking consortium Internet2 announced on Tuesday that an international team of researchers led by the University of Tokyo have set two new Internet2 Land Speed Records. The achievement came over the course of two days during which university researchers added the new records to the eigh...
We're all inundated with information every day, and we all have our strategies for dealing with that flood. A common tactic adopted by many of us is making lists. The problem with lists, though, is that they can be misplaced. That problem prompted two serial entrepreneurs, Joe Bergeron and Josh Wein...
The 2008 presidential campaigns have already been notable for several "firsts" in their use of technology, and on Monday a new one was added to the list when Yahoo, Slate and The Huffington Post announced they will host the first-ever online-only debates this fall. PBS host Charlie Rose will moderat...
The so-called "New Web" has been hailed as a great place for sharing and interacting, but data released Tuesday by Internet traffic researchers suggests most cybersurfers are watchers, not uploaders. In a presentation at the Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco this week, Hitwise analyst Bill Tancer noted ...
Sony has released a new firmware update for its PlayStation 3 console and PlayStation Portable handheld that make the pair compatible with games for the original Playstation. The new firmware update will allow PS3 owners to buy and play downloadable PS1 games on their video console. Concurrently, th...
Social networking portal MySpace.com is getting into the news aggregation business as its new MySpace News feature offers users the ability to "rate" stories and control which ones get top billing. MySpace News differs from other news aggregators that allow user ranking primarily because it organize...
The Copyright Royalty Board delivered a severe blow to Internet radio operators Monday when it upheld its earlier decision regarding royalty rates that must be paid to artists for music played online. The result is -- unless Congress intervenes -- royalty rates webcasters must pay will increase on M...
Electronic Arts and Endemol announced Monday that they are partnering on Virtual Me, a new, avatar-based offering in digital entertainment that is expected to span the worlds of TV and video games. The technology combines cutting-edge avatar creation technology from Electronic Arts with popular TV f...
Microsoft on Monday unveiled Silverlight, a new browser plug-in designed to compete head-to-head with Adobe's Flash plug-in. Announced at the National Association of Broadcasters trade show in Las Vegas, Microsoft says the new cross-platform application will let Web publishers deliver rich interacti...
The biggest problem with online streaming video is that one must be connected to the Internet to view it. That problem may be mitigated by Adobe's new media player. The company on Monday announced at the National Association of Broadcasters trade show in Las Vegas a new Flash-focused, application-ba...
Last week was painful to watch. Don Imus made a statement that is common -- but inappropriate coming from an old white man -- and got shot for it, repeatedly, and is now off the air. This dovetailed with a now broad effort to create a code of conduct for the Web somewhat similar to what the broadcas...
A new collaborative project between the U.S. military and the communications industry promises to give new meaning to the term "satellite communications" by sending an Internet router into space. The Internet Router in Space project, which is being worked on jointly by the Department of Defense, sat...
Comcast recently surprised users when it cut off Internet access to those it considers "bandwidth hogs." The incident calls for an examination of the link between Net Neutrality and digital piracy. Depending on what side of the Net neutrality debate one is on, the Comcast cut-off could be viewed as...
In response to customer feedback from the original beta version, Nintendo and Opera Software on Thursday beefed up the Internet Channel on Nintendo's Wii game console with a faster and more functional version of the Opera Web browser. Designed for browsing the Web via the Wii remote and the user's t...
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