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I Want My @MTV: Cable Network Seeks Its First Twitter Jockey
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Michael Ricci
If you can remember MTV 1.0 personalities like Mark Goodman, Martha Quinn, Nina Blackwood and J. J. Jackson, you may already be too old to contend for a new hybrid on-air and online position that the cable network is creating.
On Monday MTV, the network that in the 1980s gave us the first video jockeys (or V.J.s), said that it would conduct a nationwide search this summer for a Twitter jockey (or T.J.s): a full-time personality to appear on the ...
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AT&T Said to Expose iPad Users' Addresses
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Michael Ricci
A group of hackers said Wednesday that it had obtained the e-mail addresses of 114,000 owners of 3G Apple iPads, including those of military personnel, business executives and public figures, by exploiting a security hole on AT&T's Web site.
The group, which calls itself Goatse Security and says it specializes in exposing security vulnerabilities, also obtained the identification number that those iPads use when they communicate over AT&T's network, known as an ICC-ID, according to a member of the group ...
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Google News Gives News Organizations a Chance to Stand Out
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Michael Ricci
Many mainstream news organizations have long viewed Google News as a threat to their interests.
But more recently, Google has been portrayed as sensitive to the health of the news media. Eric Schmidt, its chief executive, has worried openly about a world without high- quality journalism. Now a recent experiment suggests that Google is at least considering taking another step to give increased exposure to several mainstream news publications. In an experimental new section on Google News called Editors Picks, ...
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F.B.I. Investigates Leak of iPad E-Mail Addresses
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Michael Ricci
The F.B.I. is investigating a security loophole that involves AT&T and the iPad 3G. The Federal Bureau of Investigation said Thursday that it was investigating a security breach on AT&T's Web site that allowed a security group to obtain the e-mail addresses of 114,000 iPad 3G owners.
The group also obtained the identification numbers known as ICC-IDs that those iPads use to communicate over AT&T's network. “The F.B.I. is aware of these possible computer intrusions and has opened an investigation ...
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Google, Apple in Regulators' Cross Hairs Again
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Michael Ricci
What happens with Silicon Valley companies is not staying in Silicon Valley. Regulatory scrutiny is on the rise as two of the region's most prominent companies find themselves at the center of two different online security and privacy brouhahas that are getting attention in Washington. The Federal Communications Commission said Friday that it would increase scrutiny of online security and privacy issues in the wake of security breaches involving Apple Inc.'s iPad and Google Inc.'s inadvertent collection of private data ...
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4G: What is It and Where It's Headed
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Michael Ricci
The first cellphone in the U.S. to use fourth-generation wireless technology better known as 4G debuted this month with the promise of super-fast download speeds, smooth video streams and even video chat.
But how revolutionary is 4G? Forrester Research analyst Charles Golvin talked to The Times about how it could change mobile communication.
How much faster is 4G? Most 3G subscribers today can expect about 1 megabit per second download speeds on average. 4G networks might deliver as ...
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How to Create a Great Digital Music Strategy
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HypeBot
"What does it mean to be an artist in 2010? What is a record company? A music company? A recorded music company? How do we define and work on music marketing within an ever-changing environment? 'And what about music?' you might ask me. Surely, music is the core of everything."
Thus begins the intro to one of the most thorough overviews I've seen anywhere on what makes a great digital music strategy. It comes from the French blogger Virginie Berger ...
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