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Sen. Al Franken Wants All Comcast and NBC Content Available Online
Apparently Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn) really likes watching TV shows on the Internet. In written questions to Comcast and NBC Universal regarding their $30-billion proposed marriage, Sen. Franken -- who has been one of the harshest critics of the deal -- wants Comcast and NBC Universal to promise that it will put all its television shows ...
FCC Survey: Americans Need Broadband Basics
The government's plan to provide fast Internet connections to all Americans will have to include some basic instruction in Web 101, according to a new survey of Internet users and non-users. The Federal Communications Commission's first- ever survey on Internet usage and attitudes concludes that those who aren't connected today need to be taught how ...
Googles Music Strategy: Past, Present and Future
Google may have lost to Apple in its bid to acquire Lala, a music service that grabs users digital music collections and hosts them in the cloud, allowing them to add to those collections for a mere 10 cents per song. But it would be nuts to count out Google in the race to replace iTunes ...
Google Buzz Poses a Major Privacy Risk for Kids
Should parents worry about Google Buzz? Technology analyst Charlene Li thinks so. She says she has counseled her children on how to stay safe online, including not sharing personal information. But the other day she logged into her Google Buzz account only to discover that her 9-year-old daughter had posted a conversation with friends to Buzz ...
Aspiro Launches WiMP in Nowary with All 4 Majors
Streaming Music Service Adds Local Focus Aspiro and Platekompaniet in cooperation with Norwegian telecom Telenor have launched its music streaming service WiMP with 6.5 million tracks from all four major record companies and indies including IODA, The Orchard, Beggars, and Naxos. The streaming music service has all of the usual features, but an editorial staff adds ...
The Internet in 2020 What the Experts Predict
Most experts agree that Google won't make us stupid. Indeed, 76% of technology stakeholders and critics interviewed by the Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project and the Imagining the Internet Center at Elon University believe that the Internet and search engines will enhance human intelligence by 2020. For this new report, the Pew Research ...
Why No Love for the Universal Inbox?
A couple of years ago, the new launch from Webwalks, a universal inbox, news aggregator, password manager and kitchen sink-type application would have caught my eye. I'd rush out to try it, merging my multiple accounts under its one roof then wait to see how well my life improved, how much time I saved. But today, ...
Fast Company Names 10 Most Innovative Music Companies of 2010
Fast Company business magazine has named its Most Innovative Companies Of 2010 including 10 in music. Spotify - North America is still waiting. Apple Corps - The Beatles, not Steve Jobs. Man Made Music - Joel Beckerman connecting sounds with brands. Vevo - Fast Company says, “Vevo is on its way to becoming the Hulu of ...
Trove of 68,000 Stolen Logons in Hands of 'Amateur' Hackers
A band of hackers who were recently discovered hoarding a trove of account logons pilfered from thousands of companies worldwide are garden-variety cyberthieves, security experts say. The gang most likely began by hiring spam specialists to send out e- mail and social- networking posts to lure recipients into clicking on a tainted Web link, says Don ...
