HBO Might Be Coming To iTunes

Porfolio.com is reporting that you might soon be able to find Tony Soprano in the iTunes Store. HBO, the premium cable channel known for their original programming, is in talks with Apple to add their programming to the iTunes Store.
This is good news for fans of HBO shows, but the real story here is the [...]

MI and Silicon Valley Dems Launch New Net Neutrality Bill

Yesterday on Capitol Hill, two Democratic representatives introduced a House bill that would require broadband ISPs to “interconnect with the facilities of other network providers on a reasonable and nondiscriminatory basis.” It also requires them to treat all content, applications and services as the same, with “equal opportunity to reach consumers,” says an IDG story [...]

Stereo-Photography Pic of 18th, 19th Century Anatomical Models

The Stanford Medical Center is using stereophotography to document gorgeous Italian anatomical waxwork sculptures from the 18th and 19th centuries. Clement Susini (1757-1814) created more than 2,000 of the sculptures to educate medical students. A team from Stanford University Medical Media and Information Technologies (SUMMIT) collaborated with colleagues from the University of Bologna and 3D [...]

TorrentSpy Hit with $111M Fine for Copyright Violation

BitTorrent tracker TorrentSpy may have shut down last month, but that wasn’t enough to prevent a federal judge from slapping the site with a $111 million fine yesterday. While BitTorrent didn’t host any copyrighted materials on their own servers, the service did make it easy for users to illegally trade files. And the judge ruled [...]

Family Guy Enters The Matrix

If someone had asked me right when I woke up this morning if I expected to see an superb Family Guy/Matrix trailer mashup, I would have said “frickin’ sweet” and may have searched YouTube for it later, but I wouldn’t have done it so quite incredulously

Democratic Senator Tells ISPs To “think twice” Before Screwing Up Net Neutrality

Democratic Senator Ron Wyden has put ISPs on notice that he’s going to do everything he can to preserve Net Neutrality, telling ISPs to “think twice” before they start to corrupt the connections they provide to their customers.
From the Article: “Wyden delivered his ultimatum at a Computer & Communications Industry Association conference in DC, where [...]

Batmobile From Tim Burton’s Batman On eBay

Given the choice, these days I might rather go for a spin in the Tumbler Batmobile from the latest Batman films, but as I was — and still am — definitely a fan of the Tim Burton version. Sure, he didn’t actually design it, but he definitely helped influenced what has become another iconic iteration [...]

Yahoo! Adds Malware Warnings To Its Search Results

Yahoo! has partnered with McAfee to integrated the security firm’s SiteAdvisor technology in Yahoo! search results. That means Yahoo! will remove some of the most dangerous sites from search results altogether, and will include highly visible warning messages on search listings that force downloads, include browser exploits, or sites that send unsolicited emails.
Google offers a [...]

PRO-IP Act Passes the Judiciary Committee

The Pro-IP Act has passed the Judiciary Committee unanimously, thanks to the support of committee chairman Rep. John Conyers (D-MI). If you remember, this is the same bill which would create copyright cops with the power to seize computers, when powers like that have been systematically abused in other areas. But, apparently, they think the [...]

iTunes Movie Downloads Now Available Same Day As DVD Release

Given the choice between buying a physical DVD and grabbing a downloadable iTunes version of the same movie, you might choose what’s behind door #2 for convenience, iPod playability and speed; that is, if you’re willing to wait it out while the DVD-only window ticks away. Up until now it’s been about 30-45 days post-DVD [...]

Find and Play Music On the Web via SeeqPod

SeeqPod is a search engine for finding music on the web. But it’s much more than that. Enter an artist or song title in SeeqPod and it will look for MP3s, video files, or web sites related to you term and present them in a nice clean list — with links to play the files [...]

Online A/V Scan: Jotti’s Malware Scan

Nothing really beats a good firewall or anti-malware program that offers real-time protection. But if something was going to come close, we’d say a tool that lets you check files against 20 different antivirus might come close. Jotti’s Malware Scan is an online tool that lets you upload a file and scan it with 20 [...]

Record, Save Online Radio Streams with Chilirec

We’ve all seen desktop applications that let you record music from internet radio streams, but ChiliRec is the first web app that I know of that rips music from online radio stations and stores it in folders.
Here’s how it works: When you visit the Chilirec site, you can choose from a long list of online [...]

GTA IV Leaked Online

GTA IV, supposedly the biggest thing in the history of modern electronic entertainment, has been leaked on the Internet. If you’re one of the lucky ones with a modded 360 and a copy of the game, disconnect from Live before you play it. Rockstar is watching out for people who go online with these before [...]

Today’s Time Waster: ToonCrisis

Using an interesting blend of real-world video and cartoon-enemy overlays, ToonCrisis is a fun Flash shooter with an original soundtrack of punk-ish/ska songs to keep you motivated.
The objective is simply to kill the monsters by aiming your laser-shooting hand (which is, of course, in the shape of a gun) at them and clicking the left [...]