by Wendy Davis on Jan 17, 3:00 PM
Are Web users losing faith in search engines? A study released today by the University of Southern California's Center for the Digital Future suggests the answer may be yes.
by Wendy Davis on Jan 16, 2:15 PM
This week, just as an unauthorized new biography of Tom Cruise debuted, so did a video of the actor proclaiming the virtues of the Church of Scientology. After initially surfacing on Gawker's Defamer.com, YouTube and other sites, the video was briefly removed -- but then reappeared.
by Wendy Davis on Jan 15, 1:30 PM
After weathering years of accusations that sexual predators use MySpace to find young victims, the site has announced a purported safety agreement with 49 states. But some aspects of this agreement will be very difficult to implement. What's more, they raise significant First Amendment concerns.
by Wendy Davis on Jan 14, 2:45 PM
Netflix said today it's going to offer most subscribers the opportunity to stream as many videos as they want from its roster of 6,000 movies and television shows available for online viewing.
by Wendy Davis on Jan 11, 3:30 PM
In an interview set to air Sunday night, Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg told "60 Minutes" that Facebook's controversial Beacon program "is going to be a really good thing."
by Wendy Davis on Jan 10, 3:15 PM
About 28,000 people who downloaded "Niggy Tardust," the Saul Williams record produced by Trent Reznor, opted to pay $5 for the album, the Nine Inch Nails frontman said on his
site. The rest of the 154,000 downloaders took Williams and Reznor up on their offer to take the album for free.
by Wendy Davis on Jan 9, 2:15 PM
An AT&T exec said Tuesday that the company is still toying with the idea of implementing a filtering system that would potentially prevent people from accessing or sharing copyrighted material.
by Wendy Davis on Jan 8, 2:30 PM
Comcast today is set to enter the growing field of companies offering online streams of TV shows online with the launch of Fancast.
by Wendy Davis on Jan 7, 3:30 PM
Apple's iTunes store continues to face increasing competition for sales of downloadable music, movies and TV shows. Consider, Napster said on Sunday that it's going to start selling single tracks and albums in MP3 format -- meaning consumers will easily be able to put the files on iPods or any other portable music players they wish. This news comes just days after it was reported that Sony BMG would join the other three major record labels in the sale of DRM-free versions of its music at some sites.
by Wendy Davis on Jan 4, 2:45 PM
As sales of music albums plummet, the industry seems to realize it needs to rethink its strategy.