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CinemaNow, one of the oldest movie and TV show download sites, has inked a deal that will make its movie and TV show downloads playable on both PCs and Macs. CinemaNow will now utilize Widevine Technologies‘ multi-format DRM solution to make their download-to-own movies viewable on Windows, Mac, and Linux machines. Pay-per-view titles will also …
According to Twitterholic, Barack Obama is now the most followed person on Twitter and has over 58,000 followers. Kevin Rose previously had the top account.
Charles Darwin was one of the most important scientific minds of all time. But did you know that he also turned his formidable intellect to a less weighty question – do blondes have more fun? Letters uncovered as part of a major project to compile Darwin’s correspondence have revealed that the great Victorian naturalist devoted …
“Tweet. Tweet.” Hear that? No it’s not a bird. It’s actually NBC producer Ryan Osborn “tweeting” Olympic related messages via Twitter for the Today Show. As NBC begins broadcasting the Olympics this week, Ryan has temporarily hijacked the NBC Agency‘s Today Show Twitter account to connect Twitter users with daily tweets from Beijing. Everyday Ryan …
As part of the promotion for the highly anticipated film Watchmen, Warner Bros., and DC Comics created a Watchmen motion comic version of the acclaimed graphic novel.
The SyFy Channel is using Twitter to help promote its new TV series called Eureka. One of the show's characters, a smart home called S.A.R.A.H., now has her own Twitter account.
Mobile social media integrator Moblyng expanded its mobile content site this week. Moblyng now offers easy access to top viewed content from MySpace and YouTube, and can push videos, slide shows and photos directly to mobile devices. The company also unveiled a new mobilize me button on select artist’s MySpace profiles allowing users to sign …
Cuil is a new Internet search engine created by ex-Googlers Tom Costello and Anna Patterson that promises new privacy features for Internet users.
I’ve only had my iPhone for less than a week, and already I’ve noticed that it’s quite a power hog. I went from 100% to 50% after browsing the web and making a few phone calls. Having the same problem? Paying attention to just a few commonsense pointers will pay off with a longer battery lifespan and …
London has Big Ben, Paris has the Eiffel Tower , San Francisco has the Golden Gate Bridge and now Beijing has an iconic structure that’s likely to identify the city forever. It’s an audacious monolith that looks like two drunken high-rise towers leaning over and holding each other up at the shoulders. The eye-catching building, …
from Special Guest Blogger Mike Taibbi/NBC News Correspondent We’d known for more than a year it was coming, that our old Pug ‘Scoop’ had begun his decline and was heading inevitably toward the day when we’d have to say goodbye to him. By last fall his kidneys were quitting on him, and while he tolerated …
In 2007, Steve Hoffman and Eric Hayashi joined forces with Naomi Kokubo and co-founded ROCKETON, a new type of multiplayer social experience that spans the entire web. Instead of having to go to a separate site or use a specific application like Second Life, ROCKETON turns the entire Internet into a virtual world for browser based avatars.
Yesterday Google, Inc. announced a browser-based online world called “Google Lively.” The new service allows users to assume online characters known as avatars and wander around different virtual public settings such as coffee houses and tropical islands. Users can also create private rooms that can be decorated with virtual furniture, personalized picture frames and large-screen …
One of the coolest features of Apple’s iPhone is the mutitouch capable screen. From navigating menus to interacting with features like Google Maps, using the iPhone’s multitouch screen isn’t just easy, but it’s fun. When the iPhone first debuted, some users complained that their fingers were too fat to use the touchscreen. But those cries …
If you have anything to do with the internet, I’m sure you are aware of the ubiquity and omnipresence of Google. Google’s everywhere. It just dominates the internet (not an exaggeration!). Just sit and think about the products or applications that you rely on everyday. You’ll find at least one product (if not several) which …
Coiled up in a tornado is as much energy as an entire power plant. So a Canadian engineer has a plan to spin up his own twister and extract energy from its tethered tail. It all depends on heating the air near the surface so that it is much warmer than the air above. “You …
Sci Fi Channel and video game publisher Trion World Networks are developing an entertainment franchise targeted for release in 2010 designed to “play” on both online and TV platforms. Think World of Warcraft meets Battlestar Galactica. The still unnamed show on Sci Fi channel and the multiplayer Trion World game will share the same fictional …
