Internet Video Contest Gives American Idol Hopeful an Edge
Can an Asian-American ever hold the American Idol title? Paul Ethan Hahn says a resounding "yes" and Internet video might be his Ace in the Hole.
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How To Run iTunes From A USB Drive
Wish you could free your iTunes Library from your computer and take it with you in your pocket? GetUSB.info put together an excellent tutorial on how to run a mobile iTunes Library from a USB stick or hard drive. This method will run the entire iTunes application from the storage device, making it easy to …
MySpace’s New News Feature Fails To Engage Users (2007)
Just because Rupert Murdoch has big marketing muscle, lots of money and a good track record doesn't mean everything he touches becomes an instant success. MySpace put its new "News" section into beta several months ago and is promoting it like crazy on the MySpace homepage. Pretty impressive promotion considering that MySpace is one of the top 10 sites on the Internet.
MSNBC Announces New MSNBC.com Ad Network (2007)
Through a partnership with Pulse 360, MSNBC.com has created a unique online ad network for independent publishers.
Merry Miller’s ABC-TV On-Air Disaster Becomes a YouTube Sensation
Merry Miller is the Senior Programming Director for The Learning Annex in New York, USA. She was named as one of the 40 "rising stars" in 2007 by Crain's magazine and is a former Miss Dallas. But that's where this "rising star" starts to fade.
Netflix Stock Plunges After First Quarterly Customer Losses
Netflix Inc.’s stock price plunged to its lowest point in more than two years Tuesday after the online DVD rental leader reported the first quarterly customer losses in its history and dimmed its earnings outlook for the rest of the year. To make matters worse, Netflix’s Web site — the hub of its rental system …
Google’s View of D.C. Melds New and Sharp, Old and Fuzzy
As you take a bird’s-eye tour of downtown Washington, compliments of Google Maps’ updated satellite feature, you hit a haze over the Mall. Suddenly, instead of crisp, yellow taxis, white buses and red pickup trucks, the vehicles look like little blobs. Foggy Bottom gets really, well, foggy. People casting distinct shadows walk out of the …
Amazon Releases Alexa Toolbar For The Firefox Web Browser (2007)
Alexa, a subsidiary of Amazon, has been providing information on web traffic since 1996. Once you install the Alexa Toolbar, you can then view traffic trends, reach and rank, of any site you visit on the Internet.
Japan quake causes nuke plant leak, fire
A strong earthquake shook Japan’s northwest coast Monday, setting off a fire at the world’s most powerful nuclear power plant and causing a reactor to spill radioactive water into the sea — an accident not reported to the public for hours. The 6.8-magnitude temblor killed at least 8 people and injured more than 900 as …
Floating Wind Turbines in the North Sea
While our oceans house not only diverse ecologies and possibly the lost city of Atlantis, they now have something else to brag about: serving as prime real estate for some very renewable energy. Norwegian energy group Norsk Hydro is to place giant floating wind turbines in the North Sea that will provide a reasonable, environmentally-friendly …
News, NBC tap Kilar to head venture
Three months after announcing a plan to form an online video venture, NBC and News Corp. have hired a CEO, tapping Amazon.com exec Jason Kilar to run the operation.Kilar, who has worked at Amazon for nearly a decade, helped launch and run its homevid business and also led a number of its tech initiatives. In …
Bloggers get Sci Fi access
Sci Fi Channel is using the viral power of blogging to promote its fall lineup of programming. The network is hosting a digital press event in Vancouver, where bloggers and webmasters from various media organizations will report from behind the scenes of such Sci Fi shows as “Battlestar Galactica,” “Eureka,” “Stargate Atlantis” and “Flash Gordon” …
Man Kills Bear with a Log
When a black bear threatened former Marine, Chris Everhart’s family, he grabbed the closest weapon he could find… a log. Everhart and his 3 sons were camping in the Chattahoochee National Forest in northern Georgia on June 16, when a 300-pound black bear stumbled upon a cooler of food in their campsite. Everhart’s youngest son, 6-year-old Logan, hurled a shovel at the hungry …
Stunning Aerial View Of The Google Solar Panel Project
Google announced a commitment to solar energy production and launched the largest solar panel installation to date on a corporate campus in the United States called the Google Solar Panel Project.
The New Safari Web Browser for Windows Is Full Of Bugs
It’s been an interesting few days for Apple and their Safari web browser. On Monday, Apple released a PC version of Safari 3 (beta) at the 2007 Worldwide Developers Conference. But within a few hours, Internet security specialists and hackers had uncovered several bugs capable of crashing the Windows operating system as well as a …
Patient bleeds dark green blood
A team of Canadian surgeons got a shock when the patient they were operating on began shedding dark greenish-black blood, the Lancet reports.The man emulated Star Trek’s Mr Spock – the Enterprise’s science officer who supposedly had green Vulcan blood. In this case, the unusual colour of the 42-year-old’s blood was down to the migraine …
Teri Weinberg joins NBC team
Ben Silverman’s decision to put trusted aide Teri Weinberg in charge of scripted development at NBC is another signal that the Peacock’s new entertainment co-chief plans to shake things up in a big way.As expected, Weinberg was tapped Monday to serve as exec veep of NBC Entertainment, putting her in charge of all scripted series …
