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Lonelygirl15, OK Go and other YouTube sensations are getting their moment on the virtual red carpet. YouTube announced yesterday that it is holding the first YouTube Video Awards to recognize last year’s best user-created videos in seven categories: most creative, most inspirational, best series, best comedy, musician of the year, best commentary and “most adorable …
Get ready for the television "newpeat." In an unusual experiment aimed at improving ratings for reruns, tonight American broadcast network NBC plans to air two previously seen half-hour episodes of The Office that have been re-edited into a new hour-long show.
TiVo CEO Tom Rogers had this to say in his quarter results commentary: "We will be highly focused this year on launching a lower-priced, mass appeal High Definition product."
NBC Universal Television has restructured its business affairs unit after promoting Marc Graboff. The restructure includes expanding responsibilities for executive VPs Rick Olshansky and Beth Roberts and pinning senior VP stripes on veterans Jeremy Adell, Craig Kurland, and Masami Yamamoto. Marc Graboff Promoted To President Of NBC Universal Television, West Coast The moves follow the …
NBC announced Thursday that Entertainment President Kevin Reilly signed a new multi-year deal to remain in his job, as has been expected since early this year. And Reilly, who has stemmed the network’s primetime ratings plunge and given NBC some newfound momentum despite massive cuts at NBC Universal and constant rumors about his job security, …
Here’s a video clip from YouTube of Richard Simmons adjusting himself on the US morning news program the “Today Show.” Note To Self: If I ever become famous and appear on TV, dear Lord please remind me to not adjust myself while on camera. Is anyone else really weirded out by Richard Simmons? The …
This week’s 3GSM World Congress in Barcelona has become a must for anyone interested in the future applications possible on mobile phones. The world’s largest wireless event has a list of keynote speakers and attendees signed up for this year’s event, which runs Feb. 12-15 in Barcelona, reads like a who’s who in any industry …
If you went to Apple.com last week, then you might have seen "open letter" written by Steve Jobs about DRM and the music industry called Thoughts on Music.
If U.S. State Sen. Carl Kruger (D-Brooklyn) has his way, a new "iPod Crosswalk Ban" proposal would make it illegal to walk, jog or bike across the street in New York while using your iPod.
A hacker attack on the Internet failed this week — but experts warn there could be more to come. Three of the 13 computers that help direct all Internet traffic were hit with a flood of data requests Tuesday. Although it’s not yet clear where the torrent came from, it was most likely designed to …
Here's video of Bill Gates promoting the new Microsoft Windows operating system called Vista on the The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. Mr. Gates has a difficult task on his plate. Vista has been plagued with tech issues and resistance from consumers.
According to Hitwise, MySpace related search terms accounted for half of the top 10 search terms to all sites on the Internet in 2006.
Steve Jobs unveiled a new smartphone called the iPhone at the MacWorld Expo in San Francisco.
Jim Cramer from CNBC Mad Money picked Apple as his #2 growth stock of 2007 over Microsoft. To show his disapproval of Microsoft's stock performance, he decided to destroy Microsoft's Zune media player with a baseball bat.
Oops! Someone in CNN's graphics department screwed up and made a very embarrassing Obama Osama typo.
A "wardrobe malfunction" during a 2006 New Year's Eve broadcast apparently exposed the Japanese public to a little more than they were expecting. Several showgirl-style dancers performing with DJ Ozma unexpectedly went "topless" during his song "Bounce With Me."
On Friday afternoon I heard a rumor that the “iPhone” was coming out on Monday, December 18th. It was an interesting rumor because most people thought that Apple would announce their mobile phone product at the January 2007 Macworld conference. Well, a new product called the iPhone did indeed come out today but not from …
