Julian Sanchez has an excellent piece in Ars Technica which takes a look at the claim that content creators are being discouraged from creative pursuits due to online piracy – a claim that has fueled the recently stalled anti-piracy legislation in congress. Whether SOPA and PIPA would have actually worked is an open question, but […]
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Bad news for readers and employees of the long-running gaming magazine: After 22 years of publication, popular gaming magazine GamePro‘s U.S. operations have been shut down by its parent company IDG, VentureBeat has learned. Multiple sources within the magazine confirmed that GamePro employees, including executives, received phone calls first-thing this morning with the dreaded news. GamePro’s U.S. website, […]
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Good news for Netflix subscribers who own Android-based smart phones and tablets running the Android 3.0 “Honeycomb” OS: The online streaming service offered through Netflix is now available in their updated app, allowing subscribers to watch the company’s entire online catalog of television shows and movies on the go. I spent a little time with […]
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File this under news you’ve likely heard before, but probably fail to heed 100% of the time. The Associated Academy of Pediatricians is urging parents to keep kids away from TV screens at least until they turn two, citing data that television can hinder important development especially in toddlers. If this sounds familiar it’s not […]
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Mel Gibson got an unexpected boost to his career this weekend. Robert Downey Jr. urged the crowd at the American Cinematheque award ceremony to forgive the embattled actor and move past the ugliness that has plagued his personal life and career in recent years. I’ve taken flack for defending Mel Gibson in the past so it’s […]
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You should really spend a few minutes reading Forbes contributor J Maureen Henderson’s post on how to improve your writing. This bit is my favorite: There’s a difference between making everything about you and infusing yourself into everything you write. The former is lazy, narcissistic and all too common. The latter is how you develop […]
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Seattle has its own caped crusader – sort of. Phoenix Jones wears a costume and claims to fight crime, but vigilantism isn’t always what it’s cracked up to be, and now Jones has been arrested on assault charges after an incident involving pepper-spray and a case of poor judgment: Jones is out of jail after being […]
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Sorry all you Qwikster fanboys out there, Netflix apparently had a bit of sense knocked into them after their earlier, inexplicable decision to split their DVD and streaming businesses into two separate companies. Now the company is scrapping Qwikster, its infant DVD-only service, amidst unbridled outrage by its customer base. (So far no Occupy Netflix […]
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Since I’ve been blogging about The Wonder Years and The Simpsons recently, I think this picture is appropriate: I’m not sure if it’s actually the case, but there’s no doubt in my mind that Milhouse from The Simpsons is based on Paul Pfeiffer from The Wonder Years. The resemblance is way too striking and uncanny […]
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Maybe The Simpsons should go quietly into the good night, its golden years long since passed, but it doesn’t look like the cast of the long-running animated sitcom are going to go without a fight. Fox is demanding a 45% pay cut for producers and actors of the beloved comedy, which has been on-air for almost […]
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