By James Lane On January 18, 2012, in an unprecedented decision, the Wikipedia community has chosen to blackout the English version of Wikipedia for 24 hours, in protest against proposed legislation in the United States — the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) in the U.S. House of Representatives, and PROTECTIP (PIPA) in the U.S....
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By James Lane Filmmaker Craig Rosebraugh Pursues Trail of Environmental Destruction, Illness and Death Perfectly Timed to Reflect the Voices of the Global Occupy Wall Street Movement What happens when an industry has too much power? “Greedy Lying Bastards” presents a searing indictment of the influence, deceit and corruption that defines the fossil fuel...
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By James Lane BlackBerry users across the world are losing confidence with their devices as an outage of email, messaging and Internet services on the phones spread to the U.S. and Canada and stretched into the third day for Europe, Asia, Latin America and Africa. It was the biggest outage in years for BlackBerry...
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By James Lane Digital Reality yesterday announced the first downloadable content (DLC) for its aerial combat racer SkyDrift on Xbox LIVE®Arcade and PlayStation®Network. Experience the next level of intense speed with the ‘Extreme Fighters Pack’, adding to the player’s arsenal three of the most powerful and deadliest planes including a Vanguard, a Sparrow X1...
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By James Lane Invitation Only Event to Focus on the Business of Pop Culture; Joint Venture with MIPTV, GeekChicDaily & Nerdist Industries ReedPOP yesterday announced the launch of WHITE SPACE, an exclusive invitation-only summit tailored to influencers and decision makers who help shape the direction of the business of popular culture. WHITE SPACE will...
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Goodspeed Musicals are Known for their Lively Performances and Intimate Ambience East Haddam, Conn. — Goodspeed Musicals’ productions are known throughout the country for their lively performances and intimate ambience. At the Goodspeed Opera House in East Haddam, Conn., many audience members can get up-close looks at the actors’ incredibly detailed choreography and costumes....
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Google’s YouTube video site is in negotiations with Hollywood’s leading movie studios to launch a global pay-per-view video service by the end of 2010, putting it head-to-head with Apple in the race to dominate the digital distribution of film and television content. Google has been pitching to the studios on the international appeal of...
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Paul Allen Microsoft co-founder, has decided to wage a legal battle against just about everyone by claiming patent infringement against a number of the Internet’s biggest names. The saga revolves around a company that Allen founded in 1992, Interval Research. Now little more than a patent holding outfit, Interval has alleged that AOL, Apple,...
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WASHINGTON — The Pentagon says a foreign spy agency pulled off the most serious breach of Defense Department computer networks ever by inserting a flash drive into a U.S. military laptop. The previously classified incident took place in 2008 in the Middle East and was disclosed in a magazine article by Deputy Defense Secretary...
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Digg is relaunching today as it attempts to surge to greater heights — with an added focus on making the site better for publishers as well as users. Digg v4 will be rolling out over the next few hours, and brings some major changes that could totally change the dynamic of the site. The biggest...
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