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Yes Suzie05, Bloggers are Journalists too

Emilie Branstetter — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 20:30:41 +0000

In a step to help bring freedom of press to the world wide Internet, Sen. Patrick Leahy has co-authored and helped push through the OPEN Government Act. A reform to the Freedom of Information Act that will help online journalists access information easier [...]

Online copyright battles finally come to the pornography industry

Emilie Branstetter — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 15:15:18 +0000

We’ve seen the music industry almost decimated by it, DVD and game manufactures try to block it, and networks try to find a way to profit from it. Online sharing has affected many and outraged more, but now we are [...]

Viral vs. traditional marketing, new commercials from Blizzard prove to be both

Emilie Branstetter — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 08:15:05 +0000

Companies will do almost anything to get advertising out to their target audience. We’ve seen viral videos, PR stunts, and even lame Super Bowl commercials, but is World of Warcraft now looking at its user base [...]

Gamers overact to Activision Blizzard merger

Emilie Branstetter — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 08:17:54 +0000

During the weekend, Vivendi Games and Activision announced a merger to become Activision Blizzard. While this is news, some have taken the misguided notion that this will change their favorite games, which isn’t the case.

Vivendi Games, the owner of Blizzard Entertainment, has [...]

Online shopping at work slows productivity and leaves networks open to attacks

Emilie Branstetter — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 23:47:09 +0000

Seasonal shopping is a common problem with most businesses, but with hacking and phishing technology advancing at such a huge rate, there is more at stake than just a few minutes off the time clock being wasted.

With [...]

MTV to cut down on P2P piracy by offering free South Park downloads

Emilie Branstetter — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 07:14:01 +0000

MTV Networks, the biggest division of Viacom Inc. has announced plans to make every South Park episode available online for free as part of a plan to make the show available to a larger audience.

MTV originally [...]

Canadian geek comedians play non-stop for charity, shaming any American Halo 3 marathoners

Emilie Branstetter — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 04:22:00 +0000

Canadian comedy group LoadingReadyRun has sat down and jacked themselves up with enough caffeine and sugar to kill most small children. Why have they done this, you ask? Why would they torture themselves with a driving game [...]

MP3 sales spike for music aired on Apple iPod commercials

Emilie Branstetter — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 21:51:02 +0000

With the music industry’s major labels lagging behind in the transition to digital downloads, bands are finding the boost to success in an unlikely place.

When Nick Haley made an amateur video for an iPod touch, he had no clue [...]