Today on the Net: Netflix CEO Reed Hastings said he doesn’t necessarily need to renew the company’s deal with Starz, CBS Interactive head Neil Ashe is stepping down and CBS head Leslie Moonves said Google TV would have to pay up for access to its content. Read More »
Archive for December 2010
Despite some of the trials and tribulations of thin film solar firm Solyndra, we’ve been curious to get a look at how they make the tubular panels. Solyndra just released this video, which shows some of the key steps. Read More »
In the world of independent production, there’s a lot to be said for keeping one’s concept in scale with the production value available. Today’s example: the action comedy miniseries Today of All Days, which pulls off its objectives with flair and originality. Read More »
WorkWyze is a team-based task management app that’s designed with the needs of team leaders in mind. It has a simple workflow that makes it easy to delegate, track and prioritize tasks, and makes it clear who owns each task and what its status is. Read More »
File sharing and downloading from sites like Rapidshare and services like Usenet is shifting towards video and e-books, with MP3s quickly going out of fashion. That’s the gist of new data from a media search engine, which also shows that free MP3s are still widely available. Read More »
Despite mixed reviews and a version of Android “not optimized” for tablets, Samsung sold 600,000 Galaxy Tabs in its first month, and recently claimed to have sold a million. If Steve Jobs isn’t concerned by those numbers, he should be. Read More »
Everyone knows that California was the brightest shining light in the oppressive darkness that descended on the clean energy world on Nov. 2. While clean energy hopes were being snuffed out across the country, California went the right way towards a sustainable energy future. Read More »
Yahoo really isn’t in the “check-in” game, which means it has to find other ways to bring advertisers together with local users. One attempt is the new Yahoo Local beta which delivers hyper-local content from local publishers through the web in 30 initial locations. Read More »
New data from Nielsen shows that teens are the biggest consumers of video on mobile devices, watching on average more than 7 hours of mobile video a month. That’s four hours more than their parents typically watch and twice as much as the average mobile user. Read More »
As the U.S. government and a series of corporations such as Visa, MasterCard and PayPal keep up the pressure on WikiLeaks, a rough alliance of hackers and supporters have taken it upon themselves to wage an ongoing cyber-war in defense of the document-leaking organization. Read More »
Netflix has adopted HTML5 for its user experience in reaching connected devices, but has shied away from standards-based video playback, citing concerns about lack of content security. But a job posting suggests it might soon be building tools and pushing standards for HTML5 video playback. Read More »
Looking for a last minute gift for someone really special? Apple has discounted its prices by between $20 and $50 on refurbished Wi-Fi model iPads as of Dec. 8. Originally, the discount was listed as a limited time offer, but that caveat’s been removed. Read More »
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