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Norway court snubs call to block The Pirate Bay

Technology / Internet

created Nov 06, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 1

A court in Norway on Friday rejected calls from the entertainment industry to force communications giant Telenor to block its customers from accessing popular file sharing website The Pirate Bay.


Online radio service wins ruling over license fees

Technology / Internet

created Aug 22, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Personalized Internet radio stations got a boost Friday when a federal appeals court ruled that Yahoo's LAUNCHcast music service was not interactive enough to be forced to pay hundreds of millions of dollars in licensing ...


PlayStation 3

PlayStation 3 price cut by $100; slimmer model to come

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Aug 18, 2009 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(AP) -- After months of rumors and anticipation, Sony Corp. is slashing the price of the PlayStation 3 by $100 in hopes of boosting sales of the console ahead of the important holiday season.


Digital Entertainer brings PC content to big screen

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jul 02, 2009 | popularity 1.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

So there you are with all those videos, photos and MP3 music files, and the only place you can play all that digital entertainment is on your computer. It's probably sequestered away somewhere in the room you've designated ...


Microsoft, Sony take aim at Nintendo Wii at E3 (AP)

Microsoft, Sony take aim at Nintendo Wii at E3

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jun 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- This year's Electronic Entertainment Expo has been quite the moving experience.


Rick Anton demostrates a prototype of Sony's new motion-sensing controller

Sony latest to demo videogame motion-sensing controller

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jun 03, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Sony on Tuesday demonstrated a prototype motion-sensing videogame controller, as the maker of PlayStation consoles joined rivals in a trend away from playing with complicated buttons and joysticks.


Kazuo Hirai, Chairman and Group CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment, Inc., displays the new Sony PSP Go

Sony unveils new PSP Go

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jun 02, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (3) | comments 3

Sony on Tuesday unveiled a sleek next-generation PSP Go handheld videogame, movie and music gadget in a direct challenge to Nintendo's freshly-launched DSi devices.


Fair goers play games of manufacturer Ubisoft at a fair in 2008

Blockbuster videogame line-up to spark E3 magic

Technology / Software

created May 31, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 4

Videogame makers are defying horrid economic times with an annual Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) brimming with blockbuster titles and unbridled pizzazz.


Spaniard sued for music file-sharing networks

Technology / Internet

created May 19, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Recording companies went to court Tuesday claiming euro13 million ($17.5 million) from a Spaniard they accuse of profiting from computer programs he designed to allow free music downloads over the Internet.


4 convicted in Pirate Bay file-sharing trial (AP)

Hollywood scores win over Pirate Bay, 4 convicted

Technology / Internet

created Apr 17, 2009 | popularity 2.9 / 5 (13) | comments 44

(AP) -- The entertainment industry won round one Friday in a legal battle against file-sharing hub The Pirate Bay, with guilty verdicts and one-year prison sentences handed down to four men accused of running ...


Google, music labels launch China download service (AP)

Google, music labels launch China download service

Technology / Internet

created Mar 30, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Google Inc. and major music companies launched a free Internet music download service for China on Monday in a bid to help turn a field dominated by pirates into a profitable, legitimate business.


A person uses the iPhone in December 2008 in Paris

iPhone porn goes 3D

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Mar 20, 2009 | popularity 2.7 / 5 (6) | comments 1

IPhone lovers can use their hot devices to view steamy adult videos in 3D.


Another Dimension in Technology Awaits

Another Dimension in Technology Awaits

Technology / Hi Tech

created Mar 13, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

If you’ve been to the movies lately, chances are your popcorn came with a pair of 3-D glasses.


Web 2.0 for the real world

Technology / Engineering

created Mar 12, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- European researchers working on some of the most fundamental issues facing the future internet paradigm have developed - in their spare time, no less - a mobile platform that brings some of the most powerful ...


Imeem launched in San Francisco in 2003 and became a popular online locale for streaming and sharing music for free

MySpace buys imeem music site for under $1 mln

Technology / Internet

created Dec 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- MySpace's online music venture with recording labels completed its purchase of song streaming site imeem on Tuesday, scooping up its 16 million users and mobile phone applications for less than $1 ...