Tomorrow, Friday, March, 11, you can buy an iPad 2. The question, of course, is should you. David Pogue, The New York Times’ personal gadget guru, says that despite any negatives, the iPad 2 really is something else: The original…
"Sony is looking at the possible distribution of films via social networks or other methods similar to a Facebook-Warner deal announced this week, according to an executive," reports The Hollywood Reporter. The executive is John Calkins, executive vp global digital…
Tech geeks, filmmakers and musicians. Some are singular and some are hyphenates: a musician-filmmaker-tech geek. But alone or in multiples, the mecca for this triumvirate is the annual South by Southwest (SXSW) festival every March in Austin, Texas. This year’s edition starts on…
Mike Starr, a former Alice in Chains band member who also appeared in television’s "Celebrity Rehab," has died at 44, reports Reuters. Starr was found dead in a Salt Lake City house after police received a call about a possible…
In what will be a papal first, Pope Benedict will answer viewers’ questions on television on Good Friday, April 22, reports The Guardian. The catch is that the pope has agreed to only answer three questions–and each of those must…
Now that Warner Bros has pulled the trigger and fired Charlie Sheen, what’s next for Warner Bros., CBS, "Two and a Half Men" and Sheen himself. Well, it’s not rocket science, it’s only TV, or so says TVWeek Open Mic blogger Chuck…
Warner Bros. has become the first movie studio to launch a test program allowing users to rent and watch movies on Facebook, according to Time magazine’s Techland. Both Time magazine and Warner Bros. are owned by Time Warner. The article…
"[A] a decision by publisher HarperCollins to limit the circulation of library e-books is rousing librarians, who have started a boycott via blogs and Twitter protesting what some consider the digital "destruction" of books," writes Bob Minzesheimer of USA Today….
Tech firms and data-gathering services are joining forces with cable and satellite TV operators to step up efforts to match specific types of viewers with specific types of advertising, The Wall Street Journal reports. The approach borrows a strategy widely…
To promote "Today’s” new website, the "Today" show will produce a second show that will air only on the Web, reports The New York Times’ Media Decoder blog. The Web-based "Today.com Show" will be a one-time production and will air…