news

Yahoo Refunds are On The Way

Anyone who bought music through Yahoo’s Launch service have the option of receiving either a refund, or non-DRM’d copies of any music they bought while the service was running. Yahoo got it right, although this could cost them, financially. As…

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Matthew Greensmith
Media

Gannett “Gets It,” When Will the Networks?

So, Gannett Media has invested $10M in Mogulus. Apparently, Gannett understands the power and usefulness of not only live-streaming, but video uploading in general. Gannett is best known for owning a lot of media, including USAToday and a ton of…

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Matthew Greensmith
internet

Congress Needs to Keep Their Hands off Libraries

First this morning I read an article about how libraries, once frightened of how the Internet would wreak havoc on visitorship, have seen a huge upturn in use over the last several years, primarily due to visitor’s use of the…

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Matthew Greensmith
Sony

Sony Opening eBook Reader

Sony is pushing a software upgrade to its Sony Reader that will allow it to download books from other sources besides Sony. Now we’re talking. One of the reasons I’ve not even looked hard at eBook readers is because of…

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Matthew Greensmith
news

Viacom-Google Update

I wrote a week or so ago about Viacom’s request for information on YouTube users, what they watched, and when. The biggest question in my mind, and in many others’, was how to keep our privacy safe from Viacom. Apparently,…

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Matthew Greensmith