Net Neutrality
Should Internet users have unrestricted access to all “legal” websites?Or should internet service providers be given the opportunity to restrict access to certain sites?In the Senate this week Google...
View ArticleAl Gore created a TV network?
Al Gore, the father of the Internet, has made another foray in the mass media. About six months ago he established the San Francisco based television network, Current. In developing this network, it is...
View ArticleFinally, a Portable Super Model
Maria Sharapova, Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition 2006Men can never get enough of women in bikins and the annual release of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition is no exception. With the release...
View ArticleBooks With Street Cred
Relentless Aaron, according to his website, is a bestselling author, publisher and visionary.He is the self proclaimed “Father of Urban Fiction”. He is also an ex-con.During his seven year sentence,...
View ArticleThe Next Generation Cell Phone
It’s no longer a question with of where you will lose service, but rather what services your cell phone is missing. As more American cell phone caries begin to release third generation (3G) enabled...
View ArticleI'd Like to Thank the Academy
The 78th annual Academy Awards have come and gone.The stars have graced the red carpet, what they wore is ready to make front page news (by the way Keira Knightley looked stunning) and some lucky...
View ArticleBlogging: A True Profession
From the dot com bubble on people have made substantial sums of money using the Internet. The latest craze for Internet entreprenuers has been the blog. Blogs started as a chance for wannabe...
View ArticleCan You Digg It?
With so many blogs, news sites and e-mail newsletters inundating Internet users on a daily basis there has to be a simpler way to sift through it all. Digg.com is attempting to provide a site that does...
View ArticleReality TV Might Have Gone Too Far This Time
The once black Sparks familyReality TV was supposed to be one of those trends that fizzled out just as fast as it appeared. Unfortunately, it hasn't. The longer it stays the more ridiculous the shows...
View ArticleA New Breed of Celebrity
Have you ever wondered why the saber-toothed tiger from Ice Age looks an awfully lot like Dennis Leary? Or why numerous other animated characters often resemble the actors who voice them? These...
View Article¿Tu hablas español?
Spanish language television has been an offering by most cable and satellite providers for sometime. The networks are best known for their wacky game shows and sultry Spanish soap operas, or...
View ArticleA Quote to Ponder
"It is difficult, indeed dangerous, to underestimate the huge changes this [media] revolution will bring or the power of developing technologies to build and destroy -- not just companies but whole...
View ArticleNarrowcasting Might Have Just Gotten a Little Smaller
Cable TV has almost always been the ideal mass media. It reaches large audiences, while at the same time offering specialized channels to reach targeted audiences. Still most people buzz right by all...
View ArticleWell It Sure Beats Being the Pepsi Generation
A new generation is upon us. Not like any seen before. This a generation that does not exclude based on age, and is for anyone with any creative inklings. This is Generation Content. It is this...
View ArticleClooneygate: A Blogging Scandal
A scandal has ravaged the blogosphere. Dubbed "Clooneygate" by the New York Times, the scandal involves a post allegedly made by George Clooney on the blog HuffingtonPost.com. And its implications may...
View ArticleFree Piggyback Rides
Wireless Internet access was a huge technological break through. It freed up the masses of Internet users from the tangle of wires that kept most chained to their desks. It also provided unlimited...
View ArticleRun, the F.C.C. is Coming
Oh, the F.C.C., protector of broadcasting decency and mortal enemy of Howard Stern you sure have done it this time.On March 11 the F.C.C. leveled a $4 million fine against nine different television...
View ArticlePop Culture Make Me Smarter?
To think popular culture may actually make us smarter. Such a statement might elicit muffled laughter and the occassional guffaw, but a quick flip through your local primetime line up might just prove...
View ArticleClosing the Digital Divide
The digital divide has always been used to describe the haves and have nots on the Internet. The Internet always has been actively used by white and Asian-American in significant numbers while at the...
View ArticleWhere Are All the Magazines Going?
Magazine publishers everywhere need to start making some decisions. As they watch their newspaper bretheren suffer from people's addiction to Internet news, and their own circulations remaining stagnat...
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