For those book purists out there who fear that technology might be the end of the good old print and paper, the growing popularity of electronic books means bad news. Some pro-print coffee shops have gone so far as to ban e-readers from their businesses, according to the NY Times. Another NY Times writer said he faced Kindle prejudice …
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Radiohead Release New Album Online, But Not For Free
Four years after their last release, In Rainbows, Radiohead is planning to release their new album, KIng of Limbs, online this weekend – but if you were hoping for a repeat of their “Pay What You Want” plan, you’ll be sadly disappointed. This time around, the band is offering a variation of formats for download, each with its own …
Barnes & Noble Invite Scorned Amazon Affiliates To Join The Family
With Amazon severing ties with affiliate sellers in Texas, Hawaii, North Carolina, Rhode Island and other states due to issues over online sales tax (including last week closing a distribution center in Irving, TX, following a dispute over $269 million in taxes), Barnes and Noble is apparently seeing a business opportunity in the making. …
Social Networking Could Enhance Your Love Life
Before you bash your friends who go online to flirt with their crushes or those who send love notes to their significant other via social networking, a new study from Euro RSCG Wordwide is showing that online communication can actually help your relationship.
“We used to meet in bars, and restaurants, we now meet on Facebook and …
Top 10 Monday Tech Deals
It’s Monday! Time for some handpicked gadget deals.
Refurbished Xbox 360 Kinect: $100 at MidnightBox.com (today only)
If you’re looking to see what all the Kinect fuss is about but you’re not willing to drop $150 for the privilege of doing so, MidnightBox.com has a one-day deal on a refurbished Kinect unit for $100 with a 30-day
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Meet Your ‘Jeopardy!’ Contestants In This Week’s Men vs. Machine Match
You’ve probably heard all about Watson, the IBM computer that’s capable of understanding natural language. The advanced technology will be competing in Jeopardy against two of the world’s quickest minds from February 14 -16, and there’s a lot at stake with $1 million going to the first place winner, $300,000 going to second place and …
Twitter’s Promoted Trends To Cost $20,000 More
Brands that want a little piece of that sweet Twitter action are going to have to pay a little extra in the future, if rumors about Twitter increasing the cost of “promoted trend” ads by tens of thousands of dollars are true.
According to the All Things Digital blog, Twitter has started telling buyers that the price of a one-day stint …
Emanata: What Superhero Comics Look Like
Osborn #3 arrived this week with no particular fanfare: the middle episode of a five-issue miniseries that spins out of Amazing Spider-Man, it’s the kind of secondary superhero comic book that doesn’t tend to get a lot of attention. Still, it’s one of the most entertaining comics of the week, a tightly condensed, intensely creepy little …
eHarmony Hacked – Kind Of
Has dating site eHarmony been hacked? Well, it depends on which eHarmony you mean, apparently. Rumors of a security breach at the site first surfaced yesterday, but eHarmony was quick to reassure its members that it was not the actual eHarmony dating site that had been attacked, but instead an ancillary site called eHarmony Advice. The …
Grammys Use Geotagging, Nostalgia To Drive Ratings, Sales
The Oscars isn’t the only awards show giving itself a social media makeover this year; this weekend’s Grammys is also taking to the internet in an attempt to make itself more relevant. Ahead of this weekend’s ceremony, the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences have launched a campaign called “Music Is Life Is Music” that allows …
MPAA Sues Hotfile.com For Promoting Internet Piracy
The next front in the War on Internet Piracy? Online file sharing sites, apparently. The Motion Picture Association of America has filed a lawsuit against Hotfile.com on behalf of 20th Century Fox, Universal Studios, Columbia Pictures and Warner Bros, accusing the site of facilitating copyright infringement on “a staggering …
What Went Viral This Week
February 11, 2011 –
Metal Drummer Puppy
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Just saying, he should jam with Keyboard Cat.
Girlfriend Takes Revenge on Ex By Turning Him Into A Meme
He dun goofed with the wrong lady. [via Gawker]