Music labels trying new format: SanDisk's slotMusic mini flash memory cards

slotMusic cards are what they are called. It's an album in a mini flash memory card which is the new hope for the music industry. Since CDs are becoming extinct, they are hoping that these mini memory cards will...

Blockbuster: DVD to Blu-ray shift slower than VHS to DVD

The migration from DVD to Blu-ray isn't as quick as Blockbuster seemed to think it would be."According to a report by Home Media magazine, Thomas Casey, CFO of Blockbuster said at a recent investor conference in New York that he doesn’t think Blu-ray’s replacement of DVD...

Bangladesh bans ICL rebels

"The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) on Wednesday have announced a ten-year ban for 13 of its top cricketers for joining the unauthorised Indian Cricket League (ICL), and is now hoping that the BCCI’s Indian Premier League (IPL) and the Champions Twenty20 League will help...

Leander Paes rolls back the years

"Inspite of the success in the doubles format of the game, Leander Paes always takes time to wonder what would have happened had he paid more attention to his singles games. At one time, Leander was ranked 73 and had won an ATP title, besides Bronze in the Atlanta Olympic...

DNC Digital Satellite Downlink Frequencies for Networks MPEG-2/FTA Format

POLITISITE and NOWPUBLIC EXCLUSIVE.Hello to all of my Politisite and NowPublic Readers.  I will be listing here the Digital Satellite down link frequencies for all the major networks who are covering the...

Batcam: IMAX Film Used for DARK KNIGHT Theatrical Release

You know budget filmmaking? IMAX is the opposite of that: expensive equipment, expensive processing, specialized post-production, and that's *before* re-integrating your IMAX footage with the rest of the 35mm print....

Fab four times price for Beatles drumskin

I was a Rolling Stones rather than a Beatles fan so I did not buy any Beatle recordings until Sgt. Peppers was released."The iconic bass drum skin used on the front cover of The Beatles' 1967 album Sgt Pepper's...

Nine Inch Nails Tracks Downloads of 'The Slip' via Google Earth

This is the first time I've seen this done.  Pretty cool.  Fan geo-location."Over 1.4 million unique users have downloaded the free Nine Inch Nails album The Slip, according to the band, since they posted...

Digital Mixtapes: Everything Old is New Again

Now that we've all made the shift to organize our formerly physical music collections  into digital music libraries and iPod playlists, the necessary next logical next step is to wax nostalgic for the outdated...

JT Phone Home: Timberlake to Produce Reality Show

Pop superhero Justin Timberlake is producing a new reality show, on which contestants (or victims) find themselves taking orders via mysterious mobile phones found in the street. The show is a remake of a Dutch...

RIAA: Vinyl Is Back!

Frank Smith is always worth reading.  Today he picked up an interesting tidbit on the state of the music business."In the U.S. shipments of CDs were down 17.5 percent in 2007, while digital formats (such as...

MySpace Signs Deal to Aim Its Content for Overseas TV

MySpace is targeting original TV content on the site in an interesting way."Positioning the social network as a breeding ground for television series, MySpace has signed a deal with a British-based production firm, ShineReveille International, to distribute its video content...

IRL Knockout Qualifying – The Firestone Fast Six :: The EDJE

"No. 8 Will Power of KV Racing Technology on the course at St. Petersburg. Will posted the fastest qualifying time at 62.1355 (nearly one-half a second faster than the pole sitter Tony Kanaan) but because the mark...

'Family Feud' Heading to Primetime

What was old is new again, and that gameshow stalwart, Family Feud, is getting a primetime makeover. I remember thinking that the "survey says!" display board had a train-station quality about it."While it's possible...

Warning: New Video By Gnarls Barkley could cause seizures

Apparently, fans of Gnarly Barkley would be 'crazy' to watch his new video - it can cause epileptic seizures. " (BUM) The new video by Gnarls Barkley cannot be shown in its current format because it...

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