Belgian court rules against Google over copyright
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - A Belgian court ruled on Tuesday that Google may not reproduce extracts from a variety of Belgian newspapers, imperilling one of the web search leader's most popular services if o...
Online Video Industry Index
Written by Emre Sokullu and edited by Richard MacManus — There are now so many companies vying to be the next YouTube, it's easy to lose track of them all. So let's take a look at the entire online...
Pirates of the Multiplex
Under U.S. pressure, Swedish authorities are going after the popular Pirate Bay Web site for illegal distribution of video files. But if Hollywood wants to stop online pirates—who cost the industry s...
On Having Balls, Part II: Staying Hungry
Today I had coffee with Albert Lai, the founder of a site called bubbleshare. It looks like he sold the company and has repositioned the site to be more like the increasingly dominant service Slide. ...
Daylight Saving Time 2007 Update
Updating Windows Mobile-powered devices for the new Daylight Saving Time — Congress has changed the dates for Daylight Saving Time (DST) in the United States starting in 2007. Canada has adopted si...
Internet plan for MTV video clips
US media company Viacom is to begin letting people take videos from a number of its websites to post on their own blogs and sites. — The move will mean that clips of MTV-owned shows such as Pimp My ...
Newspapers beating TV sites to video revenue
Borrell Associates is releasing a new report today that reveals that newspaper sites grossed $81 million in local video advertising in 2006, compared to $32 million for local TV sites. "Print media a...
Hackers discover HD DVD and Blu-ray "processing key" — all HD titles now exposed
all HD titles now exposed — Those cooky kids over at the Doom9 forums hate themselves some DRM. Not more than two months after discovering a means to extract the HD DVD and Blu-ray Disc "volume keys...
Announcements
Windows Home Server overview and other general information — Find out as much as you can about known questions and answers as well as known issues and workarounds for Windows Home Server Beta 2. — ...
FilmLoop Betrayed By Investors?
When I added FilmLoop to the TechCrunch DeadPool last month based on rumors of mass layoffs, it was clear there was more to the story. The thirty person company had raised $11.5 million in capital an...
Adobe propels cell phone video
NEW MOBILE TECHNOLOGY COULD BE REVOLUTIONARY — Software developer Adobe Systems plans to launch mobile technology today that could revolutionize how we watch video on our cell phones. — The San Jo...
Former Sun CEO hopes the world is his classroom
McNealy says nonprofit Curriki Web site encourages learning — Scott McNealy likes to say that he stepped up, not down, from his former post as CEO of Sun Microsystems, the Silicon Valley giant he co...
5 cool ways to use Yahoo! Pipes
I've had some time to play with Yahoo!'s new RSS mixing service, Pipes, and I'm impressed with the possibilities. Unfortunately, there's still a hefty number of bugs, and some features are sorely lac...
The Halo 3 feature you already have
Frankie reported over at Bungie.net that they will have an 'A-hole Button' in Halo 3, but did you know you already have something similar to this in ALL your current Xbox 360 games? — According to t...
Social-Networking Sites Open Up
Facebook, Friendster, and others are starting to let third-party developers build new features to attract more users—and profits — Dom Tolli envisions a day when people will be able to push a few bu...