A new survey has found that the Internet has become an obsession for many Americans, with the majority of U.S. adults feeling they cannot go for a week without going online and one in three giving up friends and sex for the Web. The¬†online survey, conducted by advertising agency JWT, asked 1,011 American adults how […]

Fusa Capital, a media company that owns and operates a network of search engine websites, has launched the latest entrant into the podcast search engine and directory melee, Podanza.com. Podanza bills itself as a podcast search engine and directory which aggregates free audio and video podcasts from over 5,000 international producers. When searching for podcasts, […]

Verizon Wireless is suing the Federal Communications Commission, asking a federal court to overturn open-access rules that the FCC is imposing on the winner a wireless airwave auction set for this winter. The FCC’s¬†auction rules specifiy that: You should be free to download and use any software applications or content they desire; and You should […]

SplashCast has announced a new partnership with Columbia Records and three new features designed to make the SplashCast experience more interactive. The new features include: FanCast, a new mobile publishing feature; live chat; and built-in Twitter instant messaging. Here’s the annoucement from SlashCast’s Marshall Kirkpatrick: New York‚Äôs Coheed and Cambria is the first Columbia band […]

How would you like to get $10,000 for blogging? The Daniel Kovach Scholarship Foundation has announced a new $10,000 scholarship that will be awarded to a student blogger this year. Here are the details: Scholarship Requirements: Your blog must contain unique and interesting information about you and/or things you are passionate about. No spam bloggers […]

Fair Use exceptions to U.S. copyright laws are responsible for more than $4.5 trillion in annual revenue for the United States, according to the findings of an economic study released today by the Computer and Communications Industry Association (CCIA). The study, which was was conducted in accordance with a World Intellectual Property Organization methodology, suggests […]

Movable Type has announced that it now has iPhone blogging support, via the same plugin developed for use with TypePad, their blogging service: Today we are happy to announce Movable Type for the iPhone and iPod Touch, made possible through a plugin developed by Brad Choate that makes use of the design developed by Walt […]

There’s a lot of news in the area of Internet video today. Here are the highlights: The UK government has responded to the controversy over the BBC’s recently introduced iPlayer digital video application, which only runs on Windows XP. We called it a closed on-demand video system when it was introduced. The government is now […]

The Department of Justice today spoke out against the idea of Net Neutrality, cautioning against “regulations that could hamper the development of the Internet and related services”. In its filing the Department said that some regulatory proposals offered by various companies and organizations in the name of ‚Äúnet neutrality‚Äù could deter broadband Internet providers from […]

Apple’s introductions yesterday were largely unsurprising, but Apple managed to deliver its strongest line of iPods ever, take iTunes store into wireless territory, and solidify its entry into the smartphone market. While the event ended the mystery of what Apple would introduce, it raised new questions: Why is Apple¬†stiffing first-adopting¬†iPhone owners? Apple dropped prices on […]