Defining SOPA Solutions

If SOPA is unacceptable to stop online piracy, what are the answers? And are you a cyber criminal?

By: Stewart Wolpin
January 19, 2012
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Is uploading a video you shot at a Lady Gaga concert illegal? Are you a cyber criminal under SOPA?

Thanks to yesterday's Web blackout, we are aware of efforts to curb cyber piracy. But if SOPA's no good, what are the solutions? And are we part of the problem?
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Why is Wikipedia Dark? What is 'SOPA'?

Congressional bills to limit online piracy by foreign-based Web sites seen as censorship

By: Stewart Wolpin
January 18, 2012
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Why is Wikipedia Dark? What is 'SOPA'?Source: Stewart Wolpin

Today's Wikipedia front page, dark in protest of SOPA.

Wikipedia goes dark today in protest of SOPA, legislation many consider Internet censorship. What exactly is SOPA, and why is there so much protest?
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New Hires: The Latest Crop of Celebrity Journalists

Read about the new high-profile media gigs of five celebrities you already know by name.

By: Irene S. Levine
November 25, 2011
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If you watch TV or read glossy magazines and gawk at the storied lives of celebrities, you may pause and do a double take when you see what they're doing now. Increasingly, a spate of actresses, supermodels, and offspring of political families have jumped over to the other side, entering or dabbling in the world of print and TV journalism. Here is the latest crop:

Chelsea Clinton was appointed an NBC special news correspondent
Meghan McCain has been appointed as an MSNBC news analyst.
Naomi Campbell
Rita Wilson
Patti Davis
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Netflix Axes Qwikster

Voices of angry customers heard; video mailing/streaming company stops split sites

By: Stewart Wolpin
October 11, 2011
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Source: Getty Images

Netflix has to decided not to create a separate Qwikster Web site for its DVD/Blu-ray mailing business.

Netflix reverses course and – thankfully – decides not to split its DVD/Blu-ray mailing service and its streaming movie service into two separate sites.
Read More

Kindle Fire is NOT An iPad Alternative

Amazon's new $200 Kindle Fire tablet may be the fanciest e-reader around, but it's no iPad

By: Stewart Wolpin
September 29, 2011
3 Comments
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Kindle Fire is NOT An iPad Alternative Source: Stewart Wolpin

The pretty Amazon Kindle Fire home screen – but where's my email?

Just because they are both touch screen tablets that run apps doesn't mean Amazon's new Kindle Fire Android tablet and Apple's iPad are equal.
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Amazon Reinvents E-Reader With Kindle 'Fire' Tab

Online giant also unveils $79 e-book e-reader and $99 Kindle Touch e-ink e-readers.

By: Stewart Wolpin
September 28, 2011
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Amazon's new Kindle Fire.Source: Getty Images

The new Amazon Kindle e-reader family; from left-to-right, the Kindle Fire tablet, the 3G Kindle Touch, the Wi-Fi Kindle Touch and the new $79 Kindle.


 

Amazon this morning announced its long-awaited Kindle Fire 7-inch LCD tablet/e-reader, along with two new e-ink Kindles both priced less than $100.
Read More

Netflix + Qwikster = DUMB

DVD-by-mail service now 'Qwikster'; streaming video service remains Netflix; two separate sites

By: Stewart Wolpin
September 19, 2011
6 Comments
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Netflix + Qwikster = DUMBSource: Stewart Wolpin

Netflix (stupidly?) splits off its DVD-by-mail service into the separate Qwikster, keeps Netflix name for streaming-only.

Netflix splits itself in half, and renames its DVD-by-mail service 'Qwikster' and keeps 'Netflix' for its streaming-only service. After its price increases, is Netflix doubling-down on dumb?
Read More

Hear What You've Been Missing From Your iPxxx

SRS Labs iWOW-3D iPad/iPhone/iPod add-on restores buried sonics from compressed music and movies

By: Stewart Wolpin
May 26, 2011
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Stewart Wolpin

How many of you who own an iPod/iPhone/iPad (hereafter collectively referred to as "iPxxx") use the headphones it came with?

If you are, STOP IT! I'm begging you. I'm not saying they're not good earphones because…no, I'm saying it. They fit poorly and they do a disservice to whatever you're listening to. For free earphones they're not bad, but as in all things you get what you pay for. And you paid for all that good music, movies and games, and you're listening to them through less-than earphones.

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Dancing With the Stars Needs Our Help

Here's my dream team lineup. Where's yours?

By: The Aging Diva
March 16, 2011
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Source: Getty Images

Kirstie Alley's the best reason to watch this season. Who's on your dream team?

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The Good Wife’s Fashion Advice

Hoodies vs. business clothing, and predictions for the future

By: Gerit Quealy
March 4, 2011
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Christine Baranski, Archie Panjabi, Julianna Magulies of The Good WifeSource: Mathew Imaging/WireImage

The women of The Good Wife: Christine Baranski, Archie Panjabi and Julianna Margulies -- subtle fashion to watch on a scintillating show.

The Good Wife has become appointment television for a number of my friends. And yes, me too.

Primarily for the great writing, characters you care about, and often suspenseful cliffhangers. And the fashion.

Read More

Defining SOPA Solutions

If SOPA is unacceptable to stop online piracy, what are the answers? And are you a cyber criminal?

By: Stewart Wolpin
January 19, 2012
Leave a comment
print
Defining SOPA SolutionsSource: Getty Images

Is uploading a video you shot at a Lady Gaga concert illegal? Are you a cyber criminal under SOPA?

Thanks to yesterday's Web blackout, we are aware of efforts to curb cyber piracy. But if SOPA's no good, what are the solutions? And are we part of the problem?
Read More

Why is Wikipedia Dark? What is 'SOPA'?

Congressional bills to limit online piracy by foreign-based Web sites seen as censorship

By: Stewart Wolpin
January 18, 2012
Leave a comment
print
Why is Wikipedia Dark? What is 'SOPA'?Source: Stewart Wolpin

Today's Wikipedia front page, dark in protest of SOPA.

Wikipedia goes dark today in protest of SOPA, legislation many consider Internet censorship. What exactly is SOPA, and why is there so much protest?
Read More
| play

New Hires: The Latest Crop of Celebrity Journalists

Read about the new high-profile media gigs of five celebrities you already know by name.

By: Irene S. Levine
November 25, 2011
print

If you watch TV or read glossy magazines and gawk at the storied lives of celebrities, you may pause and do a double take when you see what they're doing now. Increasingly, a spate of actresses, supermodels, and offspring of political families have jumped over to the other side, entering or dabbling in the world of print and TV journalism. Here is the latest crop:

Chelsea Clinton was appointed an NBC special news correspondent
Meghan McCain has been appointed as an MSNBC news analyst.
Naomi Campbell
Rita Wilson
Patti Davis
View Slideshow

Netflix Axes Qwikster

Voices of angry customers heard; video mailing/streaming company stops split sites

By: Stewart Wolpin
October 11, 2011
Leave a comment
print
Source: Getty Images

Netflix has to decided not to create a separate Qwikster Web site for its DVD/Blu-ray mailing business.

Netflix reverses course and – thankfully – decides not to split its DVD/Blu-ray mailing service and its streaming movie service into two separate sites.
Read More

Kindle Fire is NOT An iPad Alternative

Amazon's new $200 Kindle Fire tablet may be the fanciest e-reader around, but it's no iPad

By: Stewart Wolpin
September 29, 2011
3 Comments
print
Kindle Fire is NOT An iPad Alternative Source: Stewart Wolpin

The pretty Amazon Kindle Fire home screen – but where's my email?

Just because they are both touch screen tablets that run apps doesn't mean Amazon's new Kindle Fire Android tablet and Apple's iPad are equal.
Read More

Amazon Reinvents E-Reader With Kindle 'Fire' Tab

Online giant also unveils $79 e-book e-reader and $99 Kindle Touch e-ink e-readers.

By: Stewart Wolpin
September 28, 2011
Leave a comment
print
Amazon's new Kindle Fire.Source: Getty Images

The new Amazon Kindle e-reader family; from left-to-right, the Kindle Fire tablet, the 3G Kindle Touch, the Wi-Fi Kindle Touch and the new $79 Kindle.


 

Amazon this morning announced its long-awaited Kindle Fire 7-inch LCD tablet/e-reader, along with two new e-ink Kindles both priced less than $100.
Read More

Netflix + Qwikster = DUMB

DVD-by-mail service now 'Qwikster'; streaming video service remains Netflix; two separate sites

By: Stewart Wolpin
September 19, 2011
6 Comments
print
Netflix + Qwikster = DUMBSource: Stewart Wolpin

Netflix (stupidly?) splits off its DVD-by-mail service into the separate Qwikster, keeps Netflix name for streaming-only.

Netflix splits itself in half, and renames its DVD-by-mail service 'Qwikster' and keeps 'Netflix' for its streaming-only service. After its price increases, is Netflix doubling-down on dumb?
Read More

Hear What You've Been Missing From Your iPxxx

SRS Labs iWOW-3D iPad/iPhone/iPod add-on restores buried sonics from compressed music and movies

By: Stewart Wolpin
May 26, 2011
Leave a comment
print
Stewart Wolpin

How many of you who own an iPod/iPhone/iPad (hereafter collectively referred to as "iPxxx") use the headphones it came with?

If you are, STOP IT! I'm begging you. I'm not saying they're not good earphones because…no, I'm saying it. They fit poorly and they do a disservice to whatever you're listening to. For free earphones they're not bad, but as in all things you get what you pay for. And you paid for all that good music, movies and games, and you're listening to them through less-than earphones.

Read More

Dancing With the Stars Needs Our Help

Here's my dream team lineup. Where's yours?

By: The Aging Diva
March 16, 2011
Leave a comment
print
Source: Getty Images

Kirstie Alley's the best reason to watch this season. Who's on your dream team?

Read More

The Good Wife’s Fashion Advice

Hoodies vs. business clothing, and predictions for the future

By: Gerit Quealy
March 4, 2011
Leave a comment
print
Christine Baranski, Archie Panjabi, Julianna Magulies of The Good WifeSource: Mathew Imaging/WireImage

The women of The Good Wife: Christine Baranski, Archie Panjabi and Julianna Margulies -- subtle fashion to watch on a scintillating show.

The Good Wife has become appointment television for a number of my friends. And yes, me too.

Primarily for the great writing, characters you care about, and often suspenseful cliffhangers. And the fashion.

Read More

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