Netflix Is Holding ISPs Hostage over HD Streaming
Netflix just gave net neutrality the middle finger.
Articles tagged "streaming"
For Independent Artists, Streaming Online Isn't Much Better Than Piracy
The demise of infamous P2P music service Napster last week -- the most recent in a 10 year history of "death and rebirth":http://www.theatlanticwire.com/technology/2011/12/napsters-seven-lives-are-finished/45646/ -- didn't seem to surprise or distres…
As The Cloud Descends, Can Google Music Beta Make it Rain?
Yesterday Google announced "Music Beta":http://music.google.com/about. It’s essentially a service that allows to you upload your personal music collection to the cloud so you can stream it anywhere on any device when you please; keeping the media and…
The Future of the Internet
I’ve long subscribed to the philosophy that this existence basically widdles down to two things: energy and information. The issue with energy is obvious though its solution might not be so straightforward. Information is more conceptual. It comes do…
White House Swings the Patriot Act at 'Illegal Streaming'
Proving once again that terrorism is often a red herring, the White House is "rewriting copyright law":http://news.cnet.com/8301-31921_3-20043421-281.html so they can tackle streamers as if they were criminals.
