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Today’s most interesting stories in technology, media and entertainment: Beware if your Twitter friends start tweeting diet advice at you.  Some hackers are sending direct messages and tweets saying “I lost 20 lbs in 2 weeks!” and “Check out this diet I tried, it works!.” If you get a message, do not click it. Seriously. Continue Reading →

Author’s Note: This article was written in March 2010 about the original Verizon Droid. Droid fans, you are going to hate this article and, more importantly, you are going to want to write me a nasty emails telling me how “uneducated” I am about the Droid App Store and how there is an app that Continue Reading →

Today’s most interesting stories in technology, media and entertainment: 3DTV is here!  The first Samsung 3D-enabled HDTV is currently available for purchase on Amazon. What are you going to watch on your new 55 inch 3D Samsung … nothing yet. Want to program your Comcast DVR remotely, yep, there’s an app for that.  Comcast has Continue Reading →

As the Comcast-NBCU merger nears approval, Senator Al Franken of Minnesota is calling for Comcast to continue to make NBC programs available for free online. Franken wants to make sure that if Comcast owns both the content and the broadband through which its delivered, that continues to deliver content fairly to all users, including those Continue Reading →

While Apple does not allow iPhone apps to include nudity, it is cracking down on apps with any trace of sexually explicit content. Apple is reportedly removing apps with even the slightest bit of “sexual innuendo”, including apps with pictures of women in bathing suits. Despite the crackdown, Playboy’s app is still available, as are Continue Reading →

Telecom companies are so jealous of Apple’s business that they are teaming up against the iPhone manufacturer. 24 telecom operators, including LG, Samsung, Sony Ericsson, Sprint and AT&T have formed a global alliance to try and slow Apple’s wireless growth. Will it work? Not a chance. While revealing its new Windows Mobile operating system, Microsoft Continue Reading →

While Microsoft is expected to unveil its new Windows Mobile 7 operating system today, the company is secretly working on a new cellphone for teenagers. Code-named Pink, the new project will reportedly integrate many social networks into the handset’s navigation system. Microsoft hopes the new Pink project will be attractive to teens currently enamored with Continue Reading →

Just as the FCC is getting ready to make its recommendations to Congress about the future of broadband in America, Google is going to use its extraordinary clout to demonstrate its vision of the future.  Google plans to test ultra-high-speed Internet access in select towns to demonstrate what America might look like as a worldwide Continue Reading →

Google debuted its new social feature Google Buzz yesterday. As expected it allows GMail users to share links and updates, as well as locations with contacts. Google hopes that users will take advantage of the “new world inside of Gmail” as “there has always been a giant social network beneath” the email client. Sports Illustrated Continue Reading →

If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Just as everyone is getting used to the latest layout, Facebook has begun testing a new redesign. In a move that could delight users who preferred old Facebook designs, the social network is now moving services that lay inside the Application Continue Reading →