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Adele explains how she swore without her voice (Video) - Celebritology 2.0

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0800

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Support for Internet Bill Wanes as Protests Spread

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0800

New York Times - By Jonathan Weisman - Jan. 18 (News Report) - Senator Marco Rubio, Republican of Florida, announced he would no longer back the anti-Internet piracy legislation he had co-sponsored. Senator John Cornyn, a Texas Republican, quickly followed suit.

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Web Piracy Bills Invite a Protracted Battle

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0800

New York Times - By Jenna Wortham, Somini Sengupta - Jan. 16 (News Report) - The Obama administration’s statement of opposition to antipiracy legislation let the technology industry claim a victory, but few in Silicon Valley or Hollywood consider the battle over.

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? Pro-Science Rapper’s Shout Out for Evolution

Wed, 28 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Wired - By Ben Paynter - Dec. 28 (Special Report) - Baba Brinkman—dubbed the hip hop Richard Dawkins—is releasing music videos from his Rap Guide to Evolution album in hopes that teachers will punch up their science lectures.

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Sen. Ron Wyden leaps into middle of Internet piracy fight

Thu, 22 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0800

The Oregonian - Dec. 22 (News) - WASHINGTON -- There's a lot of stealing going on across the Internet's great wide expanse, with movies, music and software all protected by copyrights particularly ripe for the illegal taking. But how to deal with a problem that by one estimate costs pr

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10 myths about Afghanistan

Wed, 28 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0700

The Guardian - By Jonathan Steele - Sep. 28 (Special Report) - In 1988, the Soviet army left Afghanistan after a concerted campaign by the western-backed mujahideen. But since then, many enduring myths have grown up about the war-torn country. In his new book, Jonathan Steele sorts the fact from the fiction 1. Afghans have always beaten foreign armies, from Alexander the Great to modern times Afghan history is certainly littered with occasions when foreign invaders were humiliated. But there have also been many cases when foreign armies penetrated the country and inflicted major defeats. In 330BC, Alexander the Great marched through the area of central Asia that is now Afghanistan, meeting little opposition. More than a millennium later, the Mongol leader Genghis Khan also brushed resistance aside. Since Afghanistan emerged as a modern state, there have been three wars with Britain. The British invasion of 1839 produced initial victory for the intruders followed by stunning defeat followed by a second victory. In 1878, the British invaded again. ...

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Amazon's Kindle Fire just nuked the tablet market: Winners and losers

Wed, 28 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0700

ZDNet - By Larry Dignan - Sep. 28 (News Report) - Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos took the stage Wednesday to unveil an arsenal of devices that are going to disrupt rivals like Barnes & Noble as well as Android tablet makers.

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Black leaders give 'The Help' a hand in marketing

Tue, 09 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Los Angeles Times - By Nicole Sperling - Aug. 09 (News Report) - The chairwoman of the NAACP is among those spreading the word about the DreamWorks film, which focuses on relationships between white Southern women and their maids during the civil rights era. When Roslyn Brock, chairwoman of the NAACP, first heard about "The Help," a new film based on a novel about the volatile relationships between Southern white women and their black maids at the dawn of the civil rights movement, she was skeptical.

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Small bookstores thrive amid change

Wed, 03 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Arizona Republic - By Max Jarman - Aug. 03 (News) - The rise of online bookstores and digital-reading devices such as Kindles and iPads is indirectly fostering a resurgence of independent bookstores.

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Sidestepping Apple: Companies rethink app strategies

Tue, 26 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700

CNN - By Tim Carmody - Jul. 26 (News Report) - We all knew that once Apple starting enforcing new rules for in-app purchases, it would change how media companies do business on the iPhone and iPad. Now, we're beginning to see just what that looks like for companies trying to avoid giving a 30% cut to Cupertino. Amazon, Kobo and Barnes & Noble all removed the stores from their iOS applications on Monday, as well as any hyperlinks to or mentions of their online stores.

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Trek Fans Converge for 33rd Shore Leave

Sat, 09 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Towson Patch - By Dan Collins - Jul. 09 (Other) - Hunt Valley convention, organized by Towson club, returns with guests from "Star Trek" and other science-fiction shows.

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In time for Election 2012, a Stephen Colbert super PAC. What is that?

Fri, 01 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Christian Science Monitor - By Peter Grier - Jul. 01 (Special Report) - Stephen Colbert has a “super PAC.” The Federal Election Commission on Thursday approved his application to form such a political fundraising entity. He celebrated with a balloon drop to patriotic music on “The Colbert Report” Thursday night. “I am a super PAC, and so can you!” the comedian crowed to his studio audience. But what is a “super PAC” anyway? Is it like a regular political action committee, only with a nicer office? Are its donors richer? Must its employees wear capes.

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Calif. video game ban struck down by Supreme Court

Tue, 28 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

San Francisco Chronicle - By Bob Egelko - Jun. 28 (News) - California's attempt to ban sales of violent video games to minors violates the constitutional guarantee of free expression, which allows young people access to creative works such as books, films and onscreen simulations about even the most extreme brutality, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday.

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The Big Man, E Street Band Sax Player Clarence Clemons Dies

Sun, 19 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

NPR - Jun. 19 (News Report) - Clarence Clemons, the larger-than-life saxophone player for the E Street Band who was one of the key influences in Bruce Springsteen's life and music through four decades, has died. He was 69. Clemons died Saturday night after being hospitalized about a week ago following a stroke at his home in Singer Island, Fla. Heard On 'Weekend Edition Sunday' Remembering The Big Man Springsteen acknowledged the dire situation earlier this week, but said then he was hopeful. He called the loss "immeasurable." "We are honored and thankful to have known him and had the opportunity to stand beside him for nearly 40 years," Springsteen said on his website. "He was my great friend, my partner and with Clarence at my side, my band and I were able to tell a story far deeper than those simply contained in our music. His life, his memory, and his love will live on in that story and in our band."

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Marilyn Monroe's iconic dress sells for $5.6 million at auction

Sun, 19 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

CNN - By Alan Duke - Jun. 19 (News Report) - Marilyn Monroe's white "subway" dress sold for more than $5.6 million in a Beverly Hills, California auction Saturday night in which bidders paid another $2.7 million for three other Monroe movie outfits.

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The shot that nearly killed me: War photographers – a special report

Sat, 18 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

The Guardian - By The Guardian - Jun. 18 (Special Report) - Attacked by a Haitian mob, kidnapped by Gaddafi's troops, shot in Afghanistan… Who'd be a war photographer? • In pictures: the life of a war photographer (contains some graphic images) Adam Ferguson, Afghanistan, 2009 I was one of the first on the scene. The Afghan security forces normally shut down a suicide bombing like this pretty quickly. I was able to get to the epicentre of the explosion. It was carnage, there were bodies, flames were coming out of the buildings. I remember feeling very scared because there was still popping and hissing and small explosions, and the building was collapsing. It was still very fresh and there was a risk of another bomb. It was one of those situations where you have to put fear aside and focus on the job at hand: to watch the situation and document it. This woman was escorted out of the building and round this devastated street corner. It epitomised the whole mood – this older woman caught in the middle of this ridiculous, tragic event. I wish I ...

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Debbie Reynolds is parting with her movie treasures

Tue, 14 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Los Angeles Times - By Susan King - Jun. 14 (News Report) - The actress has amassed a collection of about 5,000 pieces of memorabilia. Finally admitting that her dream of a permanent museum won't be a reality, she is auctioning off the artifacts.

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Apocalypse not now: Rapture fails to happen

Sat, 21 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

The Guardian - By David Batty - May. 21 (News) - Christian doomsday prophet Harold Camping looks likely to be less than rapturous after his prediction that the world would end on Saturday failed to materialise. The 89-year-old Californian preacher had prophesied that the Rapture would begin at 6pm in each of the world's time zones, with those "saved" by Jesus ascending to heaven and the non-believers being wiped out by an earthquake rolling from city to city across the planet. But as the deadline for the Apocalpyse passed in the Pacific islands, New Zealand and Australia, it became apparent that Camping's prediction of the end of the world was to end not with a bang but with a whimper. Only on Twitter did the supposed armageddon sweep the world, with users expressing their mock disappointment at the lack of dead people rising from their graves. New Zealander Daniel Boerman tweeted : "I'm from New Zealand, it is 6:06PM, the world has NOT ...

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Google, Hollywood and the politics of piracy

Sat, 21 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

The Politico - By Jennifer Martinez - May. 21 (News Report) - Google’s Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt on Wednesday said his company would not sit quietly by if Washington enacted anti-piracy legislation that forced search engines to police copyright law online — such as stopping illegally streamed movies or sporting events. If “we disagree with it, then we would still fight it,” Schmidt told reporters in London. Within hours in Washington, the comment set off a war of words between Hollywood and Silicon Valley over the rise of websites that illegally offer copyrighted movies, TV shows and music — for free. “Google seems to think it’s above America’s laws,” the Motion Picture Association of America charged. Google officials backpedaled and signaled the company would fight only if it thought the law violated free speech. The two powerful lobbies — entertainment and technology — have long been at odds over how to enforce copyright protections. Producers of America’s silver screen classics, chart-topping songs, and other content want help protecting their work from illegal distribution on the latest gadgets and platforms churned out of the tech mecca. But this time, the search engines are caught smack in the middle.

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Ten Unforgettable Web Memes

Sun, 15 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Smithsonian Magazine - May. 15 (Special Report) - Cats and failures highlight this list of the memes that have gone mainstream. Which ones did we miss?

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Amazon Server Said to Be Used in Sony Attack

Fri, 13 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Bloomberg - By Pavel Alpeyev, Joseph Galante, Mariko Yasu - May. 13 (News) - Amazon Web Services' cloud- computing unit was used by hackers in last month’s attack against Sony Corp.'s online entertainment systems, according to a person with knowledge of the matter. Hackers using an alias signed up to rent a server through Amazon’s EC2 service and launched the attack from there, said the person, who requested anonymity because the information is confidential. The account has been shut down, the person said.

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Judges hand down the law with help from Bob Dylan

Mon, 09 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Los Angeles Times - By Carol J. Williams - May. 09 (News Report) - The protest era's vagabond poet is cited more often than any other songwriter in legal opinions and briefs. His ballads have become models for legal storytelling.

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Donald Trump Fires Back After David Letterman Calls Him a Racist

Mon, 02 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Reuters - By Reuters Staff - May. 02 (News Report) - In the latest round in the war between Donald Trump and a growing list of the heaviest hitters in show business, the real-estate mogul and "Celebrity Apprentice" host fired back at David Letterman over the late-night host's on-air suggestion that Trump is a racist.

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Prehistoric Cave With a Hornet on the Wall

Sun, 24 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By Larry Rohter - Apr. 24 (News Report) - The director Werner Herzog remembers being about 12 years old when he saw, and was transfixed by, a picture of a horse on the cover of a book about Paleolithic art, displayed in the window of a bookstore in the isolated Bavarian village where he lived. Ever since, even as he was making films like “Aguirre, the Wrath of God” and “Nosferatu,” that image “has engaged me and haunted my mind,” he said. “It has never left me.” But it took more than 50 years after that first exposure to prehistoric cave art for Mr. Herzog to be able to act on his childhood fascination. In the spring of 2010 he was allowed to film in the Chauvet cave in southeastern France, where archaeologists have found exquisite wall paintings some 32,000 years old, the oldest ever discovered, and the result is an 90-minute documentary called “Cave of Forgotten Dreams.”

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YouTube Launches Towson Teens' Music Career

Wed, 30 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Towson Patch - Mar. 30 (News) -

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