Viacom has demanded that YouTube pull down all of its video clips after they failed to reach an agreement, the company said. Or as some have put it – Viacom is terrorizing YouTube with bullshit DMCA notices. About 100,000 video clips from Viacom-owned properties, including MTV Networks and BET, have been asked to be removed. […]

A vulnerability in Microsoft’s recently released operating system appears to let an audio¬†podcast hack Windows Vista. Vista’s speech recognition feature can let attackers run malicious programs using recorded audio commands. Microsoft has confirmed the vulnerability: Microsoft‚Äôs initial investigation reveals that this vulnerability could allow an attacker to use the speech recognition feature in Windows Vista […]

Ford has launched a new video podcast, Edge Music Videocast, that features music videos from Cat Power, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Wolfmother and Gomez. The video podcast is basically a collection of four music videos, with short “Ford Edge” branding segments. Ford believes the new offering is the first sponsored video podcast of mainstream music […]

The Internet will revolutionize television within five years, due to an explosion of online video content and the merging of PCs and TV sets, Microsoft chairman Bill Gates said on Saturday. “I’m stunned how people aren’t seeing that with TV, in five years from now, people will laugh at what we’ve had,” Gates told business […]

Bobbee Tec has announced work on an iPod version of Cyboid, a first person shooter currently available for Nokia’s N-Gage and some other cell phones. Cyboid features 3D graphics, original in-game music, multiple skill levels, and a variety of monsters, weapons, and items. Here’s a short video showing Cyboid 3D running on a standard iPod […]

The US is bringing out the big guns to punish North Korea’s Kim Jong-il, taking away his iPod priveleges. The US has banned exports of iPods, fine wines and fast cars to North Korea as part of the punishment for the country’s nuclear bomb test last year. The sanctions are said to be targeted at […]

Vocalist and pianist Norah Jones is using a video podcast, Norah Jones Not Too Late, to promote her new album, Not Too Late, which will be releasted January 30th on Blue Note Records. The video podcast features behind-the-scenes footage from the making of the new album.

The Dutch consumer protection agency Consumentenbond is the latest to pressure Apple on restrictions on downloads that tie songs bought on iTunes to being used with iTunes and iPods. Consumentenbond spokesman Ewald van Kouwen said his group had filed a formal complaint with the Dutch antitrust watchdog NMa asking for an investigation into Apple’s “illegal […]

Much-hyped free music site SpiralFrog appears to be spiraling out of control. Few at the digital music company were exactly sure who was in charge following the December 26 firing of SpiralFrog CEO Robin Kent, according to ZDNet. Kent’s ouster created a void in the company’s leadership, the former employees said, and soon after, 5 […]

UNICEF is calling for submissions to its Media Magic Make a Difference! one-minute video contest People under age 25 are invited to submit a one-minute video on the contest‚Äôs theme, telling the world what young people think about the world they live in and how they‚Äôre making a difference. The contest‚Äôs theme, ‚ÄúA World Fit […]