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Roland Martin Suspended By CNN Over Offensive Tweets

Following Super Bowl XLVI CNN commentator Roland Martin sent off some offensive homophobic tweets that have landed him in a suspended position with the cable news network. Following the game Roland was tweeting about David Beckham's underwear commercial ... Read >

Kodak Asks To Be Removed From Oscars

According to The Hollywood Reporter, As part of its bankruptcy filling, Kodak has asked the courts for its name to be removed from the ceremony. The deal was struck in 2000 for Kodak to be a big ... Read >

New York Times Loses $39 Million in 2011

The New York Times Corporation lost more than $39 Million dollars in 2011. The company has not been profitable for more than a year at this point. The company reported Thursday that its fourth-quarter profits fell by ... Read >

[Op-Ed] Why Is Anonymous Backing A Sleezy Web CEO And Attacking The Wrong Companies?

Anonymous as a collective has always said they are protecting the rights of internet users and rallying against big business and the 1% that keeps big business on top, yet this week following the shutdown of Megaupload ... Read >

NewsCorp Settles Civil Suits with Celebrity Victims

After NewsCorp's infamous caught-with-your-pants-down scandal and resulting investigation, Rupert Murdoch's News International (the umbrella under which 20th Century Fox comfortably rests) is paying the piper. Specifically, they are reaching into Papa Murdoch's deep pockets to settle scores (read: ... Read >

[Op-Ed] When Your ISP Fails You And There Are No Other Choices

I pay just under $60 per month for internet service, compared to some users in other parts of the country that price would be fair for 12Mbps download speed, unfortunately my ISP provider (Mediacom - http://mediacomcc.com) could ... Read >

Anonymous Attacks US Government And Business Websites After MegaUpload Gets Shutdown

Online hacktivist group Anonymous has begun hacking and taking down various US and Industry websites after popular file hosting site Megauploaded was shut down on Thursday by U.S. officials. In the groups Twitter messages they touted the ability ... Read >

What SOPA and PIPA Would Do to The Inquisitr

Chances are as you do your internet rounds this morning, you've run up against at least one site that is participating in the internet blackout currently going on right now. If a site that's participating hasn't gone completely ... Read >

Wikipedia Founder Jimmy Wales Talks To CNN About SOPA and PIPA Faults [Video]

Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales took some time out of his busy schedule on Tuesday to talk with CNN's Erin Burnett about the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and Protect Intellectual Property Act (PIPA) both of which threaten a ... Read >

Google Protests SOPA And PIPA By Censoring Logo, Offering Information And A Petition

Google has went dark in protest of SOPA and PIPA, two internet bills that threaten to slow the U.S. Economy and destroy the very foundations the internet was built on. No the company has not suspended searches ... Read >

Wikipedia Has Gone Dark In Protest Of SOPA/PIPA Acts

As promised Wikipedia has went dark. The world's largest repository of knowledge announced at the start of this week that they would protest the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and Protect Intellectual Property Act (PIPA) by turning off access ... Read >

Rupert Murdoch Attacks Obama And Google In Weekend Twitter Attacks

News Corp. founder Rupert Murdoch may have just recently joined Twitter but his attacks against the British and now President Obama and Google have quickly become top trending topics on the social network. Murdoch might be the only ... Read >

Dana Loesch Defends Marine Video, Says She’d Urinate on Dead Taliban Soldiers Too

Most people were shocked when they saw the video of United States marines urinated on a group of dead Taliban soldiers. White House Spokesman Jay Carney said that the actions were "regrettable." Defense Secretary Leon Panneta called the ... Read >

Comcast, Disney Hammer Out Ten-Year Deal For Multi-Platform Viewing

Comcast XFinity TV and Disney-ABC customers will be gaining access to much more content, as the two companies have entered into a very wide-ranging deal. Notable for being Disney-ABC's first authentication deal, the agreement covers more than 70 ... Read >

Hollywood Sees Rare Yearly Box Office Decline As Digital Media and Gaming Soars

If Hollywood.com estimates are correct Hollywood box office in 2011 declined by 4.5 percent from 2010, raking in $10.1 billion. While the drop in box office totals could be attributed to a lack of blockbuster movies (Avatar in 2009 ... Read >

Fox News Confuses Osama bin Laden and President Barack Obama, Plus Other News Gaffes Of 2011

There was plenty of news to report in 2011, from the BP Oil Spill to the successful assassination of Osama bin Laden, unfortunately for some news agencies their own gaffes made it hard to remember the news ... Read >

Netflix CEO Reed Hastings Slapped On Wrist With $1.5 Million Stock Option Reduction

Netflix CEO Reed Hastings is largely responsible for the company's loss of more than 800,000 video subscribers and now he's being slapped on the wrist for his actions with a $1.5 million reduction in his 2012 stock ... Read >

First Steve Jobs Statue Unveiled

BUDAPEST, Hungary - The rumored statue of late Apple C.E.O. and famed technological innovator Steve Jobs was unveiled today in a Budapest science park, two months after his death. Though many memorials have been fashioned and presented in ... Read >

Cablevision Adds HBO Go And MAX Go Access

Only hours after they dropped their false advertising lawsuit against Verizon the team at Cablevision revealed access to HBO Go and MAX Go streaming applications. Available on Android, iPhone and iPad devices the program allows Cablevision subscribers to ... Read >