Tag archive: Reno

First came Comcast, and now AT&T has announced plans to impose limits on the data use of its customers. In a filing with the FCC the company said: “AT&T plans to initiate a broadband Internet access usage trial in Reno, Nevada beginning in November.” “AT&T will be providing written notice to customers involved in the trial explaining that their broadband service will be subject to a certain monthly usage… Read More

Social networking titan MySpace has announced a new partnership with MTV Networks and technology firm Auditude to try to wring a profit out of videos uploaded by MySpace subscribers in violation of copyright. Instead of issuing takedown notices for material distributed without permission, the system will try to identify pirated video clips via fingerprinting technology, then re-distribute them with embedded ads. The idea is that, instead of… Read More

The words “MySpace” and “genocide” don't often appear in the same sentence—usually it's just “stalking” or “school bomb threat”—but today social networking giant MySpace announced a partnership with humanitarian organization Oxfam and nearly two dozen bands to raise awareness of—and funds for—the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Sudan's Darfur region. The… Read More

Warner Brothers Interactive Entertainment today unveiled the names of voice talent they've signed for character voiceovers in their upcoming video game console title Justice League Heroes. This title is slated to come out this fall on the PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable and Xbox video game systems. Justice League Heroes, which is being distributed by Eidos Interactive and developed by Snowblind Studios, is an action-adventure game… Read More