FOX producer gets a taste of his own medicine.

This was too delicious not to share. It seems a producer for Bill “Douchebag” O’Reilly’s show The O’Reilly Factor attempted to do some ambush journalism on Bill Moyers at the National Conference for Media Reform. Moyer’s handles the situation very well indeed and then when the producer, Porter Barry, attempts to leave several of the . . . → Read More: FOX producer gets a taste of his own medicine.

One more reason to buy a PS3: PlayTV recordings can be copied anywhere.

Sony’s DVR add-on for the PS3, PlayTV, isn’t available in the States yet, but I can hardly wait for it to get here. Why? Well according to this Gizmodo item PlayTV recordings can be copied to wherever you’d like as there’s no DRM:

But can Sony do such things legally? According to their producer Mark . . . → Read More: One more reason to buy a PS3: PlayTV recordings can be copied anywhere.

PS3 to gain ability to download Blu-ray movies to PSP.

Sony just made the PSP a must buy item for me:

Sony demonstrated how you could put a Blu-ray Disc movie into a Playstation 3 and copy the film to a Playstation Portable or a Memory Stick. “This way, you can have a portable copy you can take with you,” explains David Bishop, president of . . . → Read More: PS3 to gain ability to download Blu-ray movies to PSP.

Blogger Davis Freeberg’s tale of DRM woe.

Davis Freeberg is a braver man than I am. He’s actually attempting to use his PC to watch HD content that he has purchased legitimately which means it’s all secured by DRM. Not only does he purchase videos from Amazon’s Unbox service, but he also watches streaming video from Netflix. All of that was working . . . → Read More: Blogger Davis Freeberg’s tale of DRM woe.

PS3 2.10 firmware adds DivX/XviD playback support.

Sony released the latest firmware for the PS3 yesterday which adds, among other things, support for the DivX codec making the PS3 a DivX Certified device. (That means game developers can use it in games unlike the Xbox 360 where only file playback is supported.) I’ve been looking forward to this for awhile because when . . . → Read More: PS3 2.10 firmware adds DivX/XviD playback support.

“Suck it, Jesus! This award is my God now!” - Kathy Griffin

If you watch the broadcast of the Emmy Awards on E! Entertainment this Saturday you won’t be hearing Kathy Griffin say that during her acceptance speech even though she did say it:

In her speech, Griffin said that “a lot of people come up here and thank Jesus for this award. I want you to . . . → Read More: “Suck it, Jesus! This award is my God now!” - Kathy Griffin

NBC dumps Apple’s iTunes and moves to Amazon’s Unbox for video downloads.

NBC hasn’t been happy with Apple for awhile now in part because Apple refuses to deviate from its one-price-fits-all policy for downloads. So NBC decided to take its ball and go play with Amazon’s new Unbox download service. The other reason for the switch? Amazon’s Unbox allows for more restrictive DRM on downloads:

“This further . . . → Read More: NBC dumps Apple’s iTunes and moves to Amazon’s Unbox for video downloads.

Viacom demonstrates the meaning of the word “hypocrisy.”

Viacom luvs them some Reality TV Programming because it tends to be cheap as hell to make in part because it’s often composed of work generated by someone else. A good example of this is their VH1 show Web Junk 2.0 which is composed entirely of viral video clips that have been making the rounds . . . → Read More: Viacom demonstrates the meaning of the word “hypocrisy.”

MSNBC anchor Mika Brzezinski refuses to read Paris Hilton news story.

With all the news networks short-stroking everything Paris related over the last couple of days — CNN actually covered Paris showing up at CNN to be on Larry King — it’s very refreshing to see that at least one journalist out there tried very hard not to lead with a story on Paris’ release from . . . → Read More: MSNBC anchor Mika Brzezinski refuses to read Paris Hilton news story.