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Warner Music to Halt Live Streaming, South Korea's 4-D 'Avatar' Extravaganza

by Warren Riddle on February 11, 2010 at 11:58 AM

Highlights from this morning's other big tech headlines....
  • 'Avatar' may have been the most hyped 3-D movie of all time, but the visual experience for moviegoers in the United States actually paled in comparison to the interactive ride South Koreans can enjoy. The nation has established several 4-D theatres which provide "moving seats, smells of explosives, sprinkling water, laser lights, and wind." And you thought the headache induced by just the 3-D graphics was bad? [From: Variety]
  • Free music streaming services like Pandora, Last.fm, and Blip.fm are about to take a powerful programming hit. The Warner Music Group, the label behind artists like REM, Ray Charles, and Neil Young, will reportedly stop licensing its material to the free music services, although it may not force the removal of currently available songs. [From: The BBC]
  • Apple is reportedly considering a new TV show download program that would coincide with the official release of its iPad reader. On iTunes, TV shows typically cost $1.99 or $2.99 depending on definition, but Apple may only start charging $1 for various U.S. material. Specific details about networks, programs, and episodes have not been released yet. [From: CNET and TUAW]
  • Dennis C. Blair, the Director of National Intelligence, recently asserted that the U.S. could be the target of a massive terrorist cyber-attack within the next six months. Hopefully, he was just referring to the upcoming cyber "war-game" that the government is staging February 16th at 10 a.m. The scripted, live TV event will be the first such test that is open to the press, and it will involve actual government officials. [From: The Atlantic]
  • Facebook's frequent changes and redesigns inevitably result in member complaints and protests, but the site's membership continues to expand. Facebook is now claiming that the number of people who access the site through Facebook Mobile has surpassed 100 million. [From: Facebook Blog]
  • For decades, news reporters relied on the AP and the UPI to provide breaking news and important daily events. Social networking services like Twitter are steadily making those news "wires" obsolete, though, as the sites allow anyone to become a member of the once exclusive fourth estate. Recognizing that social networking shift, the BBC is now demanding that its staff be fully familiar with emerging technology, particularly social media. [From: The Guardian]

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