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There's really no reason why college basketball fans should miss any of this year's NCAA basketball tournament, which kicks off on March 15th. Aside from watching live games on TV or streaming for free on the Web, live tournament games will be available for free on the iPad and iPhone for the first time. In the past, you needed a paid app to stream live games on the iPhone. CBS, which is now ...

Share Last night, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange sat down for a rare, extended interview with Steve Kroft of '60 Minutes.' In what CBS has called Assange's "most extensive television interview to date," the Australian national defended his organization's mission, discussed the roots of his own anti-authoritarian philosophy, and compared WikiLeaks' core principles to "those of the U.S. ...

Our review unit hasn't even arrived yet and the networks are already raining on the Google TV parade. ABC, CBS and NBC are blocking Sony and Logitech devices packing Google's TV-oriented implementation of Android from streaming television shows. The appeal of Google TV is the ability to access streaming video from the Web, but limiting the content it can stream also limits our interest. The ...

Haven't gotten your fill of TV shows based on single-serving Twitter feeds? (If so, you're probably alone.) After the disappointing '$#*! My Dad Says' and the seemingly random snatching-up of @shhhdontellsteve by CBS, we figured we'd have some respite before another Twitter account turned to TV. But less than a month after Twitter fanatic Ashton Kutcher landed the deal for 'Don't Tell Steve,' the ...

According to Nielsen's first ratings of the 2010 to 2011 TV season, the premiere episode of CBS's 'Hawaii Five-0' rehash has the distinction of being the most DVR-ed show of all time. The Washington Post reports that about 3.4 million people recorded the show and watched it within the next week. In the DVR age, Nielsen has struggled with gauging exactly how many people watch a show. The Live+7 ...

'$#*! My Dad Says,' as we predicted, is probably the worst show on network television. As it turns out, though, the show's painfully flat series premiere hasn't discouraged CBS from pursuing another show based entirely on a comedic Twitter account. According to the Hollywood Reporter, the network has now inked a script deal to produce a new series based on the Twitter account ...

Highlights from this morning's other big tech headlines.... Apple and Fox's News Corp. are reportedly engaged in "advanced talks" about implementing a $0.99 iTunes TV show rental program, with CBS and Disney purportedly interested, as well. [From: Engadget] After a year of development, Yahoo! and Microsoft have finally completed Yahoo!'s Bing-powered Web, video and image "mega search." ...

Highlights from this morning's other big tech headlines.... With a remarkable 886-percent worldwide growth rate, Android phone sales have apparently surpassed those of the iPhone for the first time. However, according to Nielsen, customer loyalty still remains significantly higher for the iPhone. [From: GigaOM] Satisfied by "clarifying public comments," Lucasfilm Ltd. will reportedly ...

As online video has exploded over the past decade, one group has been left behind: the hearing impaired. According to The New York Times, advocates like deaf actress Marlee Matlin are pushing to make closed-captioning mandatory for online video providers. In the 1990s, Congress mandated that all TV sets and TV shows have closed-captioning technology. But, legislation hasn't kept pace with ...

We were initially pretty skeptical about the idea of turning the endlessly hilarious ShitMyDadSays Twitter account into a television show. Then we heard that Bill Shatner had signed on to play the cantankerous father that inspired the account, and we got a little excited to hear Captain Kirk spit out little bits of wisdom like, "Waking up when you got a baby, you feel like you drank a bottle of ...

What began as an innocent bar-room hypothetical conversation soon became a reality -- and now, it's become the centerpiece of a brewing legal storm. Back in April, journalists Matthew Honan, Sarah Rich and Alexis Madrigal were drinking together at a San Francisco bar, when they suddenly found themselves wondering about whether it'd be possible to start a new magazine over the course of a ...

Highlights from this morning's other big tech headlines.... While other companies have been providing movie-streaming services for several years, Nintendo managed to get in the game this March, and now Best Buy appears finally set to jump on board, as well. The electronics distributor recently acquired the rights to the familiar and established CinemaNow name, and will initially provide ...

TV producers and news outlets have been working hard to figure out how best to leverage this whole social networking thing. So far, most efforts have been rather disappointing. Rick Sanchez kick-started CNN's addiction to Twitter and Facebook, before the network quickly veered into complete self-parody, by replacing reporting with tweeted opinions. Then, last year George Stephanopoulos used the ...

In a move that goes against the grain, Last.fm will become more than just a Web property by expanding to the radio airwaves. Starting in four markets (New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and San Francisco), Last.fm will broadcast on CBS HD radio stations. According to paidContent, the broadcasts, set to begin October 5th, will feature music pulled from the online service's user-generated charts. In ...

Boy, digital media sure does know how to rub its success in print media's face. As if sending newspapers and magazines to the grave wasn't enough, video will appear in a nationally-published magazine next month. According to CNET News, television network CBS, in conjunction with PepsiCo, will run a video advertisement in the September 18th issue of Entertainment Weekly. Only subscribers in New ...