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TV Broadcasters Want Money for Streaming Over The Air Signals – Tech Tuesday

Big Rich — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 14:30:44 +0000

I'm sure many of us know the difference between cable TV and over the air TV. If not, over the air is free for anyone with an antenna to pick up and watch. While cable uses antennas to pick up signals and strengthen and rebroadcast them to subscribers. A company that gives you the ability to stream your own over the air signals to your personal devices. Broadcasters say they need to be paid licensing fees.

NASA Video Taken Down by False Copyright Claim – Tech Tuesday

Big Rich — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 14:30:59 +0000

These kinds of stories seem to be cropping up often now. Someone posts their own work on YouTube, Their own music animation, what have you, and an automated system sees it and claims that it violates the copyright of another company, and you have to jump through hoops to get your own video back up on YouTube. That's what happened when NASA posted a video of the the Curiosity rover's arrival on Mars.

Tech Tuesday – Sony Sues Hacker, Gets His PS3 (Updated)

Big Rich — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 15:30:59 +0000

George Hotz, aka geohot, was one of the many people who worked on the jailbreak for the Apple iPhone, which allows iPhone owners to load apps and software on the phone not approved for the iTunes App Store. He’s now hacked the Playstation 3 and Sony is not pleased. Sony has posted a response.