WebbAlert - December 9, 2008

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Movie studios are looking to make Blu-ray DVDs more appealing
to wider audiences by adding chat features to movies, interactive
games and more. Now you can enjoy all the pleasures of shh-shing
strangers at home!

Yahoo said it would hand out across-the-board layoffs on December
10, and it looks like that is exactly what's going to happen. In
case you work for Yahoo, and you haven't looked at a calendar in
a while, that's tomorrow. Sorry.


A new report has found that 45 percent of jailed
journalists around the world are Internet-based. So think
about that the next time you think about taking that blogging job
in China.


Japanese railway stations are experimenting with a new technology
that turns footsteps into electricity and then uses that power to
run ticket gates and electronic billboards. I think now's the
perfect time to resurrect my Flintstone-inspired walking-powered
car. Efficient and topical.


Whatever you do, don't look up the Scorpion's 1976 album Virgin
Killer on Wikipedia. The page was recently banned in the U.K.
after it was classified as child-porn. For the sake of society,
please don't try and find out what all the fuss is about.


Netflix has officially launched its HD streaming service for TiVo
Series 3 DVRs. So for the seven people out there who aren't able
to stream Netflix on some other device already, and who have TiVo
subscriptions, congratulations.





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