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Business
Comcast CEO Gets Reamed Out By Al Franken
10:20AM Rosa Golijan | Al Franken can be a blowhard at times, but occasionally he’s the hero of the tale. Like when he rips apart Comcast CEO Brian Roberts over some contradictions in the arguments for the Comcast/NBC merger. More »
Business
Comcast Rebrands Itself As Xfinity. Seriously? That’s All You’ve Got?
10:31AM Brian Barrett | So, Comcast has some public image issues. And what do you do when you want to fix the perception but not the underlying problems? Change your name! Change it to the worst, pseudo-pornographic, retro-futuristic garbage money can buy. More »
Gadgets
Man Sells Hacked Modems To FBI, Gets Up To 20 Years In Prison
9:40AM Rosa Golijan | Matthew Delorey’s business idea was to sell hacked Comcast modems which allow free internet access. He just forgot to avoid FBI agents, conspiracy, wire fraud and $US250,000 fines. Now he may get 20 years in prison to rethink things. More »
Entertainment
Premiere, TiVo’s Next HD DVR Possibly Revealed In Mix Up
10:53AM Rosa Golijan | When Patrick McCarron received his new TiVo HD, he noticed something odd about the included instructions. They were explaining how to “setup TiVo Premiere or Premiere XL”. Could this be a sneak peek at TiVo’s newest hardware? More »
Networks
Comcast’s Net Neutrality Case Settlement A Win For The Internet
8:25PM Brian Lam | Comcast, the largest ISP in the US, settled their $US16 million data discrimination lawsuit. They didn’t admit wrongdoing and customers are only eligible for a $US16 award. But, importantly, they set a precedent for other ISPs: Throttle at peril! [Yahoo, p2pcongestion]
Networks
ISPs Are Trying To Scare You Into Paying For Unnecessary Bandwidth
8:00AM Matt Buchanan | You thought AT&T was screwing unsuspecting customers into paying obscene internet bills with ridiculous claims of stuff you can’t do? Time Warner says you can’t have two people on the internet without at least 15Mbps. Oh, it gets worse. More »
Entertainment
Whoever Writes Comcast’s Movie Descriptions Is A Genius
5:31AM John Herrman | This astute synopsis of Lindsay Lohan’s ultra-meta pièce de résistance isn’t a fluke – no, over at Comcast, movie vulgarizations has been elevated to an art form. That, or their whole staff has a raging pill habit. Either way! More »
Entertainment
How 30 Rock’s Jack Donaghy Feels About Comcast Swallowing NBC
10:45AM Matt Buchanan | Alec Baldwin reveals how his GE-jingoist counterpart on 30 Rock, Jack Donaghy, will take the news about Comcast buying a majority stake of NBC. It’s sort of how I feel, but about life, and without an office. [Media Decoder] More »
Business
The Real Reason Brian Roberts Is Buying NBC
8:24AM The Business Insider | Say what you will about how media moguls will never learn: Comcast CEO Brian Roberts isn’t an idiot. So what is he thinking? More »
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