Though Deena eventually managed to put a smile on her little blast-in-a-glass face during last night’s “Jersey Shore,” there were a few moments in which not even the likes of Pierre the Puppet could have extracted her from the darkness. After Vinny and Pauly threw the normally chipper lady’s bed into the living room, we
Continue reading …Apple stops renting TV shows in iTunes, could be working on a new kind of video service
August 26, 2011 No Comment
Apple has pulled the plug on TV episode rentals via iTunes, abruptly leaving customers with only the option of purchasing per episode — good thing you can watch those on your Apple TV streamed from the cloud — or a Season Pass where available. AllThingsD has a quote from spokesman Tom Neumayr indicating this was in response to customers that “overwhelmingly prefer buying TV shows.” Making the timing of the move particularly curious are once-again renewed rumors of an Apple HDTV and a WSJ profile of new CEO Tim Cook that indicates the company is “working on new technology to deliver video to televisions, and has been discussing whether to try to launch a subscription TV service.” Like Google , any move depends on its success in negotiating a new delivery model from the networks, who so far have been averse to anything that threatens their existing relationship with pay-TV providers. It appears 99-cent rentals didn’t move the needle, so we’ll wait and see what the folks from Cupertino have up their sleeve next. [Thanks to everyone who sent this in] Apple stops renting TV shows in iTunes, could be working on a new kind of video service originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 26 Aug 2011 19:44:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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With diabetes, a simple cut or scrape can turn into a serious infection. Here’s what you need to know about wound care and foot care if you have diabetes.
Continue reading …John McCain may be talking tough about Libya these days, but back in 2009 he promised Muatassim Gadhafi—Moammar’s fifth son and his national security adviser—that he’d do what he could to help Libya obtain military supplies, particularly new aircraft, a cable released by WikiLeaks reveals. McCain met with…
Continue reading …An African donors conference set up by the African Union has pledged $356 million to help alleviate the suffering of the 12 million hit by the drought battering the Horn of Africa. The lion’s share of that sum, $300 million, will come from the African Development Bank, with other African…
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Diamond Planet. not being serious Scientists Discover Diamond Planet with Pulsar Illuminati discover the diamond planet. SalonLondon says: @ sciencemuseum I don’t know, it sounds a bit hard. Will you tell me if the diamond planet thing is a joke?
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Grab some popcorn! NewsFeed’s Glen Levy brings you the movies you should check out (or avoid) this weekend. Our Idiot Brother Tagline: Everybody has one. Why isn’t Paul Rudd a bigger star — a genuine A-Lister who can open movies merely on the back of his name? It’s not as if he hasn’t appeared in
Continue reading …There are about 200 cold viruses, which is why Americans get, on average, three to four colds a year. But you can protect yourself with these tips from cold experts.
Continue reading …It may seem like the will-she-or-won’t-she speculation surrounding Sarah Palin will never end, but take heart: There are some deadlines even Palin must adhere to, Molly Ball of Politico points out. Palin absolutely must make up her mind by Oct. 31—that’s the deadline to get on the primary ballot…
Continue reading …The UN has unfrozen $1.5 billion in frozen Libyan assets to be used as humanitarian aid as it called on both sides of the conflict to avoid revenge killings, the BBC reports. The money had been seized by the US in the spring. It won’t go straight to the…
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