MPAA bans anti-torture documentary poster
The MPAA has rejected the one-sheet for Alex Gibney’s documentary “Taxi to the Dark Side,” which traces the pattern of torture practice from Afghanistan’s Bagram prison to Abu Ghraib to Guantanamo Bay.
Archive for December 21, 2007
2007: The Music Industry by the Numbers
If you go by the numbers (or, really, any other indicator), 2007 was the worst 12-month period the music industry has ever seen. Yes, it was bad times all around … so bad, in fact, that no mere essay could encapsulate it all…
Why Photographers Hate Creative Commons
An increasing number of photographers — not just professionals but high-end hobbyists also — have become disenchanted with the Creative Commons system. Here’s why.
Google Hires People for Feedback on Search Results
Google’s Director of Research, Peter Norvig, where it’s acknowledged that the search giant hires individuals to look at search results pages and provide their judgment about the quality of the results.
Mac OS X 10.5.2 is packing hefty fixes, due January-ish
As much love as Apple’s Mac OS X Leopard has received in the press and from users, there are still plenty of bugs that need ironing out. Lucky for those users and those not-easily-embarrassed members of the press, Apple seems to be addressing most of those remaining bugs with its 10.5.2 update.
MPAA working with the Military to censor documentary images.
First, the military tried to erase Schwarz’s photo from his camera’s memory card. Now the MPAA is objecting to the “image of the hood”; the MPAA also censored the poster for the documentary The Road to Guantanamo, because it showed a detainee “hanging by his handcuffed wrists, with a burlap sack over his head and a blindfold tied around the hood.”
Rainbow Six Vegas 2: In-Depth Preview (VIDEO)
The Vegas setting is back, with a brand new story. Customization takes center stage this time around as both multi-player and single player mode will allow you to reasonably recreate yourself in the game, or craft the devilishly handsome man-whore you always wished you could be.
