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“House M.D.” Ends in April with Season 8

For many months, there has been a lot of speculation on whether the medical drama “House M.D.” on Fox would make it past its 8th season, especially as ratings continue to decline. As it turns out, it won't, says an official announcement from Hugh Laurie and the creators. As we also noted on several p...

9 February 2012
06:02 GMT

LevelOne Builds Powerline Network Adapter with Wi-Fi Support

LevelOne has announced the arrival of a networking product that plays a three-pronged role, being the sort of hybrid that doesn't often get released. LevelOne has launched a product that can most accurately be described as a merger between an Ethernet switch, a Powerline adapter and a Wi-Fi access point. For...

2 February 2012
07:51 GMT

Nintendo Network Will Compete with PSN and Xbox Live

Video game publisher and hardware developer Nintendo has long been accused of being unable to understand the Internet, and the Wii has suffered because it lacked a service that could directly compete with the PlayStation Network from Sony and the Xbox Live service from Microsoft. But now Nintendo is ready to launch ...

30 January 2012
02:55 GMT

Power Ethernet Intros 'PE Socket' Electric Socket with Networking

It has been known for some time that it is possible to use a home's power outlets to install a local area network, but the first electrical socket with Integrated LAN has only now been introduced. The HomePlug AV standard for Powerline networking is not exactly new, but the “PE Socket” from Power E...

27 January 2012
10:40 GMT

Super Wi-Fi Deployed at Last, May or May Not Spread

It appears that, soon enough, there may be a whole new wireless connectivity solution ready to serve, even though it is really just a variation of what exists already. The first “Super Wi-Fi” network, running on the bare “white space”, has finally been deployed, in Wilmington, North Carolina...

27 January 2012
07:52 GMT

Intel Buys High-Bandwith Networking Technology Maker InfiniBand

Intel bought many companies over the years, but the latest acquisition may not exactly be easy to guess, since it is not about central processing units.Intel has officially announced that it has reached an agreement with QLogic for the acquirement of all product lines and certain assets related to the InfiniBand bus...

23 January 2012
11:23 GMT

Wireless Networks Tested for Servers, Improve Performance

We suppose it was just a matter of time before even servers and data centers started using wireless broadband. It so happens that Microsoft and the University of Washington tested wireless networks on servers. Since data centers sometimes get overloaded during peak times, administrators usually require them for ext...

16 January 2012
11:08 GMT

CES 2012: ASUS Reveals EA-N66 Ethernet to Wi-Fi Bridge

There are few Ethernet to Wi-Fi bridges out there, but ASUS wants its EA-N66 to be noteworthy for more than just that one reason. What the company did was give it a very special look, one that will make owners want to put it on display instead of hiding. For those who want the specs, it supports dual band 450Mbps 8...

13 January 2012
11:08 GMT

Redo Backup and Recovery 1.0.2 Officially Announced

Redo Backup and Recovery, a recovery solution that provides bare metal restore, is now at version 1.0.2. Bare metal restore means that even if your hard drive melts or gets completely erased by a virus, you can have a completely functional system back up and running in as little as 10 minutes.Redo Backup and Recovery...

5 January 2012
05:35 GMT

Netflix Releases First Trailer for 'Lilyhammer'

Netflix is taking a very smart tip from HBO and is going into producing and distributing original content as well. “Lilyhammer” is the network's first series – and a trailer for it has just been released. “Lilyhammer” tells the story of a mobster who rats on his own boss and goes in...

4 January 2012
07:02 GMT

StarTech Low-Profile Dual-LAN Card Debuts

Various motherboards, especially recent ones, have two LAN ports, but for those who don't, StarTech has invented the ST1000SPEXD2 Low Profile Dual Port PCIe Gigabit Ethernet Network Card. This is useful for when a host system needs to be linked to two networks at the same time. The low-profile form factor make...

22 December 2011
09:49 GMT

ABC in Hot Waters over New Sitcom 'Work It'

A new ABC sitcom is generating a very intense debate even though it's not out yet. GLAAD and the Human Rights Campaign are taking offense with the way “Work It” presents transgender people to the viewers at home. “Work It” is based on an idea that's been done and over-done in fea...

19 December 2011
05:10 GMT

The Kardashians Are a Super Disgusting Part of Our Culture, Says Jonah Hill

The Kardashian are a very easy target these days: it's almost as if Kim's divorce from Kris Humphries has suddenly given everybody the courage to speak against them from a public platform. The latest celebrity to do so is actor Jonah Hill. In a new interview cited by the Daily Mail, the “Moneyball&rdq...

15 December 2011
12:49 GMT

Clint Eastwood and Family Shooting Reality Show

Continuing in the same line of TV programming of the type “in the life of the rich and famous,” E! has just picked up another reality show, one that will document the life of Clint Eastwood's family, it has emerged. Considering the success of all the Kardashian reality series, it's no wonder the...

15 December 2011
12:12 GMT

First 100 Gbps Fiber DC-CAN Network Created in Washington

Homes and businesses in Washington D.C. will soon get to communicate over the network at speeds they could never have reached before and at an affordable cost too. DC-CAN is a 100 Gbps network that delivers affordable “middle-mile” services to government entities and private-sector Internet Service Prov...

9 December 2011
15:51 GMT

Ryan Seacrest Could Replace Matt Lauer on Today

Ryan Seacrest is one of the busiest and, as it happens, richest figures on television right now. Most of the time behind the camera, Ryan sits atop of a media empire he's build with his own hands. And he's just getting started, says a new report. For several months now, there's been some rumblings abou...

9 December 2011
07:51 GMT

TLC Defends New Show 'Virgin Diaries'

There's a new reality show on the block. Called “Virgin Diaries” and telling the story of various people who choose to abstain from making love until they're married, it's already the talk of the town – for all the wrong reasons. The latest promo put TLC, the network behind the new ...

1 December 2011
11:43 GMT

From the Vaults: How Reality Shows Are Not 'Reality'

What with the ongoing Kim Kardashian media frenzy, here's a video to remind us all that nothing we see on TV is real, even if it's marketed as “reality programming.” This video is from an older BBC show. Editing is everything in television is crucial, Charlie Brooker explains. Editing can turn a...

1 December 2011
10:56 GMT

Set Up a Network Through Power Wiring with New TRENDnet Device

If you thought your home's power wiring wasn't going to do anything else, think again, because TRENDnet just announced the 200Mbps Powerline AV Adapter with Bonus Plug, model TPL-307E. Two of these make up a 200Mbps Powerline AV Adapter Kit with Bonus Plug, model TPL-307E2K. Basically, these are supposed ...

30 November 2011
18:31 GMT

TLC's 'Virgin Diaries' Has the Funniest Promo Ever

TLC, which ironically stands for The Learning Channel, has a new reality series in the works. It's called “Virgin Diaries” and will tell the stories of adults who have never kissed or had relations. It also has the funniest promo ever to air on television, by public consensus.“Virgin Diaries ta...

29 November 2011
11:16 GMT

Angelina Jolie Could Have Died Young

Come Sunday, CBS will air a full interview with Angelina Jolie on 60 Minutes in which she'll talk about love, family, directing movies and her wild youth. A preview has been released, promising the most revealing interview to date with the A-lister. It's no secret that Jolie had a wild youth. Back in the ...

24 November 2011
08:48 GMT

Researchers Demo 100 Gbps Network

Supercomputers are all well and good, but it can be tricky to actually get data in need of research to them, so a team from Indiana University set about to make it possible. Several universities got to test out, during the SC11 conference, particularly the SCinet Research Sandbox (SRS), a network that operated at 1...

23 November 2011
09:41 GMT

Lifetime to Come Out with Casey Anthony Movie

With millions of Americans – and not only – keeping a very close eye on Casey Anthony's trial just to see her acquitted of the murder of her 2-year-old daughter, interest in a movie about the trial is peaking. Not only is it peaking but it will actually turn to fruition, Variety reports. Lifetime is ...

17 November 2011
11:20 GMT

DLNA Devices Stream Directly, No Network Needed

Even the most convenient technologies have their limitations and, apparently, one of the ones DLNA had to wrestle with has been overcome. The Digital Living Network Alliance announced that it had added Wi-Fi Direct to its interoperability guidelines. The name of the certification should be enough to suggest what i...

17 November 2011
03:23 GMT

NBC in Hot Water for Decision to Air Conrad Murray Documentary

Dr. Conrad Murray, Michael Jackson's personal physician, was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter just days ago, but he's this close to becoming a celebrity thanks to NBC. The network plans to air a documentary shot right after the singer's death in 2009. The other day, word got out that Murray had...

10 November 2011
08:48 GMT

FX Network Picks Up Charlie Sheen's New Sitcom

The Sheenius is winning again – or getting ready to. After some negotiations with at least three major networks, Charlie Sheen has finally found a home for his new comedy show in FX Network, it has emerged. Sheen was fired from CBS' “Two and a Half Men” after getting into a very nasty verbal di...

28 October 2011
08:45 GMT

Belkin Launches New Wireless Routers

The wireless router market really is expanding, what with so many companies launching one or more such things at once, like Belkin just did. Belkin introduced the N750 DB, N600 DB, N300 and N150 routers, which can perform data backup automatically (via an app), though their main asset is the wireless speed of 150 M...

28 October 2011
05:10 GMT

[UPDATE] ZyXEL Goes Minimum with MWR102 Portable Router

ZyXEL released routers before, but none were as small and yet still so versatile as the new MWR102, whose product photos definitely don't really suggest it is as small as they say. New tech devices usually try to be small or wireless, with both these traits sometimes combined. ZyXEL may have just set a new st...

26 October 2011
08:45 GMT

NBC Is Working to Score Book Deal for Casey Anthony

Even before she was acquitted of the murder of her 2-year-old daughter, Caylee, there was a lot of talk about how much money Casey Anthony would stand to make from her first interview. NBC is said to be helping her score as much as possible. Earlier this year, word got out that NBC and two other major networks were w...

25 October 2011
05:11 GMT

Emulex Intros What It Calls World's Fastest Fibre Channel Adapters

Storage solutions are all well and good but, in the end, they are nothing if the data center they are part of doesn't have good enough connectivity technologies, an area that Emulex went out of its way to push forward. Emulex did not hold back at all when it created the new Host Bus Adapters (HBAs) spoken of...

10 October 2011
10:22 GMT

NBC Axes ‘The Playboy Club’ After Just 3 Episodes

The 1960s-set drama “The Playboy Club,” starring Eddie Cibrian, has officially become the first casualty of the fall season. NBC has pulled the plug on it after just 3 episodes, as interest in it continue to fall drastically, Entertainment Weekly reports. It was meant to be a very ambitious project but it...

5 October 2011
11:02 GMT

Charlie Sheen, Warner Bros. Settle ‘Two and a Half Men’ Lawsuit

A little over a week after a brand new season of “Two and a Half Men” premiered on TV, its former star, Charlie Sheen, and Warner Bros. have reached a settlement about Sheen’s firing. Both lawsuits have been dropped, a statement reads.Fans of the show, which is now moving forward with Ashton Kutcher...

27 September 2011
07:24 GMT

IEEE Evolves the IEEE 802.3 Ethernet Standard

Connectivity technologies have been evolving through leaps and bounds over the past years, and IEEE wants to make things go even faster by means of the IEEE 802.3 Ethernet standard. The IEEE 802.3 Ethernet standard is the means chosen by the IEEE P802.3bj Task Force in the quest to make 100 Gb/s solutions better,...

26 September 2011
06:03 GMT

Charlie Sheen Settles with Warner Bros. for $25 Million

Warner Bros. executives fired Charlie Sheen from “Two and a Half Men” when they believed his substance abuse and mental issues were impeding him from doing his job on the show. He filed a $100 million lawsuit against them – but ended up walking away with just a quarter of that. Fans of the show m...

20 September 2011
05:18 GMT

Axis Reveals Two New Network Cameras

Axis made good on its specialty and created a pair of network cameras that are supported by the industry's largest base of video management software, not to mention adapted for a wide variety of uses. Cameras come in many forms, as well as target market segments, and Axis decided to cater to the needs of the...

19 September 2011
05:10 GMT

Emmys 2011: The Winners

Television stars, directors, writers, productions and producers were honored at Sunday’s Emmy Awards gala, held at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles. “Modern Family” and “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart” were the big winners of the night. As we also noted some time ago, when the full ...

19 September 2011
03:32 GMT

Broadcom Buys NetLogic for Its Network Chips

Many buyouts have occurred in the IT industry, like they have been happening in all other segments of the industry as a whole, and the newest one to be announced is the deal sealed by Broadcom and NetLogic. Broadcom already has an extensive collection of wired and wireless communications chips, but its portfolio ...

12 September 2011
07:56 GMT

Hitachi Data Systems Buys Network Storage Company BlueArc

Hitachi made the news for a variety of things recently, and it looks like it is doing so once more, or it would be more precise to say that one of its subsidiaries has made a fairly bold move, namely enacting the acquisition of BlueArc. When speaking of Hitachi, one might think about the new 4 TB hard dis...

8 September 2011
08:51 GMT

Dell Completes Force10 Networks Acquisition

Acquisitions happen all the time in the IT industry, the same way they happen everywhere really, and the most recent one was just completed by PC maker Dell. It was some time ago that Dell said it would buy all the assets of Force10 , world-class provider of data center networking for service provider and enterpr...

27 August 2011
05:56 GMT

Iomega StorCenter px12-350r Network Storage Array Debuts

Coming to offer something for the data center market instead of the consumer segment, Iomega has created a new NAS array that can use either HDDs or SSDs, depending on user preference.This is not the first time that Iomega steps forward to reveal some new sort of NAS device, but it is the latest.Carrying the name of...

26 August 2011
10:32 GMT

ZyXEL Aims for Middle Ground With Dual-Band Wireless Router

Wireless routers are becoming more and more widespread as technology advances, and ZyXEL figured it was time to try and offer performance and versatility at a level that can let it serve both consumers and the enterprise.ZyXEL is known for selling various networking solutions, especially routers, its latest one havi...

24 August 2011
08:39 GMT

Kat Von D’s ‘LA Ink’ Canceled

Another reality series on TLC bites the dust. Without as much as a warning, the network has pulled the plug on “LA Ink” with Kat Von D, announcing that the current season will also be its last.In a statement released to various media outlets, TLC states that, while it’s been amazing run, “LA I...

19 August 2011
05:46 GMT

TLC Cancels ‘Kate Plus 8’

All the warning signs were there: ratings have been increasingly bad for TLC’s once-very popular show “Kate Plus 8” and, just recently, the network failed to include it in the official fall schedule. TLC has announced that this is the last season audiences will enjoy watching the life of Kate Gossel...

16 August 2011
03:19 GMT

George Lopez Says TBS Fired Him Because He's ‘Brown’

The announcement that TBS would not renew George Lopez’s show, Lopez Tonight, for a third season took his fans by surprise, but perhaps none was as shocked as Lopez himself. Still, on the night before the last, he still found it in himself to joke about it. Lopez opened last night’s show with a monologue ...

12 August 2011
06:13 GMT

ABC Confirms the End of ‘Desperate Housewives’

As reported over the weekend, the eighth season of ABC’s longstanding dramedy “Desperate Housewives” will also be the last. The official announcement was made by ABC Entertainment Group President Paul Lee and series’ creator Marc Cherry. In a press conference summoned specifically for the purp...

8 August 2011
09:58 GMT

TLC Announces Kate Gosselin-less Fall Schedule

Kate Gosselin’s reality show, “Kate Plus 8,” may be history – in the sense that it has probably been canceled by TLC, the network that also turned her into a star with the now-defunct “Jon and Kate Plus 8.” There’s no mention of Kate in the fall schedule. As TV By the Numbers...

5 August 2011
06:31 GMT

Casey Anthony Seeks Treatment for Mental Issues, Refuses Interviews

Casey Anthony will not be doing any interviews anytime soon. Despite rumors to the contrary – and ongoing negotiations with all the major networks – Anthony will be seeking help for mental issues and avoid all contact with the media for the time being, it has emerged. Not long ago, Anthony’s attorne...

1 August 2011
08:03 GMT

PTC Urges NBC Affiliates Not to Air ‘The Playboy Club’ Drama Series

The Parents Television Council is gearing up for another fight against what it deems to be a shameless violation of everything that is decent and appropriate. In a letter sent to NBC affiliates, the PTC is asking them to refuse to air the upcoming NBC drama series “The Playboy Club.”The network is now wor...

28 July 2011
03:35 GMT

Casey Anthony Offered $1.5 Million for First Post-Trial Interview

While networks continue to deny that they’re even thinking of offering money to Casey Anthony for her first post-trial, post-jail interview, more reports about the figures being circulated are emerging online.Admittedly, Anthony was offered $1.5 million to open up in front of the camera about the trial that saw...

27 July 2011
04:08 GMT

NBC Denies Paying Casey Anthony for First Post-Trial Interview

NBC is reacting to reports claiming that it’s been negotiating with Casey Anthony’s attorney to get her to do her first post-trial interview, and that it has offered her a lot of money to do it. However, that isn’t to say that NBC won’t pay Anthony for the exclusivity, claims a new report. As ...

25 July 2011
07:24 GMT


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