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Striking back at the ability of viewers to skip commercials via personal video recorders likeTiVO, a new WB variety show will build the commercials in: A leading television producer and two major advertisers have joined forces to present a live variety show with no commercial interruptions. Instead, the advertising messages …

The beaming cartoon cat on the front cover of Kim Deitch’s aptly titled The Boulevard of Broken Dreams (Pantheon) looks innocent enough. But turn the volume over and the same ‘toon head leers at you salaciously: innocence & experience in one four-fingered figure. Largely set in the early days of …

Designers of a personal aircraft are selling their prototype, but you have to agree not to use it: “NOBODY HAS has ever done anything like it,” said Michael Moshier, chief executive of Trek Aerospace, the company that designed the machine. “It is the first aircraft that you can strap on …

The surprise is not that he is gone, but how long he lasted – the judgment of anyone who would marry Mariah Carey is deeply flawed. I wouldn’t marry Mariah Carey with someone else’s body: The 14-year reign of Tommy Mottola at Sony Music is over. According to sources at …

I knew this story was coming. We ran this report a couple of days ago about how bad things are for the major record retailers, and at the time I thought to myself, “I’ll bet some of the big used record stores and the stores that feaure hard to find …

CNET reports: The Seattle-based software company is unveiling Helix DRM, digital-rights management technology designed to be format-agnostic protection for the delivery of content to PCs, home appliances and mobile devices. The technology supports the emerging video standard MPEG-4 and H.263; audio formats MP3, AAC and Narrowband AMR audio; and its …

Dude is concerned about his johnson, writes in to MSNBC sex doctor: Lately I’ve been seeing a lot of advertisements for penis enhancement pills, some claiming to increase size up to 3 inches in less than three months. But before I spend my money on such products, I’d like to …

Seven figure deal for the controversial Supreme Court Justice’s memoirs from HarperCollins: Multiple publishers vied for the rights to Thomas’ autobiography, which he started writing in 2001, but Thomas liked the package offered by the New York-based HarperCollins, including the editor assigned to work with him, people in the publishing …

If our family is any kind of example, I can understand why the retailers are weeping about the holiday season just past: Dawn and I spent less than we have in many years on gifts. Yes, our financial situation is unstable and we just bought a new house so we …

Blogger Richard is deeply frustrated by the Chinese government’s new anti-blog policy: the big bad communist government of China has BLOCKED ACCESS TO ALL BLOGSPOT SITES. That, since yesterday afternoon, 36 hours ago. Well, I am mad as hell and I’m not going to take it anymore. I live in …