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Published: 08/4/09

Twitter, Facebook Banned by Marines on Military Network

By  Emily Miller - Politics Daily
Twitter, Facebook Banned by Marines on Military Network

The U.S. Marine Corps on Monday banned social media Web sites Facebook, Twitter and MySpace from its computer networks. ...

Published: 12/5/07

The Ice Sheet: Lightning in a Bottleneck

By  Greg Wyshynski - AOL News
The Ice Sheet: Lightning in a Bottleneck

Every day from Monday to Saturday, The Ice Sheet will take a look at the biggest stories in the league that happened on the ice and elsewhere the night before.St. Pete Times reporter Damian Cristodero dropped a bomb the other day, quoting Tampa Bay GM Jay Feaster that huge changes could hit the Lightning if the team hasn't turned things around by Christmas: "Being sub-.500, being 13th or 14th out of a 15-team Eastern Conference isn't cutting it, given the money we lose, to think we're going to keep payroll where it is and not make changes."Naturally, Vinny Lecavalier became the topic of ...

Published: 12/4/07

Sidney Crosby: Internet Star or Cyber Punk?

By  Greg Wyshynski - AOL News
Sidney Crosby: Internet Star or Cyber Punk?

Canadian Press writer Dean Bennett makes the case for Sidney Crosby as "hockey's first superstar of the cyber age":He's the subject of hundreds of Internet discussion groups that compare him to Jesus Christ, ask for his hand in marriage or seek to know him better in language as subtle as spiked heels and a leather bustier. There are more than 1,700 memorabilia items - pictures, pucks, posters - bearing his image on EBay alone. Books, blogspots and websites dissect the numerological implications of his fascination with No. 87. You can click to find photos of him as a toddler, or see art of the ...

Published: 10/26/07

TiVo Deleting NHL Recordings

By  Greg Wyshynski - AOL News
TiVo Deleting NHL Recordings

Historically, TiVo and the National Hockey League have been getting along about as well as David Koci and one of Zdeno Chara's ham hocks. FanHouse's Eric McErlain felt letdown and deceived by TiVo when faced with a compatibility problem with NHL Center Ice PPV back in 2006. Other TiVo fans have complained that they can only record roughly 90 minutes of a Center Ice game. Now, Brooklyn-based Interactive Designer John Niedermeyer blogs about a stunning flaw with his new Series 3 TiVo HD, namely what he calls its "unnaturally strict copy protection on premium content"; something that's having ...

Published: 06/21/07

Yahoo! Officially Acquires Rivals.com

By  Brian Grummell - AOL News
Yahoo! Officially Acquires Rivals.com

Several months back The FanHouse reported that Yahoo! was negotiating to purchase Rivals.com. That effort stalled for unknown reasons, although it was speculated that questionable business practices by a Rivals executive had tripped the deal.However, several more months have passed and the two sides have reached a suitable agreement. What it all means is anyone's guess, but the acquisition makes a little more sense than the Scout.com/MySpace merger reported recently in this space.Rivals is already publishing some content on the Yahoo! Sports platform but I haven't seen Yahoo! content circulate ...

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