HBO’s retelling of America’s war against Japan is mostly excellent, though it does have that Spielberg touch.
It was inevitable after the popular and critical success of their 2001 World War II miniseries “Band of Brothers,” [...]

Broadway Across America has just lifted the curtain on its 2010-2011 touring Broadway season at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts, and it's a lineup full of baby boomer-friendly big musicals rooted in the past. more …

One of the most contentious parts of the controversial Digital Economy bill was voted down by the House of Lords last night – only to be replaced by a clause that campaigners say is even more draconian.
The Liberal Democrats forced through a surprise amendment to the bill’s notorious Clause 17 on Wednesday – in a [...]

Organizers say the U.S. pavilion will be ready by May 1 for the opening of the international fair in Shanghai. America’s absence might have been seen as a snub to China.
Averting [...]

Beware, corporate America: The Justice Department says it will be running more undercover operations — typically aimed at mobsters, cartels, and terrorists — to target financial scammers. more …

Beware, corporate America: The Justice Department says it will be running more undercover operations — typically aimed at mobsters, cartels, and terrorists — to target financial scammers. more …

Software company had forced closure of Cryptome website for publishing guide that explains how to access millions of pieces of private data
Microsoft has been forced to backtrack after it closed down a whistleblowing website after it published a leaked version of the company’s “spy guide”.
The American software giant took action on Wednesday against the Cryptome [...]

Is crippling our sets, and handing over our cultural regulation to a foreign cartel, the best way to get viewers switched on to high-definition?
In my last column, I asked why Ofcom was so willing to surrender oversight of the BBC by allowing the broadcaster to opt into a DRM scheme that put British telly rules [...]

If you want to know our online future, ask a musician
Psst: want to know the future of cyberspace? You could try asking a rock star. Why? Well, some of them have turned out to be perceptive futurologists. Eight years ago, for example, David Bowie said this to a New York Times reporter: “I don’t even [...]

A series of manifestoes, from Republicans and ‘tea party’ activists, harks back to the GOP’s victorious 1994 ‘Contract with America’ campaign.
Although “tea party” activists and other conservatives claim kinship with [...]