If we can talk about silly reality TV shows like Bravo's Startups: Silicon Valley, then we would be doing a great disservice if we also did not tell you about the PBS show airing tonight called Silicon Valley. It is part of PBS' series American Experience. It begins with the history of the region with the late 1970's invention of the microchip by Robert Noyce and carries … [Read more...]

Remember the Choose Your Own Adventure book series? They were certainly one of my favorites growing up. Many years later, I am pleasantly surprised to find Palo Alto Networks has a new one published called Data Center of Doom. The book reads through a network security architect working for an early-stage pharmaceutical company. As Choose Your Own Adventure books do, you get an … [Read more...]

Apparently, it's the time for documentaries on file sharing services... The Pirate Bay - Away From Keyboard is a documentary on the filesharing site, The Pirate Bay which worked with torrents. The movie is to be released for download and a release date will be announced this month. The documentary should give an inside look at the trial that prosecuted the administrators of … [Read more...]

The VH1 Rock Docs series is getting a documentary on the rise and fall of Napster. It is directed by Alex Winter and premieres this Spring with no definite air date yet. The new film, which premieres on VH1 later this spring, chronicles the way that Napster “changed everything,” from the way we get our music, to record labels, to the way that artists and fans interact. It might … [Read more...]