Okay, so Mister Rogers didn’t say it, but “Mister Robinson,” one of Eddie Murphy’s better parodies, did. The accumulated wit and wisdom of the beloved Fred Rogers, who died at 74 in February, will be published in October by Hyperion: “Fred Rogers’ messages – that we respect each other’s uniqueness, …

The Business Software Alliance has a new site, Play It Cyber Safe, and a new mascot, a grinning ferret, in its campaign to teach kids as young as 8 years old “safe and responsible” computing practices, like avoiding the rampant software piracy that member companies like Microsoft and Adobe blame …

Via, Glenn Reynolds, Sonic Foundry, maker of our beloved Acid music creation and Vegas video editing software, has been swallowed up by Sony: Sony Pictures Digital and Sonic Foundry®, Inc. announced today Sony Pictures Digital has struck an agreement to purchase all of Sonic Foundry’s desktop software products and related …

We are very concerned about the concentration of the media into fewer and fewer hands, but what about retail? Wal-Mart is the world’s biggest company, it is the biggest private employer in the US, it sells 36% of all dog food, 32% of disposable diapers, 30% of photographic film, 26% …

The Third Annual Joey Ramone Birthday Bash will be held Friday, May 16th in NYC, and will feature headline performances by The Misfits, Rocket From the Crypt, and a gaggle of newer bands (Slashtones, Collider, Coyote Shivers, Sick Fucks, Suffrajett, 5 Cent Deposit, Mickey Leigh & Friends, The Bullys). MTV’s …

Yesterday was May 4th. Reading Sarah Hollander’s dramatic report in the Cleveland Plain Dealer about yesterday’s anti-war march and arrests in Kent gave me a very disturbing sense of deja vu: The Kent State Anti-War Committee planned the separate rally to oppose the recent war and actions in Iraq. Last …

I can just see Chris Parnel and Chris Kattan as the DeMarco brothers heading off to this audition: Beyonce, (a.k.a. Beyonce Knowles) is looking for the hottest dancers around for her music video for “Naughty Girl” from her upcoming Columbia Records solo debut album, Dangerously In Love. Male and female …

Remember Wendy and Lisa from Purple Rain, all tarted up and ready to slam in Prince’s Revolution? They don’t look much like that anymore, and they aren’t rock stars anymore either, but they are making a good living from music, as is Devo’s Mark Mothersbaugh: Talk about crossover acts. Melvoin, …

Fast-Talk Communications has created software to locate subject matter in an actual audio file by phonetically spelling and entering any term. Technology Review reports: Say, for example, that you want to locate the word “Sudetenland” in an audio account of events leading up to World War II. According to Mark …

A study released yesterday by the American Psychological Association says songs with violent lyrics increase aggression related thoughts and emotions, contrary to popular myths about providing a catharsis: In a series of five experiments involving over 500 college students, researchers from Iowa State University and the Texas Department of Human …