PBS classes up Silicon Valley TV shows with its own program

PBS created its own show called Silicon Valley, which promises to be an informative look back at the start of the semiconductor industry.

Butterfly in the sky: check out this amazing Reading Rainbow remix vid

PBS has been dazzling us lately with its super-cool remix series, which features all our childhood public television idols. Previous clips featured Bob “Happy Little Trees” Ross and Mister Rogers; today’s offering brings none other than our consummate hero, Levar …

Let’s get meta! PBS YouTube video dissects the viral video phenom

PBS has been kicking butt lately with its viral video series (for reference, see this Mr. Rogers clip or the Bob Ross Remix). In a new YouTube vid, PBS gets super meta and tackles the whole concept of memetics and …

PBS really gets the Internet; check out the new Bob Ross remix video

If there are two things the Internet loves, and neither of those two things are allowed to be cats, they’re Bob Ross and autotuned remix vids. And PBS just served up the goods on both counts.

Bob Ross, longtime PBS …

Mister Rogers gets the autotune-remix treatment, courtesy of PBS

Well, we can certainly tell it’s Friday afternoon, can’t we?

The childhood staple Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood has gotten this loving and charming tribute from YouTube power user and autotune demigod melodysheep — all with the permission and cooperation of the …

Aereo files 2nd countersuit against Fox, PBS for right to transmit broadcast TV

Aereo, which streams local broadcast television to your mobile devices, has filed a second countersuit against PBS, Fox, and two New York broadcasters already embroiled in legal battle with the entertainment tech startup.

Aereo allows people to receive broadcast TV …

As legal battle with TV networks escalates, Aereo launches in NYC — We tested it, and it rocks

I’m sitting in my office (by which I mean my kitchen) watching Rachel Ray on my iPad and Kathy Lee on my laptop. These aren’t clips or day or old episodes. It’s live programming that’s streaming to me via Aereo, …

Fox and PBS file suit against streaming TV service, Aereo

File this one under bound to happen. IAC’s new service, Aereo, which charges users $12 a month to stream the basic TV networks and a selection of cable channels, is the target of a lawsuit filed by Fox, WPIX, Univision, …

PBS lets iOS users see new documentary before it airs on TV

The Public Broadcasting Station (PBS) has decided to rip a page out of HBO’s book by giving iPad and iPhone owners early access to its exclusive video content before it debuts to the rest of the world.

iOS device owners …

Hulu adds PBS shows to its TV content library

Streaming video service Hulu is adding a huge collection of PBS television shows to its content library, the company announced Thursday.

The new content is available with commercials to all Hulu users, while premium subscribers of Hulu Plus can watch …

LulzSec’s real agenda? Who knows, but they love the Dreamcast

Well, that tears it. LulzSec, a band of hackers that has made headlines for a number of high-profile hacking incidents, are a bunch of gaming hipsters.

The hacking group has been gleefully attacking a lot of gaming networks such as …

Hit the deck: LulzSec and Anonymous start trading blows

Hacker group LulzSec has begun publicly attacking hacker group Anonymous, an action that could lead to a civil war of sorts between the two hacker groups that have similar origins.

LulzSec has begun publicly mocking 4chan.org, the image-sharing message board …

LulzSec hits U.S. Senate website, throws a “DDoS Party”

Hacker group Lulz Security is taking responsibility for breaking into the public website for the U.S. Senate, Senate.gov. Separately, the hacker group has launched a massive distributed denial of service (DDoS) campaign against several game sites.

Senate security confirmed the …