Next-Gen Internet Launched at USC Stevens Inst.

The next-generation Internet will be a decentralized, universally accessible, open platform.

While the current world wide web is migrating over to IPv6 before surfers finally come to a screeching halt at The End of the Internet, the next generation Internet has reportedly launched on Wednesday at the University of Southern California's Stevens Institute for Innovation. The launch took place during Aram Sinnreich's TEDx presentation at the Institute.

YouTube to Launch On Demand Movie Rentals

Google-owned video sharing site YouTube will soon launch an effort to take on the likes of iTunes and Netflix.

With the arrival of web-connected TVs, and Google TV in particular, it’s no surprise to hear that YouTube wants to expand its reach in the living room beyond funny cat videos and the odd viral hit. Though the company has been offering a limited number of movie rentals for a while, a report over on the Wrap indicates that the company will next month expand that service to include titles from major studios including Sony Pictures Entertainment, Warner Brothers and Universal. Also on board are several independent studios, including Lionsgate and Kino Lorber. Still on the fence are Paramount, Fox and Disney.

Apple Testing iPhone on T-Mobile USA (Photos)

Already available on AT&T and Verizon, it seems the Apple iPhone could soon be making its way to T-Mobile.

When the iPhone launched four years ago, in June of 2007, it was exclusive to AT&T. That exclusivity was supposed to last for five years, but it ended earlier this year when Verizon announced that the iPhone 4 was arriving on Big Red’s network. However, it seems Verizon’s run as ‘the other iPhone provider’ may be short-lived as pictures surfaced over the weekend to suggest the Apple smartphone could soon be headed to T-Mobile.

Samsung Returns Fire Against Apple Lawsuit

This could get nasty.

Last week, Apple opened its lawyers up against Samsung, alleging that the Korean company copied the iPhone and iPad for its Galaxy products.

Apple to Beat Google to Cloud Music Service

Forget that leaked version of Android Music, Apple is read to rock and roll.

With the launch of Amazon’s music locker service, Cloud Drive, it seems there’s only a matter of time before competing products by Google and Apple are unveiled. In fact, these two companies were rumored to be working on their own cloud music services before we heard anything about Amazon’s Cloud Drive. So who’s up next?