YouTube, Sony Reach New Music Licensing Deal

Here's some good news for music lovers: a large chunk of the music videos available on YouTube won't be disappearing anytime soon.  Reports indicate YouTube and Sony Music Entertainment have reached a fresh music licensing deal. 

U.S. Video Game Sales Up 13%

U.S. video game sales of hardware and software increased 13 percent in January from the previous year according to the NPD Group. In January, consumers purchased $445.4 million in video game hardware, a 17 percent year -over-year increase, proof that the video game industry is doing well despite the recession.

Digg Updates Algorithm

Digg is making updates to its promotional algorithm. The idea is to make the site more useful to more people. A select few have long had the most power over Digg's content.