Archive for the ‘in the news’ Category
Sunday, June 10th, 2007
Richard Charkin is an unrepentant thief. Charkin, a UK executive with publisher Macmillan, attended last week's Book Expo America in New York and decided to make his feelings about Google Book Search clear by teaching Google a lesson: he stole two of the company's laptops.
His point was that Google Book ...
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Friday, June 8th, 2007
Yes, Amazon already has an online on-demand movie service, but that won’t stop the world’s most famous web retailer from buying NetFlix, the movies-through-the-mail company that recently built an on-demand service of its own. At least, that’s what the Associated Press is reporting.
According to the AP, a Jackson Securities analyst ...
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Tuesday, February 6th, 2007
Steve Jobs says - Let's Get Rid of DRM and I have to agree. People would be more likely to purchase music online if they didn't have to worry about broken technologies limiting their ability to enjoy it.
But, in his letter, Jobs says the company sells the music with "DRM" ...
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Monday, February 5th, 2007
TiVo's top 10 Super Bowl Commercials - Overall I think that the commericals weren't as good as previous years, but there were some good ones.
You can watch them here.
1. Bud Light: Language Course with Carlos Mencia
2. Bud Light: Rock Paper Scissors
3. FedEx: Don't Judge
4. Nationwide: Kevin Federline Rollin' VIP
5. Doritos ...
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Thursday, February 1st, 2007
A New York teen, dubbed a pirate by the Record Industry, is counter suing them for defamation, violating anti-trust laws, conspiring to defraud the courts and making extortionate threats.
In papers responding to a lawsuit filed by five record companies, Robert Santangelo, who was 11 when he is supposed to have ...
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Tuesday, January 30th, 2007
PC World says farewell to floppy. Most of you probably did a couple years ago as well. I still occasionally find the need for a floppy on an older machine, but that's probably a sign I'm wasting my time!
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Friday, January 26th, 2007
According to their blog, YouTube has added a bunch of new features to their site. Here are some of the more notable ones:
GOOGLE SEARCH!: Thanks to, ahem, a certain parent company, our search is now vastly improved so it should be even easier to find your favorite sleeping kitty video ...
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Wednesday, January 10th, 2007
An average joe had his GPS stolen and set out to buy a replacement on eBay, only to find the exact same one up for sale. The seller was nabbed and dozens of stolen items were discovered at his place.
digg story
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Tuesday, January 9th, 2007
Best Buy is taking a bold advertising campaign to its limits this week by announcing discounted game titles for the Sony PlayStation 3 as well as the Nintendo Wii consoles.
This could represent poor game sales among these titles or just the fact that the retailers are hoping to draw people ...
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Thursday, January 4th, 2007
Warner Bros plans to announce a new single videodisc, called a Total HD disc, that can play films and television programs in both Blu-ray and HD DVD. They hope to make the new generation of DVD entertainment easier on the consumer by making movies and television libraries available in BOTH ...
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