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Someone has to pay the bill for journalism. Whether it be in print, radio, video, or online, someone has to pay. There is no such thing as a free lunch. What has paid the bill for news so far? Advertising, advertising, and more advertising. Everything from full page ads to 4 by 6 ads to the classifieds. Everything has been
I came into work late this morning due to some car trouble, and walked into my computer lab on campus to a choruses of "there's something wrong with the Internet!" It's finals week, so of course there is a lot of anxiety anyway, but mess with these kids' Internet, and they lose their minds. Turns out it wasn't the Internet.
I just watched the latest Microsoft commercial praising the Zune over the Ipod based on price. The commercial basically boils down to its going to cost you $30,000 to fill an 120 GB Ipod so you are better off buying a Zune and paying a subscription of $14.50 a month. First everything the commercial says is true, however its also
New research released today from marketing research company NPD indicates that digital downloading of movies (the legal kind) is still not mainstream. According to the report, released in March, families reported spending an average of $25 a month on digital entertainment purchase/rentals. Of that, 63 percent was spent on DVD purchases; 7 percent on Blu-Ray purchases; 18 percent on DVD/Blu-Ray
Word comes this morning that Systemax, who also owns the name and web presence of CompUSA, has won Circuit City's name and web presence at auction. Systemax sells under the retail name of TigerDirect, which many geeks know and love. Systemax was the "stalking horse" approved to get all of Circuit City's inventory last month. The name and web presence
I have an annoying thing going on that I want to put a stop to, but don't know how. I am getting, almost daily, and sometimes multiple times a day, automatic updates to Vista on my Dell 1525 laptop. I just installed two in the last ten minutes, and there was one this morning when I woke up and got
D-Link has created the first router that makes you answer a CAPTCHA word before you can do anything on the router. It's an interesting idea - you change the IP address, you add a CAPTCHA. It does thwart Bots from breaking into the system, but is it really necessary? CAPTCHA stands for "Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers
Audio is very airy tonight from the portable rig. Much apologies will get it dialed in for the Friday show. Hate it when that happens. All good plans on using some new tools for Video went south tonight but such is life its a work in progress Show Sponsors keep me fed so Please Support the Show Sponsors! [Save 15%
Quote of the day. "If we had gone with open technology from the start, I think we probably would have beaten Apple" - Sir Howard Stringer - Sony CEO. Thanks to Engadget! Uh, ok, well, maybe, probably not, but it is good to hear you admit a mistake and embrace the idea of open standards. Is this the "come clean"
I will not go browse a store that can suddenly place something before me I do not want to see. Regardless if I can "control" it, I want a place where I can browse applications family friendly. I'm not sure that a closed marketplace ever can.
Several recent articles circulating the blogsphere over the last few weeks show just how inconsistent Apple is in policing the applications being offered for the iPhone. One recent app was rejected because it gave users access to "inappropriate" music from the band Nine Inch Nails, yet Apple sells the particular album and song in question through iTunes, with no restrictions.
Last night I went to a local awards ceremony. We sat there and watched as each winner was called off, came up and received their award. But what was cooler was how the presentation as a whole has changed from even 2 years ago. You walk into the theatre and you saw the curtain with a screen attached to it.
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