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It looks like Blockbuster is fatally wounded, and may not be around much longer. The company has been suffering severe financial losses for years now, and this is probably an inevitable end to the company. It is sad in a way, but in another, there were some huge mistakes made that cost them any chance of a future. Why are
I am a bit behind in posting news, as I had some necessary hand surgery and could not type for the last couple of weeks! This, for a writer, is nearly deadly. Just like not talking if you're a movie reviewer is nearly deadly. Roger Ebert would know. Ebert hasn't been able to talk for more than two years. The
Albert Gonzalez, a former government informant charged last year with hacking into credit card systems of nearly a dozen major retailers, along with the U.S.'s largest credit/debit card processing firm, is set to be sentenced for pleading guilty to the hack. His lawyers say he should get no more than 15 years, the government wants 25. I want to see
Had a great meetup in California thanks to all that came out. I'm back in Texas for a few shows and have an absolutely fantastic view. I am contemplating a contest for an iPhone application design for Geek News Central if you are interested in participating let me know. New Sponsor: [Get a FREE audiobook and 14-day trial today by
It appears that people aren't the only ones enjoying HDTV. The BBC reports that cephalopods - that's octopus, cuttlefish and squid to you and me - rate high definition television over the standard. The basis is that researchers often use TVs to show animals pictures of things like food or threats to measure their response to the thing. In this case, the researchers found that
The lawsuits, indicate that businesses who do not agree to pay Yelp to advertise on their websites have had favorable reviews removed from Yelp. If this was just one report, I would toss it off as sour grapes. However there have been a smattering of similar complaints across the country. The story is basically the same, the company in question was getting mostly good reviews on Yelp. They then get a call from Yelp offering them the opportunity to buy monthly advertisement when they decline the offer, their favorable reviews were removed or dropped off greatly.
I have had a great week here in Silicon Valley lots of great meetings all headed towards our big announcement in a couple of weeks. I have assignments a plenty in tonights show. I hope you will respond with emails and call into the voice mail hotline. For those coming out see you at 7pm Friday night at Romano's Macaroni
If you are retailer and want to build your brand, social networks are where you need to be, says IDC in a new report. According to it, Web 2.0 is creating opportunities for competitive advantage with the top 10 social networks having over 1.3 billion members. Yes, there's plenty of people who live on more than one network but that's
I spend some time talking about the SXSW and my experience there. I give you a small sound bite from Cuban and Avner debate which was really good. SXSW was a interesting experience, while pretty good for networking, the evening parties was not the places to do business. New Sponsor: [Get a FREE audiobook and 14-day trial today by signing
The UK's Performing Rights Society (PRS) announced their financial results for 2009 today and for the first time, the growth in royalties from on-line music exceeded the fall in revenue from the sales of CDs and DVDs. The PRS reports that on-line revenues in 2009 grew to a little over £30m, which was an increase of just under £13m, but
Just a few minutes ago, I left my third session in 2 days because the speakers were pitching their companies. SXSW better get a handle on this! I have spoke at a number of conferences over the past 5 years and have been very careful to never pitch my companies products, during what is supposed to be educational sessions. Pisses
**Update: The "Who's been watching my Profile" application (and 25 variants) are a Hoax and a phishing scheme, according to Trend Micro - If you see it, you should not select or accept any offer to see who's been looking at your profile. I got another "Who's checking your profile on Facebook" application. It seems to be the newest annoyance
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