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Cable a la Carte
It seems to make intuitive sense - why should you have to pay for cable channels you never watch? It's not hard to see the benefit for the end user - only pay for the channels you actually watch. In…
Raging Grannies Urge FCC To Control Net Neutrality
A Federal Communications Commission (FCC) hearing unfolded at Stanford University this week. The affair became a flashpoint for the diverse gathering to express concerns for the first amendment…
An Insiders Look to the Audioholics SOTU CE Event
The necessity to walk over and line up along many others, waiting just like me, inundated my body as I got closer to the main hall. Lights, noise and chatter from the crowd filled my senses and…
NBC Keynote on iTunes: Unreasonable and Unrealistic
I caught wind of a keynote address given by George Kliavkoff on the state of NBC and Apple's iTunes. Back in August of 2007, NBC pulled the plug (decided to not renew) on its contract to distribute…
Paperless Society on the Horizon?
Japan has many long and established traditions, not the least of them is paper. That isn't stopping Japanese scientists from trying to do away with this resource dependent form of communication.…
Juno, Aliens VS Predator: Requiem and Fox Digital Copy
Two notable DVD and Blu-ray releases are available this week - Juno and Aliens Vs Predator: Requiem. Juno wins an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay that went to blogger-turned-screenwriter Diablo…
Denon up for Sale - Best Buy and Kenwood Bidding
This has been a month of topsy turvy business decisions. Earlier this week we heard that Blockbuster is considering the purchase of ailing Circuit City. Before that, Apple leapfrogged both Amazon.com…
Cubans Allowed Cell Phones for First Time
This week hundreds of Cubans filled the streets to get their first ever cell phone - something that had, until now been barred for anyone except authorized government officials and foreigners. The…
Psystar Mac Clone Changes Name Amid Apple Controversy
Psystar, the little company out of Miami Florida unveiled its Hackintosh now dubbed; Open Computer (previously named OpenMac). It's a PC that runs OS X 10.5 (aka Leopard) completely outside support…
Blue Jeans Cable Strikes Back - Response to Monster Cable
Not long ago we reported that Monster Cable had issued a cease and desist letter to Blue Jeans Cable about their Tartan cables. Little did the lawyer drones over at Monster know that Kurt Denke, the…