Sunday, March 18, 2012
Saturday, March 17, 2012
Tiny iPads: Big Potential or Fat Chance?
The persistent rumor that Apple will produce a 7-inch iPad garnered some buzz Tuesday when a loose-lipped Samsung "official" revealed that the mini tablets would start shipping later this year. The unnamed official with Samsung Electronics made the disclosure about the so-called iPad mini in a recent news report.
Attention iPad Shoppers: Try Walmart at Midnight
Apple's retail stores will begin selling the company's new iPad at 8 am tomorrow. But if there's a Walmart in your area, you can buy one even earlier. Eight hours earlier, in fact. The retailer says that its 24-hour stores will begin selling the new iPad at 12:01 am local time. Odd that Apple would give a big-box retailer such a jump on rival stores, including its own, but it appears to have done just that. Supplies will, of course, be limited. And if you do snag one early, try to resist the urge to taunt the queues at any nearby Apple Stores.
Friday, March 16, 2012
Thursday, March 15, 2012
China's Mobile Masses Top One Billion
China has become the first country in the world with a billion mobile phone users.
Chris Brown?s Girlfriend Doesn?t Make Sense
Chris Brown’s girlfriend, Karrueche Tran, made the news recently by engaging in a Twitter fight with Rihanna in which they both actually fight over urban America’s most beloved moonwalking woman-beater. In a new turn of events, and what I’m attributing solely to some sort of brain damage (See: being Chris Brown’s girlfriend, Results of), [...]
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
China's Mobile Masses Top One Billion
China has become the first country in the world with a billion mobile phone users.
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Big Week for Rush: Score Award, Serve (the Other) Rush, and Steampunk Inspired Album Up for Pre-Order
Last week was a pretty good one to be a member of Rush, the Canadian band that is ‘closer to the heart’ of many a geek rock fan (see Dave’s excellent post railing against their continual omission from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for full details on Rush’s geek cred). The prog rock [...]
Journalists Battle Web Censorship With Internet 'Enemies' List
While developments such as the Arab Spring show the power of the Internet, there remain news blackouts, harassment of bloggers, and even attempts to shut down social media in several nations. This is one of the key findings of Reporters Without Borders, which released its annual "Enemies of the Internet" report on Monday, listing countries that curtail access to the Web and freedom of expression.
Monday, March 12, 2012
Why the Smokejumper is the Most Badass Belt We?ve Ever Seen
If you?re facing a belt-bursting all-you-can-eat spread, you could do worse than wrap your gut in Best Made?s Smokejumper belt. The woven Kevlar used in the $42 Smokejumper can hold at least 6,500 pounds, supporting your belly through even the worst buffet-line hangover. A Chevy Suburban, by the way, has an approximate curb weight of [...]
Sunday, March 11, 2012
Rumor Mill Ramps Up Production of Cheaper and Smaller iPads
An 8 gigabyte iPad 2, and a 7.85-inch iPad mini.
iTunes Pricing as a Model for Journalism
Would readers pay 99 cents for an article with subscriptions at a better per-article rate and so much content for free?
Deion Sanders -- I'm Doing a Reality Show with Kids
Deion Sanders is re-joining the ranks of reality TV stars -- but TMZ has learned Prime's new project will center around his other new project ... a charter school in Texas. Sources close to Sanders tell TMZ the legendary NFL star is working on…
Saturday, March 10, 2012
Soccer Saturday: Your Running Commentary
Tim Howard celebrated his 33rd birthday earlier this week and will be looking for a belated birthday present in the form of a victory against fellow American Brad Friedel and Tottenham today. Today's Tottenham clash is the first game in a big week of matches for Everton, with the Toffees taking on Liverpool on Tuesday and playing in the FA Cup quarterfinals on Saturday against Sunderland. The Everton-Tottenham clash isn't the only match-up that will pair Americans up against each other. In Mexico, U.S. World Cup teammates Herculez Gomez and DaMarcus Beasley could see a lot of each other when...
Friday, March 9, 2012
Nutter proposes $3.6 billion budget for Philadelphia
Over catcalls from municipal workers who have gone without raises for four years, Mayor Nutter told City Council on Thursday that Philadelphia's finances were slowly recovering from the recession years, but not enough to ease his insistence on major changes in union contracts and property-tax assessments.
Thursday, March 8, 2012
A Bestselling Book Becomes An HBO Movie About A 'Dynamic Moment'
Commentator Eric Deggans says the HBO film Game Change, based on a much-discussed book about the 2008 campaign, may inform the way we see the 2012 election.
iTunes Pricing as a Model for Journalism
Would readers pay 99 cents for an article with subscriptions at a better per-article rate and so much content for free?
'Teen Mom' Amber Portwood -- Drug Test Violator
"Teen Mom" star Amber Portwood done screwed up again -- TMZ has learned, she failed to take a required drug test ... and could face the 5-year prison sentence she narrowly dodged in January.TMZ broke the story ... Amber was sentenced to 5 years in…
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
Lindsay bombed on SNL, Lindsay disagres
So it turns out that Lindsay Lohan was right all along and hosting SNL was a big step toward her Hollywood comeback. The way she read off cue cards and stood in the background making dumb faces charmed the critics, and her star-power delivered ratings that were slightly better than average.
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Samsung's Not Doing Well in the Tablet Market? You Don't Say ?
Here's something you don't see every day: An executive at a consumer electronics company admitting that one of its businesses isn't doing so well.
TEDActive Makers Hack Art, Urbanization, and Kinetic Energy
TED is an annual, global idea conference. TEDActive is the arm of the TED conference that engages thinkers and doers in projects centered on the TED Prize. What happens when an artist, an engineer, an inventor, and a technology guru at TEDActive put their heads together around the idea of urbanization? Talk turns to making [...]
GeekDad HipTrax #83
Sometimes you have to make sacrifices for your audience. Example: last night, when I should have rightly been playing video games, I was recording a podcast for you with my pal Ken Denmead. That’s not to say that recording HipTrax isn’t fun, of course, but it’s no Mass Effect 3. Thankfully, the amazing musicians from [...]
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
OMG, Apple and Microsoft Have Traded Places
Apple and Microsoft have kind of switched places with their recent operating system refreshes. Microsoft, which is dominant with PCs but anything but on tablets and smartphones, is leveraging its smartphone platform heavily to create a new PC product. Apple, which is a small player with PCs but massively dominant with smartphones and tablets, is keeping the two technologies at arm's length.
Gadget Lab Podcast: Windows 8, Midi Fighter 3D, Lytro Camera
On this week's edition of the Gadget Lab Podcast, the gang talks about the latest news from Cupertino and Redmond, checks out Midi Fighter 3D, and shows off the Lytro camera.
Weekly Standard: Our Town Meetings
The first Tuesday in March is town meeting day in Vermont. Geoffrey Norman of The Weekly Standard describes how town meetings provide resistance to big money in politics and imbues in people a sense of respect, responsibility and citizenship.
Meet the Magic Skylanders: Wrecking Ball and Double Trouble
Character Availability Hlth Spd Arm Hit Mgc Total Legendary Spyro Legendary Triple Pack | Loose 280 50 18 50 25 423 Spyro Starter Pack | Loose 280 50 18 30 25 403 Voodood Single Pack | Triple Pack 290 35 12 30 25 392 Dark Spyro Starter Pack | Loose 280 43 24 30 25 [...]
Behind the facade, troubles rose for Fattah son
The son of U.S. Rep. Chaka Fattah tried hard to keep up the image of a rising young entrepreneur, talking about his work for high-living clients and moving in to the luxurious Residences at the Ritz-Carlton in Center City.
Monday, March 5, 2012
Sunday, March 4, 2012
Privacy and Civil Liberties in the Digital Age
Between our wireless phone company, the company that we use for e-mail, our smartphone company and the companies that provide the apps on our phones, there exists a detailed, expansive record of everywhere we've been, every website we've visited and everyone we've called, e-mailed and texted and what we've said ? often going back years and years. I believe that consumers have a fundamental right to know what information is being collected about them. I believe that they have a right to decide whether they want to share that information, and with whom they want to share it and when. And I believe that consumers have a right to expect that companies that store their personal information will store it securely.
SBI MLS Season Preview: Chivas USA
Photo by Michael Janosz/ISIPhotos.com By JOHN BOSCHINI A rebuilt Chivas USA isn't happy with being second best. Less than four months after seeing their cross-town rivals lift the MLS Cup in their home stadium, second-year head coach Robin Fraser is determined to improve on a 2011 marred with inconsistency and a late-season slump. "We definitely want to see some improvement," Fraser said. "Our goal is to be competitive and consistent. We have a lot of new guys but we have a nice mix of veterans and youth so I think we're in a good position." A couple of shrewd off-season...
Thursday Political Grab Bag: Obama To Call For Ending Oil Firm Tax Breaks
With gas prices rising and Republicans blaming him, President Obama was expected to call for an end to oil company tax breaks. Meanwhile, Mitt Romney said he does indeed support a bill that would allow employers to not provide health insurance coverage for contraceptives.
Saturday, March 3, 2012
Friday, March 2, 2012
AT&T Eases Grip, Introduces Kinder, Gentler Throttling
AT&T modifies its throttling threshold for unlimited data subscribers.
Op-Ed: Why YouTube Matters to the Science of Depression
An anthropologist of science looks at YouTube, where parodies of Zoloft advertisements have reclaimed the scientific and cultural narrative of depression from a handful of corporate behemoths.
Davy Jones Cause of Death -- Heart Attack
Davy Jones died from a heart attack ... this according to the Martin County Medical Examiner.TMZ has learned ... an autopsy was performed at 10:30 AM EST, and doctors determined Jones died from an abnormal heart rhythm caused by coronary artery…
Thursday, March 1, 2012
Another Muppets Film Is on the Way!
Word comes via Vulture that there will be another movie starring the Muppets! But it’s not all good news: Director James Bobin and co-writer Nicholas Stoller will be returning, but word is that Jason Segel will not return as co-writer. Seems he’s just too busy acting in other movies and the TV show How I [...]
Proview's New PR Attack: Apple Cheated Us Out of the iPad Trademark
Bankrupt though it may be, Proview, the company embroiled in a legal battle with Apple over the Chinese rights to the iPad trademark, has found money enough to hire a slick PR firm.
Copyright Kings Are�Judge, Jury and Executioner on YouTube
Content ID was intended to help copyright holders manage the chaos of YouTube. They'd provide copies of their audio and video for analysis, which would then algorithmically match newly uploaded videos. If a match was found, rights holders could automatically block the video or, increasingly, claim money from video advertising. It's a fine idea. But there has been a dramatic rise in Content ID abuse in the past couple of years, wielded in ways never intended.
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