Archive for July, 2007
Friday, July 27th, 2007
Weekend Reading
Because I work an 8-5 I’ll be taking the weekend off, and that means no posts from me on the weekends either. Each Friday a few of the best stories from the week will be posted as links with brief comments about each. It’s hard to find new information over the weekend so why not [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in Friday Review by Jason D.
Thursday, July 26th, 2007
ruhe in frieden
Ulrich Mühe has passed away after a struggle with stomach cancer. The award winning actor was 54. He starred in the Academy Award winning ‘Das Leben der Anderen’ (’The Lives of Others’) and he is survived by his wife and their two children as well as another child from an earlier marriage.
While not related to technology [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Uncategorized by Jason D.
Wednesday, July 25th, 2007
And the numbers were off…
Apple’s profit surged more than 73%. They sold 270,000 iPhones. And the stock is up about $11 in after-hours trading. w00t. Read more here. Silly investors. I’m so glad I’m along for the ride. Whilst speaking with a friend yesterday he joked and said, “so do you think it will overcorrect to 150 when [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Apple, iPhone by Jason T.
Wednesday, July 25th, 2007
“Disappointing” iPhone sales possibly misleading
Well the Street sent shares of Apple tumbling yesterday as AT&T reported a mere 146,000 phones activated in the last two days of it’s fiscal quarter. Now, remember that one of those days the stores didn’t even start selling phones until 6PM. Also there were various reported issues of iPhone buyers not being able to [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Uncategorized by Jason T.
Tuesday, July 24th, 2007
‘a la carte’
Satellite radio companies Sirius and XM try to keep critics at bay with their merger talks by announcing a new deal that will offer consumers what they want: personalized channels. The channels themselves won’t be personalized, but what channels you subscribe to will be. The ‘a la carte’ menu would allow consumers to pick 50 [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Radio, Tivo by Jason D.
Monday, July 23rd, 2007
Don’t Call it a Comeback
A medium that hasn’t been on the forefront of new technology for centuries has just proven its relevancy in a major way. Fighting against it’s cinema counterpart the final Harry Potter book sold a record-breaking 8.3 million copies in the U.S. and 2.65 million in the U.K, all within the fist 24 hours. The 5th [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Movies by Jason D.
Sunday, July 22nd, 2007
To Buy or Not To Buy an iPhone
I personally am going to wait until the second version of the iPhone in it’s current form factor comes out, hoping that it’ll have a larger flash storage chip and also 3G capabilities. Not to say that I don’t think the current iPhone is sweet, because I do and I think it makes my [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Apple, iPhone by Jason T.
Thursday, July 19th, 2007
Opportunity is knocking…
Sony and NBC Universal have announced plans to take their presence on the web even further. Taking direct cues from youtube.com they will be bringing comedy and home made videos to specialized websites that each company will be introducing in the coming months.
Last August, before Google purchased youtube and full-length episodes of ABC shows streamed [...]
No Comments » - Posted in TV on Web by Jason D.
Thursday, July 19th, 2007
The following preview has been approved for all audiences…
Film studios rejoice: your ads aren’t being skipped the way other ads are by TiVo owners. In fact, in some cases film ads are gaining higher ratings than the shows they are running during. The Hollywood Reporter (HR) sites ‘Disturbia’ as the #1 ad from late March through late April viewed by TiVo [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in Tivo by Jason D.
Tuesday, July 17th, 2007
In the beginning…
Welcome to Infinity and Beyond! This will be the best source for news and information on how current and future technoloy is shaping the way we view and interact with media. We will offer our commentaries on the latest news, and provide a unique perspective on this emerging field. We look forward to being the [...]