Archive for May, 2008
Friday, May 30th, 2008
News you can use:
Often times we bring you news and information that is more interesting that it is useful in anyone’s daily life. Well, not in this case. It’s not been catching a lot of big press lately but, with the economy pretty much going down just as fast as gas prices are going up, big-box retailers like [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Sweet by Jason D.
Thursday, May 29th, 2008
Fox’s new ploy
Editor’s note: I found this story hiding in our drafts folder. It’s now a few weeks old but still valid information. Enjoy”
“This week was the upfronts for the major television networks and not surprisingly a lot of the shows that didn’t get off to a great start, due in large part from the strike, are [...]
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Friday, May 23rd, 2008
Friday Review
It’s Memorial Day Weekend starting in a few hours so that means we are all CO’d here at work so, here is all the news that’s worth checking out:
Facebook cleans up the clutter. Your friends facebook profile starting to look too much like a myspace page? Too many apps have caused the sleek and clean feel of [...]
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Thursday, May 22nd, 2008
Narrow Stairs
A quick congratulations to the boys of ‘Death Cab for Cutie’ on their #1 album ‘Narrow Stairs’.
1 Comment » - Posted in Music by Jason D.
Wednesday, May 21st, 2008
Mighty Mouse Bringing Apple Down
So, some company called Man & Machine Inc., is suing Apple for infringing on the use of the Mighty Mouse name. Furthermore, they’re also suing CBS for improperly licensing the use of the name to Apple.
Who is Man & Machine Inc.? Some obscure company that makes things like chemical and waterproof keyboards and mice, mostly for industrial or hospital [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Uncategorized by Jason T.
Wednesday, May 14th, 2008
Remixing Bill O’Reilly
OK, this is NSFW if you’re not wearing headphones. And it isn’t really relevant to anything. But it’s hilarious. And I suppose it shows the the power of user generated content.
Watch this first:
And then this:
Thanks Elliot!
No Comments » - Posted in Content, User generated content, YouTube vow by Jason T.
Tuesday, May 13th, 2008
Variables
Apple announced that it will start selling HBO shows via their iTunes store. While this news isn’t all that drastic the variable pricing they have set up is. NBC initially walked away from a deal with Apple after they denied them the variable pricing package. NBC was not satisfied to stay with the $1.99 for [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Apple, TV by Jason D.
Friday, May 9th, 2008
Uno, dos, tres…
May we present to you the Uno…
This electric bike was created by 18-year-old Ben Gulak of Canada. The bike is much like a segway and has two wheels and is controlled entirely by your body movements. The more you lean the faster it goes, and the bike currently tops out at 25mph. I expect young [...]
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Wednesday, May 7th, 2008
BIGGEST EVER!
Figures just in from last week report that “Grand Theft Auto IV” has surged past “Halo 3″ and “Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End” to set the record for the biggest opening week of any entertainment product.”
Selling over six million units in the first week to gross over $500 million, ‘IV’ surpasses ‘Halo 3′ [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in Gaming, Halo, Industry News, Video games, Xbox by Jason D.
Wednesday, May 7th, 2008
‘Super Schedule’
Taken from Variety:
“First up from the film division of the Marvel comicbook giant is an “Iron Man” sequel aimed to bow on April 30, 2010, planting the flag again on the start of the summer movie sesh.
Also for that year, Marvel plans to bow “Thor” on June 4, based on the Norse god who wields [...]