Archive for September, 2008

Tuesday, September 9th, 2008

Wilmington, North Carolina Goes Digital

The first market in the U.S. is making the change to digital-only broadcasting today.  Now don’t be fooled by the cheesy seven-foot switch that FCC Chairman Kevin J. Martin and Wilmington Mayor Bill Saffo toggled up. The switch was symbolic only and not actually connected to anything. Wilmington is the nation’s 135th-largest market and the [...]

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Tuesday, September 9th, 2008

Where to Find Live Apple “Let’s Rock” Event Updates

Want to be on top of the news as it happens at today’s “Let’s Rock” Apple event?  Here are some options for you: CNNMoney.com will be posting live updates. Get updates via SMS through MacRumors.com’s Twitter notifications (note: they do these updates for multiple events every year–just subscribe once) Macworld’s coverage post The folks at [...]

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Monday, September 8th, 2008

Microsoft to introduce Gurus

Bah, this is typical Microsoft IMHO.  Apple provides the Mac Genius service in all of its retail locations, which allow customers to set up appointments for face-to-face consultations with tech support (and in some stores for creative support and consultation).  The Genius can make repairs on the fly, check hardware in for repair, answer general [...]

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Monday, September 8th, 2008

Sept. 9th Event – New iPod Nano and Possible iPhone 2.1

So, Lilly commented and asked: “…have you heard anything about a new Nano being released next week? I heard that from a guy at Costco, but I don’t believe that is a reliable source. Any news of an anticipated new Nano? I heard it was going to be announced on the 9th and then released [...]

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Saturday, September 6th, 2008

Sarah Palin & teh internets

My how the Internet has affected this years presidential election. From YouTube campaigns to blogs controlling stories and at times even setting the tone for major news networks like CNN. Over the last week blogs and the Internet have been five steps ahead of the mainstream media. Could be because as bloggers we are able [...]

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Friday, September 5th, 2008

NFL Online

NBC has added ‘Sunday Night Football Extra’ to their website. It enables viewers to watch the games but also allows extras such as alternative camera angles. Hans Schroeder, NFL vice president of digital media, says the webcasts “provide a new level of interactivity, with fans getting to chose how they experience NFL games.” The webcasts [...]

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Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008

Chrome: First impressions

Chrome freakin’ rocks.  At least that’s my first impression so far.   After a relatively quick download and install from the Chrome Beta site, I was up and running last night with Google’s new browser. What I was instantly blown away by was how snappy the browser was.  From loading the browser in the first [...]

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Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008

MacRumors: Apple and AT&T to offer offical tethering option

From MacRumors via Gizmodo, AT&T and Apple are apparently in discussions regarding an official tethering option for the iPhone.  Rumors say it’ll be an additional $30/month. Here’s my opinion on the matter, should they actually charge $30/month for this:  complete bullshit.   I’m sorry for the profanity, but it is, in fact, complete bullshit to [...]

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Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008

Sad Mac meet Sad Tab

For years, Mac users have had the love/hate relationship with the adorable Sad Mac icon.  It’s cute.  But it usually sucks when you see it. Despite being a generally bad omen when you see it, there’s quite a culture which has grown up around the iconic icon.  And it sure is a lot nicer to [...]

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Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008

Google Chrome

Allow Google to introduce it’s latest product, ‘Google Chrome’ the new web browser has a comic book style introduction here. You can learn more from ‘The Official Google Blog’ that says: “So check in again tomorrow to try Google Chrome for yourself. We’ll post an update here as soon as it’s ready.”

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