Archive for October, 2008
Friday, October 10th, 2008
YouTube Ads ‘Click-to-buy’ Links
Ever watch a video on YouTube and been inspired to buy the album? Instead of using iTunes to listen to :30s previews of songs do you often find yourself on YouTube listening to the entire thing? What about video game trailers; I know I geeked out when I watched ‘Halo 3′ ads when they first [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in Advertising,Content,Google,Halo,User generated content,YouTube vow by Jason D.
Thursday, October 9th, 2008
The spotlight turns to notebooks — October 14th
So, Engadget posted their invitation deets to the October 14th event being held by Apple to announce something about notebooks. From what I can tell it’s unclear (well they never leak details before so this is all from rumors) if they’re doing an accross-the-board product refresh, if there will be redesigns of the MacBooks and/or [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Apple,Hardware by Jason T.
Thursday, October 9th, 2008
I wish my iPhone would work as a phone
<rant>I’m getting a little fed up with AT&T. I’ve had more and more dropped calls with my iPhone these days. It seems especially troublesome when the phone has to switch from 3G down to Edge. There are two spots on my commute home where I am guaranteed to drop a call. And one of them [...]
5 Comments » - Posted in Apple,iPhone by Jason T.
Wednesday, October 8th, 2008
RealNetworks’ RealDVD Halted
RealNetworks has suspended selling the RealDVD software after Judge Marilyn Hall Patel of U.S. District Court in San Francisco temporarily barred the company from selling it. RealDVD is a program that allows users to copy DVDs onto the hard drives of their computers. The software has only been on sale for about a week and on [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Industry News,Internet,Movies,Music by Jason D.
Tuesday, October 7th, 2008
Erase Old iPhone Backups
So say you had your first iPhone 3G stolen lost your first iPhone 3G, but you had it backed up. Now when you get your second iPhone as a replacement, it’s still running 2.0 software, not the 2.1 software which you had your first phone running. Hence your backup won’t work. So you upgrade your [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Apple,iPhone by Jason T.
Monday, October 6th, 2008
Despite Nvidia/MacBook Rumors, Analyst Downgrades Firm
Amidst the thrashing that the broader market took today, Nvidia shares closed down 13% today because an analyst at Pacific Crest downgraded the stock because he believes the company will sell its chipset division. This is in rather stark contrast to the swirling rumors that Apple will forgoe Intel chipsets (not processors) in their upcomming [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Apple,Hardware by Jason T.
Monday, October 6th, 2008
Watch Football in 3D on Your Holographic TV
I don’t know how I feel about this…maybe it’s because most of the holograms I’ve seen have been kind of funny brown-green colors, and viewable only from a limited angle. But researchers have been making breakthroughs in holographic technology which could one day allow us to create holographic television. Dr. Nasser Peyghambarian, chair of photonics [...]
No Comments » - Posted in TV by Jason T.
Monday, October 6th, 2008
Strong Fundamentals
To follow up to Jason D.’s Financial Meltdown post, here are some stocks that may or may not make up most or all of my portfolio….
2 Comments » - Posted in Uncategorized by Jason T.
Monday, October 6th, 2008
Financial Meltdown
AHHHHHH! Yahoo! FinanceQuote for GOOG -That is all.
No Comments » - Posted in Uncategorized by Jason D.
Saturday, October 4th, 2008
Tina Fey to Pen Book
Not that Tina Fey wasn’t busy enough these days winning all those Emmy awards for ’30-Rock’ while single-handily bringing back ‘SNL’ into relevant pop-culture. No, now she’s going to write a book too. “According to two publishing officials with knowledge of the negotiations, Little, Brown and Company will release a book of humorous essays by [...]