Archive for the ‘technology’ Category
Tuesday, July 3rd, 2007
Interesting article over at Ars Technica titled HD programming wars: Comcast says 800 HD channels by 2009
Basically, DIRECTV announced they would have 100 HD channels by the end of 2007 and Comcast announced that it will have over 800 HD channels by the end of 2008, with 400 by the ...
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Monday, July 2nd, 2007
There is no doubt in my mind that Google has been successful and will continue to be over the years ahead.
According to the article below, Google is on track to receive more than two million resumes in 2007. Not bad for an existing staff around 12,000. Obviously, they ...
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Thursday, June 28th, 2007
Everyone that isn't living under a rock knows that Apple is launching the iPhone tomorrow (June 29).
Everyone is talking about the iPhone, including Andy discussing if the iPhone will redefine the mobile market.
I'm stuck in a Sprint contract, so I'm going to pass for now.
So, take my poll and let ...
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Monday, June 18th, 2007
As an update to my previous post RE PC vs. Mac: buy what you like, I purchased a MacBook this weekend, along with a whole bunch of other items including upgrades for my network to be gigabit throughout, 2 TB of new storage and a new color printer.
I went with ...
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Wednesday, June 13th, 2007
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I'm catching up on my RSS feeds as I'm stuck inside from the pouring rain.
I'm in the research for a new home computer for Lora to replace her aging PC laptop, and what did I stumble upon from Slashdot but an article titled Puncturing the "PCs Are Cheaper ...
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Tuesday, May 29th, 2007
Good reminder article today from Chief Marketer called The Death of the Page View.
In a Web 2.0 world, there are many other factors that have to be considered, including RSS feeds, MySpace profile friends, and YouTube favorites, just to name a few. There are also some technical challenges in ...
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Sunday, May 27th, 2007
I was reading Billboard magazine this weekend when an ad for Soundbuzz caught my attention:
Today, mobile music accounts for more than 95% of digital music sales in the Asia-Pacific.
According to a Billboard article (May26: The Path to China), there are between 450 and 500 million mobile phone subscribers in China ...
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Saturday, May 26th, 2007
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Facebook vs. MySpace. Who will win the race?
Well, Facebook announced they are opening up their platform to 3rd party developers, and I think thats going to be a home run for them. They aren't going to try and profit directly, but I think this will help ...
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Wednesday, May 16th, 2007
I think some Apple investors got a lesson today in the power of social media.
Engadget Knocks $4 billion Of Apple Market Cap on Bogus iPhone email
[via TechCrunch]
One post has a $4 billion impact? Wow.
There are theories that someone was trying to make money on the drop via shorting the ...
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Wednesday, May 16th, 2007
Dave von Fintel, a friend of mine that works at Rockhurst University, sent me a link to a Microsoft & Petfinder.com project called Asirra (Animal Species Image Recognition for Restricting Access). I guess the link was in a Chronicle of Higher Ed story. The project uses cat & ...
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