December 2009
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The End of Free TV is Nearing | Cleveland Leader →
I doubt this is the case. After the investment all the local TV stations just put into the DTV switch over I sincerely doubt they are going to stop over the air broadcasts.
But its an interesting article. Make with the clicky on the title to read the whole thing.
But, with the economy the way it is, it’s hard to say anything would “never happen.”
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Fox Blackmailing Time Warner for $1 per subscriber →
The battle of which dying industry is going to push the other one out of business first, has just gotten a bit more intense.
FOX is threatening to pull all of it’s channels off of Time Warner Cable unless Time Warner Cable coughs up $1 per subscriber. I assume that’s $1 per month but the Crunch Gear article (linked in title) doesn’t say. If they don’t get it by 2009...
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AT&T Stops Selling iPhone in New York City →
Wow really? It was confirmed via two sources that the AT&T website and telesales will not sell and ship an iPhone into the New York City area.
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Daphne: I am happy to be helping you today . Yes, this is correct the phone is not offered to you because New York is not ready for the iPhone.
Daphne: You don’t have enough towers to handle the phone.
Well...
Merry Christmas from Amazon.com →
Hit the link in the title for a nice little christmas present from Amazon.com. They have listed over 1200 mp3’s of all types for free.
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If you ever wanted to fill out your music collection here is your chance. Holiday Music, Rap, Rock, Alternative, Classical, Jazz, Country, and more…
Thank you Amazon.
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2010: The Year of the Tablet - Bits Blog -... →
“I can’t really say anything, but, let’s just say Steve is extremely happy with the new tablet.”
The New York Times seems to think it’s a slam dunk, the Apple tablet in 2010.
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Apple tablet definitely coming in 7″ size? « Boy... →
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Canadian Teenager isolates microbe that eats... →
I encourage you to click through the link to the TheRecord.com article to read the whole story, but here is the readers digest version.
Daniel, a 16 year old high school student has found and isolated the necessary bacteria to degrade plastic, specifically the plastic in plastic bags.
He thinks he may have shortened the plastic decomposition time from 1000 years in nature down to three...
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Apple may be about to bring down the Cable TV... →
It’s about time. The cable companies were originally the savior to a world of rabbit ears and four or five channels. But since then they have grown into telecom behemoths leeching money from the American consumer and providing little or no innovation for the over priced service they offer.
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I mean think about it, oh sure you can get high speed...
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Dragon's Lair for iPod Touch (iPhone) →
While my good buddy Keith is laid up for the moment, I thought I’d drop a line about an interesting new iTouch/Phone app.
When I heard a few days ago that iTunes was putting out a “Dragon’s Lair” app, I figured, meh. It’s probably just an adaptation of the original. Cheesy graphics and gameplay, just with the familiar Dragon’s Lair logo.
I couldn’t...
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The Trouble with Green (Lights) →
Going Green is a good idea, right? Perhaps not always.
We have seen them around here for a few years now. Traffic lights with the new LED Cluster bulbs in them. It makes sense, the LED’s are considerable cheaper to run, but better than that they last for ever so you don’t have crews out all the time chasing blown bulbs in street lamps. And they run cool, but oh wait...
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Buy select DVD or Blu-ray from Amazon and get the... →
That battle for digital delivery of your movies and entertainmain is heating up.
Amazon has announced that on select titles if you buy the physical movie you will get at no extra charge the Amazon VOD version for free.
That’s right buy the disc and get to watch it online in minutes.
That, in my opinion, is the way to do it. Especially if you are giving the disc away as a present, you...
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Google Chrome For Mac finally hits Public Beta. →
After waiting for more than a year, Macintosh users can finally try what PC users have had their hands on for a long time.
The Google Chrome Browser.
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The only catch is you have to be using an Intel Mac running OS X 10.5 or later.
Click the link in the title to try it out.
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Dell Kicks Netbooks to the Curb with Ultra-Thin... →
If you remember the tech world last year at this time, netbooks were all the rage. I was even caught up in the meme myself, and posted many of an article here on the subject. But it’s been a while since I’ve seen something real drool worthy in the netbook world, worth reporting here.
Until now…
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This is the Dell Vostro V13, a...
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Apple's Move Into Streaming Music Counters MSFT... →
I’ve been aware of LaLa as a music service for a while now, but I have never really played with it. Late last week the rumor broke that Apple had bought them. Turns out it was true, but why would Apple buy a music service?
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Turns out LaLa has something a bit more unique that fits very well into the iTunes system. A streaming service that lets you...
Comcast Deal for NBC Universal Is Done Deal →
Well I suppose if we are making internet access as ubiquitous and neutral as any other utility, the major ISPs need to look elsewhere to make their money.
However the fact that Comcast is about to have controlling interest in NBC Universal leaves me a bit queezy.
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Perhaps its because the battle for network neutrality is still being fought, or perhaps...
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Take Credit Cards Anywhere with Square →
Now this is an interesting new start up, that could just take off even in this down economy.
Introducing Square.
Square is a credit card payment system that will connect to almost any connected mobile device to allow you to take credit cards payments for your business, for your personal projects/hobbies, for your garage sale, whatever.
The genius is the hardware, a small square piece of...