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Archive for May, 2006

Blog chronicles mistaken identity of crash victims

Wednesday, May 31st, 2006

Two strikingly beautiful young blonde college women are involved in a horrible, fiery crash when a semitruck crosses the median and broadsides the college van they are riding in.
One dies and is buried in a small Michigan town.
The other, critically injured and swathed in bandages and casts and on a ventilator and hurt […]

Microsoft learns a lesson from the mob

Wednesday, May 31st, 2006

It reminds me of a mob shakedown… the protection racket.
Microsoft, whose leaky, insecure, patched-together mess of an operating system has allowed spyware, malware, junkware and untold viruses, worms and trojans to ruin the computing lives of millions, now wants you to pay them $49 a year to provide security for your PC.
It’s a service called […]

Most popular downloads from V CAST

Wednesday, May 31st, 2006

Verizon has been heavily promoting its V CAST music download service with cell phones. Here’s the list of the most poplar songs downloaded since the service began Jan. 27.
Rank Title Artist
1 Unpredictable Jamie Foxx featuring Ludacris
2 […]

Dell to offer Apple OS?

Tuesday, May 30th, 2006

Well… why not? Over at Endadget, they’re showing a screen grab from a driver download support area on Dell’s Web site that seems to indicate somebody there at least sees it as a distinct possibility. Unless its an error. Whatever, Apple heads worldwide are all atwitter.

Useful traffic site

Tuesday, May 30th, 2006

Stuck in traffic and want instant conditions? My NBC-TV "High Tech Talk" segment this week is about a service that let's you call 866-698-7232 and get live traffic reports for roads in 40 different metro areas around the country.
You need to register your mobile phone and route at the traffic.com Website. Then you’ll get […]

Internet to soon beat print newspapers in ad spending

Monday, May 29th, 2006

At least that’s what this UK-based report says will happen by year’s end. But if so, what happens to serious, issue-oriented reporting? What happens to the traditional watchdog role played by newspapers? The question that worries many journos the most, though, is in a news-on-demand world, will only fluff and celebrity “news” rule?

Intel Macs need more Universal Apps

Friday, May 26th, 2006

My frustration with my new MacBook Pro Intel Mac is growing by the day. Not so much with the machines but with the lack of Universal apps that work with them.
For that reason, I recommend that before you buy, you seriously examine your software needs to make sure you can do without major programs like […]

Recyling an old study

Thursday, May 25th, 2006

Here’s one that shows how PR types find ways to recycle old info as new.
The University of Michigan’s PR machine sent out a news release today citying a “new study” from its Institute for Social Research that reportedly shows some 65% of the public (two-thirds) believe that state governments should pass laws banning driving and […]

NBC offers more iTunes video

Thursday, May 25th, 2006

NBC News announced this morning that it will offer a collection of video news and documentary programming for purchase and download from Apple’ iTunes Music Store. Programming will include new programs produced especially for iTunes, much of which seems tailored to promote NBC personalities and their books or old documentaries. For several months, the […]

Has satellite radio peaked?

Thursday, May 25th, 2006

I’m beginning to wonder after XM cut its growth projections and rival Sirius has seen shares drop by 45% this year.

iPod-talking running shoes

Tuesday, May 23rd, 2006

Now your running shoes can talk to your iPod.
Apple and Nike announced today a soon-to-be available Nike+iPod $29 kit that will register with the iPod just how much distance the runner has covered. as well as time, pace and calories burned. A sensor buried in the shoes will transmit the info wirelessly to the nano […]

Get a cyber secretary

Monday, May 22nd, 2006

Starting at $69 a month, you can how hire your own cyber secretary… an Electronic Digital Assistant.
Click below to see my NBC-TV "High Tech Talk" report on this new service.

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