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Content over the phone

2008-11-21T07:17:36Z

I love how low tech and high availability this product is. Call it. And listen to the radio program of your choice. Lexy

DVD sales down. Consumers vanishing!

2008-11-21T07:01:40Z

Where are those consumer? DVDs, Hollywood’s Profit Source, Are Sagging - NYTimes.com The independent tracking service Nielsen VideoScan paints a bleaker picture, reporting a 9 percent drop in overall DVD sales during the third quarter alone and a 22 percent decline in sales of higher-priced new titles

Slumdog Millionaire

2008-11-17T05:23:11Z

Wonderful movie! I have a soft spot for these epic desi films -- including the non-desi Darjeeling Limited, and the very desi The Namesake or Monsoon Wedding. And so forth. But this Slumdog movie was terrific tonight!

Volume on the Apple App Store

2008-11-17T04:56:26Z

Safe from the Losing Fight ｻ Can you make a living off an iPhone app?

Weekly Youtube address??

2008-11-16T04:18:56Z

This is unbelievable. ChangeDotGov "the brand" is publishing weekly youtube addresses from Obama. It's really amazing and makes total sense; but I thought it was a total fake when I first saw it. Your Weekly Address from the President-elect | Change.gov: The Obama-Biden Transition Team

Cool sounding selections for FCC

2008-11-16T03:39:08Z

Utilities! Welcome your regulators. techPresident – Obama Puts Well-Known Internet Advocate in Charge of FCC Review [I]n a final statement that's likely to send shivers down the spines of telecom company executives, she [Crawford] said that she believes internet access is a "utility."

What a month it's been for Peek!

2008-11-14T06:07:39Z

USA Today: Peek is easier to use than iPhone

2008-11-13T02:52:56Z

USA Today on Peek Tech gadgets fall into two categories: "Because-we-can" gizmos loaded with a battalion of features, or dirt-simple ones that do just one or two things well. The Peek e-mail device I've been testing marches in the latter camp. It's refreshingly uncomplicated. Peek is aimed at consumers who want to read e-mail or write new ones using a tiny Qwerty-style keyboard from anywhere, but who have stayed away from smartphones because they're too complicated or costly....

Pascale counts to 10!

2008-11-13T02:44:42Z

Paz counted to 10 today! One, two, three... you get the idea.

Peek on Oprah's list

2008-11-12T15:28:36Z

The O List - Gifts Under 100 Dollars

Games on phones

2008-11-12T13:09:05Z

Some key numbers missing in this article, like: how much revenue to date for games on iPhone? Overall, very little apparently -- $10 million maybe? But only 3% growth in iPod revenues last quarter, a more efficient distribution channel for game makers (faster, cheaper), and a community of makers that are focusing only on the iPhone...suggests opportunity. Of course, PCs didn't kill consoles, and portables didn't kill either of those. But games can be a category on any platform. Apple's iPhone Faces Off With the Game Champs - WSJ.com

The end of the southern strategy

2008-11-11T19:28:02Z

The Republicans are headed for "Southern Democrat" status. For South, a Waning Hold on Politics - NYTimes.com Less than a third of Southern whites voted for Mr. Obama, compared with 43 percent of whites nationally. By leaving the mainstream so decisively, the Deep South and Appalachia will no longer be able to dictate that winning Democrats have Southern accents or adhere to conservative policies on issues like welfare and tax policy, experts say. That could spell the end of the so-called Southern strategy, the doctrine that took shape under President Richard M. Nixon in which national elections were won by co-opting Southern whites on racial issues. And the Southernization of American politics — which reached its apogee in the 1990s when many Congressional leaders and President Bill Clinton were from the South — appears to have ended. “I think that’s absolutely over,” said Thomas Schaller, a political scientist who argued prophetically that the Democrats could win national elections without the South. The Republicans, meanwhile, have “become a Southernized party,” said Mr. Schaller, who teaches at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. “They have completely marginalized themselves to a mostly regional party,” he said, pointing out that nearly half of the current Republican House delegation is now Southern.

Mac vs Windows

2008-11-11T11:42:39Z

By age segment, is the battle so lopsided? boxee blog ｻ why we launched boxee for Mac before Windows

People I like in politics

2008-11-08T16:44:40Z

Now that the big O has won, I have to confess I think he's great. Since there's all this 'team of rivals' and 'I will listen to you especially if we disagree' stuff going around, here are some people I think Obama should involve centrally. I think now is the time for dream team stuff, not during the campaign. From the Democratic wing of the Democratic party, of course: - Rahm Emanuel is a killer choice - Schumer should be a point man in Senate From the rivals: - Hillary would be an interesting choice to hand the health care reform to get it done 2008-style - McCain - try to make him an ally on tax cuts? - Richardson needs a job like State? Though State could be a good one to give a republican - Defense would be a good spot for a Clintonite like Wes Clark? Or are we talking progressive types here? On the other side: - Jindal - is there a big job he could be offered? It would be a get b/c it would further slay the conservative comeback hopes - Powell - make him a special advisor to the president or something like that -- no specific job

Horrifying Android Bug

2008-11-08T05:17:29Z

Worst. Bug. Ever.