Article Archive for September 2007

UK iPhone Launch To Cost Serious Poundage
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Posted in Apple, Apple Mac, Gadgets, iPhone on 19 September 2007
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Nov. 9 in Britain will be a retailer’s day to remember. Apple has announced that will be the day they offer their iPhone to the public. The price set for the retail sale is GBP 269 (USD 537). Ouch! Plus, users will have to sign an 18-month contract (no 12 month option I guess) at […]

Hyper Clear Photos of Space Shuttle
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Posted in Internet, Media, Science, Universe on 18 September 2007
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 Wow!  Here is one snap from a web site I just came across…the photos are amazing! Apparently, this site has some connection via a staffer at NASA itself.  Clearly, who else could have taken these?  Well, there are those little green, big round eye dudes and maybe the Russians, but that’s about it.

Media Companies Out of Shape & Style Fighting iTunes & the Illegal Boys
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Posted in Advertising, Computing, Financial, Gadgets, Internet, Marketing, Media, Mobile, Music, Retail, TV on 18 September 2007
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The current fight between the media companies versus the illegal boys versus iTunes is not much of a fight. The media companies stride into the ring, all prettified up – wearing satin trunks, doing exaggerated neck warm-ups and trying the intimidation stare … sure, they are still 6 feet tall but now they’re just 135 […]

NBCU & Amazon – Small Time Versus the Torrent of iTunes
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Posted in Financial, Gadgets, Internet, Marketing, Media, TV on 17 September 2007
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In the midst of the corporate gamesmanship negotiations between NBCU & Apple, on the surface, NBCU’s linkup with Amazon might seem to have major impact. After all, Amazon is the leading ecommerce site on the internet in traffic and sales but that pretty much means nothing when it comes to online on-demand entertainment. Sure, Apple […]

Web Browser Shortcuts For Firefox or IE
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Posted in Computing, Internet, Media on 17 September 2007
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The top two browsers in terms of popularity are Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox. There’s little argument that combined these browsers own more than 80% of the browsers market. Luckily for users from both camps who may have migrated one way or the other, both IE and Firefox users can use some common shortcuts. Here […]

Mattel Pixar Cars Checklist: New Sealed Boxes (Holiday 2007 & 2008)
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Posted in Film, Marketing, Retail, Toys on 15 September 2007
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(THE 2008 UPDATE & REFRESH post is HERE) It might be too early to call it but I think we have reached a point of normalcy in this line! Mattel is actually shipping in right quantities and boxes are packed 50% with the NEWEST CARS and the box that follows is also 50-75% of the […]

Blocking Online Ads With Mozilla’s Adblock Plus
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Posted in Advertising, Computing, Design, Internet, Marketing, Media on 14 September 2007
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You may have read our post about the cyberstalking crew over at Fetchback here and their odious idea to stalk your personal web habits by snooping and tracking the sites you visit with purpose of then serving up ads from their ‘clients’ to you, repeatedly, until you submit to clicking on one of the ads. […]

Nintendo Wii Officially #1 Now
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Posted in Financial, Marketing, Retail, Toys, TV, Video Games on 14 September 2007
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“The NPD Group in the U.S. and GfK of Germany in Europe, claims that consumers around the world have purchased a total of nine million Wii’s, 8.9 million Xbox 360 units and 3.7 million PS3s.” Link to article. Here’s our take as to why Nintendo is #1 and will be for several years and perhaps […]

Why Clinton Will Lose in 2008
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Posted in Politics on 14 September 2007
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I ran across the blog, Scholars & Rogues today and was surprised to read some of most cogent commentary on the upcoming 2008 election. The post titled “Why Hillary will lose the primary – the hidden cross-over vote” is a balanced and informed look at how voters will be gunning for anyone but Mrs.Clinton in the […]

Shouldn’t the Patriots Forfeit the Game?
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Posted in Sports on 13 September 2007
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The New England Patriots appear to be guilty of videotaping the NY Jets defensive signals – not only a violation of league rules but teams were specifically warned last season NOT to videotape … shouldn’t the penalty match the reason they managed to score so many points after halftime last week? By videotaping the signals, […]