The Street Gets Pogue Wrong
The guys at The Street TV thought they had a good scoop when they saw New York Times columnist David Pogue doing a scripted story about the new iPhone 3G at the Apple Store in New York City. Here’s their video:
What they didn’t realize was that this was a shoot for Pogue’s latest weekly video for the Times. Though The Street would have you believe that Pogue set up some actors to pose as Apple fanboys to boost the hype on the iPhone (like it really needs more hype) there was actually one actor. As you can tell when you watch Pogues video the review was actually much more critical of the new iPhone but is done in a lighthearted way, as is Pougues habit in these videos.
Who’s the poser now?
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Add To Facebook 1.2 Released
Today I released version 1.2 of the Add To Facebook plugin. This version fixes a bug that in some cases prevented the share on Facebook image from being displayed. This version also adds a template tag so you can put the link anywhere you want within your theme. Check out this page for more details.
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Fanboy Now an Official Word in the Dictionary!
Pioneer entering the Blu-ray disc market. Good. New words added to the dictionary including FANBOYS and MALWARE. Sony keeps updating PS3 software. They had better get the PS4 going fast! New canon camera upstaged by Hasselblad 50 Megapixel camera. Huge Kodak sensor inside. Latest Yahoo-Microsoft news getting weird. IBM will be paid by state of NY to keep employees. Huh? Orkut fabulous in India. Nokia wastes money on research. Guess what they found out? Listen and find out.
Click to listen: [audio:http://m.podshow.com/media/12115/episodes/118006/tech5-118006-07-08-2008.mp3]
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Should Yahoo Buy AOL?
Yahoo working on buying AOL. Pioneer makes 400 GB blu-ray disc. Nice. TSA may stop making everyone remove their laptops. But some people may have their laptops confiscated or the files looked into. Linux going nowhere? WiMAX getting some tests finally. Mobile WiMAX too. CRM becoming a huge market. Hooray.
Click to listen: [audio:http://m.podshow.com/media/12115/episodes/117931/tech5-117931-07-07-2008.mp3]
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Repair a Computer, Go to Jail!
In Texas you have to be a licensed Private Detective to repair computers. And any consumer using anyone other than a licensed PI to fix his or her computer can be thrown in jail. Firefox users more secure on the Internet. Microsoft beginning to rent software starting in mid-July. Rhapsody going to put a dent in iTunes. Mac OS-X surges 32-percent. Microsoft officially retires XP. Say it’s not so: Micro-hoo back in play? Feds looking into Google-Yahoo deal. HP rolling out a $599 hotrod computer. Meanwhile, Dell buying back stock for personal account. Netgear doing an Open Source Router.
Click to listen: [audio:http://m.podshow.com/media/12115/episodes/117367/tech5-117367-07-02-2008.mp3]
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