Google will be discontinuing paid rentals and downloads five days from now. Not only will videos no longer be available for rental or download, but previously purchased videos will no longer be playable. By way of apology, Google is offering $2 coupons for Google Checkout… Read More »
Archive for August 10, 2007
Searching through a large e-mail inbox file in an application like Microsoft Outlook, or searching for files scattered across your hard drive can consume lots of time. If you want to perform these tasks much more efficiently, and you’re on a Windows PC, try out
Google today emailed customers who had purchased videos from Google Video to let them know that the company will be discontinuing paid rentals and downloads five days from now. Not only will videos no longer be available for rental or download, but previously purchased videos will… Read More »
I love infomercials. Especially the one where there’s lots of footage of some dude on his yacht, or petting a dog on his mansion lawn, or eating caviar on the patio overlooking the beach, while wearing a tuxedo and making a group of bikini-clad models… Read More »
Networks Allow Debate Footage Re-use; NBC joins ABC and CNN in giving permission for non-commercial editing and posting of video from the presidential primary debates. (Ars Technica) Harley-Davidson Brings Sturgis Online, including daily video updates from on the ground at the world-famous biker rally in South… Read More »
Last I heard, Plextronics, a Pittsburgh, Pa.-based organic semiconductor startup, was knee-deep in developing energy-efficient organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) for the flexible display market. When I spoke to CEO Andrew Hannah earlier this year in an interview for Red Herring, he said that Plextronics’… Read More »
It has been a really long week, and for some odd reason, I am not able to write anything today. So instead of torturing myself, and by extension you, I am calling it a day. It is better to spend rest of the afternoon making phone… Read More »
I’m sitting at a local coffee shop where shortly I’ll be visiting with reader Mike Whalen. Mike wants to see the HTC Advantage up close and personal so I’m blogging this from the HTC as we speak, er, write, er, read. Whatever. I’m… Read More »
I’m sitting at a local coffee shop where shortly I’ll be visiting with reader Mike Whalen. Mike wants to see the HTC Advantage up close and personal so I’m blogging this from the HTC as we speak, er, write, er, read. Whatever. I’m… Read More »
I honestly can’t remember the last time I faxed something but Barb had to send some receipts for an expense report just last week. PamFax might have come… Read More »
In Green Apple Books, an independent bookstore in San Francisco with handwritten recommendations and reviews posted throughout the store, a sign on one shelf reads “Zombies are the new pirates.” From Zombie Flanders to the Philippines to Cannes to
Folks at Verizon seemed to be pretty happy with themselves, pointing out that they are adding 2600 FiOS Internet customers a day, adding up to a they have a total of 1.1 million FiOS Internet customers at the end of second quarter of… Read More »
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