And you thought Simon Cowell was mean: American Idol head honcho Tony Cohen wants to cut off your Internet access if you’re downloading his show. Cohen, CEO of the UK-based Idol production company FremantleMedia, told the audience of the Changing Media Summit in London today that… Read More »
Archive for March 2009
No, it’s not that Dave Matthews. It’s the other one — aka Gadget Guy — the tech innovator and digital media and deice expert who consults with companies from well-known corporations such as RadioShack to up-and-comers PeopleBrowsr to boxee. Mathews is another big fan… Read More »
The jury system in the U.S. is built around one important premise: juries will reach verdicts based solely on evidence presented in the trial at hand. This is important as fair trials require that all evidence considered by the jury be vetted by counsel of both… Read More »
There are two spins on the alternative search model that have never quite worked the way I wanted them to: natural language searching, and human expert-driven searching. ChaCha is a well-known example of the latter, where paid human experts help with your search questions, but… Read More »
What U.S. lawmakers are hoping to do with part of the $787 billion stimulus package, organizers of this year’s Clean Tech Open want to do with a million bucks: create green jobs. Adapting their annual competition to the current economy, organizers this year are calling… Read More »
When it comes to comedy webseries, I’m starting to worry about the fake documentary (fauxumentary, perhaps?) format. Specifically, I’m starting to worry that between established entities like Dorm Life and newer shows like Bumps in the Night, it might be getting overplayed. It’s… Read More »
Stacey and Chris today have been following Cisco Systems’ acquisition of Flip Pure Digital, a maker of affordable camcorders. At $590 million, I wonder if the company paid too much — not that Pure’s management and venture backers are complaining about the price just… Read More »
Software innovations are often over-hyped, so I approached the Opera Turbo Labs preview version of the Opera 10 browser with — how shall I say? — hopeful skepticism. As one who has suffered (not too strong a word) with a slow rural dial up Internet… Read More »
We all hate our cell phone contract. Those two-year contracts that sentence us to a term of indenture to the carrier make our lives miserable. The only reasons we do it are to get the cheaper subsidized phone or because the carrier won’t let us do… Read More »
Last December, I wrote about Producteev, an app with a different twist on task management, in Social Task Management: The Next Generation. Since my last post, Producteev has added paid-for plans, added to its mobile options, improved its integrated team micro-blogging platform and its UI,… Read More »
If you live in Mississippi, your garbage could soon be turned into ethanol. Montreal-based Enerkem said today that it’s heading south for its next commercial-scale plant, with plans to build a 20-million-gallon-per-year cellulosic ethanol plant in Pontotoc, Miss. Enerkem said… Read More »
If web browsing was solely based on speed, Microsoft’s new version of Internet Explorer would be last in line. Aside from that key item however, it’s solid, offers better usability and greater security than any prior version. At least that’s what I’m hearing
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