Former HP CEO Carly Fiorina, who left that company under a cloud, now paints herself as an economic whiz kid on Sunday morning talk shows. Note to Fiorina: Not everyone has amnesia. Read more »
In today’s crowded media marketplace, presidential candidates (and their media consultants) have an almost mind-boggling number of mediums in which to get a message across. From TV to talk radio to the printed word and all the permutations in between, there’s no doubt that a mastery […] Read more »
The launch of Apple’s new unibody aluminum Macs hasn’t been the smoothest ride, for both the company and its loyal customers. There was disappointment over what didn’t (Firewire) and what did (HDCP) make it into the new machines. The innovative new trackpad design nearly underwhelmed thanks […] Read more »
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Barack Obama beat John McCain by a narrow margin in the popular vote and a hearty margin in the electoral college. But what about the online video vote, where it all comes down to the number of views? There the margin was somewhere in between, with […] Read more »
Quantcast Signs MTV Networks; company will provide web metrics for MTVN sites. (AdWeek) John McCain on Losing the Election; big ideas site Big Think sat down with the GOP candidate a few months ago and asked him what it would mean to him if he lost […] Read more »
On the eve of election day, the debate on clean coal vs. no coal has reared its head again, injecting back into the campaign anxiety over what a cap-and-trade program will mean for America’s huge coal industry. Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin, campaigning along the Ohio-West […] Read more »
According to CBS News, last night’s Presidential debate was a clear victory for Barack Obama — but don’t worry, “Joe the Plumber” is still John McCain’s BFF. After the debate, Ohioan Joe Wurzelbacher became a big get for the talk-show circuit — calling into Fox News […] Read more »
Here’s a rundown of where to watch the last presidential debate online tonight. Read more »
Add Hulu to the list of places live-streaming John McCain and Barack Obama duking it out in their remaining presidential debates. The site will stream NBC’s coverage of Tuesday’s debate from Belmont University in Nashville Tenn. starting at 9 p.m. EST. This is also the first […] Read more »
Online video has played a big part in this presidential election, but candidate Barack Obama has upped the ante by releasing a new short film through YouTube called KEATING ECONOMICS: John McCain & The Making of a Financial Crisis today (it’s also available at keatingeconomics.com). Read more »
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Segments of the first interview with Sarah Palin since she was picked to be McCain’s second in command were aired on ABC News this evening. In the interview reporter Charles Gibson grills the Alaskan Governor on her foreign policy experience, which leads to a discussion about […] Read more »
Echoing the sentiments of the crowd at the Republican National Convention chanting, “Drill, baby, drill,” Republican presidential candidate John McCain said, “We will drill new wells offshore, and we’ll drill them now,” in his acceptance speech on Thursday night. McCain also used the subject of offshore […] Read more »
LisaNova has been around so long that it can be easy to take her for granted, but her ability to throw herself into a character should never be overlooked. John McCain may or may not be Sarah Palin’s Bitch — but the Alaskan governor is certainly […] Read more »
Presumptive Republican nominee John McCain has selected Alaska Governor Sarah Palin as his running mate, bringing to the GOP ticket a full-throated call to drill, drill, drill. What we’d like to see is a little more action on developing Alaska’s “huge supplies of renewable energy” she […] Read more »
With oil and gas prices dropping, some think energy might become a less pressing issue for the remainder of the campaign. But McCain took time to fly to an oil rig this week to continue pushing for offshore drilling. Meanwhile, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg […] Read more »
This week, Democrats are simultaneously edging closer to the middle on domestic oil exploration and trying to coat McCain in Big Oil’s ill-gotten profits. Meanwhile McCain met with one of the biggest former oilmen, T. Boone Pickens. But McCain hasn’t put in the effort to renew […] Read more »
Written by Robert Seidman. It’s not often that the peacocks at NBC have much to puff their feathers out about. Other than The Today Show and The Tonight Show, NBC has consistently been the fourth-place network (behind FOX, CBS and ABC) when it comes to primetime […] Read more »
I’m stunned to be asking myself this question, but here goes: “Do I have to like Paris Hilton now?” The “celebutard” is an easy punching bag, but she has, on occasion, exhibited a certain degree of self-awareness — and in this Funny or Die exclusive, she’s […] Read more »
It’s honestly a little scary to imagine what online video is going to be like in, say, October, given that it’s the first day of August, and the election is pretty much one of the only topics of discussion on the table. They haven’t even picked […] Read more »
Energy continues to dominate presidential politicking and Obama proposes a $1,000 energy rebate that he says could alleviate the stress of high energy costs. But when fighting energy costs we’ve also got to mind emissions, something that worries some about a potential running mate for Obama […] Read more »
High gas prices are hitting Americans in the pocket book and they seem ready to fight back with their votes. A report from campaign consultants James Carville and Stan Greenberg earlier this month showed that voters care more about reducing gas prices than addressing energy conservation […] Read more »
Granted, the iPhone gets a lot of news any day of the week, but today the New York Times, Ars Technica, and Information Week are all raining on Apple’s parade, claiming that Jobs’ prediction of 10 million iPhones in 2008 was way beyond the mark. Macworld […] Read more »
Were you as surprised as I was that so many people even questioned whether the first McCain Girls video was an earnest effort by genuine supporters? I was amazed that some people even went as far as to suggest that it was paid for or produced […] Read more »
Comcast, Time Warner Cable, Cablevision, Cox Communications, Charter Communications and Bright House Networks have been working together on Project Canoe, a jointly owned company that would create a national ad network across all six cable systems. The united front is in an attempt to stem the […] Read more »
Earlier this week, Found|READ contributor Jeremy Garlington sent us a fun post of Prez Candidate-CEO Pairings. A leadership consultant based in Atlanta, Jeremy made some quick assessments of the good and not-so-good characteristics of the various politicos, and lined up each one of them with a […] Read more »
"Stub" is the only word that comes to mind when I see this USB Bluetooth module from Princeton. Well OK, a few other words and phrases come to mind to: easy to lose, minuscule, and squatty. Great, now I have to rewrite my post title. For […] Read more »
MagicJack, the USB-based VoIP service from telco vet Dan Borislow, intrigued us from the moment we first read about it in a column by Herb Greenberg. In search of more details, we were finally able to track down Borislow Monday for a brief demo and some […] Read more »
I was on the run this weekend with the kids activities and toted Samantha, the Samsung Q1P everywhere I went. The mobility of the UMPC along with a wireless connection allowed me to attend the kids events but still get some work done when there was […] Read more »
Ah, it was supposed to be the day to recover from the throbbing pain in my head, lying around and generally doing nothing. For some odd reason, I powered up my Macbook Pro, and discovered this Nokia Gizmo Project meme. The not-exactly accurate nature of all […] Read more »
So now we pretty much know why Microsoft is doggedly pushing ahead with plans to make a Halo movie, even after two studios balked at the budget, and the unlikelihood of such a movie making any money at the box office. It will almost certainly be […] Read more »
T-Mobile customers using Windows Mobile 5 handsets can now sign up for push email service in the UK. The carrier is joining others who are already offering the service which is a direct competitor to BlackBerry. Push email with Windows Mobile 5 requires an Exchange Server […] Read more »
Can you run Vista on a Samsung Q1? I haven’t had time to install it yet, so I downloaded and ran the Microsoft Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor beta application. Considering that the Q1 has an Intel Celeron 900 MHz ULV processor, 512 MB of RAM, a […] Read more »
Singapore government has given a blessing on a new fiber to the home broadband network that will compete with current incumbents SingTel and StarHub. Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong according to The Strait Times, announced the government intentions during his Budget presentation and promised to reveal […] Read more »
“Hi, my name is Marc and I’m an e-mail addict. It’s been three days since I signed up for a new free e-mail account.” Podcast buddy Marc Orchant has been an email client addict for many years and his recently published overview of the options available […] Read more »
Copernic has released version 1.6 of their Desktop Search program and Firefox users will be quite happy. They have added native Firefox support for the Search program bringing it up to par with the Internet Explorer support. There is also an improvement for mobile users on […] Read more »
A lot of people including James Enck and Mr VoIP Abramson have been writing about MCI’s foray into consumer VoIP. Smart sleuthing by one of Net2Phone customer’s has proved without doubt that indeed Net2Phone is powering the MCI VoIP service. He used his Net2Phone log-in information […] Read more »
There is a rash of Sony Vaio U750P reviews that have been published the last few days. The reviews can be found on Black Halo Inc, Notebook Review, and BargainPDA. Oh wait, it’s the exact same review on all three sites. Looks like the reviewer really […] Read more »
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