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Broadcast Television Industry In Same Place Newspaper Industry Was Five Years Ago

June 15th, 2009 · 1 Comment

Harry Blodget says the traditional broadcast television industry (i.e., cable companies, networks, and broadcasters) is in the same place traditional newspapers were about five years ago:  In denial.
Here’s the best part, according to Blodget:
You won’t have five channels, or 50 channels, or 500 channels. You’ll have millions of channels. You’ll be able to watch anything [...]

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‘The Grid’ Destined to Change the Language

April 7th, 2008 · 13 Comments

News broke over the weekend of a new entity in cyberspace — something called “The Grid” — that’s likely to render today’s internet obsolete. After reading articles like this one and this one.  I thought about how this superfast web replacement might change the world’s vocabulary. Below are the Top 10 words [...]

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Asus Eee Laptop Rocks Computer Industry

March 3rd, 2008 · No Comments

If you haven’t heard yet, the Asus Eee 4G 7″ Micro Laptop PC is stirring up a lot of buzz in the tech sector. Why? Because it’s priced at $399 and fills a websurfing-only niche the big-boy computer marketers have, to date, left void.

The $399 version of the Asus Eee, which features a [...]

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