The James Kim story

December 7, 2006

I’m amazed how this story resonated around the country. People have been tuned into it everywhere. They identified with this family and their plight. But no one could imagine what was going through their minds. It’s so tragic. I thought about James a lot last night and I couldn’t help but think about him dying […]

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Remembering James Kim

December 7, 2006

A personal note about James Kim who was found dead today. He was a senior editor for CNET and a former coworker of mine at ZDTV/TechTV. We both started out in the editorial group together and he was the kindest and most thoughtful man I knew in oddly a business that was full of men […]

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iPhone rumor specifics. Warner CEO’s kids are music thieves.

December 6, 2006

This story came out at the beginning of the week, but if you haven’t heard the latest on the iPhone, there are plenty of specific rumors on a potential release in January. According to reports, the phone will have both GSM and CDMA radios making it carrier independent. Plus it will have a slide out […]

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Daily Motion squeezes YouTube. Google Answers, doesn’t. Yahoo! rebuffs Google’s advances.

November 30, 2006

Violating copyrights isn’t so easy on YouTube anymore. The video sharing “free for all” is falling under some parental control as offending videos are more actively being removed. Not to worry posters and viewers, other sharing upstarts are gaining ground like the French site Daily Motion which is chock full of copyright violations including full […]

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Apple^2 truce. Zune is #23! Verizon’s YouTube exclusivity?

November 28, 2006

The Beatles are landing on iTunes. The same two companies that were for years embroiled in legal disputes over the name Apple, appear to be making a financial truth. Jobs is so excited about the impending deal that he’s willing to cough up tens of millions of dollars for exclusive distribution even if it’s only […]

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BofA U2 UMG lawsuit. OnStar off in 2008.

November 21, 2006

When a couple of Bank of America employees sing passionately about their bank merger to the tune of U2’s “One,” people watch and listen. While most of us who saw the video found it embarrassingly funny, the lawyers at Universal Music Group thought it’s leaking to the public was a copyright violation, even if it […]

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PS3 on sale. MPAA losing more friends.

November 17, 2006

At midnight last night, Sony’s PlayStation 3 or PS3 went on sale at the Metreon in San Francisco. Although initially priced well above its competitors, Microsoft’s XBOX 360 and Nintendo’s Wii, all these gaming consoles require accessories and more importantly games to play them which will quickly even the price level across all. And the […]

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YouTube goes after TechCrunch. Congdon on ABC News.

November 16, 2006

So here’s a twist. YouTube has sent a cease and desist letter to TechCrunch, the popular Web 2.0 blog, for copyright infringement. Yes, they’re usually the target, but I guess if you want to score points you have to play offense sometimes. The issue is a tool TechCrunch created to download YouTube videos to your […]

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Cisco geeks out the new A’s stadium. Google a liar? Surprising spam and porn numbers.

November 15, 2006

Baseball. It’s America’s pastime and it moves really slowly. That’s why Cisco plans to turn the new A’s stadium in Fremont into a digital wonderland. With a wireless device in hand you’ll be able to order anything from concessions to instant replays. Or if you don’t like the person sitting next to you, send a […]

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In-flight iPods. Sony PS3 not backwardly compatible? Air guitar t-shirt

November 14, 2006

Trumping today’s release of the Microsoft Zune, Apple announced a deal with six airlines to integrate its iPod with the back-of-the-seat in-flight entertainment systems. Load up your video iPod with episodes of Lost and you can avoid suffering through the in-flight movie. For those of you anxiously waiting for this Friday’s release of the Sony […]

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