Last minute appearance on Cranky Geeks

June 20, 2007

I made a surprise appearance (surprise for me and the audience) on Cranky Geeks today. I stopped by the ZD offices to grab lunch with my former boss, Jim Louderback who is now the Editor-in-Chief of PC Magazine. When I showed up, they were just four minutes from recording and airing Cranky Geeks. One of […]

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More iPhone obsession

June 19, 2007

Every day we’re going to count down the obsession to the iPhone. My recommendation to the political candidates is that they should each get one and be seen using it for the month of July. I’m sure discussions on “How do you like your iPhone?” will be of greater interest to the public than “What […]

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More ways to watch TV online

June 19, 2007

Yes, YouTube is a great way to watch TV online, and you may have heard about Joost as well. That’s Skype’s overhyped and as I see now, rather annoying to navigate online video viewer. But there are hundreds of more video sharing sites out there. Mashable has a great summary of 33 different online video […]

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The theories of the future of Yahoo!

June 19, 2007

So the big news yesterday was Terry Semel, CEO of Yahoo! “quit” his insanely lucrative position (he made $500 million in six years). He was a Hollywood transplant (with Warner Bros. for 24 years) and he symbolized the Hollywood attempt to invade Silicon Valley. It turned out to be unsuccessful. He’s being touted as one […]

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Reduce the Layers for Engagement

June 18, 2007

This is the eighth episode of the “12 Principles of New Media.” “Reduce the Layers for Engagement” deals with the need to remove barriers to consume and share content. Each level you drop creates greater adoption and pass along. Read the transcript. Interviewees include: Brian Powley – iCrossing Chris Heuer – Social Media Club Chris […]

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Public Radio (KALW): Are Google and Yahoo! invading your privacy?

June 18, 2007

I made an appearance last Thursday on Your Call Radio on 91.7 FM KALW, public radio call-in show in San Francisco. It was a really good show with Mark Frauenfelder of Boing Boing and Make magazine, plus Nicole Ozer of the ACLU and we also had a representative from Google call in and we all […]

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Great Cyberstalking Creep Out Story

June 15, 2007

Great story in this month’s Wired magazine about a cyberstalker that infiltrated the personal life of front man for Linkin Park. Story just goes to show that being a very public figure combined with a really poor password leads to a year of rightful paranoia.

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You may be a member of the hacker army and you don't even know it

June 14, 2007

The FBI claims it’s identified more than 1 million computers (convenient they came to that round number) across the country that have been compromised by “bot-herders.’’ That means hackers have turned 1 million computer users into unknowing militia in their zombie armies to pilfer information, launch DDOS (distributed denial of service) attacks or just spit […]

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The end of red eye?

June 14, 2007

Kodak says they’ve developed a new sensor that’s incredibly sensitive to light and therefore could eliminate the need for a flash. OK, so where are the first photos? I want to see them.

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Petty arguments do happen between billion dollar corporations

June 14, 2007

Both Google and eBay have competing payment mechanisms, Google Checkout and PayPal respectively. eBay uses PayPal exclusively. Google wants them to use its product Checkout, but eBay refuses. So to get back, Google staged a “Let Freedom Ring” party for tonight just down the street from the eBay Live! Convention in Boston. How did eBay […]

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