Take a look at the current newspaper industry. What do you see? A tanking and resistant to change industry that is desperately grabbing in the air for a solution to starve off their dwindling cash flows. They have figured out first hand that no one no matter the size is safe from the economic downturn. In order to remedy the bleeding of money, the most widely successful online paid media outlet, the WSJ, has announced plans for an in house charging scheme dubbed...

We’ll just start this off with one million dollar question right at the beginning: Does Facebook hate Jews?  Many would instantly pounce on me and question as to how I could fathom such a ridiculous idea.  However one look at the image above and suddenly the story takes a different turn.  Still, another group would claim that Facebook is in fact open and wants to “promote discussion”.  Apparently their idea of promoting discussion is to foster and...

The iPhone though nearing 3 years old without any radical physical changes (yet) has turned many non-apple users into fanboys in what seems like no time flat. The iPhone’s sales numbers regardless of quarter, time period, or however you try to calculate them are awesome. However, price has limited some potential buyers. I’m sure sales would be even higher if the hardware and service plans were cheaper. While nothing can be done about the money AT&T...

MPAA shows how to videorecord a TV set from timothy vollmer on Vimeo. All sane and normal human beings who actually have a tad bit of common sense know and already practice the art of ripping your own DVD’s for your own personal use because, well, you paid for it and it’s yours.  BTFU!  However, the MPAA who is thrashing about wildly and gasping for air as they die an increasingly progressive death seems to be stuck on the idea that we can’t do anything...

For most techies, we will at one time or another face the dreaded point in our lives where we wait weeks, months, sometimes even a year or more for some wonder gadget, drop large sums of money on it, and then 2 months later a new, bigger, faster, and all around better product is released that one ups yours making you look old and outdated. While it does suck, it is a simple fact and reality that techies deal with everyday. That’s just how the free market works...

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