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Tokyo's neighborhood for food lovers

If you222re a chef, in the restaurant business or just love food, you'll want to see this. In western Tokyo, the Kappabashi-dori district hosts lines of stores that sell everything from the latest in cooking tools and utensils to plastic fish. CNET News.com's Michael Kanellos recently toured the shops to...

Tags: News.com, Food & Beverage, Manufacturing, kappabashi, tokyo, japan, michael kanellos, food, district, restaurant, chef, cook, head

Videos 2007-10-12

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Apple hints at lower prices as iPod, notebook refresh on tap

Amid all the chatter about Apple's fiscal third quarter results, which were strong, most concerns about the future revolve around two words: Gross margins. The big takeaway for technology buyers: Those lower margins hint at cheaper iPods and notebooks in the not-to-distant future. Following Apple's typical strong...

Tags: Notebook, Apple iPod, Apple MacBook, Apple Inc., Peter Oppenheimer, September, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-07-22

Virtual world tipping point: Is there an enterprise use?

Google has entered the virtual world game with a project called Lively and Second Life and IBM have pulled off a few interoperability experiments. Add it up and we may be seeing a little tipping point for virtual worlds. There may be even a few corporate uses in the future....

Tags: Google Inc., Virtual World, Avatar, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-07-09

The Steve Jobs Standard

The Steve Jobs StandardWell saidIn a world of greed, that last sentence was a breath of fresh air.Amen, Tom ntntThe unsung hero of AppleJohnathan Ive.An Apple product develops something like this:Jobs to Ive: Give me something sexy.Ive: Here you go.Jobs: Awesome.Gee - Maybe he should be a SaintNo doubt Steve...

Tags: Steve Jobs, Apple Inc., Ive

Discussion threads 2008-06-30

"Family Guy" creator and Google team up

"Family Guy" creator and Google team upUh, How is this good?Is this part of Google's BS "do no wrong"? That family guy show isnt exactly one of the most family friendly shows out there. Honestly, it sucks. I wouldnt have a thing to do with the...

Tags: Team management, Google Inc., family guy, team

Discussion threads 2008-06-30

The Steve Jobs Standard

Ever since the black turtlenecked one appeared at the Worldwide Developers Conference, there has been no shortage of discussion about the health of Steve Jobs, the worry that he is mortal and who might succeed him.There's the photo by photo rundown of the increasingly thin Jobs. There's the discussion...

Tags: Steve Jobs, Apple Inc., Vertical Industries, Digital Music, Benefits, Healthcare, Digital Media, Enterprise Software, Software, Personal Technology, Human Resources, Consumer Electronics, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld

Blog posts 2008-06-30

Why I still prefer Internet Explorer

Why I still prefer Internet ExplorerWell everybody is entitled to their opinionHowever, I was expecting an argument as to why you as a user preferred IE. Instead I got why you as a programmer like IE. Well that's kind of like going to a restaurant and having the waiter tell...

Tags: Web browsers, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Web browser, CSS, JavaScript

Discussion threads 2008-06-24

Pondering Apple in a post-Jobs world

Before all of you start sending nastygrams my way about how tasteless and premature this blog post is, let me just say upfront I agonized about whether or not it should even be written in the first place, and my industry colleagues I consulted about it told me that the...

Tags: Steve Jobs, Apple Inc., Strategy, Corporate Governance, Management, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-06-18

Top 10 fastest-growing search terms in April 2008

Rank Search Term Volume 1. kristy lee cook 0.02% 2. earth day 0.01% 3. nfl draft 0.01% 4. obama’s mother 0.01% 5. danica patrick 0.01% 6. star jones 0.01% 7. megan fox 0.01% 8....

Tags: Hitwise, NB

Blog posts 2008-06-15

Chronic conditions break the bank

Chronic conditions break the bankUnpatentable therapy that won't break the bankEnd-result data, historical statistical data showing the longevity records of people exposed to niacin therapy, has shown that niacin, alone, significantly increased mortality.I recently read articles at http://www.cholesterolscore.com that claim niacin (B3) improves all the blood/lipid ratios more effectively than...

Tags: Niacin, Body Mass Index, U.S. Economy, Chronic condition, bank, therapy, insurance

Discussion threads 2008-06-13

EIC podcast: Google-Yahoo; Apple WWDC

In this week's EIC squared podcast we cook the week down to two items: Google and Yahoo and Apple's 3G iPhone launch. The biggest news of the week was Yahoo's big ad deal with Google, which is designed to thwart Microsoft and Carl Icahn. At least it...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Apple Inc., 3G, Podcasts, Cellular Phones, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Internet, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-06-13

Google intentionally blocking PayPal from App Engine?

Google intentionally blocking PayPal from App Engine?RE: Google intentionally blocking PayPal from App Engine?I seriously doubt they were doing it deliberately, it's not like they could have done it without people realising.And as for anonymously bashing ebay, they were arguing against ebay cutting off other payment methods hardly surprising. They...

Tags: cloud computing, Google Inc., App Engine, PayPal

Discussion threads 2008-06-11

The insurers bid to fix health care

The insurers bid to fix health carethe problem isthat no one wants to lay the blame where it belongs. Government. Because that would mean killing socialized medicine.Bingo!!Blanky doesn't want to admit that tort reform *is* needed. My sister is a doc...the cost to her for malpractice insurance is shocking....

Tags: Vertical industries, HEALTHCARE, Socialized Medicine, insurance company, tort, health care, insurance

Discussion threads 2008-05-30

Why Apple will blow past its 10 million iPhone target

Why Apple will blow past its 10 million iPhone target10 Million in 12 monthsAs I recall, Mr. Jobs' prediction was that they would sell 10 million in the first year - not 10 million by the end of 2008. Didn't they go on sale June 29, 2007? With...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Operating systems, Handhelds, Apple iPhone, iPhone target, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-05-29

D6: Snippets of Microsoft's morphing business model emerge

As expected, Microsoft's brief multi-touch demonstration of Windows 7 garnered most of the headlines, but when the crowd goes one way sometimes it makes sense to go the other way. And if you go away from the crowd you'll notice more than a few subtle hints were dropped about how...

Tags: Advertisement, Microsoft Windows 7, Multi-touch, Steve Ballmer, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-05-28

AMA says we all need a blood pressure monitor

AMA says we all need a blood pressure monitorI'm not even 30 yetAnd have high blood pressure. I've cut down drastically on Caffiene and already quit smoking a year ago, so I'm on the right path. I have three young kids so workouts are hard to schedule. That's my...

Tags: HEALTHCARE, High Blood Pressure, blood pressure, blood pressure monitor, AMA, food, workout, health care

Discussion threads 2008-05-23

Hacking NASA: One small step for man, one giant leap for hackers?

Hacking NASA: One small step for man, one giant leap for hackers?This is scriptAll digital is exe.An exe is constructed and recorded into a ROM chip.And when you press START,the exe starts and the Microwave oven cooks your food."Deb can cook---hard wieners--Dr.Debbie Smith's program for the Microwave---part two--episode three".duhhhh"great work...

Tags: SECURITY, Hacking NASA, hacking

Discussion threads 2008-05-05

Mac OS 10.5.2 = Apple Vista? (updated)

I've heard many different complaints about Mac OS 10.5.2 since it was released, from my own Skype/podcasting problems to issues with just about everything else, including: printing, third-party wireless routers, software freezing and problems with Time Machine. The Apple discussion boards are littered with stories about all kinds of crawlers...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Operating System, Apple Inc., Apple Mac OS, Desktops, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Jason D. O\'Grady

Blog posts 2008-05-05

Twitter turmoil: when does it end?

The news that Twitter's lead architect Blaine Cook and Lee Mighdoll, VP engineering have left should be no surprise. Let's be blunt. Despite the  neutral language used in various posts, they were fired. One has to wonder whether Jack Dorsey is next, especially as he doesn't seem to understand the...

Tags: Twitter, Project Management, Tools & Techniques, Manufacturing, Strategy, It Operations, It service Management, Management, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-04-24

Twitter's race for stability: VP Mighdoll out

Twitter's VP of engineering and operations Lee Mighdoll has reportedly left the company. According to Silicon Alley Insider, which has been doing a bang-up job staying on top of the Twitter corporate shuffling, Mighdoll has left the company. Silicon Alley Insider's Peter Kafka reports that Mighdoll and...

Tags: Twitter, Silicon Alley Insider, Project Management, Tools & Techniques, Strategy, Leadership, It Operations, It service Management, Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-04-24