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First Apple Store rumored to debut in Philadelphia

First Apple Store rumored to debut in PhiladelphiaUse Apple's Store LocaterIf you would have checked Apple's store locater, you might have prevented a technically correct but highly misleading headline. There are already TWO Apple stores within ten miles of Philly. One in Ardmore is about 4 miles away...

Tags: Detroit-area, Apple Inc., Apple Store

Discussion threads 2009-01-20

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(Photos: Star Trek, the exhibition)

I must see this!NTRE: (Photos: Star Trek, the exhibition)Awesome! Thanks for the heads up.RE: (Photos: Star Trek, the exhibition)Doesn't anyone know how to spell any more?It's [b]Klingons[/b], not "Klingon's" (plural, not possessive).It's [b]Nimoy[/b], not "Nemoy".RE: (Photos: Star Trek, the exhibition)When will the exhibition come to the east...

Tags: exhibition, Klingon, Star Trek, photograph

Discussion threads 2009-10-22

Plug in vehicles in Motor City

The Business of Plugging In conference in Detroit brought together about a dozen types of electric vehicles. by CNET News.com

Tags: Electric Vehicle, CNET News.com

Image galleries 2009-10-22

Carwatchers watching Tokyo

ZDNet is now a car news site?Harry, where is IT in this blog? As a reminder"ZDNet: Tech News, Blogs and White Papers for IT Professionals. Where Technology Means Business: ZDNet delivers the best tech news, and resources for IT hardware, software, networking and services."So Harry, I have 4 questions for...

Tags: Blogging, car, blog

Discussion threads 2009-10-18

Carwatchers watching Tokyo

Arguably the Tokyo Auto Show is now more important than the one that opens the calendar year in Detroit. And the show in Tokyo opens officially on October 21, so that means all the competitors are busy seeding the blogosphere with their hints and leaks and hype. There...

Tags: Mitsubishi Corp., Subaru, Car, Nissan Motor Co. Ltd., Tokyo, Plug-in, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-10-17

The really inconvenient truth: real price of our energy

A different take"Economics and business have a notoriously short-sighted, narrow-minded set of considerations. Haven?t we just re-learned that ancient lesson from the hedge funder corruption and the phoney mortgage miasma?"What lesson did you learn? Did these markets fail or did government intervention in market operations corrupted them? Why are tax...

Tags: Inconvenient Truth

Discussion threads 2009-10-17

Cars: the next wave of Japanese electrics

RE: Cars: the next wave of Japanese electrics"there are still some cars coning from Detroit" - probably should read 'coming' - nice job reviewing.Mean while in France and India...Autos that run on compressed air!Not the best performing vehicles but these were prototypes just a few months ago...http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/2281011.stmandhttp://www.product-reviews.net/2009/06/11/india-air-powered-car-from-tata-motors/All based on http://www.mdi.lu/english/...

Tags: car

Discussion threads 2009-10-13

Pitch of the day: Analytics PR spiel annoys Phillies fan

First of allThe Phillies will eat the Dodgers starting pitching for lunch, and any person or computer that can't see that doesn't deserve to be talking about baseball. Also it is worth noting that a computer cannot predict the heart, desire, and most of all patience of a real champion...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, public relations, Phillies, Yankees, World Series, baseball, computer

Discussion threads 2009-10-13

Head cracking time on health care reform

"And I can get back to writing about tech."NO - get to writing about TECH now - and stop using this site for your liberal soapboxing!the only head that will crack wil be Obama'sReal Americans are concerned about deficit, death panels and the slippery slope to socialism.This 'reform' will fail...

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Insurance, health care, soapboxing, healthcare reform

Discussion threads 2009-10-08

Detroit Local News Free 1.0 (Mobile)

Detroit Local News Free provides quick access to all the top news sites for the great city of Detroit. The Current sites include Detroit Free Press, Detroit News, Crain's Detroit Business, NBC Detroit WDIV, ABC Detroit WXYZ, CBS Detroit WWJ, FOX Detroit WJBK, outside.in Detroit, Detroit metblogs, and Detroit weather.

Tags: Mobile, Detroit, Martian Technology LLC, Detroit Local News Free, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing

Software downloads 2009-09-28

News to know: Microsoft; Google; Dell; Robo-pills; Android;

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Ed Bott: A close-up look at the new Office Web Apps Gallery: Office Web Apps Technical Preview ...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Dell Computer Corp., Microsoft Office, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Photograph, Smart Phones, Federal Government, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Government, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-09-21

VCs find living dinosaurs...in Detroit

Not to defend detroit but......but you can't possibly believe that the companies you list are real contenders in the US market. Tesla? Come on. Have you looked at the prices they list on their web site? Their cheapest car starts at $50 grand. Anyone looking for...

Tags: OK IT, global warming, Tesla

Discussion threads 2009-09-18

VCs find living dinosaurs...in Detroit

Despite the billions in loans and bailouts and the much abllyhooed re-org of Chrysler and GM, some prominent Silicon Valley investment leaders find Detroit's auto industry hopeless and heedless of the needed innovation. They see a new American auto industry far away in miles and mentality from Detroit once-bug-three....

Tags: Detroit, Plug-in, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-09-18

Report: EC considering delay of Sun-Oracle over MySQL concerns

EU have been duped by M$ agentsI can see M$ trying to upset this deal by delays and FUD.Your tin foil hat is leaking againYou need to lay out a couple bucks for some new tin foil.Wonder how big a bribe they are after this time?:-(RE: Report: EC considering delay...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Databases, Sun Microsystems Inc., Oracle Corp., MySQL

Discussion threads 2009-09-02

Will the FCC's inquiries about wireless market be a waste of time?

A waste of tax payers' money as wellMarket would be better off if these clueless 'Czars' could lay their messy hand off economy.RE: Will the FCC's inquiries about wireless market be a waste of time?Yes it will be a waste of time because their reports will find that nothing is...

Tags: Federal government, Government, Wi-Fi, Wireless and Mobility, HUMAN BEINGS, FCC, human being, wireless, wireless market

Discussion threads 2009-08-28

Detroit Weather 1.1 (Mobile)

Detroit Weather application to track weather in Detroit City. Open Detroit weather application and get instant access to all the weather information, seven day's forecast and animated Radar image. Detroit weather application displays weather data like current temperature, wind speed, wind direction, humidity, visibility, dew point, sun rise- sun set...

Tags: Sun, Mobile, Weather, PLAVEB, Aerospace & Defense, Manufacturing

Software downloads 2009-08-24

Detroit Local News 1.0 (Mobile)

Detroit Local News provides access to all the top news sites for the great city of Detroit, including many that are specially formatted for the iPhone or iPod Touch screen. The current sites include Detroit Free Press, Detroit News, Crain's Detroit Business, NBC Detroit WDIV, ABC Detroit WXYZ, CBS Detroit...

Tags: Mobile, Detroit, Martian Technology LLC, Detroit Local News, Smart Phones, Digital Music, Digital Media, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2009-08-21

PC makers make (small) progress closing Apple's customer satisfaction gap

Apple's customer satisfaction index rating slipped a bit in 2009, but PC makers such as Gateway and HP managed to improve their ratings, according to the University of Michigan's American Customer Satisfaction Index. Apple is still leader of the pack with a score of 84, down from...

Tags: Gateway Co., Brand, PC Company, Apple Inc., Customer Satisfaction, ACSI, Product Marketing, Branding, Marketing, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-08-18

230 MPG. 367 MPG. Pick a number and market it! Doubts are voiced.

What difference does it make?I mean seriously, what if its only half that, its still better than anything you can buy today. As to the "hype", is this the first time you have heard marketing hype?Wow, Polarized Vote OptionsSeems like the vote options are either, "It's really good/the next...

Tags: MPG, General Motors Corp., U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Discussion threads 2009-08-14

(Photos: Green is the theme at Detroit auto show)

The Green is the theme at Detroit auto shows. Cadillac Provoq is a great luxury vehicle next to Benz & BMW.

Tags: Cadillac Provoq, photograph

Discussion threads 2009-08-12