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Photos: Midnight kickoff for 'Madden'

Fans head to the mall at midnight to purchase the first copies of this year's only NFL-licensed video game.

Tags: Games, kickoff, mall, NFL, video game, video, game

Image galleries 2005-08-09

Photos: Midnight kickoff for 'Madden'

Fans head to the mall at midnight to purchase the first copies of this year's only NFL-licensed video game.

Tags: Games, kickoff, mall, NFL, video game, video, game

Image galleries 2005-08-09

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Does Cyber Monday matter this year?

The pressure's on for Cyber Monday, the online cousin of retail's Black Friday. Retailers and e-tailers had been forecasting doom and gloom for the holiday season but online sales on Black Friday actually were up 1 percent over last year, according to comscore. Wrap Thanksgiving Day shopping into the mix...

Tags: ComScore Networks Inc., Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Sales, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-12-01

Oracle OpenWorld: Looking for some excitement.

If you're going to kick off a conference these days - that is, when the economy is tanking and people are wondering if the doom-and-gloom is headed for the tech sector - it's probably best to give folks something to buzz about. At Oracle OpenWorld, company president...

Tags: Oracle Corp., Oracle Open World, Research & Development, Java Development Tools, Mergers & Acquisitions, Enterprise Software, Business Operations, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Investment, Finance, Software, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-09-22

Seinfeld

SeinfeldHow did this make it past focus groups?My theory is that they told the focus group subjects it was for a different company, and the subjects responded favorably. Therefore, we're all wrong and Microsoft is right.Wow, that's just brilliant!Windows' image is no longer tarnished. They are now being associated with...

Tags: Marketing research, Microsoft Corp., Seinfeld, Microsoft Windows, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-09-04

Seinfeld & Gates: Was this ad supposed to be funny?

The long-awaited $300 million ad campaign that Microsoft launched to counter Apple's successful "I'm a Mac, I'm a PC" campaign aired during the Thursday night kickoff to the NFL season. Did you see it? I missed it on TV but caught it on YouTube. I don't get...

Tags: Advertisement, Mall, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Jerry Seinfeld, Apple Mac OS X, Productivity, Desktops, Operating Systems, Software, Apple Mac OS, Hardware, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-09-04

Super Tuesday: Nike Pro, iTunes unlimited, Sirius, NFL?

With Tuesday's iPod event beginning to take shape, a couple of Super Tuesday rumors slipped through the cracks in my fortune teller piece yesterday. 1. TUAW thinks that we may see an updated Nike+ rig (Nike Pro?) for the runners out there. Since the original Nike+ kit...

Tags: Nike Inc., NFL, Sirius, Apple iTunes, TUAW, Digital Music, Satellite Radio, Digital Media, Digital Rights Management (DRM), GPS, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Security, Jason D. O\'Grady

Blog posts 2008-09-04

Watch the Olympics! Right after this series of hurdles

The opening Olympic ceremony in Beijing is underway just don't expect to watch them live. That'll happen later on Friday so the Web doesn't cannibalize TV for NBC. It's one of many hurdles you must clear to watch a little Olympic video. But I can live with...

Tags: olympic games, nbc, tv, tvs, tv & home theater, corporate communications, personal technology, home entertainment, marketing, larry dignan

Blog posts 2008-08-08

Yo-yo'ing on Millennials

Larry Dignan's post earlier in the week asking whether Millennials will re-invent IT struck a chord with a few of my Irregular friends. First up, Larry's conclusion: I remember this generational stereotyping with the Generation X crowd. Job market stunk. Generation X was different–they were pissed. They were wearing...

Tags: Information Technology, Generation, Millennials, Hindsight, Ross Mayfield, Susan Scrupski, Strategy, Management, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-06-20

Firefox 3 RC1 code complete, due in late May

Mozilla now expects Firefox 3 RC1 will be ready to go in late May. RC1 was originally planned to be released last month but several bugs have arisen during the final phase of development that needed to be addressed, including problems with the new Places bookmarking feature, themes UI and...

Tags: Mozilla Firefox 3.0, Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Corp., Firefox Team, Web Browsers, Internet, Paula Rooney

Blog posts 2008-05-11

(Photos: Look who's playing with Microsoft's Surface)

(Photos: Look who's playing with Microsoft's Surface)Microsoft Surface - so what's cool about it?Signing autographs with your finger, ok. I'm underwhelmed. What's actually cool and interesting about this gadget?For the Microsoft Surface kickoff...For the Microsoft Surface Kickoff... Will Microsoft give it the same extravigant flare as they did with the...

Tags: photograph, Microsoft Surface, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-03-05

Macworld Expo conference videos posted online

For those of us unable to attend the recent Macworld Expo in San Francisco and attend the many fine sessions, IDG World Expos on Tuesday made available online a number of videos from the program. The "Macworld Encore" videos include some from the MacIT and PowerTools conferences. ...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Video, Conference, Corporate Communications, Apple Mac OS, Desktops, Operating Systems, Marketing, Software, Hardware, David Morgenstern

Blog posts 2008-02-13

Will Macs star at this year's Macworld Expo?

Will Macs star at this year's Macworld Expo?Mac is doomed...My wife has a friend who received an iMac for Christmas. She dragged me over there this weekend for dinner. I told her she was not allowed to touch or look at the iMac, that we were a "complete and total...

Tags: Desktops, WiMAX, Filemaker Inc., Apple Macintosh, Apple Inc., WiMax Mobile, Dell Computer Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista

Discussion threads 2008-01-15

(Images: Linux gets a taste of Windows and Mac)

(Images: Linux gets a taste of Windows and Mac)A taste of Windows and Mac?KDE has been around for long time you know.RE: (Images: Linux gets a taste of Windows and Mac)[B]Kickoff[/B] – Been available in KDE 3.4 so basically for about two years now. OpenSuSE and I believe PCLinuxOS use...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Desktops, Operating systems, UNIX, Beryl, virtualization, Apple Macintosh, KDE, Linux, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista

Discussion threads 2008-01-11

NFL Kickoff 2007 Countdown (widget)

NFL Kickoff 2007 Countdown widget counts down the days, hours, and minutes to the NFL Kickoff 2007 on September 7, 2007 (02.30 am). This is the German version therefore if you live elsewhere, you have to change the date manually in the widget itself (unzip with the Configurator Widget, open...

Tags: NFL

Software downloads 2007-07-31

WWDC 2007 eve predictions

Tomorrow is the kickoff of Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference WWDC in San Francisco and it looks to be a doozie. As with the lead up to any major Apple conference it's time to make a few predictions as to what will be announced and uncovered at the Steve Jobs keynote...

Tags: WWDC, Prediction, Conference

Blog posts 2007-06-10

YouTube: How to win with User Generated Ads

Is User Generated Content a panacea? Need one even ask?Nevertheless, Scott Karp headlines his reaction to a  New York Times story on one particular company's foray into the User Generated Ad game with the "news" that "User Generated Content is not a panacea."Of course not. THEREFORE, all the more opportunity for savvy companies...

Tags: Video, YouTube

Blog posts 2007-05-27

YouTube on Memorial Day? Forget the ketchup

Picnic ideas for Memorial Day? Who needs ketchup!So suggests ABC in Chicago in a handy Dos & Don'ts for the holiday celebration:"Since burgers and hot dogs don't travel well and you won't be bringing them, you don't need all the condiments like ketchup, mustard, pickles, onions, etc."That won't be Memorial...

Tags: Advertising, Culture, Video, YouTube

Blog posts 2007-05-26

Superbowl_XLI_Countdown (widget)

A simple widget that counts down days, hours, minutes, and seconds left until SuperBowl XLI Kickoff.

Tags: Hour, Minute

Software downloads 2007-04-26

Yahoo on the fringe! The big Y Goes underground, big time

Shouldn’t the holy grail of UGC, User Generated Content, really be all about the Users, as in user culture, as opposed to corporate culture?YES, and Yahoo gets it, big time, with the launch of “Yahoo Underground,” a funky, seeking to be no holds barred first-hand trip inside of “unexplored worlds,”...

Tags: Yahoo, Web 2.0, Video, User-Generated Content, Social Web, Social Software, Social Networking, Social Media, Self-Promotion, Culture, Amateur Content

Blog posts 2007-04-01