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- More e-readers - more misconceptions
- my thoughts . . ."Like any good Massachusetts liberal, I?m a big fan of NPR."Well, do keep in mind some of us are conservative.Please?As much as I like ZDNet for tech news, it can be a tad disheartening when there's the occasional trip down political lane, and ZDNet does tend...
- Tags: Taxes, Free trade, E-books, open mind, NPR, Car Talk, education, e-reader, tax, misconception, British Broadcasting Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-10-26
- NPR and Livio partner for Wi-Fi radio device
- Is Internet access free?If this is similar to the Kindle where streaming from the Internet is free, I would purchase this for my father-in-law for Christmas. RE: NPR and Livio partner for Wi-Fi radio deviceThis is not the first of its kind as claimed in the article. I have...
- Tags: Advertising & Promotion, NPR, radio, Wi-Fi
- Discussion threads 2009-10-20
- NPR and Livio partner for Wi-Fi radio device
- Hearst has said it is developing an e-reader, and now another news organization is simply creating its own tech gadget. Livio and National Public Radio NPR have partnered for the first Internet radio device, aptly named the NPR Radio. Featuring exclusive NPR...
- Tags: NPR, Radio, Wi-Fi, National Public Radio Inc., Livio, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Rachel King
- Blog posts 2009-10-20
- NPR News 1.0 (Mobile)
- With NPR News follow local and national news and listen to NPR stations. Listen live to public radio stations coast to coast and NPR's hourly news updates. Create a play list of stories to hear in any order or to save for later. Hear public radio pod casts on demand...
- Tags: Station, Mobile, NPR, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing
- Software downloads 2009-08-20
- $20/gallon gasoline: heaven or hell?
- Gasoline prices rank with beer prices and taxes as economic issues nearly every American reacts to. Now one writer has engineered a book designed to play to everybody's gasoline paranoia. Nobody we know controls the price of gasoline, but we are sure somebody can or does or should....
- Tags: China, NPR, Gasoline, Christopher Steiner, Globalization, Telecom & Utilities, Strategy, Management, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-07-16
- Newspapers as non-profits? Not a bad idea
- Newspapers as non-profits? Not a bad ideaWatchdogs of governmentSome of us are old enough to remember when newspapers actually took that responsibility seriously. Now, with one Party in charge of all branches of government and the press, it is not hard to see the end of democracy looming large...
- Tags: Vertical industries, Litigation, watchdog, government, bad idea
- Discussion threads 2009-03-24
- How to stifle innovation
- Does this ever happen at your organization? Watch this video prepared by NASA engineers that demonstrates problems in any large bureaucracy that values requirements over new ideas, and process over trust. by Ed Burnette
- Tags: Innovation, NPR, Ed Burnette, Leadership, Strategy, Management
- Blog posts 2009-02-09
- NPR Mobile 1.0 (Mobile)
- NPR Mobile provides you with an easy-to navigate application interface for finding the program segment you'd like to hear. Stream the radio program, read the available story text and view any available image. Note: The "Download Now" link directs you to the iTunes App Store, where you must continue...
- Tags: Mobile, NPR, Apple iTunes, Pass Time, NPR Mobile, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics
- Software downloads 2008-12-23
- Lessig on Fresh Air
- NPR's Fresh Air with Terry Gross: A great opportunity to spread the understanding of how the copyright regime has spiraled out of control. Listen here. by Richard Koman
- Tags: Richard Koman, NPR
- Blog posts 2008-12-22
- NPR announces layoffs, cutbacks; First large reduction in 25 years.
- NPR announces layoffs, cutbacks; First large reduction in 25 years.NPR Layoffs? And you want Fairness doctrine?NPR is obviously showing us that the liberal talk show structure is not as accepted as conservative talk radio. I don't see, haven't heard, or even read about any layoff's at the EIB network. So...
- Tags: Workforce management, Fairness Doctrine, NPR, layoff
- Discussion threads 2008-12-11
- NPR announces layoffs, cutbacks; First large reduction in 25 years.
- National Public Radio said today that it is being forced to do something it hasn't had to do in 25 years: hand out layoff notices. According to a Washington Post report, NPR will let go 64 of its 889 employees, or 7 percent of its workforce, to...
- Tags: Layoff, NPR, Post, Workforce Management, Human Resources, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-12-10
- NPR feature on OLPC - what went wrong?
- NPR feature on OLPC - what went wrong?Very simply put, It became a religious war....Software is simply NOT a religion.So the software religious community needs to learn to sleep with itself.In retrospect, the OLPC has changed the world. Sure, it has spawned anindustry that is more to serve rich consumers...
- Tags: One Laptop Per Child project, NPR
- Discussion threads 2008-08-27
- NPR feature on OLPC - what went wrong?
- Since tomorrow is the first day of school and I'm going completely out of my mind, I figured I'd just give you a quick link to an NPR feature on the One Laptop Per Child program that aired on Morning Edition today. As the piece points out, ...
- Tags: NPR, One Laptop Per Child Project, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-08-27
- Sex Ed 2.0?
- Same message, new media seems to be the focus of the Internet Sexuality Information Services, or ISIS. Featured on NPR today, ISIS in particular is trying to reach out to kids with a "legitimate" message about the risks and benefits of sexual activity via media they use every day....
- Tags: Teen, Media, NPR, ISIS, Keyboards, Advertising & Promotion, Tools & Techniques, Monitors & Displays, Hardware, Peripherals, Marketing, Management, Components, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-06-24
- NPR Now Playing 1 (Windows)
- Put this gadget into your sidebar to have always-on access to topical streams from your favorite NPR programs. You also can hear the latest five-minute NPR Newscast, listen to the NPR Program Stream, and find your local NPR member station. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com. ...
- Tags: NPR, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software
- Software downloads 2007-09-12
- Can robots save lives of miners?
- Is it possible to replace miners by robots? Or could we use robots to rescue trapped miners? In this article, NPR attempts to answer these questions. It is true that robots would be ideal to fill these very dangerous jobs. Obviously, they can go where humans can't. The NPR article...
- Tags: Robot, NPR, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2007-08-10
- NPR Addict 0.9 (Windows)
- For you NPR addicts out there, you can use this widget to select an NPR program by date to stream via Windows Media or RealPlayer on Windows or Mac. There are several other public radio streams and archives that are added over time (CarTalk, A Prairie Home Companion). This version...
- Tags: NPR, Bill Lee, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Digital Music, Digital Media, Software, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics
- Software downloads 2007-07-05
- WPLN-AM 1 (Windows)
- WPLN-AM is an adaptation of the Jack FM widget that plays streaming audio from WPLN-AM in Nashville, TN. WPLN features news and talk from NPR. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.
- Tags: Nashville, NPR, Jay Voorhees, WPLN-AM, Web Technology, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software
- Software downloads 2007-07-04
- NPR file suit in net radio royalty conflict
- National Public Radio has joined the ranks of online radio broadcasters objecting to recent ruling to increase music royalty fees, reports the Associated Press.NPR filed a notice with the DC Circuit Court of Appeals this week, stating that it would challenge the ruling by a panel of copyright judges that...
- Tags: Courts, Congress
- Blog posts 2007-06-01
- PocketStreamer PLUS: Mobile Entertainment Center 2 (Mobile)
- Special Introductory offer ONLY $26.95 for A LIMITED TIME! Enjoy music, TVs, weather, news, radio and short movies from your hand.Listen to your favorite music including Jazz, Rock, Blues, 80s, Classical, Latin, Contemporary, Country and more...Get the latest headline news, market commentary and sports teams and comedy and talk show...
- Tags: Mobile, NPR, British Broadcasting Corp., Radio, CNN, Music, TVs, Advertising & Promotion, Pocket PC, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Marketing, Handhelds, Hardware
- Software downloads 2007-04-13
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