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The reality TV series we all really want to watch

The reality TV series we all really want to watchthe d listUntil the show I could not have picked the other apple guy out of a line-up. I too am a die hard d-lister and i love the part in the limo where he has no Idea who any of...

Tags: reality-TV series, reality-TV

Discussion threads 2008-06-14

Drawing on the Wii, reality TV

Drawing on the Wii, reality TVfascinating look aheadthanks jane. hopefully emphasis on communicative skills and positive social interaction in engaging easily accessible games will help create a better world.now look under your chair and tell me what you see.

Tags: Games, reality-TV, Nintendo Wii

Discussion threads 2007-01-02

Dare Junkies: Jackass meets YouTube

Dare Junkies, which will launch a public beta on Tuesday, combines the video sharing and social networking aspects of YouTube/MySpace, with the challenge-based formula of reality TV. Users submit challenges or dares, and those who choose to accept, respond by capturing their efforts on video. The top ten videos (as...

Tags: Dare Junkies, Social Networks, Video Sharing

Blog posts 2006-12-08

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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

Silicon Valley's gender gap

I recently spoke with Judy Estrin, one of Silicon Valley's top entrepreneurs, about her new book "Closing the Innovation Gap." But what about closing the gender gap? I asked her why there are so few, and now fewer--with Diane Greene out as CEO of VMware--women in senior...

Tags: Silicon Valley, Gender And Diversity, Entrepreneurship, Human Resources, Management, Tom Foremski

Blog posts 2008-09-04

Should political postings stay or go? A survey.

I've been blogging for ZD Net for several years, writing for ZD publications for almost 20 years. I've always found readers to be intelligent and thoughtful, which is why I continue to do this while doing other things as "work." My posting, A virus in your genes, think about that,...

Tags: U.S., R&D, Discovery, Blog, Politics, Survey, Creationism, Rational Rants, Research & Development, Blogging, Business Operations, Internet, Mitch Ratcliffe

Blog posts 2008-09-04

SocialCast: enterprise Twitter/FriendFeed mashup

SocialCast has revamped its group comms service, given it a facelift, aligned itself more closely to consumery apps like Twitter and FriendFeed and then given it an enterprise twist. As far as I am aware, this is the first enterprise facing application that has gotten close...

Tags: Enterprise, Mashup, SocialCast, Pricing, Sales Force Management, Branding, Wiki, Marketing Research, Marketing, Sales, Online Communications, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-09-04

Best way to sell drugs is to talk to your doctor

A Harvard study of direct-to-consumer advertising, using French Canadians as a control group, found expensive TV ads foo drugs like Nasonex, Enbrel and Zelnorm had, at best, a transitory impact on sales, which quickly dissipated. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Advertisement, Enbrel, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-09-04

Wireless Access: What Price Speed

Is Verizon missing a trick in its trench warfare with Cablevision? Or has the maverick cable operator found an Achilles heel in the telephone operator's methods of providing TV, phone and particularly Internet access to customers in the New York area – and possibly nationwide? One...

Tags: Cablevision Systems Corp., Verizon Communications Inc., Broadband, Wireless Access, Wireless LANs, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Broadband Internet, Internet, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Networking, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld

Blog posts 2008-09-04

First 'Fiji' Media Center systems start rolling out

As Microsoft watchers may recall, Microsoft's gag order on "Fiji" Windows Media Center TV Pack was slated to officially end this week, concurrent with the CEDIA Expo show. by Mary Jo Foley

Tags: Media Center PC, Media, Microsoft Zune, Microsoft Corp., Fiji, Media Center PCs, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2008-09-04

Analyst: Google Chrome 'SOA ready'

There's been plenty of excellent commentary about Google's new Chrome browser provided by my colleagues here in the ZDNet community, so I'm not going to go into any nitty-gritty here. But to look at it from an enterprise perspective, Chrome may help lay the groundwork for a...

Tags: Google Inc., Client-server, SOA, Web Browser, Computing, Dave Linthicum, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Web Browsers, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Internet, Joe McKendrick

Blog posts 2008-09-04

Leaked in iTunes 8.0: Genius

It may have gotten lost in the end of yesterday's particularly long-winded fortune teller piece, but the Oracle of Cupertino, ahem Kevin Rose, posted a pretty convincing-looking snippit of a document proclaiming to be "What's new in iTunes 8." It goes like this: iTunes 8 includes...

Tags: TV, Apple iTunes, Music, Genius, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Jason D. O\'Grady

Blog posts 2008-09-04

Sony announces three all-in-one desktops

At a home theater show this week Sony announced three new all-in-one desktops along with a slew A/V receivers, LCD TVs and projectors, and Blu-ray players. All three AIOs offer Blu-ray drives, and the higher-end models offer rewritable BD drives. The entry-level VAIO JS series has a...

Tags: Sony Corp., Hard Drive, Sony Vaio, Memory, Intel Core 2 Duo, VAIO LV Series, Desktops, Processors, Hardware, Semiconductors, Components, John Morris

Blog posts 2008-09-04

News to know: Oracle's Fusion guru quits; Dell; Windows 7 boot times

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Dennis Howlett: Breaking: Oracle's Andersen gone, where now for Fusion and vertical plays? Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: New dual/quad core CPUs enter Intel price list, AMD drops prices ...

Tags: Google Inc., Dell Computer Corp., Oracle Corp., Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Portals, Operating Systems, Cellular Phones, Software, Internet, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-09-04

Slash to album poster: 'Rot in jail'

You might question why illegally posting an unreleased album on your website should put you in federal penitentiary for three years, but Guns 'n' Roses guitarist Slash doesn't. "I hope he rots in jail," said Slash, the former Guns N' Roses...

Tags: Resource, Attorney, Federal Government, Government, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-09-03

Silicon Valley's Judy Estrin warns we are running out of innovation

I recently met with Judy Estrin, a former CTO at Cisco, and one of Silicon Valley's top serial entrepreneurs. Since the dotcom bubble burst she has been concerned that Silicon Valley has not been investing enough in startups pioneering innovative technologies. She warns that we are living...

Tags: Silicon Valley, Innovation, Leadership, Research & Development, Entrepreneurship, Investment, Strategy, Management, Business Operations, Finance, Tom Foremski

Blog posts 2008-09-03

TiVo's new strategy: Too little, too late?

TiVo's new strategy: Too little, too late?There's more to it than thatI say Tivo's loss has more to do with their higher costs. At least that's why I got a DVR from my cable provider Bright House and not from Tivo.First you pay $150 for the Tivo box, then...

Tags: DVR, Digital video, Network technology, strategy, TiVo Inc., cable, digital video recorder

Discussion threads 2008-09-03

Handicapping Apple's September 9 event (updated)

Now that it's official that Apple will be holding a special "Let's Rock" media event in San Francisco on Tuesday let's take a look under the curtain to see what announcements may be in store from Cupertino. It's pretty apparent that new iPods are in the offing,...

Tags: Apple iPod, Apple Inc., Apple iTunes, Kevin Rose, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Jason D. O\'Grady

Blog posts 2008-09-03

Looking deeper into Comcast's new cap

Looking deeper into Comcast's new capWhat's behind the Comcast cap?Well, I say we should strike "Comcast" and substitute "Cable" in its place!What I dislike the most about politically correct constructs is the milky-toast tone typically used. Cable Internet IS DEAD! The dinky little coax does well delivering low grade T.V.,...

Tags: Network technology, Broadband Internet, cable, Comcast Corp., satellite, bandwidth, Internet

Discussion threads 2008-09-03

Is there still an opportunity for TiVo?

I used to watch TiVo. There's actually a double-meaning there. As a consumer, I loved my TiVo box and the TV-viewing flexibility that it introduced to my household. As a journalist, I watched the company, as well. No contest: I liked the service far more than I...

Tags: TiVo Inc., DirecTV, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-09-03