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27% of sports fans watch significantly more TV after getting HDTV

27% of sports fans watch significantly more TV after getting HDTVLOLA big 60" screen makes people who aren't sports fans into sports fans?They should go out more often. There are bars that are sports-themed, each of which has 8~167 60" monitors and projection screens showing every sport imagined.Pity there...

Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, sports fan, HDTV, TV

Discussion threads 2006-11-17

Software aimed at sports fans

Microsoft's Mix conference in Las VegasREZN8's chief technologist, Andrew Whiddett, shows CNET News.com'sMartin LaMonica a Web app aimed at you sports fanatics. To be releasedlater this year, it would run a sports portal with video and completestats on all major sports.

Tags: Portals, software

Videos 2006-03-22

Microsoft pitches sports for smart watches

Microsoft pitches sports for smart watchesAt last:one area that MS can safely expand to: 'smart watches'.... BUT it should stay there ONLY ;-)-mHere's your signMicrosoft Smart Watch: A "Kick Me" sign for the 21th century.Do it have the EU "countdown" feature?Billy's head on a PEZ dispenser would be more...

Tags: Microsoft Corp., sports fan

Discussion threads 2004-03-22

Additional Resources

Thanksgiving reading. Soccer and enterprise apps: the similarities and differences

The other evening I had the pleasure of visiting Old Trafford soccer stadium. It's the home of Manchester United, arguably the most successful soccer team in living memory. Consistently at the top or near the top of the British Premier League and European Champions League in the late 20th and...

Tags: Team, SAP AG, Team Management, Management, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-11-25

Sports Fan Widget 1.3.19 (Mac)

Keep an eye on your favorite sports teams - all the information you need in one single and small widget. Show the current scoreboard, full results from previous days, the upcoming schedule game times are displayed in your local time, or current division and standings. The widget supports Baseball (MLB...

Tags: Team, Apple Macintosh, Sport, Andreas Amann, Team Management, Games, Management, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2009-11-22

IAB to FTC: Rescind blogger rules

The Interactive Advertising Bureau's President and CEO has called on the Federal Trade Commission to rescind its new "blogger rules" because they create an unfair distinction between traditional media and online media. More specifically, they revoke from online media a First Amendment protection that's afforded traditional media for generations. ...

Tags: Online Media, Interactive Advertising Bureau, FTC, Blogger, Blogging, Internet, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-10-15

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

Yahoo plots app mall, app portability through its properties

Yahoo has been busy rolling out new features---new home page, revamped My Yahoo, Mail and Messenger overhauls---that come courtesy of its infrastructure revamp a few years in the making. Among the most promising efforts by Yahoo are its homepage applications. Open to all third parties and self...

Tags: Yahoo! Inc., App, Mint, E-mail Providers, Strategy, Personal Finance, Financial Accounting, Internet, Management, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-10-12

WSJ challenges NFL's ridiculous policy by live-blogging game

NFL is Not AloneThe SEC sent out a similar message banning twitter, blogging, cellphone videos etc from football games. Good luck enforcing that in a stadium filled with 90,000 mostly drunk Florida and Georgia fans. Won't be a problem in Arkansas though. :)link http://mashable.com/2009/08/17/sec-new-media-policy/Sorry but you've got...

Tags: Games, NFL, game

Discussion threads 2009-10-05

Support your favorite Red, Black & White sports team! (Mobile)

Are you a huge sports fan and your team is red, black and white? Then this is the theme for you. Great as a stand alone theme or when used with free downloadable wallpaper you can find on the internet for a lot of teams.Our versatile theme along with free...

Tags: Team, Theme, Mobile, Delirious Design, Team Management, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Cellular Phones, Management, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications

Software downloads 2009-09-30

Denon AVR-790

Editors' note: This review is nearly identical to the Denon AVR-1910, as the two products are extremely similar. The only differences are slightly different cosmetics and the AVR-790 lacks IR inputs/outputs and the ability to drive "B" front speakers.The capability to upconvert analog video sources has become standard on midrange...

Tags: Denon, Denon AVR-790, receiver

Product reviews 2009-09-29

Playmaker Mobile (Curve) (Mobile)

Experience Sports in a whole new way with Playmaker Mobile! View video,blogs, recent news, receive signed sports memorabilia, and even chat LIVE with all your favorite athletes across the country! With the option to link your account on Playmaker.com for a more enhanced, personalized experience - this is something every...

Tags: Mobile, Sport, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing

Software downloads 2009-09-23

Playmaker Mobile (Storm) (Mobile)

Experience Sports in a whole new way with Playmaker Mobile! View video,blogs, recent news, receive signed sports memorabilia, and even chat LIVE with all your favorite athletes across the country! With the option to link your account on Playmaker.com for a more enhanced, personalized experience - this is something every...

Tags: Mobile, Sport, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing

Software downloads 2009-09-23

Playmaker Mobile (Tour) (Mobile)

Experience Sports in a whole new way with Playmaker Mobile! View video,blogs, recent news, receive signed sports memorabilia, and even chat LIVE with all your favorite athletes across the country! With the option to link your account on Playmaker.com for a more enhanced, personalized experience - this is something every...

Tags: Mobile, Sport, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing

Software downloads 2009-09-23

Should Apple buy Sonos?

I hope notI want Steve Jobs controlling all my consumer electronics gear EVEN LESS than I want Bill Gates controlling all my computers!Sure, I'd like much more creativity and interconnectedness in the CE world, but not that the cost to be exacted by ol' Steve.No to SonosApple already has products...

Tags: Investment, Apple Inc., Sonos

Discussion threads 2009-09-21

NFL forbids play-by-play tweets during games. Good luck with that

Define Media.What's to stop me from buying a ticket, sitting there with my iPhone and posting updates to my website, Facebook, or other site?If you doyou can bet that the NFL will never, and I mean NEVER, sign a TV deal with you or your employer.Of course that means something...

Tags: Games, NFL, game

Discussion threads 2009-09-02

NFL forbids play-by-play tweets during games. Good luck with that

The best NFL matchup this season may not be on the field itself but rather in the press box, where sports journalists are now being told that tweeting details of the game, during the game, is a no-no. It's one thing for the NFL to impose restrictions...

Tags: NFL, Games, Personal Technology, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-09-02

Sports Fan Widget 1.3.14 (Mac)

Keep an eye on your favorite sports teams - all the information you need in one single and small widget. Show the current scoreboard, full results from previous days, the upcoming schedule game times are displayed in your local time, or current division and standings. The widget supports Baseball (MLB...

Tags: Team, Apple Macintosh, Sport, Andreas Amann, Team Management, Games, Management, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2009-08-09

Dead Finger Tech: MLB At Bat + MLB iPhone App = Summer Bliss

If you've been reading ZDNET blogs much this week, you'll notice that there are a lot of a lot of them that are called "Dead Finger Tech" and then there is some piece of technology that follows.  Us'n ZDNET bloggers have been asked to name that one piece of technology...

Tags: Apple iPhone, MLB, Video, Games, Personal Technology, Paul Greenberg

Blog posts 2009-07-27

Five tips to better beach pictures

When you hit the beach this summer, most likely you'll be bringing your camera. But beach photography doesn't have to be simply pointing your camera at some water and sand and pushing a button. There are also some logistical things to worry about, such as lighting and timing. Here are...

Tags: Beach, Photograph, Camera, Rachel King

Blog posts 2009-07-03