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Photos: Revision3 revs up in S.F.

San Francisco launch party kicks off Web-based network with roots in TechTV.

Tags: photograph, TechTV, network, San Francisco

Image galleries 2006-09-29

'Star Trek' enters G4 galaxy

'Star Trek' enters G4 galaxyG4G4 goes where no one else but little console gaming rug rats want to go. Now they're trying to grab at an older generation but they've already killed off all the shows that most people wanted TechTV shows.I swear they have nothing but corporate suits who...

Tags: Games, TechTV, game, Star Trek

Discussion threads 2005-12-19

Comcast to acquire TechTV

Comcast to acquire TechTVWasn't TECHTV ZDTV at one time?Hmmmmm?FinallyMaybe Comcast will finally carry TechTV on my system. Right now they only offer it as on demand programing.TechTV has lost their viewers.I used to love TechTV but of late it's not worth the electricity to watch it. Maybe the...

Tags: Tech TV, TechTV, Comcast Corp., screensaver

Discussion threads 2004-03-25

Additional Resources

The Perils of Showboating

The Perils of ShowboatingMocking companies looking for VC moneyYears ago I wrote two articles about start up presentation events. Out in the Bay Area and Silicon Valley there are tons of these events. It was getting out of hand so to have some fun with it, some producers thought it...

Tags: Gong Show, Perils

Discussion threads 2008-08-24

Things getting hot on the Comcast front

Things getting hot on the Comcast frontComcast Is A Joke AnywayThey are the butt of every ISP provider's joke and a pox on the online community.Here's the deal. Comcast doesn't want any major video streaming..If users figure out how to watch movies/shows over the internet, they will dump their...

Tags: Broadband Internet, Network technology, HTTP, Comcast Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-11-16

Anti-virus heavyweights missing from Vista-certified list

Anti-virus heavyweights missing from Vista-certified listBig Company Complacency...They think they got you hooked because of their name. I'm not letting it happen any more.When I moved to Vista, instead of reinstalling the bloated Symantec AntiVirus, I purchased NOD32.The only question I have now is why I didn't do it...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), SECURITY, Viruses and worms, Enterprise resource planning (ERP), Microsoft Windows Vista, AVG, antivirus, Symantec Corp., Kaspersky, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-02-22

James Kim found deceased

James Kim found deceasedCondolencesCondolences to his family and co-workers...My prayers to his familyVery tragic loss. He will be missed.Strong Brave ManThis was a very strong brave man to leave his family and go look for help. Thankful his family got help when they did but this man was a HERO.I'm...

Tags: prayer, sympathy, James Kim

Discussion threads 2006-12-06

Air, ground search for missing CNET editor continues

Air, ground search for missing CNET editor continuesAny NewsAny news yet? This is a case when no news is not good news.Seatte Coverage Drops CNet LinkThe HP identity fraud issue is relevant. Investigative Reporters have an important role in society and in third world nations they end up missing all...

Tags: Cable, Digital media, Digital music, CCP, Microsoft Corp., Hewlett-Packard Co.

Discussion threads 2006-12-04

Road search under way for missing CNET editor

Road search under way for missing CNET editorNah, I stand by my 'get a grip CNET' attitude1. He's a grown up.2. He called the hotel to say he'd be late, so he has free choice and something happened.3. It's only a few days during a holiday season.He'll be really p*ssed...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, cell phone, phone

Discussion threads 2006-12-01

TiVo readies for prime time with Comcast

TiVo readies for prime time with ComcastA total disappointmentIt's too bad Tivo has bent over backwards to help the content owners. It used to be a good service.http://one.revver.com/watch/76503/format/flv/affiliate/23672TiVo and ComcastWatch your back TiVo! You've stumbled into the den of the bastards that killed ZD/Tv-TechTv. These bean counters would...

Tags: DVR, Digital video, Network technology, TiVo-box, TiVo Inc., Comcast Corp., satellite, Comcast DVR

Discussion threads 2006-10-31

Kevin Rose: 'kill your television' and join me at Revision3

Digg partners Kevin Rose and Jay Adelson want you to “kill your television” and join them instead for their “televison, revised.”Why is it “Revision3”? According to Jay Adelson, Chairman, CEO and David Prager, COO, VP Programming:• Revision 1: Cable, adding general interest channels, catering to “most common denominator”• Revision 2:...

Tags: Revision3, Kevin Rose

Blog posts 2006-09-25

Free Google GMail; The high price you pay

Free Google GMail; The high price you payCome on, it's Google for God sakesI wouldn't trust my information online to anyone but Google. As long as they keep up their good track history of protecting user's information then it's not a problem to me. Companies who just "hand...

Tags: Google Inc., e-mail

Discussion threads 2006-09-10

Digg this: A video treasure trove

Founder Kevin Rose dishes out Web 2.0 predictionsKevin Rose, the former "Dark Tipper" of TechTV fame, chats with CNET's Neha Tiwari at Digital Hollywood Building Blocks in San Jose, Calif. Rose, whose blog-based site Digg helps users browse and find interesting stories on the Net, speaks about the increasing popularity...

Tags: Kevin Rose

Videos 2006-08-16

Microsoft 10 aims to be hip video community

10 is a new Microsoft video project, which aims to be the hipper and cooler younger sibling of the nerdy Channel 9. Microsoft's Jeff Sandquist calls 10 a "sister site" of Channel 9. So what is 10? Basically it appears to be a daily shot of...

Tags: Tina Wood, video, Channel 9, Channel, Tina

Blog posts 2006-03-13

Photos: Origami minitablets

Photos: Origami minitabletsHire a product photographer...For sure...A very "large pocket", maybe.Caption of image 4:>"The product could slip easily into a large pocket"Well, maybe that big middle one over your chest if you're wearing overalls. Pants pockets would be tough, I'd guess, and you'd have to put up with the "...or...

Tags: Tablets, Notebooks, Keyboards, Nokia 770, handheld, photograph, Origami, minitablet PC

Discussion threads 2006-03-07

New competitors in Microsoft's crosshairs

New competitors in Microsoft's crosshairsHaven't seen this beforeMicrosoft trying to invade the space of competitors that precede it. My hopes are people are more intelligent in their decisions concerning Web Portals. Google and Yahoo can make the difference and take down Microsoft, but people have to learn to...

Tags: Linux, Microsoft Windows XP, Operating systems, brand loyalty, Microsoft Corp., Live Era, rep

Discussion threads 2005-11-02

PDA shipments near record levels

PDA shipments near record levelsYou can thankMr. Steve Jobs for making the deal with the devil. After his murder-for-hire job on the Apple Newton, M$ was free to enter the PDA market with a crappy first version OS - and still get sales. Yes, today M$ Windoze CE is on...

Tags: PDAs, Handhelds, PalmSource Inc., PDA, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2005-08-03

Complaining about the Creative Commons

Complaining about the Creative CommonsDvorak is right.,, It's a complete waste.Just another "fad" that will die quickly and without fan fair.Dvorak strikes againDvorak is a very entertaining writer. His barbs always have struck me a funny, but not particularly insightful. His take on the Creative Commons effort is an example...

Tags: Podcasts, Operating systems, Dvorak, Creative Commons

Discussion threads 2005-07-21

New sleeper worm may have al-Qaida link

New sleeper worm may have al-Qaida linkAnd in other news, Microsft distributes Swiss CheeseSlow news day?This may scare peopleSeriously, most viruses are written by bored kids. The Microsoft security is pretty much swiss cheese and ripe for attack. Trying to come up with these secret agents who are...

Tags: Viruses and worms, SECURITY, Microsoft Security, al-Qaida, Melhacker, virus

Discussion threads 2004-07-16

Sony challenges Apple with 20GB music player

Sony challenges Apple with 20GB music playerViva La I-PODI'm dying to stare at the endless amounts of album covers of all the music I'm listening to on my I-Pod!!...Yeah, that'd be fun... if I was stupid. Sony should market it to people who demand the need to listen to...

Tags: Digital music, Digital rights management (DRM), Media players, Digital media, music player, Apple Inc., Sony Corp.

Discussion threads 2004-06-30