Archive for April, 2006

Sunday, April 30th, 2006

Yahoo, MSN and Google: Fight!

by Warren

Google is the undisputed king of the search engines (and stock market), but Yahoo and MSN aren’t about to go down without a fight.

Saturday, April 29th, 2006

Ars Technica muses on an Apple DVR

by Warren

Ars Technica, always a good source of smart-thinkerin’ on matters technological, has an interesting article up about the possibilities and pitfalls of an Apple DVR. I’d love it if Apple threw down with a device that owned the living room like the iPod does with portable music (and, I guess, video), but we’ll have to see what Uncle Steve has up his sleeve, if anything. Meantime, there’s always the Xbox 360, since I’m pretty sure Apple won’t be coming out with a game machine anytime soon.

Friday, April 28th, 2006

Sulu rocks!

by Warren

Not that it’s news to anybody, but recently out-and-about Trek icon George Takei rocks. In a great interview on Tv Squad, Takei dishes the dirt on Shatner, Howard Stern and his upcoming appearance on New Voyages, the lovingly made classic Trek fanfilm series that’s getting a lot of attention from Trek alumni.

Friday, April 28th, 2006

Nintendo…..Wii?!?!

by Warren

In a move clearly meant to satiate their bread-and-butter Japanese market, Nintendo has dubbed their next console “the Wii.” In my opinion, that’s a pretty stupid name, but then I thought the Nintendo DS wasn’t such a hot idea, and I was proven wrong.

Anyway, if you want an up to date look at what Mario’s latest home is going to be like, check this out.

Thursday, April 27th, 2006

TV in Japan gets a blog

by Warren

It’s no secret that Japan’s television shows are….unique. I got my first taste of the cathode ray madness in 2001, when I was staying at Cam‘s place in Toyama and I got to see such cultural touchstones as “Miniskirt Police” and Boingo.” It’s just gotten weirder since, and TV in Japan is there to chronicle it.

By the way, not every show on Japanese TV is wacky game show malarkey. They do have dramas and other such standard fare, including the otaku-themed “Densha Otoko,” which is quite decent.

Tuesday, April 25th, 2006

Geeks use their cosmic superbrains to destroy suits

by Warren

Ah, sweet justice. Enjoy this tale of a bunch of lowly IT workers exposing the suits at their company for the greedy, underage-porn surfing poltroons that they are. 🙂

Monday, April 24th, 2006

New York’s second tech boom

by Warren

More navel-gazing tech ninnery, this time from New York magazine. It’s an interesting article, in that it at least reflects back on the first Internet bubble, which whipped through Manhattan like a bat on crack in the late ’90’s. Seems the jerk factor isn’t quite as high this time around.

And as a counterpoint, read this article about Daily Candy (again in New York magazine), an email newsletter that gives fashion and lifestyle tips. Selling price…$100 million. Uh….zuh?

Sunday, April 23rd, 2006

White House rejected CIA claims of no WMDs in Iraq

by Warren

Not a development that comes as a shock to anyone with half a brain, but Tyler Drumheller, ex of the CIA, says the White House ignored intelligence stating weapons of mass destruction in Iraq was a wild goose chase.

Sunday, April 23rd, 2006

How can MySpace make money?

by Warren

Not a question that’s keeping me up nights, but the girlfriend has a ton of buddies on this thing, I’ve got a very half-assed page, and apparently 16 million-odd people are into this Geocities-esque contraption. The NYT examines what it’ll take for Myspace to start bringing in serious coin.

Saturday, April 22nd, 2006

Rolling Stone declares Bush the worst president in history

by Warren

Ah, sweet. Though I seem to recall Rolling Stone tucking its tail between its legs and kissing Republican ass right after 9/11. To be fair, every other bit of media in the US did the same thing, for whatever that’s worth. Anyway, revel in the Bush-bashing.

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