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Since the advent of television news, newspapers have been struggling.  Sales have been slowing, circulation and staffs shrinking, with more and more small town papers dying out.  Some would call print news a dying business. The Internet boom since the 1990’s threatened to be the death sentence for newspapers, but… Continue Reading »

If you happen to be a Nokia fanboy, like I am, you will definitely be interested in the following update as to the exact date the Nokia 5800 (The “Nokia Tube”) will be launched. After being put on hold for quite some time (a year and a half, to be… Continue Reading »

Circuit City’s CEO, Philip J. Schoonover, announced his resignation as president and CEO and is leaving the company immediately.  Normally, when a company changes CEOs, there is a plan announced sometimes years in advance to keep the stock price afloat.  Schoonover’s departure was not part of any such plan. New… Continue Reading »

“Pics show beauty topless, kissing married TV star”.. “Reality show couple calls it quits”... “Star is skin and bones on red carpet”...or if you don’t like that anorexically-inclined headline, try “Skinny actress frumpy in white”... “One busy, hot mama tells how to get in shape quickly”... At 10:30 p.m. PST… Continue Reading »

Local television stations are shedding highly-paid, experienced journalists; the evening newscasts on broadcast networks keep on losing viewers; cable news continues erasing the line separating news and loud, crass opinion. Such is the state of television journalism in 2008. It’s all old news in the news business: digitally-empowered consumers choosing… Continue Reading »

One week ago, we reported about how Google added new features to its translation service, like new languages and language detection, but back then it still had not even been announced by Google yet. The day for that has come, though, and that day is today. Google now officially announces… Continue Reading »

The GBDisk RS1 series of Serial ATA (SATA)-compatible industrial silicon disks is the latest addition to TDK’s roster, which will be made available in June with up to 16GB capacities. High-speed, frequent data writing and maintaining data reliability come first with the GBDisk RS1 series. And because of that, it… Continue Reading »

It looks like our earlier report pertaining to Nokia’s plans of working more closely with US operators is still under way. According to the Finnish daily Helsingin Sanomat, Nokia’s chief designer, Alastair Curtis, said design cooperation with US operators are now close to bearing fruition. His exact words were, “In… Continue Reading »

Nokia’s taking a break from all those high-tech contraptions they’ve been churning out lately, and comes with a new low-end phone for the masses. It hasn’t been officially announced yet, but the leaked product shots over at Howard Forums seem pretty official to me. It will be called the Nokia… Continue Reading »

May 5 is a very crucial date for AT&T, as the company will begin offering their mobile TV service to 58 markets in the US, which include Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Detroit, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, New York, Philadelphia, San Diego, Seattle and Washington, DC and more. To prepare for this… Continue Reading »