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This latest release by Slacker seems to be following in the path of their recent decision to phase out of the hardware business—the good news is that there is now a Slacker app available in the Android Market. The Android app, similar to the one for the iPhone and BlackBerry… Continue Reading »

This news hardly comes as surprising, but according to Jim Cady who is the current president of Slacker, the G2 will be phased out sometime during the second half of 2010. According to the details given, the hardware player does not “fit with the company’s long-term strategy” which is shifting… Continue Reading »

If you are a developer, you better watch the content you post on Facebook or else you could be on the receiving end of a Secret Service investigation.  This has occurred after a third party application was pulled that allowed users to create Facebook polls.  A recent poll that was… Continue Reading »

That headline get your attention?  A new bill may give the President the power to mess up the Internet.  I wonder if this has anything to do with his BlackBerry.  Also, goofing off can save the economy if done right.  Plus, GPSs have warnings for a reason, so try to… Continue Reading »

I’ll admit it, I was a bad American Tuesday night.  I was far too busy with my homework to bother watching President Barack Obama talk about the economy, as I’m sure a lot of other people had their own reasons for not watching the President speak.  There’s no way I’ll… Continue Reading »

Sir Howard Stringer is about to get a new title.  He is already Sony’s CEO and will become Sony’s president when current president Ryoji Chubachi departs from the position on April 1st.  Sony has had its share of trouble these days and Stringer thinks this move will help the overall… Continue Reading »

Tonight, President Obama will deliver his first presidential address and Hulu will be covering it live.  This is not the first time Hulu has made the jump into live streaming.  The inauguration was also streamed live.  The front page of Hulu features a graphic with a countdown clock and an… Continue Reading »

So far I have looked at two sections of Obama’s policies: an open Internet and his aim for a connected democracy and infrastructure so it comes the turn of the final section: teaching adults and children of the world of technology. But what does teaching children and adults actually mean? … Continue Reading »

Hopefully you all read the first post on President-Elect Obama, technology and the future (if not, it is here) in which I started addressing what Obama’s election means for the world of tech.  Having looked at how Obama will work for an open Internet, I will now delve into Obama’s… Continue Reading »

Barack Obama’s election as the 44th president of the United States has spawned a new malware attack.  Scammers wasted no time sending out e-mails with links to a video of the victory speech he gave the night of the election.  The link takes the user to a site called America.gov,… Continue Reading »