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The rumors that started in June appear to be becoming a reality.  Hulu will soon start charging for content.  Hulu board member Chase Cary said it’s time for the site to adopt a “meaningful subscription model.”  He was quick to add that the entire site would not be fee based… Continue Reading »

Well, we had gotten the early scoop quite a while ago, that Facebook was coming to an XBox 360 near you.  Unfortunately, it didn’t happen when Microsoft was first hinting that it would…way back in August.  It’s the “Big 3” apps scheduled to make their debut soon - Facebook, Twitter,… Continue Reading »

AT&T has, by way of Facebook, made the white BlackBerry Bold 9000 official.  Unfortunately, I have not yet been able to find anything in terms of a press release to accompany the Facebook announcement which means the details are pretty non-existent as of now. So far what we have is;… Continue Reading »

A TechCrunch 50 finalist, Threadsy is a compelling way to consolidate communication.  I’ve been using Threadsy for the past week instead of GMail and the results have been impressive.  Here is how Threadsy might make your life easier.  Let’s take a look at “Inbound.”  In the left pane, email is… Continue Reading »

There have been quite a few security issues in the news this past week.  Let’s take a look at some of the top stories:  Hackers wasted no time in exploiting the release of the much anticipated MMS functionality for the iPhone.  AT&T finally made it available on Friday (September 25,… Continue Reading »

The Pogoplug has been loved by several Gadgetell writers from the time we stumbled upon them during CES 2009 and since then they have only gotten better.  Now the latest announcement coming from Pogoplug has them partnering with Seagate. The partnership means that the Pogoplug service is going to soon… Continue Reading »

Twitter has just announced a change to their terms of service and in an effort to keep users in the know, sent out an email notification with links to the new ToS.  This is impressive since most sites post new terms of service without ensuring that users know about potentially… Continue Reading »

Welcome to this week’s “Who’s on Crack,” where I get to point out events of the week that lead us to suspect perhaps drugs were involved in reaching their decision to move forward.  Behind every product is someone who said, “This is going to make us rich!” and about 90%… Continue Reading »

The NFL has announced that beginning this season, players, coaches, and league officials will be banned from tweeting or posting Facebook updates starting 90 minutes before games and until all post-game interviews are completed.  The ban extends to anyone who represents a player or coach on any such accounts as… Continue Reading »

Welcome to this week’s “Who’s on Crack” where we pick apart the stories from the past week that refuse to have any relation to reality.  With announcements just around the corner to fill up the holidays, things are getting zany, even silly.  Clearly, more than a few companies appear to… Continue Reading »