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DOMK Receives Confirmation That 1st “SolaPad” Units Are Being Prepared for Shipment
25 May 2012 12:30 PM | No Commentsvar AdBrite_Title_Color = '0000FF'; var AdBrite_Text_Color = '000000'; var AdBrite_Background_Color = 'FFFFFF'; var AdBrite_Border_Color = 'CCCCCC'; var AdBrite_URL_Color = '008000'; try{var AdBrite_Iframe=window.top!=window.self?2:1;var AdBrite_Referrer=document.referrer==''?document.location:document.referrer;AdBrite_Referrer=encodeURIComponent(AdBrite_Referrer);}catch(e){var AdBrite_Iframe='';var AdBrite_Referrer='';} document.write(String.fromCharCode(60,83,67,82,73,80,84));document.write(' src="http://ads.adbrite.com/mb/text_group.php?sid=2053203&zs=3436385f3630&ifr='+AdBrite_Iframe+'&ref='+AdBrite_Referrer+'" type="text/javascript">');document.write(String.fromCharCode(60,47,83,67,82,73,80,84,62)); LONGWOOD, Fla.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–DoMark International Inc. (OTCBB: DOMK) announced today that management of its wholly-owned subsidiary, SolaWerks, has...
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New Autodesk SketchBook Ink App Delivers Stunning Creative Tools for iPad
24 May 2012 12:59 PM | No CommentsSAN RAFAEL, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ:ADSK) launched Autodesk SketchBook Ink for iPad paint and drawing app, the latest release from the company’s popular SketchBook...
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Vegas Tech Start Up Questionable LLC Launches Questionable Friends iPhone App
23 May 2012 4:53 PM | No CommentsLAS VEGAS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Questionable™ today introduced Questionable Friends™ for iPhone®. Questionable Friends lets you send questions to your contacts and provides instant feedback as questions are answered. Answers can be ...
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Sidecar Revolutionizes Phone Calls by Bringing “Smart Calling” to Smartphones
22 May 2012 12:00 PM | No CommentsSAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Launching today, Sidecar (www.sidecar.me) is a new mobile app that brings Smart Calling to smartphones. Smart Calling allows people to share live See What I See video, brilliant ...
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TransCore Launches Mobile iPad App for TransSuite Traffic Management System
21 May 2012 12:00 PM | No CommentsWASHINGTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Intelligent Transportation Society of America Annual Meeting – TransCore brings the ease of mobile computing to its TransSuite® advanced traffic management system (ATMS), launching its iPad® ...
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TV Archive
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Microsoft, News Corp in talks over Xbox Live channel (but it’ll cost you $1 or $2 extra)
Posted on April 21, 2010 | No CommentsWould you be willing to pay an extra dollar or two per month for Xbox Live if you were able to watch live TV on it? That's what Microsoft and News Corp. execs are currently contemplating, with the two companies in talks over bringing a "young, male" channel to XBL. Now, this is all rumor and speculation, so no need to freak out if you're diametrically opposed to the idea.
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BenQ claims new LCD TV supports 12,000,000:1 contrast
Posted on April 15, 2010 | No Comments
For some strange reason, the contrast race seems to be on. TV's seem to getting higher and high contrast ratio, but LG was claiming a 1,000,000,000:1 contrast ratio, and now BenQ is claiming a 12,000,000:1.
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Samsung warns pregnant women, the elderly, and drunks not to watch 3D TV
Posted on April 14, 2010 | No CommentsAre you pregnant? Don't watch 3D TV! Enjoy a beer or two (or more...) while watching the game? Don't watch 3D TV! Not sleeping well lately? Don't watch 3D TV! Such are the warnings Samsung provides on its site, designed to keep you safe and sound while watching 3D TV.
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FLO TV adds On-demand, time shifting
Posted on April 13, 2010 | No Comments
When Qualcomm's FLO TV came out last November, it seemed alright. A bit expensive for the initial investment, but a reasonable device if you didn't want to stream media over your smartphone. Well, Qualcomm is making the FLO TV a little better with their latest update, due 2Q2010.
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Conan gets a show on TBS
Posted on April 12, 2010 | No CommentsI should probably mention that Conan O'Brien has a show on TBS now. I know it's not necessarily related to the latest graphics card, or to the kin 1 or kin 2, but we did spend an awful lot of time talking about the whole "I'm With Coco" movement. Sure would be silly to leave the story hanging, right?
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Swedish company, People of Lava, creates an Android-based TV
Posted on April 5, 2010 | No CommentsRemember Android? Don’t worry. You’ll remember next week once this whole iPad thing blows over. Anyway, a Swedish company called, inexplicably, People of Lava has announced what they’re calling and Android-based TV. The TV, called the Scandinavia, comes in a 42-inch configuration that costs about $2,500. The Scandinavia Android TV – which will first be released [...] -
Sorry, China’s 3D TVs are no less expensive
Posted on April 2, 2010 | No CommentsIncoming, Chinese 3D TVs! A couple of Chinese manufacturers have announced details of their very own 3D TVs. There's really nothing too crazy, so I don't even know why I'm mentioning it. Oh, yes: trying to avoid talking about that... thing.
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Nobody wants the NBCU-Comcast merger to go down
Posted on April 1, 2010 | No CommentsLooks like nobody in the TV industry wants the NBCU-Comcast merger to go down. And who could blame them! ABC, CBS, and Fox affiliates are afraid that, if the merger goes down, it'll cause the clouds to darken and the streets to run red with the blood of something or other. Basically, they're scared that the merger will put the in a very bad position indeed.
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DirecTV will launch 3D capability in June, including ESPN 3D
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Create your own view of the world with the WindowWall
Posted on March 25, 2010 | No Comments
I love the show Leverage. Partly because it's filmed in my home town of Portland Oregon, and partly because of the high tech gadgets that they use. For example, the briefing sequences use a wall of LCD TVs. The each TV can show an individual shot, or can be combined into one massive display, which just looks like fun to me. Well, you can buy your own, better version, with the WindowWall.
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CatholicTV launches 3D programming. Yes, you read that correctly.
Posted on March 24, 2010 | No CommentsPaul would have been so jealous right now. Massachusetts-based CatholicTV has launched 3D programming on its Web site, and plans to launch a proper 3D TV network, à la ESPN 3D, shortly. Take me now, O Lord!
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Sold out! Panasonic’s 3D TVs simply cannot be found in stores!
Posted on March 17, 2010 | No CommentsWell, well! Every single Panasonic 3D TV has been sold, meaning, I guess, that 3D TV is a hit, despite what some people think. They're on back order now, so if you weren't among the first to plop down nearly $3,000 for a 50-inch set you get a late slip. You're late to the party. Last week called, and it wants to know why you didn't buy a TV?
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Conan O’Brien goes on the road to make people laugh, Leno asks ‘What’s laughter?’
Posted on March 11, 2010 | No CommentsA little update on Conan O'Brien, seeing as though we spent a couple of days there talking about his every move. The man is taking his show on the road, bringing the funny to a city near you in the coming weeks! It's the called "The Legally Prohibited From Being Funny On Television Tour," and I'm sure it'll be wonderful.
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TNA Wrestling can trend on Twitter just fine, but can it draw actual TV ratings? (No.)
Posted on March 10, 2010 | No CommentsWe're all well aware that Twitter represents man's best chance of Redemption. No one's disputing that. What is in dispute today is just how representative Twitter is of The Real World. Case in point: TNA Wrestling made its long awaited move to Monday nights this week, and all throughout the night "TNA" was a trending topic on Twitter. We've been led to believe that anything that trends on Twitter is hugely important, not merely in the cozy confines of the Twitterverse, but all over Planet Earth. Explain this, then: the show only drew a 0.98 rating (it rounds up to a 1.0). I thought Twitter = ratings?
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Cablevision subscribers: You do know that broadcast TV, like WABC, is totally free, right? You just need an indoor antenna.
Posted on March 8, 2010 | No CommentsThanks to some last-minute heroics, Cablevision customers here in the Northeast were able to watch the Oscars last night, which aired on WABC, the local ABC affiliate. Cynics have suggested that's because WABC wasn't prepared, no matter how cavalier its previous rhetoric, to give up the night's ratings (and ad dollars) because it wanted to eek out a few more pennies from Cablevision. (WABC had wanted extra money from Cablevision per subscriber, sorta like that Fox-Time Warner Cable feud from a few weeks ago.) But until both sides came to an agreement, people were freaking out: how are we going to watch the Oscars?! Will it be on YouTube? Hulu? BitTorrent? Newsflash, citizens: a simple, indoor ATSC antenna is all you need to watch WABC (and other broadcast channels), provided you live within range of the broadcast tower.