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Monthly Archives: September 2008

09.30.08 / Intel, Yahoo, Join Forces to Put Web Services on TV

The Wall Street Journal reported last month that Intel and Yahoo will join forces to make web services available on television. Rather than put entire pages of web content on television, as was done in the past to lukewarm reception, … Read more »

09.30.08 / Kohl's Launches Latest Clothing Line . . . in a Virtual World

In a move that makes the virtual world even more real, retail giant Kohl’s Corporation announced last month that its Abbey Dawn collection, a new line of apparel for teens and tweens won’t be sold in its stores, but sold … Read more »

09.29.08 / For Mobile Marketing, Visa Joins with Google and Android

Visa will join with Google to use its Android mobile phone operating system to offer special deals and services to its customers. In a deal that “has the potential to change the advertising model in the US,” according to Tim … Read more »

09.29.08 / Microsoft Envisions Life Without Windows

What does Singularity and Midori have in common?  Though the former sounds like a New Age spiritual cleansing method and the latter is melon-flavored liqueur, both are actually code names for operating systems being developed by Microsoft that aren’t based … Read more »

09.26.08 / Jumping on the Vista Pig Pile

As if things could get any worse for Microsoft Vista, BusinessWeek is reporting in its 22 September 2008 edition that Hewlett-Packard, the world’s premiere PC maker, has assembled a group of engineers to develop software that will allow HP customers … Read more »

09.26.08 / Improv Everywhere Sells Out

Pound another nail into altruism’s coffin. Improv Everywhere, an organization that “causes scenes of chaos and joy in public places,” recently partnered with Yahoo! to help promote the company’s new “Start Wearing Purple” campaign. “It was a good fit,” said … Read more »

09.26.08 / Cloud Computing – the Next Great Thing?

Back in the prehistoric days of computing, terminals were dumb mechanical devices; nothing more than a keyboard and a cathode ray tube attached to a mainframe computer via an electronic umbilical cord.  The computing action took place on the mainframe, … Read more »

09.25.08 / Using Technology to Move Product in an Economic Downturn

These are tough economic times, especially for retailers facing recessionary forces and faltering stock prices.  To counter the economic malaise, major retailers like Macy’s are turning to store-by-store initiatives to drive sales. Coming to the rescue of large-box retailers is … Read more »

09.25.08 / Eye Candy and Game Apps Dominate iTunes Top Paid Apps List

Now that a few months has passed since Apple made the software development kit for the iPhone widely available, and began selling applications via the iTunes store, it’s time to gather a little metrics.  For instance, what sort of apps … Read more »

09.24.08 / Moore Releases Latest Film Online – Gratis

As a “gift to his fans,” filmmaker Michael Moore released Slacker Uprising, his new film, online.  The cost of the download? Nada. According to Wired—quoting the Associated Press—this represents the first major film to be released in such a way.  … Read more »