Filed under: OpEd, TV 101, Reality-Free Michael Phelps recently went from big-time role-model to big-eared pothead in about the time it took for some d-bag with a cameraphone to press "send." This got me thinking about role models in general. Like it or not, most of us wind up choosing role models f...

Even though the Consumer Electronic Show’s (CES) focus is on electronic gadgets, there are a couple of companies that are unveiling cloud based storage appliances and services at years show. Ctera Networks introduced its Cloud Attached Storage Solution; CloudPlug, at CES. CloudPlug is a devi...

Twitter Becomes An Indispensable Business Tool Twitter is fast becoming a tool that businesses use for marketing, customer outreach, recruiting and customer support. Long Term View Of Web 2.0 Jeremy Liews views on how Web 2.0 companies will survive the current economic downturn. Appirio’s To...

Filed under: Cable, New content Hate to get you all riled up for nothing, San Diego, but Cox is dropping a whopping 19 new high-def channels in your area. Too bad every last one of them is simply an HD On Demand channel. The carrier is now touting that locals have 67 HD channels to flip through, whi...

Back in Arizona after attending Om Malik’s inaugural Structure 08 conference. The conference had extremely high attendance (The attendance I am sure was boosted even further due to the Velocity conference and the inaugural CloudCamp San Francisco taking place in the Bay area the same week) and...

Filed under: Misc, Satellite, New content Hold onto your trousers folks, as ITI Neovision's quizzically named N is bringing HD porn to Polish subscribers anytime they want. The service, which is thought to be the first of its kind in Europe, enables customers to select, purchase and view 1080i XXX-r...