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November 10, 2009
At home, Peter VanRysdam rocks out to Guitar Hero on Microsoft's (MSFT) Xbox 360. But while he's on break at work, the 31-year-old marketing executive from ...
November 5, 2009
Good news at Sirius XM (SIRI) was tempered by a hard dose of reality on Nov. 5. Sure, the top satellite-radio provider added subscribers, increased revenue, and ...
November 3, 2009
Wise Foods wanted to make its Cheez Doodle brand appealing to a broader market. The snack food is typically purchased by parents for kids, but Wise Foods set about ...
October 25, 2009
By Aoife M. McEvoy San Francisco - Have you ever heard of the dual-purpose cow? As the name suggests, it gives you both beef and milk. But some folks argue that a ...
October 20, 2009
While revenue from time-shifted TV distribution can account for only part of a monetization strategy, the economics of television are changing for the cheaper. This ...
October 15, 2009
Despite a release date in May, when many consumers were still cutting back on big-ticket purchases, Samsung's new line of televisions has been a big hit. With a ...
October 12, 2009
MTV viewers who tuned into the season openers of The Hills and The City on Sept. 29 got an unexpected glimpse of another series making its debut that night. Before The...
October 9, 2009
Sexist comments. Bourbon at 10 a.m. Lighting up a Pall Mall whenever you want. No, this isn't the Mets locker room. It's the way of life on the TV show Mad Men, and ...
October 4, 2009
Twitter is a remarkably flexible application—an efficient news service, a way to keep up with friends, a replacement for RSS feeds, a resource for links worth ...
September 29, 2009
Before I get to the points that might create a stir, here's one that won't: For music, Apple's iTunes store is an enormous success. Customers have downloaded 8.5 ...
September 28, 2009
Shares of RealNetworks (RNWK) have been on a roller coaster lately. Consider the two-day period in early September, when the stock surged 7% on news that its music ...
September 23, 2009
Mr. Positive Thinking was skeptical at first. Motivational speaker Tony Robbins says he wasn't sure he had time to use Twitter when he first heard about the popular ...
September 23, 2009
When Sony announced three new digital book readers in August, pundits quickly surmised that the mid-tier model, the Sony Reader Touch Edition, might find few takers. ...
September 16, 2009
Though I have little data to back this up, I've often joked that manufacturers of digital photo frames have the world's moms to thank for their booming market. The ...
September 15, 2009
So you bought An Inconvenient Truth on DVD. You drive a Prius. You offset your carbon footprint by seeding rainforests in the tropics. You even very seriously ...
September 10, 2009
Judging by the response of some Apple (AAPL) fans, the company's Sept. 9 digital music event in San Francisco was disappointing. There was no tablet computer, no ...
September 10, 2009
I had high hopes when I started scouring the Android Market for cool mobile video apps. After all, Android is known for being one of the most (if not the most) ...
September 10, 2009
I'm still mourning Pioneer's decision to drop out of the HD television market. I found their Kuro-branded plasma sets simply stunning. But for the past couple of ...
September 8, 2009
Anyone who has a TiVo box atop the TV probably doesn't know it, but that little black thing has become a courtroom piggy bank. Few companies are as litigious these ...
September 2, 2009
Even a global recession can't come between Americans and the high-tech gadgets they love. Consumers of all ages and family situations are purchasing high-definition ...
September 2, 2009
The box that enshrines headphone maker Ultrasone's latest high-end offering exhorts listeners to "feel the luxury." With a $1,500 set of headphones that feature ...
August 30, 2009
"For a long time, people have been moving away from TV. We're trying to reaggregate that audience," said NBC.com (GE) general manager Steve Andrade. He was speaking on...
August 25, 2009
Hindered by a failure to sell large numbers of digital music players, Microsoft is singing a new Zune. A few weeks before releasing a new version of its MP3 player ...
August 20, 2009
By David Coursey Amid some harsh criticism there is actually a case to be made in favor of MySpace's acquisition of iLike, the "social music discovery service." No, ...
July 27, 2009
You can go blind trying to keep track of Barry Diller's many twists and turns. The 67-year-old former TV programming wunderkind started as the ABC (DIS) program ...
