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You might remember the products. You might remember the hype. Then, you are tooling down highway 41 years later and all of a sudden you think to yourself – “Hey, whatever happened to…”
Failed ideas. Maybe it was a great idea, but wasn’t made right, or design errors brought it down. Maybe it was just a bad product. Well, let’s take a stroll down memory lane and see if we cannot repeat these errors again.
Oh yeah, why 16? Well because we could.
The Computer Watch: Whether it was the Ruputer, the MSN Direct ‘Smart’ Watches, the Timex Data Link Watch or another gadget watch – BTW – I remember having a “Transformers watch”. It was awesome!
Still, the Dick Tracey style communication watches, the “Computer on a wrist”, never really hit it off. I even remember a watch that gave you directions. You would put in the paper tape and turn a little dial to indicate where you are and where you are going.
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This month we are giving away an Epson Artisan 700 printer. This is a wireless printer /scanner with CD/DVD printing capability. Here are all the options:
- 4 in 1 Print / Copy / Scan / Ultra Hi-Def Photo
- Up to 38 ppm, photos in as fast as 10 sec1
- Auto Photo Correction; preview on LCD
- Professional quality CD/DVD printing
- Wi-Fi and Ethernet networking
- Scan and restore faded photos
- Ultra Hi-Definition photos last 4x longer than photo lab prints
- Print personal note paper & greeting cards
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6 Comments »Last week in this place. I ate a lot of Brats this last weekend. Goodbye to friend ‘Supergirl’. Show Prep on Google Docs. Still need an iPhone App developer.
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No Comments »Wow. It was about a year ago I asked for people to send in thoughts as to what to expect in 2008. I also made some Technology predictions. But the real question was – How far off was I?
This is actually part 1 of a 2-part story. This first part reviews the predictions I made last year and how far off I was. Part 2 will have this years predictions, including predictions from CEO’s CTO’s TechPodcasters and even a Psychic.
So without any further ado, let’s pick apart my idiocy from last year:
OLPC will have some growing pains. The first part of OLPC will be the easiest. Maintaining the machines will be the trick. Microsoft coming onboard will muddy the water, but they might be able to do things like offer a better support network to third world countries.
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1 Comment »That’s great, it started with video tapes, movies in the home at 8, Lenny Bruce is still not afraid. I remember when we got our first VCR. It was a Betamax and we had some of the coolest movies. Of course, the Beta went the way of the do do bird. Then it was VHS. Come and almost gone.
Now it’s the DVDs turn. Earlier in the year the big question was “Who was going to replace DVD’s: HD DVD or Blu-Ray?” Now we know that answer – but does it matter? Blu-Ray players really haven’t been selling like hotcakes and if you have one, you know that it’s not the fastest thing on the planet. The ultimate irony is that Sony owned Beta and lost to VHS. Now Sony won with Blu-Ray, but will that only be a small win as alternate formats are entering into the market?
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A Star Exploded
Verizon Wins FCC Auction
Why Gibson, Why?
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No Comments »Monday brings This Week in Tech History – a look at what happened this week for geek.
Some Highlights of the week
- St Patty’s Day!
- DVD Players
- MIR
- Microsoft DOS
- BLEEM
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No Blu-Ray for XBox
The Dirty Jobs of IT
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No Comments »One hundred days. Imagine a produce department without fresh produce for 100 days. Imagine not stepping into a room for 100 days. Now imagine no new programming written for 100 days. Or wait – was it?
The writers’ strike ended on Feb 13th, just in time for the Oscars. The main issues the writers were bringing up were that they were getting paid for content to be aired on TV. However people also watch the show online as well as downloading clips and pieces to ipods and computers. Many were making money off this new facet, that is, except for the writers.
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