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This Week in Tech History 7-14-08

Some of the events that happen this week:
Sony BMG gets the OK to merge
Protection from the y2k bug
Apple introduces the buttonless mouse
ATI releases the Radeon chip
Disneyland Opens
Amazon Opens it’s doors

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Written on July 13, 2008 | Posted in twith

Does the Mac vs PC Ad sell more Macs?

Hello. I’m a mac. And I’m a PC. We’ve all seen the ad. John Hodgeman and Justin Long Bantor back and forth on why the Apple Mac is better as the PC gets annoyed. But does the ad help or hurt the company?

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Written on June 27, 2008 | Posted in 5 minute podcast

Who Bought who this week? HP, EDS, CBS, CNet

A lot of tech companies traded like a high stakes poker game. Of course this is not unusal for companies to buy other companies - It is interesting to see who bought what. It makes for the big question: Will the new parent company keep their new child or will we see it in a [...]

Written on May 16, 2008 | Posted in The Roundup

Episode 33 - 5-14-08

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Written on May 13, 2008 | Posted in Podcast, twith

If you want to be a Badger, Go after Intel

By the light of the moon….
I am a Wisconsin Alum (well, almost). I spent 4 years at the University of Wisconsin as a music Major, before I jumped into the world of tech. Now Bucky is going after Intel for Dual Core processing. Will my alma matter win this war?

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Written on February 7, 2008 | Posted in 5 minute podcast

Comcast is Watching You. Good or Bad?

The New York Times reports of a Blogger who gets an email after complaining about a service that is not there. Other people have complained about their bills and Comcast comes back with a “Can I Help”? Even others find themselves with internet connection issues for trying to use the service. This begs the question: are we seeing a new trend and is this a good or bad thing?

First of all, most likely they are not looking at your blog or twitter directly. They are most likely running searches from Google, Summize (remember - Twitter bought that company) and a bunch of other engines. They look at keywords that - in turn - give them information to turn around and say “What can we do?”