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Apparently EA and UBI have forgotten something

Saturday, February 20, 2010 No Comments

How many of you have owned your own business?  Even if you haven’t I’ll bet every single one of you have hear the phrase, “the customer is always right.”  This is of course not the literal truth, but more of an axiom for how you want your customers to feel.  In business, it’s imperative that [...]

How not to entice new customers to your game

Monday, January 25, 2010 No Comments

Paying a premium for the ‘privilege’ of being allowed to pay $15/month to play an MMORPG, its been going on for more than a decade now, and while it made a little since in the beginning, now it feels like an antiquated idea whose time has passed.  Back in 1999 when Everquest came out, there [...]

Can Redbox survive without a good selection?

Wednesday, December 30, 2009 No Comments

When I want to rent a movie, its a little annoying if its out of stock, but it really toasts my crunchies if the place I fo to get it from doesn’t stock it at all.  Redbox, the automated DVD rental kiosk has entered the very competitive industry with an aggressive roll out of locations, [...]

NPR Journalist blames the internet for Fort Hood Massacre

Saturday, November 21, 2009 No Comments

Was Internet Complicit In Fort Hood Shooting?
Daniel Schorr is a reporter for NPR, has published a story that has me scratching my own head, and asking why. In this case, I am not asking why the tragedy occurred, but rather why a respected reporter would disrespect the memories of the victims with what I consider to be a sensationalistic premise. In a headline asking the question: “Was Internet Complicit In Fort Hood Shooting?”, he has in once sentence taken the real story, and brushed it aside in favor of a a catchy headline.

Do you hate Jack Tompson?

Saturday, October 3, 2009 No Comments

The Florida man who was disbarred after numerous, and what many called frivolous lawsuits is at it again.  In a story that has to be real becuase it is so undeniably in line with former actions, Jack Tompson is suing Facebook because they allowed a group to exist named “I Hate Jack Thompson.”

According to reports [...]

Biggest surprises of E3

Sunday, June 7, 2009 No Comments

The Electronic Entertainment Expo was most of the way back to its former glory.  Booth babes, large crowds, but more importantly, Excitment.  After a few failed years, the organizers have finally realized that while you need to put a limit on how big and crazy something gets, you cant make it small and mundane and [...]

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iPhone required! Tuition not included

Sunday, May 17, 2009 No Comments

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University of Missouri, Columbia students entering this year have been given an interesting if not stupid requirement.  Along side things like your school text books, a computer, and other normal class essentials, the university is now saying that they REQUIRE all students to purchase an Apple iPhone, or iPod Touch.  The reasoning is suspect at [...]

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Twilight movie reivew

Thursday, April 30, 2009 No Comments

When a teenage girl leaves Phoenix to spend a year with her father in a small town, she knew there would be things that would take some getting used too, she just never though it would be quite this different.  Slowly, she begins to realize that a group of students at the school is not [...]

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Salvo fired across Apple’s bow by BluWiki

Tuesday, April 28, 2009 No Comments

News is coming out that BluWiki is taking a rather aggressive legal stance against what it believes are “Baseless legal threats.”  In a nutshell, Apple is none too pleased with the fact that BluWiki is hosting forums that contain information on how to use your iPhone to run software that has not been approved (or [...]

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HissyFitWatch, is Time Warner lying to everyone?

Saturday, April 25, 2009 No Comments

There is a disturbing report over at Stop the Cap! that leaves me fuming.  According to the report, Time Warner may be saying they are shelving the bandwidth caps for now, but what they are actually doing is worse.  Ryan Howard is saying that his internet stopped working suddenly this week, and after multiple calls [...]

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